Can Rachel Adedeji Win the X Factor?

Can Rachel Adedeji win the X Factor? Her friend, last year's winner Alexandra Burke will certainly be supporting her all the way.

Rachel Adedeji is a 17 year-old musical theatre student from London. This is not her first outing on the X Factor. She entered the 2008 competition and got as far as boot camp but no further. But this year she has reached the final 12 and now hopes to go all the way.

At her audition, she sang the Alicia Keys hit "If I Ain't Got You" and received unanimous Yes votes from the judges. She chose something a little different at boot camp, singing Paulo Nutini's "Last Request", which was a great choice of song for her emotive, smokey voice.

No stranger to the stage, Rachel has performed at stage school since she was just two years old. She styles her visual appearance on Rihanna and Grace Jones, two artists she admires.

Rachel has admitted to being a fan of fellow finalists John and Edward and thinks Edward is "cute".

So can Rachel Adedeji win the X Factor? She certainly has the vocal talent to do so and could be this year's surprise candidate. I predict that like Alexandra last year, she will get stronger with each passing week.