Rough Copy miss out on a place in The X Factor final

Rough Copy missed out on a place in The X Factor final after finding themselves in the bottom two alongside Luke Friend. 

The group lost out to Luke Friend, after the two acts received the lowest number of votes from the public after their two performances on Saturday night’s show.

The boys were picked by their mentor Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger to go through to the final, but lost out when Sharon Osbourne chose to go deadlock – which saw Luke who receive the most public votes to go through to the final. 

The decision means Luke will join Sam Bailey and Nicholas McDonald in the final.

“This is harder than usual because the acts are so different. It was an emotional sing off, you’ve both done so well,” said Gary.

Louis went next and said: “It’s very simple – Luke Friend.”

Nicole Scherzinger, who has always championed the boys, said: “Luke you sang one my favourite songs tonight, you are such a diamond in the rough in this competition. But the act I’m sending through is Rough Copy.”

Sharon was last to pick and after a pause said she was going to put it deadlock.