{"id":12931,"date":"2025-08-21T02:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/12931\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T02:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:37:10","slug":"x-factor-star-marries-long-term-partner-in-lavish-ceremony-at-the-savoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/12931\/","title":{"rendered":"X Factor star marries long term partner in lavish ceremony at The Savoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-175\/laura-parkin.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LAURA PARKIN, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  15:22 EDT, 20 August 2025   |  Updated:  15:29 EDT, 20 August 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/xfactor\/index.html\" id=\"mol-0e74bc00-7dfb-11f0-8ec4-8f8a1de3fc7c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X Factor<\/a> star Lydia Lucy has married her\u00a0long term partner Tommy Watson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The singer, who took part in the 2013 series, tied the knot last week during a lavish ceremony at The Savoy in London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lydia looked incredible in a traditional A-line gown with lace sleeves and a dramatic veil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Announcing their happy news to Instagram, she shared a photo from their big day and wrote: &#8216;The new Mr &amp; Mrs.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sharing their well wishes in the comments section, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/towie\/index.html\" id=\"mol-0e746de0-7dfb-11f0-8ec4-8f8a1de3fc7c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOWIE<\/a>&#8216;s <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/chloe-brockett\/index.html\" id=\"mol-0dca4b30-7dfb-11f0-8ec4-8f8a1de3fc7c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chloe Brockett<\/a> wrote: &#8216;Stunning Lydia,&#8217; while <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/scarlett-moffatt\/index.html\" id=\"mol-0e4b6210-7dfb-11f0-8ec4-8f8a1de3fc7c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scarlett Moffatt<\/a> added: &#8216;So beautiful. Huge congratulations.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lydia and her husband Tommy share one daughter, Dottie- May, who they welcomed in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-db0591cd27f6ee1c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101406161-15018901-X_Factor_star_Lydia_Lucy_has_married_her_long_term_partner_Tommy-a-22_17557161532.jpeg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\" alt=\"X Factor star Lydia Lucy has married her long term partner Tommy Watson\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">X Factor star Lydia Lucy has married her long term partner Tommy Watson<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4227c9052f194980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101406163-15018901-image-a-23_1755716159812.jpg\" height=\"767\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The singer, who took part in the 2013 series, tied the knot last week during a lavish ceremony at The Savoy in London (stock photo)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The singer, who took part in the 2013 series, tied the knot last week during a lavish ceremony at The Savoy in London (stock photo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Essex girl Lucy attempted to find music stardom on Simon Cowell&#8217;s reality TV juggernaut The X Factor in 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">During the series the ITV hit premiered its Bootcamp elimination process, the six chair challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lucy was one of the first victims of the twist on musical chairs &#8211; she lost her seat and missed out on a place in the Judges&#8217; Houses round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She went on to star on The Voice UK in 2016, where she placed in fourth, behind Jolan, Cody Frost and winner Kevin Simm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After coming third on the programme &#8211; she was dubbed the &#8216;new Fergie&#8217; when she performed alongside her mentor will.i.am at the Royal Albert Hall in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking to Daily Mail outside the venue before she took to the stage, Lydia beamed: &#8216;I&#8217;m so excited for tonight. It&#8217;ll be an amazing show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;You know what, I grew up listening to the [The Black Eyes] Peas. This is just so surreal for me to be here and be performing with Will. He&#8217;s a legend.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And she took like a pro to her childhood dreams as she performed alongside Will, rapper Taboo and Apl.de.ap.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-64ed42c6bc5ce310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101407227-15018901-image-a-27_1755718174171.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Essex girl Lucy attempted to find music stardom on Simon Cowell's reality TV juggernaut The X Factor in 2013 (pictured)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Essex girl Lucy attempted to find music stardom on Simon Cowell&#8217;s reality TV juggernaut The X Factor in 2013 (pictured)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8d61c5006ffdc807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101406171-15018901-Lydia_and_her_husband_Tommy_share_one_daughter_Dottie_May_who_th-a-26_17557176130.jpeg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Lydia and her husband Tommy share one daughter, Dottie- May, who they welcomed in 2021\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Lydia and her husband Tommy share one daughter, Dottie- May, who they welcomed in 2021<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">No stranger to the limelight, she also appeared on cult reality show The Only Way Is Essex the following year, after being romantically linked to Ricky Rayment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Yet despite pursuing her dreams to become a singer, Lydia later admitted that she has found fame hard to cope with, exclusively telling Daily Mail about the vile trolls who sent her death threats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After being linked to the break-up between TOWIE&#8217;s Ricky and Jessica Wright, the star received a barrage of abuse on Twitter, with some even sending her death threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I was quite upset at the time but I think you\u2019re going to get [targeted by] Twitter trolls with everything that you do so you\u2019ve got to take it with a pinch of salt,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Music is my life so I\u2019ve got to take the good with the bad.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Clearing up the rumours that she sent Ricky flirtatious text messages whilst he was dating Jessica, she explained: &#8216;It was nothing to do with me, it wasn\u2019t my fault. I was just accidentally brought into it&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I\u2019ve not seen any of them since. I\u2019ve only ever met Ricky twice any way so this is the funny thing about it. There was literally nothing going on.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        X Factor star marries long term partner in lavish ceremony at The Savoy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have YOU got a story? 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