Lucie Jones has come a long way since she first stood on the X on the audition stage way back in 2009. A teenager from the small village of Pentyrch, Lucie wowed judges and audiences alike at her first X Factor audition with a stunning rendition of Whitney Houston's classic I Will Always Love You.
Now, you'll find the 31-year-old treading the boards at Victoria's Apollo Theatre as the leading lady in Stephen Schwartz's Wicked. Lucie stars as the green-skinned Elphaba, the origin story of the girl destined to become the Wicked Witch of the West.
But what happened in between? We have a look at Lucie's journey from her start in Simon Cowell's machine to her green debut.
