X Factor 2012: Ella Henderson is ‘inspired’ by Beyonce

X Factor 2012 contestant Ella Henderson has said that her favourite popstar is Beyonce, despite being compared to Adele.

The 16 year old young woman, wowed the judges with an emotional audition on last nights opening show, performing an original song dedicated to her late Grandfather.

Guest Judge for Manchester Mel B said :“Whoever, or whatever you wrote that song about those words, I’m sure, hit a chord with everyone. Your song writing is so clever. It made me go into my own little world, and go Oh my God – I felt like that at one point, and that’s hard to do as a song writer.

“And when you sang it, you just made me believe every single word, I was right there with you. What we just witnessed was incredible, absolutely incredible.”

“That performance was absolutely out of this world, it really was. That was really something special, thank you very much for that.” Added Gary.

The teen, who has just finished her GCSE’s and will receive her results in the next few weeks, revealed how she like to pretend to be a dolphin whilst warming up.

You’ll be next seeing Ella in the bootcamp stages of this years X Factor.

Watch Ella’s performance below: