Dozens of budding singers flocked to Ibrox this morning to try out for the 2015 X Factor - the biggest audition tour in the talent show's history.

Hopefuls from Glasgow and the surrounding areas are performing today and tomorrow in a bid to achieve their dreams of a career in music.

Scott Miles, 22, is a window cleaner from Hamilton.

Wielding a guitar, he said: "I've wanted to sing for most of my days.

"I've been practicing everyday too. I'm inspired by variety of artists, but I've really looked up to Eminem."

Fife tourism student Shad Tayem, 16, wants to be the next Ariana Grande.

"I'm going to be singing The Monster by Eminem and Rihanna. I'm going to be rapping a bit as well," she said.

Holytown school pupil David Steel, 16, sadly didn't get through after singing John Legend - but he didn't let it dampen his spirits.

"I'm coming back next year, nerves got the better of me this time. I prefer singing to a big crowd than two people you don't know."

Nicole Kathleen Hamilton is a 22 year old singer/songwriter from Hamilton – and was performing her own song Walk On Water in her audition today.

"I've wanted to be a singer since I was a little girl.

"My mum always sang, and my dad thought he could sing too," she laughed, adding: "I've just grown up with a musical family."

Later on, we met some lucky contestants leaving the stadium who had got through to the next round.

Theatrical Rose Mary Dyke, a 16 year old student from Fife, was encouraged by her mum to apply for the X Factor when her granddad had fallen ill – and impressed the panel with her voice.

She said: "For me, singing is just a passion. Music makes good days better, and bad days a lot more bearable. Listening to different artists, singing to different people and practicing is just really fun."

She added, laughing: "I even sing in the shower, drawing all the judges' faces onto the steamed up glass!"

Dumbarton mum-of-three and children's nursery owner Alana Farmer, 31, won over the judges with a stunning rendition of Not The Only One by Sam Smith.

"I've been singing since a really young age, but I've got three young kids and I hadn't done anything for years," admitted Alana.

She added:" People would say to me: 'Why are you not on that programme?' but I just didn't know if it was for me. My husband applied for me, and when I got the email saying I had a slot it was him that made me go."

"I have a really eclectic music taste, but I really love Sam Smith and Amy Winehouse – they're something different from your run-of-the-mill pop acts."

But there was one woman that lost out on her dream of a singing career today.

Agnes Paterson, a 33 year old events organiser from Edinburgh, has battled mental health problems including schizophrenia and depression for eight years.

She has also tirelessly campaigned for justice after her late brother Thomas Patterson was killed in a road accident on holiday in Spain at just 21 in 2009 – and the devastated family never got the answers that they needed.

She said: "The judges were really nice. They told me I had a great voice but they don't know whether I am ready to deal with the pressure. It just wasn't my time." She added: "I've came through this dark tunnel, and this audition was to help me break back into life. I chose You Give Good Love by Whitney Houston for my fiancée Lauren, who I've been with for eight years. I like to think that my brother was watching over me today. I might get lucky next year."

Successful candidates from the open auditions will get the chance to perform in front of X Factor judges later this summer.

X Factor boss Simon Cowell said: "The X Factor is coming back and, if you think you have the potential to be a world-class star, this is your chance to prove it. You really could be the next pop superstar."