This is an accepted version of this page Frankie Cocozza (born 17 January 1993) is a British singer from Brighton who was a former contestant on The X Factor (UK).
He was put through to the live shows by Gary Barlow in his Boys category (solo males aged 16–24) alongside Marcus Collins, Craig Colton and James Michael.
[2] He was replaced by Amelia Lily, who was eliminated in the first live show by her mentor Kelly Rowland.
In January 2012, months after leaving The X Factor, Cocozza became a housemate on the ninth series of Celebrity Big Brother.
[4] On 21 April 2013, Cocozza released his second EP to iTunes, titled Embrace which failed to chart[5] Five months later, on 13 September 2013, Cocozza and his band The Telescreen announced through their official PledgeMusic site that they were planning to release a debut studio album set to launch early 2014 if funding succeeded.