The third episode of the audition stage of The X Factor was definitely an interesting one: out of the thousands of contestants that auditioned in Leeds, none of them made the grade! A bit of X Factor history made there…
London was a lot more hopeful with several contestants making it through. Probably the biggest talking point of the day was boy-band / vocal group ‘Avenue‘, who were put through by Louis and Sharon after Simon confessed he ‘didn’t get it’.
Turns out that Simon’s instincts were on the money, because various papers have revealed that Avenue already have a management deal, and were put together in an attempt to make it big on the X Factor. Whether or not they will be allowed to continue in Boot Camp remains to be seen.
September 12th, 2006
Have you auditioned for The X Factor this series?
This year was the most popular year yet for The X Factor, with more than 100,000 wannabe stars auditioning for the show up and down the country.
Are you one of the people who auditioned? If so, we’d like to hear about your experiences. Please add them as a comment to this post - the best audition write-ups will be added to their own special section of this site!
If you have any photos of your time at the auditions, send them to us and we’ll put them up too! The address to use is auditions@x-factor-fan.co.uk
August 29th, 2006
Episode two kicks off in Manchester, with the usual mix of quality and… well complete rubbish.
Getting the XFFO award for most deluded audition is Warren, a performing arts student without the performance skills or the artistry. Most cringe-worthy was the fact that he just couldn’t accept it when he got ‘No’s from Simon and Louis (Sharon doing her usual “let’s say Yes for a laugh” trick!)
Surprisingly, the best talent on the show isn’t going through, but not because the judges said ‘No’. Wannabe opera singer Paris wowed the judges despite her age of 16 years. Imagine their surprise when she started crying after they said ‘Yes’ and confessed she was only 14. A definite future star there…
Perhaps the one to look out for later in the series was 17-year old Raymond - a fan of the old standards who impressed all 3 of the judges with Dean Martin’s “Ain’t that a kick in the head”.
Over in Birmingham, Louis Walsh had the sole vote on whether Vicky (who runs an un-official Louis fan-site!) would go through - who’d have guessed he would say Yes?! (I suppose you have to keep your fans sweet when you only have 45 of them…)
Richard was probably the pick of the bunch in Birmingham - a good look, nice voice and seems to really have the motivation to want to make it, after seeing things go wrong for his Dad…
Do you agree with our assessment? Or not?! Leave a comment below…
August 26th, 2006
