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	'''Lucy Spraggan''' (born 1991) is a musician, who describes her music as 'A-Flop', a mixture of acoustic, folk and hip-hop.<ref name="pride meets spraggan">http://www.manchesterpride.com/blog/post.aspx?ID=1580 "Manchester Pride Meets: Lucy Spraggan", Manchester Pride 1 November 2011</ref>		[[File:Lucy Spraggan.jpg\|thumb\|Lucy Spraggan]]'''Lucy Spraggan''' (born 1991) is a musician, who describes her music as 'A-Flop', a mixture of acoustic, folk and hip-hop.<ref name="pride meets spraggan">http://www.manchesterpride.com/blog/post.aspx?ID=1580 "Manchester Pride Meets: Lucy Spraggan", Manchester Pride 1 November 2011</ref>

	She auditioned for ''The X Factor'' in 2012, performing her own composition, "Last Night".<ref name="Maximum Pop interview">http://www.maximumpop.co.uk/lucy-spraggan-interview/ "X-clusive! Lucy Spraggan - the first interview!" ''Maximum Pop'' 27 August 2012</ref> On 3 November 2012, it was announced she would be quitting her run on 'The X Factor' due to illness, so she subsequently finished in ninth place, and second in her category. She was the first contestant in the show's history to score a Top 40 single and album before the live shows even aired, with her independently released album ''Top Room At The Zoo''.		She auditioned for ''The X Factor'' in 2012, performing her own composition, "Last Night".<ref name="Maximum Pop interview">http://www.maximumpop.co.uk/lucy-spraggan-interview/ "X-clusive! Lucy Spraggan - the first interview!" ''Maximum Pop'' 27 August 2012</ref> On 3 November 2012, it was announced she would be quitting her run on 'The X Factor' due to illness, so she subsequently finished in ninth place, and second in her category. She was the first contestant in the show's history to score a Top 40 single and album before the live shows even aired, with her independently released album ''Top Room At The Zoo''.
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Ross Burgess at 08:56, 3 October 2013

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	She was listed number 86 in the [[Pink List 2012]]. The citation said:		She was listed number 86 in the [[Pink List 2012]]. The citation said:
	:"The 21-year-old X-Factor finalist has broken the talent-show-puppet mould by singing her own self-composed songs throughout this year's series. Discussing coming out to her family, she recently said: 'Saying I was gay was like saying, I'm going to the shop,' There was no shock."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2012-8216187.html</ref>		:"The 21-year-old X-Factor finalist has broken the talent-show-puppet mould by singing her own self-composed songs throughout this year's series. Discussing coming out to her family, she recently said: 'Saying I was gay was like saying, I'm going to the shop,' There was no shock."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2012-8216187.html</ref>
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			http://www.lucyspraggan.com/

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	Before music, Spraggan trained to be a firefighter, and has had a variety of jobs - a plumber's apprentice, a cave tour guide, and a magician.<ref>http://shows.stv.tv/the-x-factor/auditions/192552-x-factor-hopeful-lucy-spraggan-too-niche-for-tulisa-at-judges-houses/ "X Factor hopeful Lucy Spraggan too ‘niche’ for Tulisa at Judges Houses?" ''X-Factor UK''</ref> She also worked in demolition and broke her leg when a cherry picker she was working on fell to the floor.<ref>http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/913691-the-x-factors-lucy-spraggan-opens-up-about-near-death-experience "The X Factor's Lucy Spraggan opens up about near-death experience" ''The Metro''</ref>		Before music, Spraggan trained to be a firefighter, and has had a variety of jobs - a plumber's apprentice, a cave tour guide, and a magician.<ref>http://shows.stv.tv/the-x-factor/auditions/192552-x-factor-hopeful-lucy-spraggan-too-niche-for-tulisa-at-judges-houses/ "X Factor hopeful Lucy Spraggan too ‘niche’ for Tulisa at Judges Houses?" ''X-Factor UK''</ref> She also worked in demolition and broke her leg when a cherry picker she was working on fell to the floor.<ref>http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/913691-the-x-factors-lucy-spraggan-opens-up-about-near-death-experience "The X Factor's Lucy Spraggan opens up about near-death experience" ''The Metro''</ref>

			She was listed number 86 in the [[Pink List 2012]]. The citation said:
			:"The 21-year-old X-Factor finalist has broken the talent-show-puppet mould by singing her own self-composed songs throughout this year's series. Discussing coming out to her family, she recently said: 'Saying I was gay was like saying, I'm going to the shop,' There was no shock."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2012-8216187.html</ref>

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'''Lucy Spraggan''' (born 1991) is a musician, who describes her music as 'A-Flop', a mixture of acoustic, folk and hip-hop.<ref name="pride meets spraggan">http://www.manchesterpride.com/blog/post.aspx?ID=1580 "Manchester Pride Meets: Lucy Spraggan", Manchester Pride 1 November 2011</ref>

She auditioned for ''The X Factor'' in 2012, performing her own composition, "Last Night".<ref name="Maximum Pop interview">http://www.maximumpop.co.uk/lucy-spraggan-interview/ "X-clusive! Lucy Spraggan - the first interview!" ''Maximum Pop'' 27 August 2012</ref> On 3 November 2012, it was announced she would be quitting her run on 'The X Factor' due to illness, so she subsequently finished in ninth place, and second in her category. She was the first contestant in the show's history to score a Top 40 single and album before the live shows even aired, with her independently released album ''Top Room At The Zoo''.

Spraggan is openly lesbian.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/09/gay-lesbian-daughter-anstey-spraggan Anstey Spraggan "Proud to have a Gay daughter" ''The Guardian'' 9 April 2011</ref> Her mother, Anstey Spraggan, is a freelance journalist and has written about their family life as a stepfamily.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/22/stepfamilies-stepmother-stepfather?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Anstey Spraggan "How to survive a stepfamily" ''The Guardian'' 22 May 2010</ref>

Before music, Spraggan trained to be a firefighter, and has had a variety of jobs - a plumber's apprentice, a cave tour guide, and a magician.<ref>http://shows.stv.tv/the-x-factor/auditions/192552-x-factor-hopeful-lucy-spraggan-too-niche-for-tulisa-at-judges-houses/ "X Factor hopeful Lucy Spraggan too ‘niche’ for Tulisa at Judges Houses?" ''X-Factor UK''</ref> She also worked in demolition and broke her leg when a cherry picker she was working on fell to the floor.<ref>http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/913691-the-x-factors-lucy-spraggan-opens-up-about-near-death-experience "The X Factor's Lucy Spraggan opens up about near-death experience" ''The Metro''</ref>

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