X Factor's Louis Tomlinson to judge singer he met as a contestant in 2010
The X Factor judge Louis Tomlinson will be visited by a ghost from the past when a singer who auditioned for the show in the same year he did returns for another shot at the big time.
Tom Richards, 24, from South Wales, reached the judges’ houses stage of the show in 2010, the year that Tomlinson and his One Direction bandmates were put together as a group.
The pop group went on to finish third in the final behind champion Matt Cardle and runner-up Rebecca Ferguson but have gone on to sell over 50 million records worldwide.