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People had told me to try 'The X Factor' for years, but I thought I'd be moody and hate it all. But it's what I needed. I asked Mum and Dad to come to my 'X Factor' audition, and it was the first time that they'd been in the same room in years.

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Thought, Been, Mum, Audition

I got offered loads of reality shows, including 'I'm A Celebrity' and 'Celebrity Big Brother.'

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Celebrity, Big, Big Brother, Reality Shows

I have been through and seen so many dramas and traumas and been in so many situations that I can probably interpret a few different characters.

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Through, Been, Many, Different Characters

There is a lot of pressure on pop stars, and I think a lot of it is the pressure that we put on ourselves. In our minds, we build up these huge, huge standards that we think people want from us, and actually, when you break it down, people just want you to make music and perform to the best of your ability, but anxiety can stop you from doing that.

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Best, Doing, I Think, Pop Stars

I have a fan who suffered with leukemia, and apparently, the only thing that helped him through that was my music, so of course that's the ultimate sense of achievement. It's an incredible feeling.

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Achievement, Through, Leukemia

I've done a few face palms after things I've said because it's stupid. But if I'm not like that, I won't feel human anymore. I'll just feel like some robot saying what I'm supposed to say. I think that's when people lose it.

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Stupid, Some, I Think, Robot

There's no doubt in my mind or anyone else's mind that people like Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, and Sam Smith are where they are because they're supremely talented people, and I have a lot of respect for them.

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Ed Sheeran, Smith, Lot, Supremely

My Number 1 Award is going to go on my mantelpiece, and I'll probably kiss it for two weeks solid every time I pass it!

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Going, Solid, Weeks, Two Weeks

I had some glamour models messaging me on Twitter and saying they think I'm hot, but I'm being careful.

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Think, Some, Models, Glamour

I've always looked over my shoulder, especially in my hometown.

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Hometown, Always, Over, Shoulder

I'm a big UFC fan.

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Big, Fan, UFC

I was on the dole.

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Dole

I wasn't a happy kid. I felt like my mum ruined our chance of a better life, because when she remarried, we went to live in Bahrain, on a compound with a swimming pool, and she ruined it all.

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Happy, Kid, Mum, Bahrain

I felt like I couldn't wallow in self-pity forever. I can't beat myself up forever.

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Myself, Like, Felt, Self-Pity

Anxiety is a really crippling condition, and I suffer with it myself, and I feel for anyone who suffers from it. The way that I deal with it is try as much as possible to stay in the moment to not think about the past and not think about what's coming up in the future: to try and just seize the moment as much as possible.

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Seize, Deal, About, Crippling

I'm just achieving goals left, right and centre, and I just feel incredibly lucky because I never thought it would happen.

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Thought, Lucky, Happen, Goals

People were telling me it was refreshing I was real because previous 'X Factor' winners were too afraid to say anything. I decided to go against the grain. But I took it too far.

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Winners, Telling, Took, Factor

I want to say sorry for abusing my position as an 'X Factor' winner because I owe everything to this thing.

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Want, Say, X Factor, Factor

I don't have anything against SyCo or 'X Factor' or any of that. I'm just a guy who got really afraid of not being in control.

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Against, Guy, X Factor, Factor

Having watched 'X Factor' over the years, they just haven't got it right. The male winners haven't been believable. They look like puppets; they sound like puppets.

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Winners, Over, Puppets, Factor

'X Factor' was the best experience of my life to be part of a show watched by so many people.

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My Life, Part, X Factor, Factor

The thing is, I knew from the very first audition that I did not fit the classic 'X Factor' criteria.

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Audition, Very, Criteria, Factor

I was asked, 'Why do you think the male 'X Factor' winners haven't been successful in the past?' And I said, 'Because obviously the body of work that they've brought out wasn't good enough,' and that was it.

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Why, Been, Brought, Factor

'The X Factor' saved me.

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Me, Saved, X Factor, Factor

I don't think I made it clear where I was mentally when I appeared on 'X Factor.' There was so much pressure and a lot of judging. But I wanted to take a chance on the show because I wanted to make something of myself. 'X Factor' seemed like the only way out.

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Out, Show, Lot, Factor

Not only was I an 'X Factor' winner that got dropped by Syco - and when that happens, you're never heard of again - but everyone thought I was a clown.

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Thought, Everyone, X Factor, Factor

I'm a Honey G fan. She can spit some vibes on one of my songs; she's got rhymes for days! She's gangster. I love her.

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Love, Some, Rhymes, Vibes

Everyone loves a comeback story, and everyone loves the underdog as well. I kind of feel like I've been the underdog. Hopefully that inspires people to not give up on themselves and their lives and not give up on their dreams.

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Underdog, Give, Been, Comeback

I'm always going to have to manage my mental health issues.

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Health, Always, Going, Manage

I always made my songs very conversational, and if anyone ever has a conversation with me, they know I'm a very open guy, very open and honest.

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Always, Made, Very, Conversational

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