X Factor winner’s unexpected response after selling just 27 tickets for cancelled gig

First-ever X Factor winner Steve Brookstein once had the world at his feet: TV appearances, a chart-topping single, and sell-out live shows.

Alas, it seems the 2004 champion is now struggling to shift gig tickets – but he remains surprisingly determined.

Steve – who was mentored by Simon Cowell – beat classical singers G4 to securing a record deal on the very first series of the ITV talent show in 2004.

Almost 20 years after approximately 10million people watched Steve scoop that £1million contract, he is still making music – but it’s not quite reaching the same number of people anymore.