Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Natalie Jessica Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, (born 29 November 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Leader of the House of Lords. She was made a life peer in 2014.
List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 5)
Daniel James Evans (born 30 November 1969), the oldest of the 12 finalists, is a former pool cleaner from Leyton, London. He had never gotten around to applying for "The X Factor" although he had the papers to do so, so this was the first year that he had actually auditioned. Evans decided to participate this year following the death of his wife after she gave birth to his daughter. Throughout the live finals, he repeatedly received criticism from both Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh. He was in the bottom two with Scott Bruton in week three but won through to the next round by virtue of a passionate performance of "To Where You Are" in memory of his wife. Along with Ruth Lorenzo, he did not appear when the finalists sang "Hero" in week three because of a technical problem. In week five a campaign started by Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles urging his listeners to vote for Evans seemed to have saved his skin. Evans was voted out despite having more public votes in the sixth week, after a sing-off with Rachel Hylton. Louis Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell all voted for Hylton, and with that his departure from the competition was confirmed. However, voting statistics revealed that Evans received more votes than Hylton meaning if the result went to deadlock, Evans would’ve been saved. Daniel later released his debut download-only single "Open Arms". In March 2010 he also released a fully independent emotional easy listening album called "No Easy Way". Despite its positive reviews it failed to chart in the UK due to lack of publicity. With no support from the industry whatsoever (Daniel was quoted as saying "radio stations would not play an X-Factor contestant that was not signed to a major label") and no publicity or distribution the album has been a surprisingly good performer in Asia. He has also released several self-produced EPs, most of which are available from his website.