James Newman was sued over a hit song he wrote before coming last at this year's song contest.
, who appeared on the TV talent show in 2013, Smith sued Newman along with co-writer Jonny Harris and three members of Rudimental - Kesi Dryden, Piers Aggett and Amir Izadkhah.
Any similarities in the lyrics, he said, could be down to the fact they contained "commonplace expressions". Smith's legal team argued there were too many similarities between the songs to be explained away by "mounting coincidence". But Newman's barrister, Tom Weisselberg QC, said her case was a "concocted claim that should never have been brought".
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