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Friend's room audition, in which he sang "[[Stand by Me (song)|Stand by Me]]", was the first audition of the series to be broadcast.{{Fact|date=November 2013}} Walsh commented "You have your own style, your own finish, love your voice. You're different."{{Fact|date=November 2013}} His arena audition saw him sing "[[Too Much Love Will Kill You]]". He performed "[[Alone (Heart song)|Alone]]" at bootcamp, and then "[[Cannonball (Damien Rice song)|Cannonball]]" and "[[Somewhere Only We Know]]"<!-- This performance was shown on The Xtra Factor. --> at judges' houses.{{Fact|date=November 2013}}
Friend's room audition, in which he sang "[[Stand by Me (song)|Stand by Me]]", was the first audition of the series to be broadcast.{{Fact|date=November 2013}} Walsh commented "You have your own style, your own finish, love your voice. You're different."{{Fact|date=November 2013}} His arena audition saw him sing "[[Too Much Love Will Kill You]]". He performed "[[Alone (Heart song)|Alone]]" at bootcamp, and then "[[Cannonball (Damien Rice song)|Cannonball]]" and "[[Somewhere Only We Know]]"<!-- This performance was shown on The Xtra Factor. --> at judges' houses.{{Fact|date=November 2013}}
he is the best singer in the world and i am deffinately going to marry him xxx


===Nicholas McDonald===
===Nicholas McDonald===

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The tenth UK series of The X Factor began on ITV on 31 August 2013 and will end on 15 December 2013. The live shows started on 12 October 2013. The twelve chosen finalists were Sam Callahan, Luke Friend, Nicholas McDonald, Abi Alton, Hannah Barrett, Tamera Foster, Sam Bailey, Lorna Simpson, Shelley Smith, Kingsland Road, Miss Dynamix and Rough Copy.[1]

Nicole Scherzinger is mentoring the girls (Alton, Barrett and Foster), Louis Walsh is mentoring the boys (Callahan, Friend and McDonald), Gary Barlow is mentoring the groups (Kingsland Road, Miss Dynamix and Rough Copy) and Sharon Osbourne is mentoring the over 25s (Bailey, Simpson and Smith).[2][3]

Boys

The "Boys" category is being mentored by Louis Walsh. Contestants in this category are male soloists aged between 16-24. The six candidates at judges' houses were: Paul Akister, Sam Callahan, Luke Friend, Ryan Mathie, Nicholas McDonald, and Giles Potter. Walsh chose:

Sam Callahan

Sam Callahan is a 19-year-old part-time barman from Essex.[4] He attended Sylvia Young Theatre School[citation needed] with The Wanted's Nathan Sykes.[5] He has also been part of various bands until deciding to go solo earlier in 2013.[citation needed] Before he auditioned for The X Factor, Callahan supported The X Factor bands District3 and Union J at gigs in Scotland.[4][6] The media reported that he has worked as a model as well.[7] He has angered show bosses by selling his own merchandise, which is against the rules of The X Factor.[8]

Callahan sang "You're Beautiful" in his room audition and "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" at his arena audition. He performed "Iris" at bootcamp and "We Are Young" and "Teenage Dream" at judges' houses.[citation needed]

Luke Friend

Luke Friend is a 17-year-old student from Teignmouth in Devon.[4][9]

Friend's room audition, in which he sang "Stand by Me", was the first audition of the series to be broadcast.[citation needed] Walsh commented "You have your own style, your own finish, love your voice. You're different."[citation needed] His arena audition saw him sing "Too Much Love Will Kill You". He performed "Alone" at bootcamp, and then "Cannonball" and "Somewhere Only We Know" at judges' houses.[citation needed] he is the best singer in the world and i am deffinately going to marry him xxx

Nicholas McDonald

Nicholas McDonald is a 16-year-old student from Wishaw, Scotland.[10] He lives with his parents Eileen and Derrick, an older brother, younger brother and younger sister.[10] He suffers from the rare heart condition Long QT syndrome, and almost died when he was eight.[11]

In his room audition, Nicholas sang "You Raise Me Up". Despite getting a "no" from Barlow because of his age, the other three judges all gave him a "yes" and he went through to the arenas, where he sang "A Thousand Years".[citation needed] He was the final contestant in the boys category to perform at bootcamp. After singing "I Won't Give Up", Walsh said, "That was my favourite audition of the entire night." and Nicholas took the seat of Alejandro Fernandez-Holt.[12] At judges' houses he sang "If You're Not the One" and "Someone like You".[citation needed]

Girls

The "Girls" category is being mentored by Nicole Scherzinger. Contestants in this category are female soloists aged between 16-24. The six candidates at judges' houses were: Abi Alton, Hannah Barrett, Relley Clarke, Tamera Foster, Melanie McCabe, and Jade Richards. Scherzinger chose:

Abi Alton

Abi Alton (born 26 August 1994)[13] is a worker in Morrisons from Guisborough in Teesside.[4] She studied at Laurence Jackson School[14] and then at Prior Pursglove College in her hometown where she studied English language, geography, photography and music.[15] She has been playing piano since she was eight and guitar since she was 15 and writes her own songs.[16]

Alton sang "Travelin' Soldier" in her room audition and performed an original composition at the arena. She sang "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" at bootcamp and "Only You" and "Anything Could Happen" at judges' houses.[citation needed] On 20 October 2013, she suffered a back injury which led to her being taken to hospital, but was later discharged without permanent damage.[17]

She was eliminated in week 5 after being voted into the bottom two with Hannah Barrett. After she sang "Lego House", Barlow and Osbourne voted to eliminate her.[18]

Hannah Barrett

Hannah Barrett is a 17-year-old student from South London. She was introduced to music by her father, who died when she was nine.[4] Her mother told her to leave their house after an argument when she was 10, and she moved into a social services' shelter.[19] She sang "Read All About It, Pt. III" in her room audition, "One Night Only" in her arena audition, "I'd Rather Go Blind" at bootcamp and "A Change Is Gonna Come" and "Fighter" at judges' houses.

After singing "Skyfall" in week 3, she was in the bottom two with Miss Dynamix. She sang "Read All About It, Pt. III" and was saved after only Barlow opted to send her home.[20] In week 5, she was in the bottom two again, this time with Abi Alton. Scherzinger refused to vote as both acts were in her category, so it was left to a majority vote. Barlow and Osbourne both chose to send Alton home, and Barrett was saved.[18]

Tamera Foster

Tamera Foster is a 16-year-old student from Gravesend in Kent.[4] She originally auditioned as part of duo Silver Rock with a woman called Jerrie Bafundila, better known as Jerrie Dila,[21] whom she met just days before their audition, but the judges split them up into solo artists after rejecting them as a duo.[22] Bafundila failed to reach bootcamp,[23] and, after forgetting one line whilst singing "I Have Nothing" and ran off the stage to ask what it was, Foster nearly did as well. However, she sang again and got through. At judges' houses she sang "Fallin'" and "No More Drama" (in front of original artist Mary J. Blige (who was Scherzinger's assistant).[citation needed]

There were calls for Foster to be kicked off the show after it emerged that she had previously smoked cannabis,[24] and had beaten up a 15-year-old girl who refused to kiss Foster's shoes,[25] both in December 2012. Foster accepted a police caution for the latter and publically apologised, calling it "a really stupid move".[25] She said that she has since put these events behind her, saying, "I'm not an angry person anymore and the people who know me from before will know how much I've changed."[26] Foster was also criticised for accepting endorsement deals from the show without asking The X Factor bosses.[27]

In week 4, Foster was in the bottom two with Kingsland Road, but was saved by Walsh, Osbourne and Scherzinger.[28]

Over 25s

The "Over 25s" category is being mentored by Sharon Osbourne. Contestants in this category are soloists aged 25 and over. The six candidates at judges' houses were: Sam Bailey, Zoe Devlin, Andrea Magee, Lorna Simpson, Shelley Smith, and Joseph Whelan. Osbourne chose:

Sam Bailey

Sam Bailey is a 36-year-old prison officer from Leicestershire. She lives with her husband Craig[29] and their two children.[4][30] She sang "Listen" in her room audition and "Who's Loving You" in the arena. She sang "Clown" at bootcamp, and "I Have Nothing" and "Without You" at judges' houses.

Following the eliminations of Shelley Smith and Lorna Simpson, she became last over 25 left in the competition.

Lorna Simpson

Lorna Simpson is a 26-year-old university student from South Norwood, London.[4][30] She was brought up by her parents Charmaine and Peter in Croydon.[31] In 2010, Simpson took part in a talent show in Jamaica called Tasty Talent and won a prize of £8,000.[32] She appeared naked in the online gangster film Hood Loyalty.[33] She also used to be married to Jamaican convicted cocaine dealer, Errol Gordon.[31]

In her room audition, Simpson sang "I Have Nothing" and Barlow told her afterwards, "It feels like you've been singing for 50 years".[citation needed] After performing "The Greatest Love of All" for her arena audition, Osbourne said "I do feel this is is your time."[citation needed] At bootcamp she sang "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and Barlow said, "That was the surprise performance of the night".[citation needed] With Osbourne having already chosen her top six, Simpson took the place of Sabrina Ramikie.[citation needed] At judges' houses she sang "If I Were a Boy" and "One Moment in Time" and was chosen for the live shows.[citation needed]

Simpson sang "So Emotional" in the first live show and was eliminated by majority vote the following night after going up against fellow over 25s contestant Shelley Smith. Scherzinger and Walsh voted to eliminate Simpson, while Barlow voted to eliminate Smith and Osbourne abstained, so Simpson was eliminated.[34]

Shelley Smith

Shelley Smith (born 19 October 1978)[35] is a van driver from Farringdon, Devon. She has a daughter called Madeline. She has been a van driver for 15 years.[36] Smith split from her fiancé in 2012, and then reformed her image by losing weight, changing her hair style and ditching her glasses.[4] She previously made it to bootcamp in 2008 and 2012.[4][30]

Smith's two audition songs were "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "Feeling Good". She sang "Respect" at bootcamp. At judges' houses she sang "Girl on Fire" and "Alone".

Smith lost the first flash vote of the series and ended up in the bottom two, but was saved by the judges after her mentor Osbourne couldn't decide between two of her acts.[34] She was eliminated the following week, however, after landing in the sing-off with Kingsland Road and only Osbourne voting to save her.[37]

Groups

The "Groups" category is being mentored by Gary Barlow. Contestants in this category are either duos or vocal harmony groups, all aged 16 and over. The six candidates at judges' houses were: Brick City, Code 4, Kingsland Road, Miss Dynamix, Rough Copy, and Xyra.

Kingsland Road

Kingsland Road (formerly Kingsland) are a five-piece boy band from East London, made up of Josh Zaré[38] (20) from Maidstone,[39] Joe "Connor" Conaboy (19) from Rugby,[40] JJ Thompson (22) from Coventry (known by his surname),[40] Matt Cahill (25)[41] and Jay Scott (19).[4][42] Zaré and Conaboy knew each other from college, and invited Scott, Thompson and Cahill to form a band after seeing them on YouTube.[43] Originally called Kingsland, they had to change their name before judges' houses because a Canadian band was called Kingsland.[44]

At judges' houses, Kingsland Road sang "Dance with Me Tonight" (in front of original artist Olly Murs) and "A Thousand Years" and were put through to the live shows.[citation needed] They lost the flash vote in week 2 and were in the bottom two, but were saved by the judges.[37] They were in the sing-off again in week 4, where they were up against Tamera Foster. This time they were voted out when Scherzinger, Osbourne and Walsh all voted to save Foster.[28]

Miss Dynamix

Miss Dynamix are a three-piece girl band consisting of full-time mother Shereece[45] "SeSe" Foster (22) from London,[46] student Rielle Carrington (16) from Manchester[46] and beauty consultant Jeanette Akua (21) from South Africa.[4][46] Foster, who has been with her boyfriend Chavez for eight years and is mother to three-year old Myma, has also stated that she is bisexual.[47]

Akua and Carrington originally auditioned as soloists, while Foster auditioned as part of the three-piece group Dynamix along with two men called Kyle and Luke, but the judges said that there were better groups in the competition and asked Foster if she would like to continue as a soloist. Foster refused and Dynamix got through to bootcamp, but they failed to make it past the first challenge. Akua and Carrington also failed to make it past the first bootcamp challenge, but before the second bootcamp challenge, Barlow decided to put Akua, Foster and Carrington together to form a new girl group.[48] Barlow said that he believed they could be "the next Destiny's Child".[48] It was initially reported that the group would be called Stop, Look, Listen,[48] but it was later revealed that their name would be Miss Dynamix, based on the name of Foster's original group. Their first performance together was during the second bootcamp challenge, where they sang "We Found Love". With all six of Barlow's seats already taken, they took the place of Tenors of Rock.[46] At judges' houses, they sang "Pure Shores" and "I Knew You Were Trouble".[citation needed]

On 7 October 2013, Foster announced that she was five months pregnant, and that the baby will be due in January 2014. The closeness of the due date to The X Factor live shows, especially the semi-final and final, worried The X Factor bosses, but they allowed Foster to continue in the competition and a spokesman confirmed that they will "ensure medical staff will be on-site at the ITV London studios. She's being well looked after and her rehearsals are being scheduled carefully to ensure she has plenty of time to rest".[45] On the day of the second live show, Foster was taken ill and was unable to perform,[49] though she has since insisted that it was due to a panic attack and had nothing to do with her being pregnant.[50] Akua and Carrington were reluctant to perform without her as they did not have enough time to learn Foster's parts of the song, and Miss Dynamix received a bye through to week 3 without facing the public vote.[49] They lost the flash vote in week 3 and were sent home after losing the sing-off to Hannah Barrett, with Walsh, Osbourne and Scherzinger opting to send them home.[20] Afterwards, Syco record label boss Simon Cowell, who will sign the eventual winner, tweeted: "I would have kept miss dynamix. I don't get that decision."[51]

Rough Copy

Rough Copy of JLS are a three-member group from Croydon in London, consisting of Kazeem "Kaz" Ajobe (24), who put the band together,[citation needed] Sterling Ramsey (25) and Joseph "Joey" James (27).[4] They originally auditioned in 2012 and got to Walsh's judges' house in Las Vegas, but had to back out as Ajobe had visa issues that would have made it almost impossible for him to re-enter the UK.[citation needed]

After re-auditioning for this series and getting to bootcamp, the band told Barlow that Ajobe was unable to obtain a visa in time for judges' houses, so Ramsey and James decided to continue on without him.[52] They performed "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" at bootcamp[52] and "Boyfriend" and "I Can't Make You Love Me" at judges' houses.[citation needed] After putting them through, Barlow said he would do whatever he could to get Ajobe back into Rough Copy, and they reunited as a trio for the live shows.[53] Following the eliminations of Miss Dynamix and Kingsland Road, Rough Copy are the only group left in the competition.

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