Louisa Johnson Louisa Johnson Louisa Johnson (born 11 January 1998) (known professionally as Louisa) is an English singer-songwriter. In 2015, she was crowned as the winner of the twelfth series of "The X Factor" UK; becoming the programme's youngest winner at the age of 17. Johnson was born in 1998 in Essex to David Johnson and Lisa Hayward. She has one younger brother, Fynn Johnson. Her father is a construction worker and her mother is a driving instructor. She was raised in Thurrock. In 2015, Johnson auditioned for the twelfth series of "The X Factor", singing American pop music family group The
Louisa Johnson in the "girls" category at "bootcamp" and was mentored, at the decision of the public, by Rita Ora. She successfully made it past the six-chair challenge to "judges' houses", singing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by Jennifer Hudson; when Johnson arrived, all six chairs had been filled, and Ora described the atmosphere as "like a zoo". At judges' houses, she sang "Respect" by Aretha Franklin in front of Ora and American musician Meghan Trainor in Los Angeles; this performance gained media attention, as its televising saw Johnson wearing two separate pairs of shoes, with some viewers inferring