Born in Sunderland but raised in Scotland, this is a homecoming of sorts for Emeli Sande. Perhaps unfairly left out from the Glastonbury line-up, Sande responds in kind with a blistering performance on the main stage.
This time last year, Lucy Spraggan made a huge impression on the X-Factor judges with her first televised audition. Now, fresh from signing a deal with Columbia Records and completing one of the final stops of a UK tour in Glasgow, it all seems like a world away.
There is something extremely apt in the choice of Byres Road’s most notable landmark for Matt Cardle's show.
