Andy will be a familiar face to viewers of ITV's THE X-FACTOR

from 50,000 entrants he was chosen to be one of judge Sharon Osbourne's final five.

Andy was born in Manchester and has been performing since the age of 11.

His credits include national tours of THE FORGOTTEN NURSERY and ROBINSON CRUSOE,   Emcee in CABARET, and three productions in Florida - ANIMAL FARM, BRING YOUR OWN THEATRE and THE MAGIC CLOCK.He has been in several pantomime's for companies like Bourne Leisure, Rank and Jim Davidson's Effective Theatre Company.On television Andy has been on the Nicklodeon channel, and since the X-factor has been a guest on GMTV.

Andy has been singing for a good few years now.Mostly as a solo artist.His influences are The Beatles, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Cocker and Justin Timberlake.

Andy is currently enjoying his singing career and hopes he will go on ROCKING for many years to come.