Singer and former X Factor star Amelia Lily has been forced to withdraw from a live performance after being hospitalised with a severe illness. Amelia, 29, appeared as a contestant on the 2011 series of the ITV singing competition, ultimately coming in third place behind winners Little Mix. In the years which followed X Factor, Amelia appeared on the reality TV show Geordie Shore , and as a contestant on the 20th series of Celebrity Big Brother .
Amelia, who is diabetic, was forced to pull out of a performance at the Sunderland Food and Drink Festival on Saturday after falling ill and being rushed to hospital. Posting to her Instagram Stories, Amelia shared details of the horrifying sickness which left her unable to perform for fans. ‘Hello everyone, after a really tough week of being severely unwell, I have never felt like this in my life.
I have been admitted into hospital with an underlying infection,’ she wrote. An apologetic Amelia continued: ‘I am so sorry that I won’t be able to perform tomorrow evening. I love performing and am absolutely gutted I can’t be there tomorrow but I know I’m in the best place.
’ A follow-up post revealed why she had been taken ill in the first place – being a kidney infection relating to an untreated UTI. ‘I was discharged last night and am back home, have to go back in the morning for some blood but I am on the mend. It resulted in being a kidney infection which came from a UTI that was left untreated,’ Amelia said.
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