X FACTOR viewers were in stitches when Susan Shepherd, of Barrow, turned up dressed like the late Amy Winehouse - then proceeded to change her entire outfit in front of the judges.

The 52-year-old had planned to sing Winehouse's Valerie, but the judges suggested it was not the right choice, during the episode which aired on ITV1 last night.

Simon Cowell tried to control his laughter as the wannabe singer headed behind the huge "X" at the back of the room and changed her whole outfit, including the wig, so she could perform Joan Jett's I Love Rock ’n Roll instead.

Cowell had his head in his hands and said: “I can’t look!”

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Mrs Shepherd really enjoyed the whole experience.

She said: "It was very good. I enjoyed everything about it.

"I'm thinking of auditioning again next year. But next time I would go down as myself and sing a Whitney song."

The singer has noted that Simon Cowell likes Whitney Houston songs and hopes singing one of her songs would give her an advantage.

Mrs Shepherd said: "It is something I've wanted to do all of my life. I had lots of support with me.

"When I went to the first auditions in front of the producers I didn't realise I would get through.

"It was amazing to sing in front of the judges."

The highlight of the audition for Mrs Shepherd was getting to see Dermot O'Leary.

She took friends Brian Rawlinson, Audrey Watson and brother Kenneth Blake with her to the auditions and said how supportive her son Daniel and daughter Nicole are.

Mrs Shepherd is known for doing a lot of karaoke around the town. She enters the 'Berry Factor' every year at The Strawberry Pub and came second in the Voice of the Vic.

She often gets into character when singing. Amy Winehouse being her favourite choice. However, Mrs Shepherd has been known to dress as Lady Gaga and Cher.

The Victoria pub, Oxford Street, Barrow, is her local.

Mrs Shepherd said: "Last night the landlady pulled down the big screen in the pub and showed my audition on there.

"It was really nice to be able to see it on the big screen."

Social media users were in hysterics over the antics.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Susan Shepherd having an outfit change mid-Audition is on our level of extra 👚👕👖👗👙👘 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/XFactor?src=hash">#XFactor</a> <a href="https://t.co/EhhXXq7R11">pic.twitter.com/EhhXXq7R11</a></p>— The X Factor (@TheXFactor) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheXFactor/status/912034587194380293">September 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"She's changing behind the X & you can still see her! I lost it when she took off her wig!" laughed one viewer.

Another said: "Naw Suzie is a scream changing her outfit mid audition! What is that wig!"

And one viewer warned: "We laugh at Susie now, but she'll be back for the final for us to laugh at her again."