X Factor's poshest contestant? No, says Chloe-Jasmine, I had elocution lessons for my dreadful lisp

By Chris Hastings for The Mail on Sunday

Published: 16:08 EST, 30 August 2014 | Updated: 21:10 EST, 30 August 2014


The singer dubbed the poshest contestant in the history of The  X Factor last night insisted she is not ‘royalty’, and pleaded with fans not to judge her on her accent.

Chloe-Jasmine Whichello said her well-spoken tone was down  to elocution lessons she received at the age of 11 to cure a lisp  and was nothing to do with a privileged background.

The 23-year-old, whose version of Ella Fitzgerald’s Black Coffee got the thumbs-up from all four judges on last night’s show, said: ‘I had elocution lessons in order to speak properly.

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It was the lisp: Chloe-Jasmine Whichello, 23, who also appeared on modelling competition The Face, has been dubbed X Factor's 'poshest contestant'

It was the lisp: Chloe-Jasmine Whichello, 23, who also appeared on modelling competition The Face, has been dubbed X Factor's 'poshest contestant'

She adds: 'I literally couldn’t even formulate a sentence my lisp was so bad. It was terrible actually because I was too scared to speak.’

The singer said that boarding school and  her modelling career had also helped to cement her speech, adding: ‘If people think it’s posh I am really sorry. I am  not royalty.’

 

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Chloe-Jasmine, who speaks fluent French, German and Portuguese, said  she was thrilled and shocked by the judges’ reaction.

‘I didn’t expect such a positive reaction because I haven’t had a singing lesson since school,’ she added.

Nothing posh here: Chloe Jasmine says her well-spoken tone is down to elocution lessons she received at the age of 11 to cure a lisp

Nothing posh here: Chloe Jasmine says her well-spoken tone is down to elocution lessons she received at the age of 11 to cure a lisp

Great success: The singer and model's version of Ella Fitzgerald's Black Coffee got the thumbs-up from all four judges

Great success: The singer and model's version of Ella Fitzgerald's Black Coffee got the thumbs-up from all four judges

The young hopeful first auditioned in 2007, but did not make it on screen as the judges did not think she was ready.

But last year she appeared on TV modelling contest The Face and she said the cut-throat world of the catwalk had prepared her.

‘I have interacted with a cacophony of people and that has made me think that life is very short and what is the worst thing that can happen,’ she said.

However, she has no intention of being a wild child. ‘I am completely teetotal,’ she said.  ‘I don’t really see the point of going out and getting really drunk.’

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