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X Factor's Steve Brookstein unrecognisable with grey beard and glasses - 20yrs since winning show


Steve Brookstein, who won the first season of The X Factor 20 years ago, looks worlds away from his TV heydey as he sports a grey beard and glasses in performance with fellow star

Steve and Andy performed a night of classic music including swing, soul and ballads at Restaurante Los Cucalos in October with Rewind Spain. Steve Brookstein won the first ever season of The X Factor 20 years ago (Image: Wenn)He alleged that the show was ‘one big theatre’ that had ‘turned music into the WWE’. While Andy, who finished as a runner up to Shayne Ward in the 2005 series of The X Factor, occasionally now still performs (Image: Rewind Spain)At the time, Cowell, his mentor on the show, hailed him as the new Robbie Williams.

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