NORTH-EAST X Factor finalist Amelia Lily fell at the final hurdle when she was voted out of the show in third place last night.

Mentored by Kelly Rowland, Amelia got the lowest number of votes from the public following two performances in front of 10,000 people at Wembley Arena, London.

Girl band Little Mix, who have two members from South Shields, South Tyneside, and Liverpudlian Marcus Collins will now go head-to-head in tonight's show to battle it out for the X Factor crown.

Last night, 17-year-old comeback kid Ameila, from Nunthorpe in Middlesbrough, vowed that this wasnt the last of her.

She said: "Can I just say thank you to everyone who voted me back into the competition. My ambition was to get to the final and I did it."