X FACTOR MUM DIES AGED 36

TV show audition won praise from judges Cheryl and Simon

- RYAN CARROLL

TRIBUTES have been paid to a talented Scots singer who once wowed judges on X Factor, after she died suddenly aged just 36.

Stephanie Ternent Reid, from Edinburgh, had been complaining of feeling unwell at the weekend and died on Monday morning - just four weeks after celebrating her first wedding anniversary with husband Ryan.

The mum of two was a muchloved member of staff at Hibernian FC, where she was the match day receptionist. She also ran her own successful business, Scent With Love.

Stephanie was a skilled vocalist and played hundreds of gigs in the capital and regularly streamed her performances on social media.

In 2015, in front of 5000 people at Wembley Arena, she impressed X Factor judges Cheryl Tweedy and Simon Cowell with her audition for the TV talent show.

However, despite being told she had made it to the boot camp stage, producers subsequently let her down after admitting too many acts had been put through.