Mark Wright looks overwhelmed with emotion as he gazes at Megan McKenna singing

p Mark Wright looked close to tears as he gazed upon Megan McKenna as she warbled away on The a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/x-factorX Factor/a : Celebrity on Saturday night. /p p a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/mark-wright target=_blankThe 32-year-old reality star/a was a surprise guest in the audience of the long running ITV singing contest where he was reunited with a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/megan-mckenna target=_blankhis former TOWIE co-star Megs, 27./a /p pSitting in the audience, Mark looked close to tears as he watched Megan sing a rendition of Roxette#x2019;s 1987 classic power ballad, It Must Have Been Love./p pTeary eyed Mark gazed upon reality beauty Megan as she sang like an angel while dressed like a vision in red, wearing a strapless red dress with a revealing slit running up the front of her left leg./p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949310.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/2_EHP_CHP_231119-X-FACTOR_9395JPG.jpg title=Mark Wright looked emotional as he watched Megan McKenna on The X Factor data-portal-copyright=ITV pAs she neared the chorus of the iconic song, cameras cut to show Mark absolutely lost in the performance as he gazed at her before breaking into a smile./p pThe performance won the full support of Mark, who gushed about her to X Factor host Dermot O#x2019;Leary after she performed./p p#x201C;Megan#x2019;s an Essex girl. She#x2019;s repping Essex,#x201D; the star - who appeared on the show without soap star wife Michelle Keegan, 32./p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949312.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_EHP_CHP_231119-X-FACTOR_9392JPG.jpg title=Megan was a vision in red as she belted out Roxette#x2019;s 1987 classic, It Must Have Been Love data-portal-copyright=ITV img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949309.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_EHP_CHP_231119-X-FACTOR_9394JPG.jpg title=Mark looked deep in thought as he lost himself in Meganapos;s performance data-portal-copyright=ITV pMark even backed Megan to win, adding: #x201C;I think, with what just happened, it#x2019;s got to be Megan. She is phenomenal.#x201D;/p p It#x2019;s not the first time Mark has crossed paths with Megan, a data-content-type=news data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/mark-wright-flirts-megan-mckenna-10068663 target=_blankhaving made a cringe attempt at flirting with the dark haired beauty way back in 2010/a when they both featured on The Only Way Is Essex. /p p Mark desperately asked her: #x201C;Do you have a boyfriend?#x201D; long before he began dating a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/coronation-streetCoronation Street/a star Michelle - with whom he has been blissfully married since 2015. /p video id=6108118185001 title=SIMON COWELLapos;S GIRLFRIEND APPEARS TO ASK WHO MARK WRIGHT IS ON X FACTOR poster=https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/jit/4221396001/2a0a6833-77ea-4ce5-bb7b-5af8ac344673/main/1280x720/18s325ms/match/image.jpgsource type=video/mp4 src=https://house-cloudfront.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/4221396001/2a0a6833-77ea-4ce5-bb7b-5af8ac344673/098ffee7-1cb7-467f-9756-d94ebb79fa98/main.mp4?Key-Pair-Id=APKAINLZLPQXMZG2IC5Aamp;Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiKi8vaG91c2UtY2xvdWRmcm9udC5ldS13ZXN0LTEucHJvZC5ib2x0ZG5zLm5ldC9tZWRpYS92MS9wbXA0L3N0YXRpYy9jbGVhci80MjIxMzk2MDAxLzJhMGE2ODMzLTc3ZWEtNGNlNS1iYjdiLTVhZjhhYzM0NDY3My8wOThmZmVlNy0xY2I3LTQ2N2YtOTc1Ni1kOTRlYmI3OWZhOTgvbWFpbi5tcDQqIiwiQ29uZGl0aW9uIjp7IkRhdGVMZXNzVGhhbiI6eyJBV1M6RXBvY2hUaW1lIjoxNTc0NjIzMzMzfX19XX0_amp;Signature=femeZsdpw3xBrQRdiSGog0TI98pkkgb10C8y943BgsCSGzV0LM8uSEF3YzteLu-EzFWvSO0wTaqX0gLrlV71H2aoO2pI2wGdAsBBIgQ2fCbQnLMMCXL9mzXPZ69o71lWEcwRLTSr7EZ3ik5Eg-Kul40ItYvY4HNiqxNg6z30bvQ8IMR6Mt0dyjZWzmD31lZqQw0SjbRMJKp7~IHJo32Okz4FYdY6YM~oWn-1a~QTJQYyUkAP8nRBNPhhI-4BgUEUt7V1maac2MVqJtK8t37Tp9t5uzHBZ9LCKCIi9ZW3qlVE0q7OpMau3hEs2IW-XXAUnuCTxlBCVjc6gFfU6ocpnQ__/video img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949311.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_EHP_CHP_231119-X-FACTOR_9393JPG.jpg title=Mark backed Megan to win after being blown away by her performance data-portal-copyright=ITV p Meanwhile, there was embarrassment for Mark following his appearance in the X Factor audience as Simon Cowell#x2019;s girlfriend Lauren Silverman /p pAs Dermot sat beside Mark to ask him for opinions, Lauren could be seen shooting him quizzical looks./p p quot;Did Simons partner just ask who @MarkWright_ was live on tv directly in front on the camera?!?!? Love the lady answering clarified he was on Towie,#x201D; one fan asked on a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/twitterTwitter/a . /p