Gaia Cauchi, Malta’s 15-year-old singing sweetheart currently making her way through the UK’s X Factor as part of the all girl-group Sweet Sense, recently got to take some well-deserved downtime with her new bandmates in sunny Los Angeles, California.

Gaia Cauchi spoke to Lovin Malta about her quick getaway to the United States of America ahead of her biggest challenge yet: The Judge’s House.

“Honestly, we didn’t have a chance to do too much,” said Gaia with a smile. “But when we had an off day, we had the time to go look at the Walk of Fame and the Hollywood Sign, and obviously loads of shopping!”

Along with her bandmates, Gaia had the opportunity to soak up the LA sun and sights before heading back to the UK

“It was really sunny, so we spent most of our time in the pool with the other contestants, and then we went to Venice beach and Santa Monica pier,” she beamed.

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Johnathan Cilia

Johnathan is an award-winning Maltese journalist interested in social justice, politics, minority issues, music and food. Follow him at @supreofficialmt on Instagram, and send him news, food and music stories at [email protected]