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Meet Reza - the Birmingham Mail's own X Factor star
18 Apr 2013 19:30
Source: BirminghamMail
Newspaper sales rep Teresa Farrell set to make headlines of her own after battling through three auditions to face celebrity judges
If ever proof was needed that your Birmingham Mail has the X Factor, it is here – with singing prospect Teresa Farrell.
The newspaper sales rep, who goes by the stage name Reza, has won her way through three rounds of auditions for this year’s TV talent contest.
And next month she will sing in front of celebrity judges – likely to include Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh.
And Teresa comes from a Brummie musical dynasty with her aunt Megan Davies, the bassist with 60s Brumbeat band the Applejacks, and her uncle Bob Brady a former keyboardist with Roy Wood’s 70s glam rockers Wizzard.
Now Teresa, who comes from Chelmsley Wood, is hopeful of making the grade in the over 28s category - and proving that it is never too late to hit the big time.
The mum-of-one has harboured ambitions of becoming a professional singer since a young age, and has been in various groups, released records, and regularly performs at venues around the region.
She also sings at country and western days at the Roundmead Care Centre in Chelmsley Wood.
It was her third attempt to make the X Factor and she took her nine-year-old son Charlie to the audition at Birmingham’s ICC as her mascot and cheerleader.
“We had to wait from 9am to 4pm for my turn and we met some wonderful talented people there. It was a great experience,’’ she said.
“I have never given up and told the producers that I will be coming back for years, even at 65, hobbling in on a zimmer frame. I am determined and believe I can do well.
“It is about time Birmingham had some success on the X Factor, there is a lot of talent here.”
She also wants to inspire other lone parents that ‘they should never give up on their dreams’.
Reza asked for feedback on previous auditions and believes that song choice may have let her down before.
But her latest song, Cyndi Lauper’s True Colours, suited her voice perfectly and saw her reach through to the next stage.