Gary Barlow: 'I'll Write For Sam Bailey'

Gary Barlowhas declared that he would "love" to write material for this year's X Factor winner Sam Bailey.

The talent show judge and Take That songwriter was asked on spin-off show The Xtra Factor if he'd consider penning tunes for Screwbo.

And he replied: "Oh, absolutely. I think the whole world will be looking at Sam right now as a great vehicle to be able perform their song with that kind of emotion and the kind of technical ability that she's got. It's incredible.

"I would be excited as a songwriter to write for her voice."

He then confirmed that he was already planning to collaborate with the former prison officer.

Meanwhile Sam's music career has got off to a flying start this morning, with her debut single Skyscraper already storming to No 1 on the iTunes chart.

The Demi Lovato cover is set to get a rush release on Wednesday and will be a contender for Christmas No 1 on the Official UK Singles Chart.

Voting stats have revealed that Sam had been leading the field for weeks on the ITV show.

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