that she would send through the act "who has the vulnerability mixed with the confidence and who tugged on my heart strings", Cher Lloyd.

With the deciding vote falling to Simon Cowell, the music mogul announced that the decision was "straightforward", despite noting that he had supported Byrne "from the beginning" and thought that Lloyd's sing-off performance "was like hearing you for the first time".

After concluding his comments by saying, "I see one of you who can walk away from this competition with pride and a future," he opted to save Lloyd and ultimately eliminate Byrne from the programme.

The result decided, a gracious Byrne identified her favourite moment as recording a number one charity track in aid of Help For Heroes while her mentor Walsh, who is now theNiger Says Italian Priest Kidnapped Near Burkina Faso Border

An Italian priest has been kidnapped in a part of Niger where a number of extremist groups are active, the West African nation said Tuesday.

Government spokesman Zakaria Abdourahmane said authorities had not been aware the priest was in the country's southwest near the Burkina Faso border. He said investigations have begun to find the attackers and free the priest. No further details were immediately available.

The Rev. Pierluigi Maccalli is a member of the Society of African Missions religious order. In Niger he had promoted initiatives to encourage an end to the cultural practice of female genital mutilation, which had sparked some local opposition to him, according to the Fides missionary news agency in Rome.

In Rome, the Italian foreign ministry said