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Natalie Bassingthwaighte has become a mother for the second time after giving birth to a healthy baby boy today. The Daily Telegraph reports that Hendrix John Hickson McGlinchey was born in a Melbourne hospital this morning, with Natalie’s manager Mark Byrne saying, “Mother and son are both doing well. It’s another addition to a perfect family.” Natalie and her husband Cameron McGlinchey are already parents to a two-year-old daughter, Harper.

Natalie made a few public appearances in the later stages of her second pregnancy, most recently at the 2013 Logies. However she hasn’t been able to work much on the latest series of The X Factor, leaving returning judge Ronan Keating and new judges Dannii Minogue and Stefan “Redfoo” Gordy to get the ball rolling at the auditions.

Congratulations to Natalie, Cameron and their growing family!

Natalie Bassingthwaighte has confirmed that she is pregnant with her second child! The X Factor judge and mentor shared her news with this week's New Idea and revealed that she’s 12-and-a-half weeks pregnant. She already has two-year-old daughter Harper with husband Cameron McGlinchey, who she married almost a year ago.

Natalie told the magazine, “I love it, I love being pregnant,” and said she had to keep it a secret from her fellow judges on the hit show, which wrapped last week. Two Fridays ago she attended Ronan Keating’s Emerald and Ivy Ball and only sipped water, which prompted baby buzz. But she added that they’re all thrilled for her, particularly Mel B, who “sent a text saying that I can be the fat one now.” Congrats to Natalie and Cameron on their growing family!

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Bella Ferraro just missed out on a place in The X Factor grand final when she was eliminated last night. Samantha Jade and Jason Owen were the first two to go through, with The Collective taking the third spot after a deadlock decider. Of all the finalists, 17-year-old Bella has probably had the most highs and lows — her spectacular first audition set the bar for the show, as well as the standard the judges expected of her each week. With mentor Natalie Bassingthwaighte as her number one supporter, Bella got through tough criticism and even online bullying to make it to the top four. We spoke to Bella about the show’s biggest challenges, her friendship with Samantha, and how she really felt about the judges constantly going back to the “magic” of her audition.

Is it easier or harder to perform the sing for your life compared to the Monday live show?
It just depends what mindset you’re on. For some people it can be hard to sing the sing for your life because they could be really shocked and upset that they’re in the bottom two. This is what I tend to think: ‘I’m in the bottom two. That’s OK. I’ve just got to smash this performance. I’ve got to make Nat proud of me.’ I hope I did that last night. I still haven’t watched the performance back so I can’t comment. I sometimes think it’s easier because when I’m in the bottom two I use that — it’s not really shock, because I kind of expected it — I use the feeling of being in the bottom two to better my performance.

You probably had one of the hardest times on the show for a few reasons — what was the most challenging part?
I think the most challenging part for me was that the longer I was there, the more I had to learn. Vocally I became very exhausted because I’d never sung for three months every day before. Physically I’m drained and I’m just exhausted. I think it got hard to perform well when you’re so tired.

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