Dawlish News

A TALENTED singing trio are a step further along their route to stardom after making it through to the second stage of television talent show The X-Factor.

Nichola Berryman, Laura Murch and Eloise Cole — also known as Killer Heels — are through to the show’s boot camp after auditioning before musicmogul Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, singer Dannii Minogue and Girl’s Aloud’s Cheryl Cole.

They got through the show’s opening auditions, the first of which was in April, and the qualifyingauditions, which were held in front of a live audience of 2,000 people at Cardiff’s international arena earlier this month.

Nichola, a recruitment consultant from St Thomas, Exeter; Laura, 28, from Dawlish who works as an administrator at the city’s international school, and 25-year-old Torquay nurse, Eloise, sang songs; including an Abba number in the qualifying audition.

Nichola, who is the lead singer, said: “We can’t disclose anything past this point — but it’s okay to say we got to boot camp.”