'I feel amazing': Lucy Spraggan's incredible transformation 10 years after X Factor stardom

It's been a whole decade since singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan shot to fame on the ITV reality show The X Factor. She immediately grabbed attention and won hearts with her self-penned songs Last Night and Tea and Toast - and these days she's almost unrecognisable.

Three years ago she gave up alcohol and fell in love with exercise. The musician, who auditioned and lives in Manchester, had her last blowout with booze after splitting from her wife Georgina Gordon.

Lucy, 31, explained she didn't drink every day or physically depend on alcohol but realised it was affecting her mental health. She has documented her journey on social media while celebrating milestones with her fans. "It's important to show people that you can do it," she told us.

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Speaking of her journey, she said: "My mental health was at its lowest point at times. I feel like if I can get myself out of there and document that, the more of it you see the more you think 'I can do it.' "I feel amazing. I lift a lot of weights, I train in mixed martial arts and boxing, I run and a climb, basically everything."

She added: "I always had it in the back in the back of my mind that I would hit a point where I would change everything but I didn't know when it was going to happen or if it would. I feel that if you always believe something the likelihood of coming true is more."

Lucy is glad she made the decision to audition for the X Factor judges in Manchester back in 2012, saying the show, which aired its final series in 2018, was a northerner's shot at stardom. She said: "I've only ever wanted to do music and I guess I made that decision as a stepping stone into music.

"Northern people