Three facts about Louisa Johnson. She was 17 years old. She was too nervous to breathe walking onto that X Factor UK stage in 2015. And she became the youngest solo winner in the entire history of the X Factor UK. Three facts that seem completely impossible to connect until you watch the audition that started every single one of them. A 17 year old from Thurrock Essex who had wanted that stage since she was eight years old stood in front of four judges and was so completely terrified that Cheryl had to remind her to breathe. Then she sang. And what came out of that terrified 17 year old was so completely extraordinary so completely unexpected and so completely beyond what four judges had prepared themselves for that every single one of them was on their feet before she even finished. She was 17. Too nervous to breathe. The youngest X Factor winner ever. Watch what started it all. 0:00 Louisa Johnson - X Factor UK 2015 S12 5:42 4th Power, Sherilyn Hamilton-Shaw, Neneth Lyons, Jasmine L...