X Factor star unrecognisable as she poses topless in thong bikini on the beach

AN X Factor prima looked unrecognisable arsenic she posed topless successful conscionable immoderate thong bikibi bottoms connected the beach.

The singer, 33, took to Instagram to stock the cheeky drawback from her caller holiday.

Diana Vickers looked wholly antithetic compared to erstwhile she recovered fame connected The X Factor successful 2008.

In the photo, Diana covered her apical fractional with conscionable her near manus arsenic she threw her close into the air.

She was seen looking implicit her enarthrosis successful acheronian sunglasses portion lasting connected the formation successful the leopard people garment.

During her clip connected The X Factor Diana was mentored by Cheryl Tweedy and made it each the mode to the semi-final.

She besides dated 1 of her chap contestants - Northern Irish singer Eoghan Quigg, who conscionable bushed her to final.

Both contestants yet mislaid retired to Alexandra Burke who won the amusement as JLS became the runners up.

After the bid came to an end, she went onto person a immense career, arsenic she bagged the pb relation successful The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice successful the West End.

Other signifier amusement credits person included the drama play The Duck House, and the Rocky Horror Show UK tour.

She aboriginal bagged the pb relation successful Son Of A Preacher Man successful 2017, the accumulation inspired by the Dusty Springfield opus of the aforesaid name.

And earlier this twelvemonth Diana teamed up with erstwhile Strictly justice Arlene Phillips for caller philharmonic I Wish You Well, a dramatisation of Gwyneth Paltrow's skis proceedings past year.

Diana plays the Hollywood histrion successful the signifier amusement with Arlene, 80, choreographing.

It was highly-publicised astatine the clip that Gwyneth won a suit brought against her by a doc who claimed she had caused him lifelong injuries pursuing a skis crash.

The Sliding Doors prima was awarded a symbolic $1 aft 8 days of grounds arsenic portion of a countersuit to an enactment brought by optometrist Terry Sanderson.