Belles ring aloud on X Factor

A girl band hopes to have the X Factor as they perform for celebrity judges of the TV talent show.

Belle Sorelle – four girls from Kinver and Stourbridge – are through to the judges auditions for the hit reality show.

Sisters Gemma and Patsy Parr and friends Hannah Smith and Bella Bennewith hope to wow Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue at the regional auditions in Birmingham next weekend.

The band, aged 17-24, made it through three preliminary rounds and now hope to impress the celebrity panel in their bid to make it onto the X Factor show.

The girls, who all dream of a career in pop music, say that they can't wait to sing in front of the judges.

Gemma said: "We've had auditions in front of researchers and producers, so we were over the moon to get a call telling us we had made it through to the next stage.

"We are one step closer to realising our dream."