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X Factor Lucie Jones in cancer charity single
Lucie Jones, the Welsh singer who sparked an outcry when she was voted off The X Factor in favour of Jedward, is making a bid for the charts.

She will join Coronation Street star Kym Marsh, actress Caroline Quentin, former T'Pau singer Carol Decker, GMTV presenter Penny Smith and the Cheeky Girls to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

The celebrities are re-recording Cyndi Lauper's classic track Girls Just Wanna Have Fun to mark the start of women-only fundraising event Race for Life.

Celebrity Big Brother's Nicola T, glamour model Danielle Lloyd, former Atomic Kitten Liz McClarnon, ex-EastEnder Lucy Benjamin and former Mis-Teeq star Su-Elise Nash are also putting their vocals to the track.

DJ and singer Sonique is fronting the single, returning to the microphone for the first time since her breast cancer diagnosis last June.

The single also features a number of women who have been affected by cancer and will be released on 26 April.

Teenager Jones hit the headlines last year when she was up against Irish twins John and Edward Grimes and Simon Cowell had the deciding vote of the X Factor judges.

He opted for Jedward, despite previously calling them "vile creatures".

His decision, which meant the judges were deadlocked and the twins were saved in a public vote, led to more than 3,000 complaints.

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