X Factor contestant Amelia Lily has revealed that she wants to win the show to help solve her family's financial difficulties. The singer's dad Barry Oliver was forced to put his plumbing business Jg Oliver & Son into voluntary liquidation last month and the family are struggling to get by, according to the Sunday Mirror. "It was tough to see my dad working extremely hard to try to keep the business going for the rest of the family," Lily told the paper. "I would love to win this for my dad and my family, to show their support had paid off. It would be amazing. Me getting on to The X Factor has really helped him. It really lifted all our spirits. I'm a real daddy's girl and I can always count on him. "If I won it would mean dad's (more)...
- 12/4/2011
- by By Colin Daniels
- Digital Spy
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