X Factor star Samantha Chawner tied the knot with long-term partner Matthew Parkinson in a stunning wedding in Manchester on Saturday.

The reality star, 36, who appeared on the ITV talent show alongside sister Emma, 34, in 2009, was she not joined by her sibling or father Phillip, 68, on her big day following a bitter family feud.  

The wedding took place just two months after the tragic loss Chawner matriarch Audrey, who passed away ‘passed peacefully in her sleep’ aged 73, with whom Samantha reconciled with on her deathbed. 

In snaps obtained by The Mirror the bride looked gorgeous in an ivory gown as she showed off her jaw-dropping 10-stone weight loss and posed alongside her groom in his smart blue three-piece suit with matching fedora. 

Samantha, who became estranged from her family after moving out, revealed now husband Matthew convinced her to visit Audrey shortly before her death. 

X Factor star Samantha Chawner (L) tied the knot with long-term partner Matthew Parkinson in in Manchester on Saturday but sister Emma (R) was absent following a family feud (pictured together on the X Factor in 2009)

The wedding took place just two months after the tragic loss Chawner matriarch Audrey (pictured in 2013) who passed away ‘passed peacefully in her sleep’ aged 73 , with whom Samantha reconciled with on her deathbed

Telling the publication: ‘I was really shocked as she was so thin and she was blind, and not able to speak, but I told her I loved her and she touched my hand. She knew I was there and I felt like I had made my peace with her.’ 

Samantha went on to claim that she was not welcome at her mother’s funeral and with her father absent from her wedding a neighbour escorted her down the aisle.

They were joined by 100 guests with Shania Twain’s From This Moment On playing as the bride entered the venue.  

Samantha and Matthew have been a couple since 2019 after meeting on a dating website and sadly have sadly suffered three devastating miscarriages throughout their relationship. 

‘It was heartbreaking to lose the babies but we are hopeful for the future. I’m also a stepmum to Matthew’s three children, who we see once a month, and we have our dog, one-year-old French bulldog Cleo’. 

MailOnline have contacted Emma and Phillip Chawner for comment. 

Emma first auctioned alone on the X Factor in 2007, before returning for ‘more ridicule’ alongside her sister in 2009. 

Head judge Simon Cowell accused Audrey and Phillip of giving their daughter ‘false hope’ after she’d failed to make the cut and they stormed into the audition room.

In snaps the bride looked gorgeous in an ivory gown as she showed off her jaw-dropping 10-stone weight loss and posed alongside her groom in his smart blue three-piece suit with matching fedora (Samantha pictured on the X Factor) 

Samantha, who became estranged from her family after moving out, revealed now husband Matthew convinced her to visit Audrey shortly before her death (pictured with sister Emma, L, in 2007)

Samantha went on to claim that she was not welcome at her mother’s funeral and with her father absent from her wedding a neighbour escorted her down the aisle (pictured as a family with host Lorraine Kelly on Loraine Kelly’s Big fat challenge)

Samantha went on to claim that she was not welcome at her mother’s funeral and with her father absent from her wedding a neighbour escorted her down the aisle (Father Phillip pictured on Channel 5’s Nightmare Neighbours Next Door)

The unemployed family then appeared on The Chawners’ Last Chance and Lorraine Kelly’s Big Fat Challenge in a bid to turn their unhealthy lifestyles around. 

As well as appearances on The Jeremy Kyle Show and Nightmare neighbours Next Door. 

Emma confirmed the devastating news that her mother had ‘passed peacefully in her sleep’ in an Instagram post in Janurary. 

Alongside a picture of her mother Audrey, Emma wrote: ‘I’m just letting you all know my mum passed peacefully in her sleep at 4am this morning.’

Her followers were quick to take to the comments section to share their condolences and words of support. 

Emma first auctioned alone on the X Factor in 2007 (picyured) before returning for ‘more ridicule’ alongside her sister in 2009

Emma confirmed the devastating news that her mother had ‘passed peacefully in her sleep’ in an Instagram post shared on Tuesday

Emma shared a photograph of her mother Audrey and confirmed the sad news in an accompanying caption  

Paying tribute, Emma also told The Sun: ‘She was a lovely lady – loved her TV programmes, loved her animals and loved a good laugh.

‘Her favourite TV programmes were Emmerdale and EastEnders.

‘My dog also passed on Tuesday at 11am, and mum died on Monday, I said that night “mum if you can hear me take Ruby with you”.’

Emma also gushed over her ‘lovely’ and ‘caring’ mother in a tribute on a GoFundMe page, set up to help raise money for the funeral.

‘My mum was lovely caring respectful lady and I miss [her] so much,’ she wrote in the description.