EXCLUSIVE: X Factor's Lydia Lucy opens up about vile Twitter trolls and the truth behind THOSE Ricky Rayment rumours ahead of her The Voice debut
She burst into the limelight after appearing on The X Factor, where she failed to make it through to the live shows.
But Lydia Lucy is hoping that her stint on The Voice will be more successful, and will appear on Saturday night's episode of the BBC One singing programme.
Yet despite pursuing her dreams to become a singer, the star admitted that she has found fame hard to cope with, exclusively telling MailOnline about the vile trolls who sent her death threats.
She's got The Voice Factor: Lydia Lucy is hoping that her stint on The Voice will be more successful than her X Factor attempt and will appear on Saturday night's episode of the BBC One singing programme
After being linked to the break-up between TOWIE's Ricky Rayment and Jessica Wright, the star received a barrage of abuse on Twitter, with some even sending her death threats.
'I was quite upset at the time but I think you’re going to get [targeted by] Twitter trolls with everything that you do so you’ve got to take it with a pinch of salt,' she said.
'Music is my life so I’ve got to take the good with the bad.'
Threatened: Ahead of The Voice, Lydia admitted to MailOnline that she received death threats on Twitter after being linked to the break-up between TOWIE's Ricky Rayment and Jessica Wright
Battle of the judges: Lydia confessed she thought she'd 'connect more' with The Voice judges - Ricky Wilson, Will.i.am and new judges Paloma Faith and George Michael
Clearing up the rumours that she sent Ricky flirtatious text messages whilst he was dating Jessica, she explained: 'It was nothing to do with me, it wasn’t my fault. I was just accidentally brought into it...
'I’ve not seen any of them since. I’ve only ever met Ricky twice any way so this is the funny thing about it. There was literally nothing going on.'
Explaining that she had 'nothing to say' to the Essex-born lad and that she just wanted to 'put [the rumours] behind us' to Jess, she insisted: 'The person in the wrong was Ricky at the end of the day.'
Misunderstood: Clearing up the rumours that she sent TOWIE's Ricky flirtatious text messages whilst he was dating Jessica, she explained: 'It was nothing to do with me, it wasn’t my fault'
Single singer: Keen to clear up another romance rumour, the bubbly brunette revealed that she didn't date The Wanted's Nathan Sykes during their school days and that's she's currently single
Keen to clear up another romance rumour, the bubbly brunette revealed that she didn't date The Wanted's Nathan Sykes during their school days, despite a picture of them of prom together emerging.
'We were really, really close friends at school and I always knew he was going to be really successful' she said, adding: 'hopefully he gets behind me and supports me.'
Confirming that the pair are no longer in touch, she admitted that she is currently single whilst she focuses on her career.
Comeback kid: After earning, then losing, her seat in The X Factor's notorious Six Chair Challenge in 2013, the star is determined to make a name for herself on The Voice, after spending the past three years doing gigs
Changing loyalties: She explained that she had chosen the blind auditions show over giving the ITV programme another shot, as she has 'reinvented' her singing style and would 'connect' more with The Voice judges
After earning, then losing, her seat in The X Factor's notorious Six Chair Challenge in 2013, the star is determined to make a name for herself on The Voice, after spending the past three years doing gigs.
She also explained why she had chosen the blind auditions show over giving the ITV programme another shot.
'Instead of just singing cover songs like I did on The X Factor, I’ve recreated myself as an original artist.' she said. 'I’ve re-invented my image, styling and everything.'
She also confessed she thought she'd 'connect more' with The Voice judges - Will.i.am, Ricky Wilson and new judges Paloma Faith and George Michael.
Spoiler: Revealing that viewers can expect to see an ‘urban pop’ act during her audition on Saturday night, she explained: 'I’ve gone on there as me and the kind of music I want to sing'
Revealing that viewers can expect to see an ‘urban pop’ act during her audition on Saturday night, she explained: 'I’ve gone on there as me and the kind of music I want to sing.'
After being caught up in scandals in the past, the pretty singer also admitted that she wanted to use her time on The Voice to show the public the 'real' her.
And with several songs written that she hopes to release in the future, she confessed that she would be open to appearing on more reality shows in the future in order to help raise her profile.
Reality star veteran: With several songs written that she hopes to release in the future, she confessed that she would be open to appearing on more reality shows in the future in order to help raise her profile
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