STAR readers took to social media to offer their support to Kiera Weathers who made it through to the next stage of the X Factor with a wonderful performance of Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You dedicated to her late mother.
The 18-year-old from Clock Face overcame a hugely tense audition on Sunday night which saw judge Rita Ora select her final six singers.
Posting on the Star's Facebook page Tracey Anne Edwards wrote: "Amazing I was crying buckets so proud xx well done Kiera xx."
Carol Ann Smith-Singleton said: "You were fantastic Kiera. Best one tonight by far,way you go girl."
Robert J Briers added: "Kiera Your Amazing! The whole of St Helens is so proud of you."
Keran Kean echoed the sentiment of many other readers when she said: "She made me cry, she deserves to do well, go Kiera!"
Twitter was also full of people eager to add their voices.
Ashley Brennan Tweeted: "@kiera_weathers that was the most amazing audition iv ever seen!!! YOU DESERVE THAT SEAT!! #XFactor #Kiera #nailedit."
Whereas Amy Fisher said: "Found my xfactor winner.#KieraWeathers."
@daniellejbates wrote: "Kiera Weathers' six chair challenge performance brought tears to my eyes, beautiful."
There are a selection of Tweets following Kiera's performance below.
What did you think of Kiera's performance?
I think @RitaOra has a very strong group but at least 3 girls are going to be #Top3 week after week and @kiera_weathers is one of them.
— Guilaine Le Moustre (@LeMoustre) October 4, 2015
#KieraWeathers that was amazing. You fought for that chair #XFactor #SixChairChallenege
— Steve Washington (@SD_Washington) October 4, 2015
Kiera weathers left me speechless❤️What a performance, being able to sing with that much emotion and sound that amazing! #winner #xfactor
— sara lomax (@sazzle2011) October 4, 2015
Sobbing into my wine watching X Factor's Kiera Weathers on catch up. Wow! Whitney would be proud! @SimonCowell @CherylOfficial 😀😀😀
— RachelP (@rac_patience) October 4, 2015
@kieraweathers1 Well done. You deserve to be thru to live finals #XFactor #SixChairChallenge #KieraWeathers Your amazing
— Bob (@Bob7777Bob) October 4, 2015
@kiera_weathers you've me and my mam in floods crying, you're amazing!!
— DylAn (@DylanQuinn_) October 4, 2015
#KieraWeathers give her all 6 seats bahahaha #SixChairChallenge
— Ronan Dunne (@ItsRonanDunne_) October 4, 2015
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