Emma in new X-Factor assault

6:18pm Tuesday 29th April 2008

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POP wannabe Emma Chawner is considering making another assault on Simon Cowell and his fellow X Factor judges.

Hairdressing student Emma, from Lancaster Road, Ramsbottom, was savaged by Cowell after appearing on the ITV primetime talent show last year.

He mocked her homemade dress and claimed she sang like a baby' and out of tune' during her audition.

Cowell's biting criticisms were later attacked by TV pundits concerned at the treatment of youngsters by judge-led shows.

But Emma got the last laugh when she was invited back for the programme's end of season finale, and was carried shoulder-high across the stage by a bevy of bronzed hunks.

The 18-year-old has been undertaking singing lessons after her X Factor rejection and has already sailed through the show's opening auditions.

If she is successful in the later rounds she will attend a boot camp' to hone her talents before seeing whether she can win through to the televised finals.