| Birth Name | Treyc Cohen |
| Date of Birth | October 11, 1983 |
| Place of Birth | Tamworth, U.K. |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Official Site | N/A |
Treyc Cohen, 26, from Stonydelph in Tamworth is a call-centre worker and former music student, who quit studying at the University of Wolverhampton in the summer.
In the 2009 series, Cohen was in the over-25s category, getting through to the final twenty-four, but was eliminated at the judges’ houses stage. This series, Cohen was placed in the girls’ category (after the age limit was changed to 28) and she once again was through to the judges’ houses, where she sang “Ave Maria”.
She was not picked to be in the initial top 12 acts, but Cole chose her as a wildcard for the live finals.Cohen faced controversy after it was revealed that she signed a management deal with Artimis Music Management Ltd that landed her a contract in October 2009 with Birmingham-based Ajoupa Records, that released her debut single entitled “A Time to Be Heard”, which was also the debut single of Ajoupa Records itself. It was released on 14 December 2009 featuring the a cappella group The Black Voices. The rules of The X Factor strictly forbid record deals while a contestant is on the show, and the show’s legal team worked to free her from her contract.Her rendition of “One” in the first live show brought her rave comments including Cowell saying: “I am amazed that we overlooked you in this competition. I didn’t like what you’re wearing, but honestly that’s not an issue, because by a far mile, that was the best vocal for the entire competition thus far”.
Cohen went on to sing “Purple Rain” in the second week and “Whole Lotta Love” on the third week. In week 3, Cohen landed in the bottom two with John Adeleye, and had even polled the least amount of votes that week, but was saved by the judges after her rendition of “One Night Only” in the final showdown. Cohen then went on to sing “Relight My Fire” in week 4 and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” in Week 5. Cohen was voted off the show on 7 November 2010 after a final showdown with Katie Waissel.
She was voted out with both Cowell and Walsh voting to eliminate her and only Minogue supporting her. Cole abstained due to being mentor to both acts, although she said she would send the result to deadlock if allowed to be the last judge to vote. However, a majority vote was used and Cohen was eliminated with two votes against Waissel’s one, finishing tenth overall.
After the series ended, it was revealed that Cohen received more votes than Waissel, meaning if Cole had been allowed to take the vote to deadlock, Cohen would not have been eliminated.
She wowed us all with soulful renditions of classics such as One and Whole Lotta Love on The X Factor 2010 but all of those fade into comparison when you see Treyc Cohen rehearsing for her lead role in musical The Wiz
The Tamworth lass who exited in Week 5 of the singing contest to major fury from viewers is playing Dorothy in the musical which is an African-American version of popular musical The Wizard Of Oz. So for all fans of Treyc Cohen, musicals or stonkingly good singing, here is the woman herself singing Home!
