#7 – Joe McElderry
Joe McElderry won the sixth season of The X Factor UK. His first single ‘The Climb’ debuted at number one on the Irish and UK Singles Charts. Having a competitive bone, he emerged as the winner in Popstar to Operastar in 2011. He was hailed as the first X Factor contestant to release a fourth album and he is now working on his fifth! This cutie is openly gay and is considered as a role model by the LGBT community.