Article: Scot who keeps the -factor in tune; It's opera singer Yvie Burnett's toughest role ever... a juggling act that sees her coach stars of the hit show while being a full-time mother.(News)

Byline: Jane Simpson

SHE is the opera singer who stepped off the stage to tune the vocal chords of contestants on The X Factor.

But Scottish voice coach Yvie Burnett has disclosed that being the woman behind every winner on the hit show is a hard act to combine with motherhood.

For part of the week she lives in a London hotel and relies on her mobile phone to keep in touch with daughter Emily, 15, and 12-year-old son Ollie.

Miss Burnett admits the juggling act, which will make working mothers everywhere gasp, often involves coaching the stars well into the night before becoming a long-distance homework mentor to her children.

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