So­ca artiste Olatun­ji Year­wood has ad­vanced to yet an­oth­er stage of the X Fac­tor UK com­pe­ti­tion, earn­ing the first seat on the show’s Six Chair Chal­lenge in the lat­est episode.

This time, Year­wood thrilled with his per­for­mance of Lou Be­ga’s Mam­bo Num­ber Five.

Per­form­ing first in the line-up, Olatun­ji, who first wowed the judges dur­ing the au­di­tions with his song Body­line, gave a vi­brant per­for­mance that had au­di­ence mem­bers and judges alike danc­ing along. Fling­ing off his top hat, he danced across the stage and even­tu­al­ly shook his hair loose, much to the de­light of the au­di­ence.

The 32-year-old was told by judge Adya Williams, “I would like you to take seat #1 please,” to the loud cheers of the au­di­ence.

The Six Chair Chal­lenge re­places the tra­di­tion­al boot camp au­di­tion stage of the com­pe­ti­tion and the con­tes­tants are split in­to four dif­fer­ent cat­e­gories, each with a judge as­signed as a men­tor.

Williams is the men­tor of the group of con­tes­tants that Olatun­ji is in.

Judge Si­mon Cow­ell, com­ment­ing on Olatun­ji’s per­for­mance, said, “I think this com­pe­ti­tion needs peo­ple like you. If it was me there would no hes­i­ta­tion, you would be tak­ing one of those chairs.”