Lauren Murray, 2015 The X Factor (UK TV series) personality who joined the 2016 X Factor Live Tour. She was working as a dental receptionist when she applied to be on The X Factor. She was eight years old when she first started singing, but did not pick up a microphone again until she was 16 after losing her father when she was 11. Before The X Factor, she had recorded songs with producers La La Land (film) and was part of a girl band called Syren. She was only 11 years old when she lost her father Haider. Her mother Debbie was diagnosed with borderline schizophrenia. She has a sister who she lived with in North London. She was mentored by Rita Ora while on The X Factor. ^[1]