Arena auditions!
Tonight contestants presented last night audition in the arena setting. The show starts at 8pm BST (3pm EDT).
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Wembley Arena
Sam Bailey (36, prison officer) – Who is Lovin’ You
She literally kills it. Standing ovation from the judges.
Sam Bailey sings Who’s Loving You by The Jacksons
Hannah Barrett (17, homeless) – One Night Only
Another great performance.
Hannah Barrett sings One Night Only by Jennifer Hudson
Luke Britnell (Justin Bieber tribute) – Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
Acoustic cover. Not very good. Judges think he has a limited range. He is going home.
Alejandro Fernandez-Holt (17, West Sussex) – Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
Sings partly in Spanish. Gets 4 yeses.
Alejandro Fernandez-Holt sings Hero by Enrique Iglesias
Fil Henley (30, guitar teacher)
Shirtless, turns the guitar up to 11. Walks in the audience. I don’t like the singing. Jumps on the table and breaks some glasses.
Judges don’t think he is bad enough.
Nicole: It’s a yes for the hair, but a no for the show. He is going home.
Fil Henley sings That’s Metal (To My Ears)
Jerrie Bafundila – We Found Love (Rihanna)
Ugh, this is terrible. Gets two yeses, is going home.
Tamera Foster (16) – I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston)
Girl looks like a popstar. Messes up the lyrics. Ooops. Needs 2 seconds to get herself together. Walks off the stage. Hopefully she gets another chance after the commercial break.
Tamera is back. Starts over. She is still messing up the lyrics, but girl has the pipes. The crowd is going crazy. My God, Simon got himself a pop princess. ONLY 16 AND LOOKS LIKE A POPSTAR. Ready to be manufactured. I think Nicole will take her to the live shows. 4 X YES. TAMERA FOSTER’S TWITTER. Simon, you lucky bastard.
Tamera Foster sings I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston
Not a dry eye in the house! Sam Bailey brings down Wembley Arena with a euphoric standing ovation as she progresses to X Factor Boot Camp
She received a standing ovation from judges Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh during her first X Factor audition on Saturday night’s launch show.
But Sam Bailey ensured there wasn’t a dry eye in the whole of London’s Wembley Arena as she showcased her impressive vocal talents in front of a 4,000-strong crowd in the second round of the competition on Sunday evening.
Before bringing the house down with a positively euphoric rendition of Smokey Robinson’s Motown classic Who’s Loving You, the 36-year-old prison officer admitted she wanted to make her two children proud as she took to the stage for a second time.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘This could be the first day of an amazing career… don’t mess it up!’ Louis Walsh’s wise words to teen X Factor hopeful who boasted online of drug use
She was given a telling off by television bosses when it emerged she had boasted online about smoking marijuana.
And it would appear Louis Walsh had an inkling of X Factor hopeful Tamera Foster’s somewhat wild ways as he warned her not to ‘mess up’ what could be an ‘amazing career’ in the music industry on Sunday night’s episode.
Although Louis’ words of warning came well before the talented teenager was caught posting incriminating pictures on her Twitter page, he told her she had the most potential out of anyone he’d seen on the show, including the likes of former winners Alexandra Burke and Leona Lewis.
Read more: Daily Mail
X Factor hopefuls freeze on the big stage as judges’ decisions and ‘Double Auditions’ take their toll
The second part of The X Factor’s new ‘double audition’ format showed why the only way you can really judge any singer’s talent is from their performance live on stage.
Saturday night’s opener – in which acts sang to the panel in an intimate rehearsal room – indicated we were in for a good night, and that the first selection to have made it through had set a strong standard for the rest of the series.
In fact, most of them flattered to deceive, cracked under pressure, or outright flunked their big night.
Read more: Daily Mail
