X FACTOR finalist Sam Bailey has said her life has already been changed by the hit talent show, even if she does not win this weekend's showdown.

The 36-year-old prison officer will take on Nicholas McDonald from Motherwell and Luke Friend in the ITV competition and is hotly tipped to win.

Asked how things would change if she were to be crowned the winner, she said: "It's already changed my life, it has already changed. Everything's changed."