X Factor reject Emma Chawner returns for MORE humiliation

DAILYMAIL ^ | 21st August 2009 | Liz Thomas

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This is funny. The writer has no pity for these freeloaders::

By Liz Thomas Last updated at 5:05 PM on 21st August 2009 Comments (64) Add to My Stories Her last audition on The X Factor ended in rejection and an exposé about her jobless 83 stone family claiming £22,500 a year in benefits.

Miss Chawner was firmly rejected by judge Simon Cowell in 2007 for both her look and her terrible singing voice but has returned undeterred.

Dressed in a strange meringue dress she sang Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On but in a ridiculous high pitch baby voice.

Cowell said at the time: 'People who've won a rosette at a donkey derby don't go on to win the Grand National. You cannot sing.'

She said: ‘I auditioned in 2007 wearing a dress and Simon didn’t like that. Since then it’s been bad and good really, we got evicted from home because our neighbour made up that I sing on the streets at 3am, we had to live in the car for 7 weeks with the cat, the dog and a bird.’ He's STILL not impressed: Emma failed to win over Simon Cowell with her second attempt at stardom The blonde teenager and her 21 year-old sister Samantha from Ramsbottom in Lancashire feature in tomorrow night’s opening show.

She appeared on stage and said: ‘My names Emma and my names Samantha and together we’re ‘Sister Act’.’

The pair then sang Whole Again by Atomic Kitten before an infuriated Cowell stops them saying, ‘It was arguably twice as bad as before. You can’t sing’ Emma then shouts: ‘You are not going to stop me. I just think you should give us a chance to improve.’

To which the 49 year-old music mogul replied: ‘We have weeks not decades.’

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LOL "Her family also came under fire after it emerged neither the girls, nor parents Audrey, 57 and Peter, 53, worked because they were obese and in poor health so instead claimed £22,500 in benefits. The Chawners claimed that their collective weight of 83 stone is the result of 'medical problems' rather than the more common causes: gluttony and lack of exercise."

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BTW: Whatthehell is a stone?

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1 Stone = 14 lb.

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83 * 14 = 1162 lbs

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Family who are 'too fat to work' say £22,000 worth of benefits is not enough. A family of four with a combined weight of 83 stone say they are "too fat to work" and need more than the £22,000 they currently receive in benefits.

Philip Chawner, 53, and his 57-year-old wife Audrey weigh 24st. Their daughter Emma, 19, weighs 17st, while her older sister Samantha, 21, weighs 18st. The family from Blackburn claim £22,508 a year in benefits, equivalent to the take-home pay from a £30,000 salary. The Chawners, haven't worked in 11 years, claim their weight is a hereditary condition and the money they receive is insufficient to live on. Mr Chawner said: "What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It's not our fault we can't work. We deserve more." The family claim to spend £50 a week on food and consume 3,000 calories each a day. The recommended maximum intake is 2,000 for women and 2,500 for men. "We have cereal for breakfast, bacon butties for lunch and microwave pies with mashed potato or chips for dinner," Mrs Chawner told Closer magazine. "All that healthy food, like fruit and veg, is too expensive. We're fat because it's in our genes. Our whole family is overweight," she added. Each week, Mr and Mrs Chawner, who have been married for 23 years, receive £177 in income support and incapacity benefit. Mrs Chawner is paid an extra £330-a-month disability allowance for epilepsy and asthma, both a result of being overweight. Mr Chawner gets £71 a month after developing Type 2 diabetes because of his size. He was on a waiting list for a gastric band last year, but a heart condition made the operation unsuitable. Their daughter Samantha receives £84 in Jobseekers' Allowance each fortnight while Emma, who is training to be a hairdresser, gets £58 every two weeks under a hardship fund for low-income students. Emma, said: "I'm a student and don't have time to exercise" she said "We all want to lose weight to stop the abuse we get in the street, but we don't know how."

[The Toll]

Apparently it’s a very small measure of mass if this family only adds up to 83 of them.

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They reek of talent.

[GQuagmire]

Good thing I had lunch early. Yikes!

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How does she open her mouth to cram the food inside?
Its almost fatted shut.

[Brett66]

The recommended maximum intake is 2,000 for women and 2,500 for men.

What does this mean? Is the government suggesting they only get this many calories because they're living on welfare?

It's also a terrible guideline if you do anything athletic....

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I’m trying to stay under 1800 but only because I want to lose another 10 to 15lbs. ;)

I’m going to ask Jim Rob to change my screen name to HUNGRYALLTHETIME.

Mike

[RandallFlagg]

DANG! That’s a LOT of flour!

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I once saw an obese women at a buffet style resturant who was too fat to get up to get her own food. She had the waiter or family member make the multiple trips for her.

It was really sad...

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GET IN MY BELLY!

[RichInOC]

Life imitates “Viz” magazine.

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On the X-Factor

[CholeraJoe]

What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table.

None of them appear to be wasting away from malnutrition.

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They probably get free housing so all the money is spent on food and toilet paper.

LOTS of toilet paper...

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“””All that healthy food, like fruit and veg, is too expensive”””

Lettuce is expensive?

[Yorlik803]

WOW...I havent seen that many rolls, since the bakery truck spilled its load. They have more chins than Chinatown.
This is what passes for entertainment these days. A bunch of goofballs debasing themselves on Tv for cash. Whats next, the “Twit of the Year” Contest?