Background
Platt was born on 7 October 1997 in Billericay, Essex, but spent ten years living in Spain.
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Lauren Platt
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Platt attended The Billericay School, a comprehensive school in Billericay, where she sat her GCSEs.
Career
Since 2016, she has been presenting the CBBC kids talent show Got What lieutenant Takes?. In 2010, she auditioned for the role of Louise Mitchell on EastEnders, but lost out to Brittany Papple. In 2011, she was the runner-up of the local talent contest The Essex Factor and in 2012, competed in Open Mic United Kingdom. 2014: The X Factor
Platt auditioned for The X Factor in 2014, and became the youngest solo contestant to reach the live finals.
With the eliminations of Stephanie Nala and Chloe Jasmine in week two and Lola Saunders in week four, Platt was Cheryl Fernandez-Versini"s last remaining act in the competition.
In week 8, Platt was in the bottom two with Stereo Kicks but was saved by the public vote after the result went to deadlock. However, in week 9, she was in the bottom two with Andrea Faustini and was eliminated after only Fernandez-Versini voted to save her, finishing in fourth place.
After the series finished, voting results showed that Platt would have made the final had the elimination gone to deadlock. = Performances during the show After The X Factor
On 9 April 2015, Platt announced on Twitter that she was making a cover.
The cover turned out to be "King" by Years & Years.
On 24 April 2015, it was on iTunes to buy. As of 8 July 2015, Platt has over 273,000 views on her YouTube account, with just over 17,000 subscribers. On 19 August 2015, Platt announced on Twitter that she has got her next cover song and she can"t wait to her fans.
The following week, Platt announced she was going to become a presenter as well as a singer.
In 2016, she will present the CBBC kids talent show Got What lieutenant Takes?. On 19 October 2015, Platt posted on her Instagram a sneak peek of her second cover song called "Young Blood".
On the 8th November 2015, Platt uploaded her new cover on her YouTube chanel and got over 4 thousand views in the first 24 hours. On the 20th December 2015 Platt uploaded her Young Blood cover on Spotify On 23rd December 2015 Platt announced on Twitter that there will be a new cover uploaded to her YouTube channel on Christmas EveOn 25th December 2015 Platt uploaded her cover called Pray on her YouTube channel On the 26th December 2015 Platt uploaded her Young Blood cover on ITunesAnd on the same day Platt uploaded her Pray cover on Spotify On the 2nd January 2016 Platt uploaded her Pray cover on ITunes On 3rd March 2016 Platt uploaded her cover called Love Yourself on her YouTube channel.
