Category: Over 25s

Mentor: Dannii Minogue

The former swimming pool cleaner touched the judges' and the nation's hearts when he revealed how his wife died shortly after giving birth to his daughter, Ana Maria.

But even a campaign by Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles couldn't save Daniel, when he found himself in the bottom two against Rachel Hilton. All the judges, except for his mentor Dannii, decided that he had come to the end of the road and voted to save Rachel.