Welcome to week 4 (and hopefully last) week of auditions.
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The X Factor airs tonight at 8:00pm BST (9:00pm CEST, 3:00pm EDT, 12:00pm PDT) on ITV 1 (75min).
Yes, it’s the last week of auditions. YAY.
We are back at Thorpe Park. Simon wants a doughnut. Then the Simon drives the buggy into
Spencer Sutherland – 24 year old from Ohio, USA. He says X Factor is the best talent show. He is out of his home country for the first time. He sings Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’. He is one of the best we’ve heard so far this season. Simon thinks he is too corny and like someone auditioning for Louis’s boyband. The other judges agree, but all like his voice and he gets 4 YESes.
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ITG (In The Genetics) – brothers Alex (18) and Leon (22), hotel singers from Norwich. They usually perform alongside their mum and grandma. They mostly sing hits from the 60’s for their elderly audience. They are auditioning with Ed Sheeran’s ‘Don’t’. They can sing, but I’m not sure they work as a duo. Or did they pick the wrong song? The audition kinda goes off the rails. Simon doesn’t like their musical direction (Michael Buble). Simon says NO, 3 YESes.
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Matt Linnen – 28 year old plasterer from Southend, Essex. He is good looking and single! Nicole is watching him with dreamy eyes. He is auditioning with a cover of Ray LaMontagne’s ‘Trouble’. He is a WGWG with a raspy voice. He is just OK for me, but I’m not a fan of this type of contestant. Simon is hoping Matt is also a songwriter. Nicole is swooning and wants to connect with him more. 4 YESes.
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At the auditions, everyone looks on fleek.
Scarlett Lee – 19 year old make-up artist from Surrey. She has a lot of supporters with her. She looks hideous – She has so much fake tan on her face, it looks like a blackface. She sings Charlie Puth’s ‘One Call Away’ and some other gibberish. Simon calls her annoying and asks her to sing straight with no ad-libs. She then sings Andra Day’s ‘Rise up’. Simon says she is trying to be clever with her vocals. Sharon thinks she is not ready. Sharon says NO, 3 YESes.
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Rai-Elle – 16 year old student from Croydon. She started singing when she was 5. She sings Awolnations’s ‘Sail’. The judges are stunned by the song choice. The girl can sing and perform. Nicole calls her ‘fearless’, but is worried, because she is so young. 4 YESes.
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Nicole is looking for a husband.
Brad Howard – 30 year old model from Manchester. He wants to impress Nicole and she is watching him. He sings Stevie Wonder’s ‘Lately’. Sharon says, he is “a sexy bloke”. Simon says NO (just so Nicole can have the deciding vote), 3 YESes.
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Sharon has an admirer, too.
Peter Warwick – 51 year old from Northampton. He brings a cake to his audition. He sings Meghan Trainor’s ‘All About That Bass’. He is terrible.
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Afro-Swag – Kingsley (39) and Adasnoop (31) from London. They have a special gift from Africa for Simon Cowell. They sing Kukere’s ‘Iyanya’. Simon likes them.
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Slavko Kalezic – 31 year old actor from Montenegro. You might remember seeing him performing in the first semifinal of Eurovision Song Contest in May 2017 for his country. Usually singers first compete on their local versions of talent shows and then make a bid for Eurovision glory … but Slavko is doing it the other way around. You know who else has a connection to Eurovision 2017? Louis Walsh. Louis was tasked with finding a representative for Ireland and he picked Brendan Murray from his boyband Hometown. So no surprise, Louis already knows Slavko and is completely on board. Did Louis ask Slavko to audition for X Factor UK back in May? Of course he did!!! Slavko is performing Beyonce’s ‘End of Time’. This one is a wild one! Louis calls him ‘a perfect showman’. Sharon and Nicole like him, too. Slavko is through with 3 or 4 YESes.
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Alisah Bonaobra – 22 year old singer from Manila, Philippines. She has 8 siblings and 18 cats. She finished 2nd on their version of The Voice. She is auditioning with Beyonce’s ‘Listen’. BIG VOICE, I wish she picked some other song, this one boxes her into the DIVA box immediately. 4 YESes.
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This is it for tonight, one more audition episode is coming tomorrow.
