01x04 - Auditions #4
Posted: 07/30/23 16:24
♪ my job is to haul trash.
♪ I'm a deli clerk.
♪ I work in a burrito
Restaurant.
♪ I'm a freshman in college.
♪ I don't want to die with this
Music in me, simon.
[singing]
[cheers and applause]
♪ [singing]
♪ ♪to the end of the road ♪
♪ [singing]
[cheers and applause]
♪ one of the best auditions
I have ever heard in my life.
[cheers and applause]
♪ this is your time, baby.
♪ people like you inspire me.
♪ you are the truth.
[cheers and applause]
♪ it's more than just a voice.
[overlapping vocals]
It's something else.
♪ I can't hear myself too well.
♪ you're lucky.
♪ that's not fair!
[paula squealing]
[overlapping vocals]
♪ you're a star.
[cheers and applause]
♪ [laughing]
♪ yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
What is your problem, man?
♪ yes or bloody no?
♪ I'm the luckiest guy in the
World that you walked into my
Life today.
[zooming]
[upbeat music]
♪♪
[bon jovi's livin' on a prayer]
♪♪/i]
hello, welcome to
The x factor, where the search
For an act worthy of a
$-million recording contract
Has hit the east coast.
Yes, tonight is the final
Auditions, and they're taking
Place across the river in
Newark.
♪ ♪give it a shot ♪
♪ all: I have the x factor!
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪whoa-oa ♪
♪livin' on a prayer ♪
♪ and it seems the whole of the
East coast has turned out to
Audition.
The line outside the arena goes
On and on and on and on and on.
x factor auditions are being
Held today in newark.
♪ thousands of singers are
Already lining up.
♪ good luck today.
Welcome to the x factor.
thank you.
big strong x.
yeah!
and every single one of them
Is full of new jersey spirit.
I'm better than whitney
Houston, and I can swear on
That.
oh. Oh. Oh.
oh, yeah, I got the x factor
Because I'm awesome, and
Everybody tells me that I'm
Awesome.
the competition is open to
Singers age and upwards,
Whether they're soloists or
Groups.
And they're all competing for
The same prize.
It's the biggest in television
History--a recording contract
That guarantees the winner
$ million.
[cheers and applause]
finally today is my chance.
Whoo!
but there are four people
Standing in their way.
It's the x factor judges.
First up is grammy award-winning
Songwriter, producer, and record
Executive l.A. Reid.
He's helped shape the careers
Of some of the biggest names in
Music.
♪ newark is new york,
New jersey, connecticut, right?
That's a given.
We're gonna find a star.
[cheers and applause]
♪ joining l.A. Reid is
Multi-platinum-selling pop star
Nicole scherzinger.
She was a member of one of the
World's biggest girl bands and
Is now a successful solo artist.
♪ I think it's gonna be a lot
Of feisty people, a lot of
People with hopefully a lot of
Talent and character and
Personality.
♪ next choreographer and
Performer paula abdul.
She's worked with some of the
Biggest names in the world and
Is now ready to discover the
Next one.
♪ it's going to be very
Exciting, and it's going to be
Never a dull moment.
♪ and finally he's renowned as
The most successful talent
Scout on the planet.
He's record executive
Simon cowell.
♪ ever since I watched
Jersey shore, I had to go to
New jersey.
Love the people there, and I
Like their sense of humor, and
I'm glad we're going there.
[cheers]
♪ all the hopefuls want to join
The contestants who've already
Made it into the next stage of
The competition, boot camp,
Where they'll be pushed to the
Limit and eventually split into
Four categories, with each
Category mentored by one judge.
The boys under , the girls
Under , over , and the
Groups.
♪ all: ♪ahh ♪
♪ ♪are you ready? ♪
♪do you know ♪
♪ so with the audience in
Place, with thousands of
Contestants waiting nervously...
♪ ♪are you ready? ♪
♪ it's time for new jersey to
Bring it on.
♪ here we go!
[cheers and applause]
♪ and no one's got more east
Coast confidence than newark's
First auditionee, -year-old
Brian bradley.
♪ ♪hit it ♪
welcome to x factor.
What's your name?
brian.
I'm gonna give you a ticket
Now.
Good luck.
thank you.
My name is brian bradley, I'm
years old, and I'm from
Brooklyn, new york.
Hello, brian.
brian, I'm steve.
Nice to meet you.
And who are these people here?
mom, stepdad.
pleasure.
my mom and my step-pops, you
Know, they're both huge
Supporters of me, and my mom,
She--she's my number one fan.
I have an insane love for music.
I listen to music all the time,
So it's in my blood.
who would you like to be
Bigger than?
Who have you got your sights set
On?
um, I look at my competition
As people like jay-z and
Kanye west.
I want to be bigger than them.
If you give me about five more
Years, I'll be better than
Jay-z.
I mean, I've was always dreamed
Of performing at madison square
Garden.
To know that , people are
Here for me, that'll be big.
you ready to go up there and
Blow 'em away?
tornado.
a tornado.
♪I'm the lyrical gangster ♪/i]
this audition is life right
Now.
When I go on that stage, I'm not
Even looking at it as an
Audition.
I'm gonna look at it as the
Performance of my life.
What's up?
Going on? How y'all feeling?
Y'all feeling good?
Anybody from brooklyn here?
[cheers and applause]
hi. What's your name?
brian bradley.
how old are you, brian?
I'm years old.
[cheers and applause]
and where are you from?
I'm from brooklyn, new york.
Brownsville to be specific.
and, brian, why do you think
You haven't had a record deal
Yet?
um, I mean, it's politics,
Man.
You got to know somebody.
[laughter]
Actually you got to know
Somebody that know somebody
That know somebody, and if you
Don't, then...
It's politics.
he's a mini you.
wait, wait, wait, yo, yo, yo,
Yo, yo, simon.
Yo, I see you, man.
[cheers and applause]
No, no, hold on, hold on, hold
On, yo.
What is your problem, man?
Are you serious?
You see, this is--this is why I
Didn't want--yo, what is your
Problem, son?
I saw you, man.
Yo, I swear to my life, you
Lucky we ain't in the streets,
'cause if we was in the
Streets--
wait a minute.
this is what I would say to
You.
Sound man, drop that.
[dramatic music]
♪what you lookin' at? ♪/i]
♪what you starin' at? ♪/i]
♪I see your eyes ♪/i]
♪I ain't surprised ♪/i]
♪just 'cause I'm a shorty ♪/i]
♪don't think I won't do you ♪/i]
♪no harm ♪/i]
♪stop looking at my moms ♪/i]
♪my moms, my moms ♪/i]
♪my moms ♪/i]
♪stop looking at my moms ♪/i]
♪my moms ♪/i]
♪l.A., I see your eyes too ♪/i]
♪yo ♪/i]
♪I don't understand ♪/i]
♪why these dudes is looking ♪/i]
♪like they never seen ♪/i]
♪a beautiful strong woman ♪/i]
♪she just happens to be ♪/i]
♪the one who birthed me ♪/i]
♪the one who birthed me ♪/i]
♪the one who nursed me ♪/i]
♪so when you see her around ♪/i]
♪don't ask her on a date ♪/i]
♪just let her breathe, homie ♪/i]
♪so she can enjoy her day ♪/i]
♪don't ask for her number ♪/i]
♪nah, you can't have it ♪/i]
♪and if you ever do ♪/i]
♪then we gonna be going at it ♪/i]
♪that's my mother ♪/i]
♪that's my mother ♪/i]
♪she looks so young ♪/i]
♪you'd-a thought ♪/i]
♪I was her brother ♪/i]
♪that's my mother ♪/i]
♪that's my mother ♪/i]
♪she fit, pretty sick ♪/i]
♪and she's like no other ♪/i]
♪brother, stop looking ♪/i]
♪it ain't for your eyes ♪/i]
♪to see ♪/i]
♪what you looking at? ♪/i]
♪what you staring at? ♪/i]
♪I see your eyes ♪/i]
♪I ain't surprised ♪/i]
♪just 'cause I'm a shorty ♪/i]
♪don't think I won't do you ♪/i]
♪no harm ♪/i]
♪stop looking at my moms! ♪/i]
♪my moms! ♪/i]
♪my moms! My moms! ♪/i]
♪stop looking at my moms! ♪/i]
♪my moms! ♪/i]
♪my moms! ♪/i]
♪yo, stop looking at my moms! ♪/i]
♪my moms ♪/i]
all: ♪my moms ♪/i]
♪my moms ♪/i]
yeah, yeah.
[cheers and applause]
Swag.
[cheers and applause continues]
brian. Honey.
yes. Yes.
I am scared of you.
[chuckles]
and I am not gonna look at
Your mom.
Mm-mm.
it's an exception for a lady,
You know.
You're good.
[laughter]
okay, brian, let me say this.
You are arrogant, obnoxious,
Argumentative, but you are one
Of the most talented young
People I've heard in a long,
Long time.
[cheers and applause]
wow.
You scared me for a second.
Thank you.
this is why I'm in
New jersey.
I think you're fantastic.
[cheers and applause]
thank you, thank you.
That's from simon. That's big.
Thank you.
paula.
you are very, very unique,
And you operate in that place
That's just fantastic.
thank you. I try.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
l.A.
wow.
Wow.
I used to run this label called
Def jam.
And all the years that I was
There, you know what, I was
Looking for you, and you never
Walked in.
wow.
so I'm the luckiest guy in
The world that you walked into
My life today.
♪what is ♪/i]
♪what is ♪/i]
♪what is ♪/i]
♪what is ♪/i]
let's vote on it, guys.
let's kick this off.
I'm gonna say yes.
Paula?
yes!
wow.
nicole.
yes, I'm gonna say yes.
l.A.?
television, film, records.
Everything you want to do, you
Can do it if you set your mind
To it, and I'm gonna help you
Get started by saying absolutely
Yes.
swag me out.
[cheers and applause]
Thank you so much.
Thank y'all so much.
I love you all.
Swag me out.
Swag me out.
Swag me out.
I might just start cooking.
Swag me out, man.
I've never seen anything like
That in my life.
he's the complete package.
Triple threat.
I'm gonna go home, jump up
And down on my bed, lay down,
Sleep, and wake up, and jump up
And down again.
That was a good audience.
I just got four yeses.
This means life.
This means accomplishment.
This means achievement.
This means greatness right now.
That's what it means to me.
♪we all can say ♪/i]
♪do, do, do, do ♪/i]
♪do, do, do, do ♪/i]
♪baby ♪/i]
♪ hello, and welcome back to
The x factor, where the east
Coast auditions are taking
Place just across the river from
Manhattan...
In newark.
Everyone who auditions is here
To follow a dream.
♪ I'm a singer, I write songs,
I can dance.
I got the moves, you know, the
Charisma, the attitude.
[cheers and applause]
♪ and, as auditions continue,
Can new jersey continue to
Deliver?
[cheers and applause]
♪ hello. What's your name?
♪ hi. My name is kelly warner.
♪ and what do you do for a
Living?
♪ um, I actually cut hair at a
Nursing home.
♪ oh, cool.
Aw.
♪ ♪she tied you ♪
♪to a kitchen chair ♪
♪she broke your throne ♪
♪cut your hair ♪
♪and from her lips ♪
♪she drew the hallelujah ♪
[cheers and applause]
Thank you.
♪ you have a beautiful,
Beautiful voice, so you just got
Your first yes.
♪ you got two yeses.
♪ I'm gonna say yes.
♪ you're a breath of fresh air.
Yes.
Congratulations.
♪ ♪you're gonna leave 'em ♪
♪falling down ♪
♪ I can't stop smiling.
My face hurts right now.
♪ whoo!
♪ hello, everyone.
♪ what's your name?
♪ my name is aaron surgeon.
♪ you dreamt about being what,
A rock star, pop star?
♪ absolutely.
A pop star with an r&b/rock edge
I think is right up my alley.
♪ great.
♪ ♪I don't want to close ♪
♪my eyes ♪
♪don't want to fall asleep ♪
♪'cause I miss you, baby ♪
♪and I don't want ♪
♪to miss a thing ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ I just felt it was a genuine
Performance, so thank you, I
Appreciate it.
I'm gonna say yes.
♪ I'm gonna say yes.
♪ [silently] thank you.
♪ I just thought it was a very
Average vocal.
I've heard so many singers like
This before, and I'm gonna say
No.
L.A., yes or no?
♪ you know it takes three
Yeses, right, to get put
Through to the next round of
Auditions?
Um...
I think that you have what it
Takes, so you just got another
Yes.
♪ congratulations, you got
Three yeses.
♪ ♪let your colors burst ♪
♪ thank you, aaron.
♪ ♪oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ good luck with you.
Thank you. See you later.
♪ this means I am on my way
To my dream.
Whoo!
[laughs]
♪ ♪whoa-oa-oa ♪
♪ ♪baby ♪
♪ all: ♪baby ♪
♪ [sings indistinctly]
♪ I'm gonna say yes.
♪ [screams]
♪ [screams]
♪ you got four yeses.
♪ take it in, honey.
♪ good for you.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ see you soon.
♪ thank you all.
♪ hi.
What's your name?
♪ my name is liliana rose.
I'm years old, and I'm from
New york city.
♪ what do you do for a living?
♪ right now I work in an
Office and I make photocopies
All day and I sing in my
Cubicle.
♪ you sing in your cubicle.
♪ go ahead.
♪ here we go, guys.
♪ ♪you'll never know, dear ♪
♪how much I love you ♪
♪please don't take ♪
♪my sunshine away ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ liliana.
[cheers and applause continues]
♪ you don't look like a pop
Star until you start singing.
You surprised me, and I like you
A lot.
♪ you're magical.
♪ lili, one of my favorite of
The day.
An easy, easy yes.
You deserve that.
♪ thank you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ congratulations.
♪ oh, my god, that was totally
Surreal.
This can't be true.
It's just amazing.
It's totally amazing.
♪ and also hoping to please the
Judges is -year-old
Andy silijkovitz.
Sir, hello.
Nice to meet you.
What's your name?
♪ my name's andy.
♪ superstardom is something you
Want?
♪ yeah, I'd like to have a big
Recording contract.
I want to have a nice house.
♪ okay.
♪ maybe even be on an episode
Of mtv cribs.
oh, hello.
andy is very special.
He sings very well.
I could be an opening act for
Somebody if I win this show
Before I become more famous.
I have no girlfriend.
I don't think I've ever kissed a
Girl before.
okay, andy, up the stairs.
Good luck.
if I win this whole thing,
With all the money I'd have and
All the fame I'd have, maybe,
You know, get a lot of girls.
hello.
hello.
hi. How are you?
I'm good. How are you?
very well, thank you.
What's your name?
my name's andy.
andy, how old are you?
.
who are you here with today?
my mom is here.
are you married?
I'm not married.
I'm single, been single all my
Life.
all: Ohh.
what do you mean, "all your
Life"?
I've never gotten married.
you got a girlfriend?
no.
do you want one?
I'd like one.
Maybe if I get pretty far on
Here, I can get one.
[laughter]
I promise you, if you win,
You'll get one.
andy, so, who knows, maybe
Today you could find someone who
Also is single.
maybe.
okay, good.
do you think andy would like
To get together with paula
Abdul?
and what would you do, andy,
With the $ million if you won?
I would get a nice house, a
Nice car, and a lot of girls
Would...
[laughter]
I can definitely tell you,
If you got a bit of cash, it
Does help, andy.
Nothing wrong with that.
All right, what are you gonna
Sing?
uh, I got hero by
Mariah carey.
♪ let's do it then, baby.
Throw the emotion into it.
♪ nervous?
♪♪
♪ ♪there's a hero ♪
♪if you look ♪
♪inside your heart ♪
♪you don't have to be afraid ♪
♪of what you are ♪
♪there's an answer ♪
♪if you reach ♪
♪into your soul ♪
♪you don't have to... ♪
♪all you know ♪
♪will melt away ♪
♪and then a hero ♪
♪comes along ♪
♪with the strength ♪
♪to carry on ♪
♪and you cast ♪
♪your fears aside ♪
♪and you know ♪
♪you can survive ♪
♪so when you feel ♪
♪like hope is gone ♪
♪look inside you ♪
♪and be strong ♪
♪and you'll finally see ♪
♪the truth ♪
♪that a hero lies in you ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ thank you, andy.
Okay, l.A., yes or no?
♪ I'm gonna say no in this
Competition, but, you know what,
You had a great time, so I'm
Applauding you for just having
A great time, man, really.
[applause]
♪ nicole.
♪ thank you so much for
Coming, andy.
I'm gonna have to say no.
♪ paula.
♪ okay.
♪ I want to say it's a pleasure
Having you here.
Thank you so much.
[speaks hebrew]
I'm gonna have to pass.
♪ yeah, andy, yeah, I'm afraid
It's four no's, but I think
You're gonna find it much easier
With the chicks after this,
So...
[laughter and applause]
[cheers and applause]
You want paula's number?
Come up. Come down.
No, come down. I'll help you.
This way.
♪ ♪when you feel ♪
♪like hope is gone ♪
♪ paula.
I think we'll just allow these
Two lovebirds some time on their
Own, but thank you for coming
Along.
♪ aw.
♪ ♪that a hero lies in you ♪
♪that a hero lies in you ♪
welcome back to
The x factor, where the people
Of new york and new jersey are
Showing the judges what they're
Made of.
With thousands of hopefuls
Waiting for their shot,
Auditions roll on.
♪ ♪there's a house ♪
♪in new orleans ♪
♪they call the rising sun ♪
♪ ♪who else am I ♪
♪gonna lean on ♪
♪ ♪and it's been ♪
♪the ruin of many ♪
♪a poor boy ♪
♪ sorry. No.
♪ no.
♪ josh, nice to meet you.
Thanks for coming.
♪ thank you very much.
♪ thank you.
♪ next up is -year-old
Clarissa cheatham.
♪ my name is clarissa cheatham,
Also known as cashmere.
I'm years old, and I'm from
Philadelphia, pa.
I'm currently an office worker,
But, when I'm at work, I spend
My time daydreaming about just
Me being on stage, people
Cheering me on, screaming my
Name.
♪ enjoy yourself.
♪ thank you.
♪ best of luck.
♪ today is very important to
Me because it's a
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
♪ ♪we belong together ♪
♪ooh-ooh ♪
♪ hi, sweetheart.
♪ hi. How you guys doing?
♪ good. How are you?
♪ good. Thank you.
♪ and your name is?
♪ clarissa cheatham, also known
As cashmere.
♪ cashmere.
♪ cashmere. That's pretty.
♪ thank you.
♪ how old are you?
♪ .
♪ .
What do you do?
♪ I work as a office clerk.
♪ and how long have you been
Singing?
♪ uh, I've really been singing
Ever since I was a little girl.
And a few years back, I started
Singing at karaoke, and I really
Enjoyed it.
♪ what was the reaction you
Got?
♪ my friends and family, even
People I don't know, screaming,
Yelling my name.
♪ okay.
♪ yeah.
♪ good.
♪ um...
♪ [laughs]
♪ okay.
Uh, what kind of--if you were to
Look on the charts today, who
Do you admire most as an artist?
♪ I admire mariah carey.
♪ yeah?
♪ okay, and, cashmere, what
Would you call your first album?
♪ my first album would be...
My first album would be
Self-titled.
both: Cashmere.
okay. Volume one.
yes.
okay, what are you going to
Sing?
I'm gonna sing mariah carey,
Always be my baby.
okay, well, I know mariah's
Watching this show, so this is
For her.
thank you.
♪♪/i]
[giggles]
[laughs]
♪ooh, yeah ♪/i]
♪yeah ♪/i]
♪♪/i]
[vocalizing]
[scatting]
♪hey, hey, hey ♪/i]
♪do, do, do, bum ♪/i]
♪do, do, do, do, dah ♪/i]
♪hey ♪/i]
♪hey, yeah-ah-ah ♪/i]
[scatting]
[laughter]
[vocalizing]
♪we were as one, baby ♪/i]
♪for a moment in time ♪/i]
♪and it seemed everlasting ♪/i]
♪that you would always ♪/i]
♪be mine ♪/i]
♪now you want to be free ♪/i]
♪so I'm letting you fly ♪/i]
[music cuts]
okay.
[applause]
cashmere, when you said that
People...
[laughter]
Scream after karaoke, I don't
Think that was a compliment.
[laughter]
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
It's just one of those days.
that's a first.
You know what we're gonna do?
We are going to vote.
Okay?
And we're gonna start with
Nicole.
today I'm gonna have to say
No, thank you.
cashmere, not many people
Have got your smile, so that's
A good thing.
But it's a no, no for today.
Paula?
I'm gonna have to say no this
Time.
l.A.
thank you for coming.
thank you.
thank you so much.
so cashmere won't be going to
Boot camp.
when you asked that
Question...
[laughing]
but will any of these?
[cheers and applause]
okay, what's your name,
Please?
nouf.
okay, nouf, why did you
Enter the show?
I'm in it to win it.
good luck.
♪light up ♪/i]
♪light up ♪/i]
♪as if you have a choice ♪/i]
♪even if you cannot ♪/i]
[booing]
No, no, no, no.
Wait, hold on, just let me
Finish.
Like, you keep booing me.
How am I supposed to do
Anything?
Seriously.
nouf, nouf, look, I'm gonna
Go you straight to a yes or no.
There's other people who can
Sing waiting.
sorry. No.
no.
absolutely not.
kay, nouf, it's enough.
Thank you.
what are you guys waiting on?
Like, anything else?
'cause if you're looking for
Tears, you're not gonna get it.
[vocalizing]
♪it's like a revolution ♪/i]
♪whoa-oa ♪/i]
why--why the hula hoop?
nobody's doing it. Why not?
nobody's sitting here with a
Dog on their head, but there's a
Reason why you don't.
What's your name?
my name is jean-loup.
when you're not singing or
Being annoying, what do you do?
I'm a life coach.
so you're a therapist?
I mix it up.
the stage is yours.
♪you better think ♪/i]
♪think about what you're ♪/i]
♪trying to do to me ♪/i]
♪you better think ♪/i]
♪let your mind go ♪/i]
♪let yourself be free ♪/i]
♪you better think ♪/i]
I can't hear myself too well.
just as well.
you're lucky.
I thought I sounded good.
oh, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
it's very jittery.
For someone who does therapy,
You're really uptight.
it's a no.
I'm gonna say no.
Thank you.
♪we love this hesitation ♪/i]
all right, best of luck.
thank you.
what is your name?
my name is maya lehmann.
how old are you, maya?
I'm years old.
.
wow.
how long have you been
Preparing for this?
years.
[laughter]
when you was born,
Simon cowell?
[laughter]
good girl. Good girl.
I like that.
Okay, good luck.
♪we are the champions ♪/i]
♪my friends ♪/i]
[laughter]
♪and we'll keep on fighting ♪/i]
♪till the end ♪/i]
♪♪/i]
♪we are the champions ♪/i]
♪we are the champions ♪/i]
uh, it's hard, because I
Really like that song.
[laughter]
Uh, I'm gonna say no.
I'm gonna have to say no.
unfortunately, not for this
Competition.
I'm gonna say no, sweetheart.
do you think they made a
Mistake?
to tell the truth, yes.
My voice very, very beautiful
And very, very powerful.
[vocalizing]
♪ welcome back to
The x factor, where everyone
Dreams of becoming the next
Superstar.
♪ I couldn't picture myself
Doing anything else but being a
Superstar.
♪ I want to be bigger than
Beyonce.
♪ I'm gonna be up there one
Day, you know, and I will not
Stop at anything until I do.
♪ next up is new jersey native
-year-old cari fletcher.
♪ my name's cari fletcher,
I'm years old, and I'm a
Junior in high school.
I started singing around the age
Of six years old.
[laughs]
I'm feeling a little bit nervous
Right now.
I think this is such an awesome
Opportunity, so I'm just gonna
Make the most of it.
I'm excited.
This audition is so important to
Me.
Getting this opportunity, it's
A once-in-a-lifetime chance.
♪ ♪oh, we could be stars ♪
♪falling from the sky ♪
♪shining how we want ♪
♪brighter than the sun ♪
♪ hello.
♪ hi.
♪ and what's your name?
♪ I'm cari fletcher.
♪ hello, cari.
Tell me about you, something
That's interesting about you.
♪ well, you know, I've grown
Up singing.
I've been taking classical vocal
Training since I was six years
Old.
Like, I love this.
♪ okay, best of luck, cari.
♪ thank you.
♪ what are you gonna sing?
alone by heart.
♪ great.
♪♪
♪ ♪I hear the ticking ♪
♪of the clock ♪
♪I'm lying here ♪
♪the room's pitch dark ♪
♪♪
♪I wonder ♪
♪where you are tonight ♪
♪no answer on the telephone ♪
♪♪
♪and the night goes by ♪
♪so very slow ♪
♪oh, and I hope ♪
♪that it won't end though ♪
♪alone ♪
♪♪
♪till now ♪
♪I always got by ♪
♪on my own ♪
♪I never really cared ♪
♪until I met you ♪
♪and now it chills me ♪
♪to the bone ♪
♪how do I get you alone? ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ cari. Hi, sweetie.
♪ hi.
♪ I really like your focus,
Um, when you sing.
And it makes me really want to
Listen.
♪ thank you.
♪ and I think you have great
Potential.
♪ thank you.
♪ do you like her, paula?
♪ um, cari, I really like you.
I think you're talented.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ l.A.?
♪ cari fletcher?
♪ cari fletcher.
♪ okay, you have a star's name.
You have a star's face.
You have a star's voice.
And I was very impressed.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ my problem is, cari, there's
Nothing distinctive about it for
Me.
You know, I wouldn't remember
Your voice.
I might remember you.
I wouldn't remember your voice.
♪ okay.
♪ I think at years old, you
Know, if you've got an
Opportunity like this, you've
Got to become an entertainer,
And you've got to be memorable.
♪ that's right.
♪ and the problem is, you were
Boring.
♪ okay.
♪ okay, l.A., yes or no?
♪ yes!
♪ all: Yes!
♪ cari, I really--I really
Enjoyed you.
♪ thank you.
♪ and I'm gonna say yes to you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ nicole.
♪ cari, I'm gonna say yes.
♪ cari...
♪ yeah.
♪ you will get eaten alive if
You don't come back with all the
Belief that we have in you.
♪ okay.
♪ you got to come, be relevant,
Pick songs that are gonna knock
It out of the ballpark.
And I say yes.
[cheers and applause]
♪ cari, for what it's worth,
'cause I think you're smart, and
I think you'll listen, I'm gonna
Say yes as well.
♪ ♪I'm not a girl ♪
♪ I love you guys.
♪ well done.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪not yet a woman ♪
[cheers and applause continues]
♪ give me another hug.
♪ oh, my god.
This is insane.
♪ huh? Did a beautiful job.
Great job.
Oh, I'm proud of you.
Great job.
[cheers]
♪ as the day moves along,
The x factor pod fills with
Joyful contestants.
♪ this means so much to me.
♪realize ♪
I moved to new york city from
A small town, so being able to
Live my dream, it means more
Than anything.
♪ ♪come home ♪
That was hideous, and...
I can't believe it.
♪ that was the best moment of
My life.
♪ yeah, we're so happy for her
Really.
♪ aw.
[cheers]
♪ ♪I'll never tie you down ♪
[cheers and applause]
This is the biggest day of my
Life.
It's a dream.
It's totally a dream come true.
♪ hello, and welcome back to
The x factor, where today the
Search for an act worthy of a
$-million recording contract
Has hit the east coast.
We are in newark, and who better
To introduce the next
Contestants than their faithful
Fans?
♪ all: Ausem!
[cheers and applause]
♪ I'm austin. I'm .
♪ my name's emily. I'm .
♪ both: And together we are
Ausem.
♪ austin and emily.
♪ emily.
♪ aus-em.
♪ ausem.
♪ ♪I'll never have someone ♪
♪ in sixth grade we met in our
School play.
And basically that's how it
Started.
We became best friends.
Today we have our friends,
Classmates, and our family here
To support us.
♪ with family backstage and
Fans in the audience, it's time
To face the judges.
Off you go. Good luck.
♪ thank you.
♪ we know that, if we can be
At the grammys and be up against
Lady gaga and win, then we know
We're on top.
[cheers and applause]
♪ hi.
♪ hi.
♪ wow.
You got a lot of pressure on you
Right now.
[laughter]
I guess you're ausem, right?
♪ yeah.
That's cool.
♪ so what is--your name is?
♪ austin.
♪ and...
♪ emily.
♪ okay.
♪ why are you here on this
Stage right now?
♪ when we sing together, like,
We feel the passion and we both
Can feel it, and we know it
Affects everyone in the
Audience.
♪ do they cry?
♪ we've had some tears.
♪ tears of joy, simon.
♪ good luck.
♪ let's go, aus!
♪♪
♪ ♪I know I can't take ♪
♪one more step ♪
♪towards you ♪
♪ ♪'cause all that's waiting ♪
♪is regret ♪
♪ ♪and don't you know ♪
♪I'm not your ghost anymore ♪
♪ ♪you lost the love ♪
♪I loved the most ♪
♪ both: ♪and who do you ♪
♪think you are ♪
♪runnin' 'round ♪
♪leaving scars ♪
♪collecting your jar ♪
♪of hearts ♪
♪and tearing love apart ♪
♪you're going to catch a cold ♪
♪from the ice ♪
♪inside your soul ♪
♪so don't come back for me ♪
♪don't come back at all ♪
♪ ♪I hear they're asking ♪
♪all around ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪if I am anywhere ♪
♪to be found ♪
♪ thank you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ come on, paula!
♪ we're going to a vote right
Now.
Simon.
♪ I think the audience you are
Aiming at will understand you
Perfectly.
That's why you have such
Support.
I'm gonna say yes.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ thank you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ausem! All right! Ausem.
♪ l.A., what do you think?
♪ austin, I think you're a
Star.
[cheers and applause]
All right.
And, no disrespect, but I'm not
Convinced of the duo.
[audience booing]
♪ what are they doing to my
Daught--that's not fair.
♪ but because I believe you're
A star, I'm going to say yes.
♪ thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
♪ one more vote, and they go
Through.
One more to go through.
♪ austin, yeah, you have a
Pretty good voice, but I have
To be--I have to be honest, I'm
Sorry, for ausem, no.
But I believe in you, austin.
♪ so you'd split them up now?
♪ mm.
[audience shouting]
♪ nicole, yes or no to the
Group?
♪ it's hard because...
[groans]
Okay, like, totally get you, and
I feel you...
♪ oh, for god's sake.
Just give them a yes or a no.
♪ all: Yes!
♪ one word.
♪ it's not--
♪ and it begins with a "y".
[audience shouting]
♪ I believe in you, but...
♪ yes or bloody no.
[audience shouting]
♪ it's a simple word.
♪ yes.
♪ I get it.
♪ it's hard because I feel like
I'm being swayed by you now,
Simon.
♪ exact--I love that you're--
You know what, when you do "yes
Or no," it makes us go--it's
Like people honking on a car
Horn, and you just start going,
"aah!"
Stop doing it.
It's not right.
It's just not right.
♪ um, I think you all, you
Know...
I mean...
♪ oh, for god's sake.
[cheers]
I can't do this.
I can't do it.
[applause]
[audience chanting "ausem"]
♪ all: Ausem! Ausem! Ausem!
Ausem! Ausem!
[cheers and applause]
♪ okay, okay, okay, okay.
Um...
All right, ausem...
Yes.
[cheers and applause]
♪ okay, you guys, I'm gonna
Give you a yes too.
Congratulations.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ ♪whoa ♪
♪yeah, you and me ♪
♪we could light up the sky ♪
♪if you stay by my side ♪
♪ all: Aww.
♪ that could have been done
minutes ago.
♪ oh, stop it.
I'm gonna beat you up so hard, I
Can--I can, like, feel my rings.
♪ you want to beat me up?
♪ ausem! Ausem! Ausem! Ausem!
♪ we feel incredible!
♪ psych out. Oh, my god.
I'm probably more nervous than
Austin is 'cause I know I really
Have to step up my game now.
♪ judges, you will be seeing
Us soon.
We are going to boot camp.
♪ boot camp. Boot camp.
♪ whoo!
♪ ♪for you ♪
♪ welcome back to
The x factor.
Now we've traveled far and wide
In our bid to find an act
Worthy of a $-million recording
Contract.
And now the auditions draw to
A close.
[cheers]
Before the break, the judges
Were in newark, and now ahead of
Next week's boot camp, it's time
For the very last auditions,
Which come from across the whole
Nation.
And the next contestant to face
The x factor judges--simon,
Nicole, l.A., and paula--is
-year-old tora woloshin.
♪ oh, my god, that was the
Longest drive ever.
I'm so excited.
My name is tora woloshin.
I'm years old, and I'm from
Tucson, arizona.
♪ ♪tweet, tweet ♪
♪tweet, tweet ♪
♪ I'm going to school right now
To become a automotive
Technician.
[imitates car engine]
I love working on cars and
Building racecars and racing.
It's been a huge aspiration for
Me since I was a little girl.
[makes squeaky sounds]
Obviously music has always came
First in my life, but I love
Cars.
♪ automotive technology.
You're like a mechanic.
Wow.
♪ you could say that.
♪ you must be the hottest
Mechanic in the world.
Goodness me.
♪ oh, you're silly.
♪ you also look like a pop
Star.
That's a good sign.
♪ oh, thank you.
♪ off you go up the steps.
Good luck.
♪ music means the world to me.
I always picture myself being
On a huge, huge stage with
Hundreds of thousands of people,
And, when I'm on a stage
Singing, all my fears are gone.
You know, everything is...
Is right when I'm singing.
♪ ♪love to hear the robin ♪
♪go tweet, tweet, tweet ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ hello.
♪ hi.
♪ how are you?
♪ I am so excited.
How are you?
♪ good. You should be.
This is exciting.
♪ yes, it is.
♪ what's your name?
♪ my name is tora woloshin.
♪ how old are you, tora?
♪ I'm .
♪ .
♪ yes.
♪ full of life, huh?
♪ yeah.
♪ so tell me a little bit about
Yourself.
What inspires you?
What do you do when you're not
Singing?
♪ I would love to own my own
Auto shop and build racecars.
♪ brilliant.
♪ aside from the music.
♪ wow.
♪ what are your favorite
Racecars?
♪ maseratis are cool.
♪ yeah!
♪ oh, you're the perfect girl
In the world, aren't you?
Cute, tattoos, and wants to make
Racing cars.
I love that.
♪ absolutely.
♪ thank you.
♪ so do you have a big voice?
♪ yes, I do.
♪ what are you going to sing
Today?
♪ I'm going to sing
I want you back by
The jackson .
♪ interesting.
All right, sweetheart.
Good luck to you.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ here we go, guys.
[cheers and applause]
♪♪
♪ I want everybody to clap
Their hands, all right?
[clapping]
There you go.
Come on.
♪♪
♪oh-ho, oh, oh-ohh ♪
♪let me tell you now ♪
♪oh-oh ♪
♪uh ♪
♪when I had you ♪
♪to myself ♪
♪I didn't want you around ♪
♪those pretty faces ♪
♪always made you ♪
♪stand out in a crowd ♪
♪but someone picked you ♪
♪from the bunch ♪
♪one glance was all it took ♪
♪now it's much too late ♪
♪for me to take a second look ♪
♪oh, baby, give me ♪
♪one more chance ♪
♪won't you please let me ♪
♪back in your heart ♪
♪oh, darling, I was blind ♪
♪to let you go ♪
♪but won't you ♪
♪please let me ♪
♪in your heart ♪
♪oh, I do now ♪
♪ooh, baby ♪
♪every street I walk on ♪
♪I leave tearstains ♪
♪on the ground ♪
♪ that's a good one.
♪ he's got a grin on his face.
♪ that's a good sign.
♪ ♪let me tell you now ♪
♪oh, baby, give me ♪
♪one more chance ♪
♪won't you please ♪
♪let me back in your heart ♪
♪oh, darling, I was blind ♪
♪to let you go ♪
♪but now since I've seen you ♪
♪in his arms ♪
♪ohh ♪
♪♪
[laughs]
[cheers and applause]
♪ tora.
♪ you guys are awesome.
♪ sweetheart, how did that
Feel up there?
♪ oh, so good.
♪ you're a little firecracker
There.
♪ thank you.
♪ all right, l.A. Reid.
♪ I saw you a little bit blown
Away by your own reception here.
But that was really good.
Really, really good.
You turned the place out, girl.
♪ thank you.
♪ simon.
♪ I absolutely love you, tora.
[cheers and applause]
♪ oh, yeah.
♪ something about you, the
Minute you walk out, that's why
This show is called
The x factor.
It's more than just a voice.
It's something else, and I
Think you could be special.
I really do.
thank you.
I've got a very, very good
Feeling about you.
we love you, tora!
I love you.
okay over there?
she's fine.
tora, first of all, you got
Something unique in your voice,
But you're just different, and
There's something funky and cool
And different about you, and I-I
Really dig you.
thank you so much.
yeah.
and, tora, you have such a
Sweetness.
I love the tonal quality of
Your voice.
I love how you look.
You know who you are.
You're a performer.
I can't say anything more than
Let's go to a vote.
thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
yes or no, simon?
I'm gonna say yes.
oh, my god.
[cheers and applause]
nicole.
absolutely yes.
l.A.
we are all so lucky to have
You in the room today.
That is a yes.
tora, tora, tora.
You have four yeses.
thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah!
bravo.
I've been dreaming of this my
Whole life.
This is, like, what I want to do
My whole life.
♪ welcome back to
The x factor...
[cheers]
Where the auditions continue
To get closer to the end.
[shrieks]
Simon!
what?
but as thousands hurry
Forward to show off their stuff,
Our next contestant believes
That he is more than ready.
how do I look?
hi. Introduction.
what's your name?
jor-el.
jor-el.
yes.
and who are you here with?
um, mom and dad.
how do I look?
♪look good ♪/i]
♪how do I feel]
I think I have the x factor
Just because I can perform my
Butt off on stage.
how do I look?
what's your inspiration?
um, I have a lot of
Inspirations--madonna,
Kylie minogue, shakira,
Lady gaga, britney spears, all
The pop goddesses.
who's the ultimate out of all
Of them?
madonna. Duh.
What kind of question's that?
jor-el, take the stage.
thank you.
best of luck.
legendary.
hello.
What's your name?
my name is jor-el.
what are you going to sing
For us today?
I'm gonna sing lucky star
By madonna for you.
okay.
I'm gonna start from off
Stage.
whatever you want.
bring it.
[cheers and applause]
♪♪/i]
oh, my god, this is gonna be
Good, I feel it.
I feel it, simon.
[cheers and applause]
♪you must be my lucky star ♪/i]
♪'cause you shine on me ♪/i]
♪wherever you are ♪/i]
♪I just think of you ♪/i]
♪and I start to blow ♪/i]
♪and I need your light ♪/i]
♪and baby you know ♪/i]
♪starlight, star bright ♪/i]
♪first star I see tonight ♪/i]
♪starlight ♪/i]
♪♪/i]
♪yeah ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
♪come on ♪/i]
♪shine your heavenly body ♪/i]
♪tonight ♪/i]
that's my son.
♪'cause I know ♪/i]
♪you're gonna make everything ♪/i]
♪all right ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
I mean, jor-el, the singing
Was terrible.
I think the dancing was possibly
Worse.
What do you think?
it was fun, but that big x
On the wall behind you
Represents a $-million prize,
So I'm sorry, it's a no.
nicole?
I'm gonna have to say no, my
Love.
thanks, jor-el.
Nice to meet you.
thank you, sweetie.
Oh, I like him.
sadly, the judges were not
Inspired by jor-el's dance
Moves.
But across the nation, many
Other acts are trying to impress
The judges with something other
Than their voice.
♪can't stop movin' ♪/i]
♪I can't keep still ♪/i]
♪I can't stop movin' ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
if you looked on the charts
Today, whose career would you
See yourself?
I'm gonna go with, like, a
Male katy perry with some
Nicki minaj and some kesha.
really?
[cheers and applause]
Bring it.
[cheers and applause]
♪say when I grow up ♪/i]
♪I want to be famous ♪/i]
♪I want to be a star ♪/i]
♪I want to be in movies ♪/i]
♪careful what you wish for ♪/i]
♪'cause you just might get it ♪/i]
♪'cause you just might get it ♪/i]
♪careful what you wish for ♪/i]
♪'cause you just might get it ♪/i]
♪'cause you just ♪/i]
okay.
L.A., yes or no?
it's a no.
that was a little strange for
Me.
I'm sorry, sweetheart.
Thank you, dear.
thank you, john.
♪can't stop movin' ♪/i]
♪can't stop movin' ♪/i]
♪can't stop movin' ♪/i]
♪I can't keep still ♪/i]
♪I can't stop ♪/i]
hello.
What are your names?
darlene.
sharone.
so if you were on tour with
Someone today, who would that
Be?
it would be you.
♪that's a good answer ♪/i]
good luck.
♪and that I had to leave ♪/i]
♪now you ♪/i]
♪talking about a family ♪/i]
♪now you ♪/i]
♪saying I complete ♪/i]
♪your dreams ♪/i]
♪now you ♪/i]
♪saying I'm ♪/i]
♪your everything ♪/i]
♪♪/i]
I got to admit, it's a little
Uncomfortable.
It was, like, kind of--
a little?
a lot.
yeah.
yeah, it's a no, thank you.
yeah, it moved me in a
Different way, so I'm gonna
Have to say no.
no.
four no's.
Thank you very much.
thank you, though.
thank you.
♪I can't keep still ♪/i]
♪I can't stop movin' ♪/i]
♪can't, can't stop movin' ♪/i]
hi, what's your name?
my name is rick white.
what are you gonna sing?
I am gonna sing
Land of a thousand dances.
okay. Good luck.
thank you.
Yow!
[cheers and applause]
♪♪/i]
♪you got to know ♪/i]
♪how to pony ♪/i]
♪come on, work that alligator ♪/i]
♪put your hands on your hip ♪/i]
♪hey, do it ♪/i]
♪come on ♪/i]
Whoo!
♪come on, do it ♪/i]
Yeah, dallas, you rock!
Go, dallas.
wow.
We had our own version of
When harry met sally on my
Right-hand side here.
♪ oh, she was throwing down.
♪ did you enjoy that, paula?
♪ it was good for me.
How was it for you?
[cheers and applause]
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
♪ next up are a group of best
Friends from houston, texas, who
Are hoping that they've got
The moves and the voices to
Impress the judges.
♪ we are the stereo...
♪ all: Hogzz.
♪ ♪let's get it started ♪
♪ha ♪
♪ music is definitely our way
To stay out of trouble, just
Everything that could lead us
Astray from our focus and our
Goals.
♪ and my man here just had a
Baby this morning, : on the
Dot.
♪ she beautiful, ain't she?
Now that I have a baby here and
The situation is like it is,
We are gonna win.
I just want to do it for my
Child, you know what I mean?
♪ stereo hogzz, the stage is
Yours.
♪ all right.
♪ ♪everybody ♪
♪everybody ♪
♪let's get into it ♪
♪let's get it started ♪
♪ha ♪
♪let's get it started in here ♪
♪let's get it started ♪
♪ha ♪
♪let's get it started in here ♪
♪whoo-hoo ♪
♪ what's up?
What's y'all's names?
♪ yo, we are the stereo...
♪ all: Hogzz.
♪ and tell me something about
Yourself not related to music.
♪ I just had a baby.
♪ boy or girl?
♪ girl.
♪ beautiful.
♪ oh, sweet.
♪ congratulations.
♪ give it up.
Give it up for him.
♪ okay, bring it.
♪ come on, dallas.
Let's go, d.
Let's go, big d. Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
♪♪
♪ ♪I remember ♪
♪laying in your bedroom ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪♪
♪you giving me back rubs ♪
♪baby, in your bathtub ♪
♪you know just what I need ♪
♪I love the way you cater ♪
♪I'll return the favor ♪
♪you can thank me later ♪
♪it feels so good ♪
♪I never want to leave ♪
♪ all: ♪and running ♪
♪running ♪
♪through my head ♪
♪ thank you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ simon?
♪ it's got this air of being
Actually over-rehearsed.
♪ but I love the energy and the
Effort that they put into their
Audition.
I appreciate it.
♪ thank you so much. Thank you.
♪ thank you, thank you, thank
You.
♪ okay, l.A., yes or no?
♪ yes!
Yes!
[audience shouting]
♪ you know what, guys, yes.
[cheers and applause]
♪ yes.
♪ nicole?
♪ okay, I'm gonna say yes.
[cheers and applause]
♪ I'm gonna make it really
Simple.
Yes.
♪ we got it, we got it.
♪ ♪let's get into it ♪
♪get stupid ♪
♪ you've got...
Four yeses.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪let's get it started ♪
♪in here ♪
♪ bless you, dallas.
♪ thank you, dallas.
Thank you.
[overlapping statements]
[cheers]
♪ all: We're going to boot
Camp!
♪ welcome back to
The x factor, where thousands
Have shown up today to sing
Their way to a recording
Contract.
But there's just one small rule.
There are no musical instruments
Allowed in the audition.
But one of our judges just
Doesn't get it.
♪ you have an amazing
Instrument.
You should be with your--your
Instruments.
I think that you have an amazing
Instrument.
♪ but, nicole, to me an
Instrument is a guitar or a
Piano.
♪ a voice is an instrument.
♪ I disagree.
You don't go into an instrument
Shop and say...
♪ you disagree because...
♪ "can I buy a voice?"
Is there an instrument shop that
Sells voices?
[laughter]
♪ that just shows how much you
Know, simon.
♪ I'll have three medium
Voices, two large ones, and a
Little one as a takeaway,
Please.
♪ next up is someone who
Definitely believes he's got
What it takes.
♪ ♪I'm sexy, and I know it ♪
♪♪
♪I'm sexy, and I know it ♪
♪♪
♪ my name is brennan, and I'm
From nashville, tennessee.
♪ ♪yo ♪
♪ I play music, and I've been
Doing modeling on the side.
I'm .
Wish I was .
♪ ♪work out ♪
♪ I know that I already have a
Strike against me for looking
The way I do.
But image is definitely very
Important.
If this guy over here had what I
Had on and walked over there,
People would think he was
Somebody just because of the way
He was dressed.
I know what I have.
And I'm gonna give it to 'em.
Secondly, I do believe that I
Have the it factor, the x
Factor.
My ultimate goal is to rule the
World.
♪ ♪I'm sexy and I know it ♪
♪ I feel like I have the look,
The voice.
You know, I'm the total package.
♪ ♪I'm sexy and I know it ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪I work out ♪
[whistling]
♪ hello.
♪ how you doing?
♪ good. How are you?
♪ I'm doing great.
♪ you happy to be here?
♪ I'm happy to see you.
♪ [giggles]
And what's your name?
♪ my name is brennan.
♪ brennan...
♪ hunt.
♪ hunt.
And where are you from, brennan?
♪ I'm from nashville,
Tennessee.
♪ all right.
And can I ask you how old you
Are?
♪ .
♪ how have you prepared for
This audition?
♪ I've played big arenas, I've
Played small rooms.
♪ on your own or in a band?
♪ I played for an artist for
/ years.
I got on a tour bus at the age
Of and did that all over
The country, so...
♪ brennan, let me ask you a
Question.
You're , a good-looking guy,
You live in nashville, you've
Been in the music business,
Why didn't you get a deal?
♪ I've just been trying to hone
My skills basically in
Nashville.
♪ good.
What are you gonna sing?
♪ I'm gonna sing an original
Called how we make it.
who wrote it?
I wrote it myself.
okay. That's risky.
very risky.
[laughs]
♪♪/i]
♪oh, hello, darling ♪/i]
♪tell me how it feels ♪/i]
♪to be tangled up ♪/i]
♪head above your heels ♪/i]
♪well, I could be wrong ♪/i]
♪or maybe I'm dead on ♪/i]
♪the way I is ♪/i]
♪is sentimental sauce ♪/i]
♪I'm talking 'bout love ♪/i]
♪love is how we make it ♪/i]
♪we make it ♪/i]
♪we're only gonna get ♪/i]
♪what we give ♪/i]
♪in the circle of life ♪/i]
♪whoa-oa ♪/i]
♪love, love is how we make it ♪/i]
♪we make it ♪/i]
♪'cause we all need ♪/i]
♪love to survive ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
Thank you.
simon.
um, you've got a brilliant
Voice.
thank you so much.
and you've got a great
Charisma about you.
It's about decision in song
Choices, but that's easy, and
I can understand why you haven't
Had a deal yet, because I don't
Think you've had the right
Advice.
But I could work with you, and
I think I could make you into a
Great artist.
I would love to work with
You.
I do.
paula.
the tone of your voice, it
Just struck a chord in my heart.
I honestly think you are primed
To be on this show.
I'm really, really excited.
you're very kind.
l.A.?
I always ask her questions,
Like, "is he handsome?
Is he hot?"
So I'm gonna ask the ladies in
Here, is he hot?
[cheers and applause]
l.A., real men can say that
Another man is hot.
I can do that.
I'm hot.
[laughter]
I have no issues.
yes, we know you think that,
Simon.
[laughter]
I want to go straight to a vote.
Simon?
yes.
[cheers and applause]
paula.
yes.
l.A.
mm, yes.
right.
you are making nashville
Proud, brennan.
Congratulations.
You have four yeses.
thank you so much.
Thank you guys.
[cheers and applause]
♪what about today ♪/i]
♪what if you're making me ♪/i]
♪all that I was meant to be ♪/i]
finally somebody gets me.
I've been at this business a
Long time.
It was a great feeling to have
Them say it was a good song,
Which I wrote %.
I told myself if I didn't make
It here, I'm gonna make it
Elsewhere, so thank god that
I made it here.
♪ ♪yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ thank y'all so much.
♪ well done.
♪ welcome back to
The x factor and the final
Auditions, where everyone is
Desperate...
♪ please, work with me.
♪ to make it to boot camp.
Off you go.
Good luck. It's happening.
♪ hello.
♪ what's your name?
♪ I'm paige elizabeth.
♪ how old are you?
♪ I'm .
♪ is there anybody in the
Business right now that you're
Willing to take out so you can
Have your own place?
♪ justin bieber.
[laughter]
♪ ♪got to see you tonight ♪
♪ good luck to you.
♪ ♪you taste like whiskey ♪
♪when you kiss me, oh ♪
♪I'd give anything ♪
♪again to be your baby doll ♪
♪this time I'm not leaving ♪
♪without you, ohh ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ I really, really like you.
It's the easiest yes so far.
Well done.
♪ thank you. Thank you.
♪ absolutely yes.
♪ congratulations, paige.
Yes.
♪ paige, you're really
Impressive.
You got four yeses, and
Congratulations.
♪ thank you.
Thank you.
♪ ♪girl, I wanna ♪
[cheers]
♪ what's your name?
♪ leroi bell.
♪ and how old are you?
♪ .
♪ years old?
♪ unbelievable.
♪ yeah.
♪ seriously?
♪ you look amazing.
♪ no way.
♪ well, listen, best of luck.
♪ ♪lean on me ♪
♪when you're not strong ♪
♪and I'll be your friend ♪
♪and I'll help you carry on ♪
♪oh, and it won't be long ♪
♪till I find someone ♪
♪somebody to lean on ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ who says at years old
That a dream is not gonna come
True?
Absolutely yes.
♪ yes.
♪ yes.
♪ four yeses.
♪ thank you.
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
Yes!
♪ ♪go ♪
♪ how you doing?
♪ and your names are?
♪ the brewer boys.
♪my heart beats like a drum ♪
♪ ♪beats like a drum ♪
♪ ♪guitar string ♪
♪to the strum ♪
♪what a beautiful song ♪
♪to be sung ♪
♪ it's a yes.
♪ I'm gonna say yes.
♪ without question.
You wowed us.
[cheers and applause]
♪ uh-oh.
♪ what's your name?
♪ my name's nick dean.
♪ how old are you, nick?
♪ I'm years old.
♪ what are you going to sing
For us?
♪ I'm gonna sing my first
Single.
It's called walk away.
♪so you go ♪/i]
♪and I'll stay ♪/i]
♪♪/i]
♪walk away ♪/i]
♪don't text my phone ♪/i]
♪don't try to beg ♪/i]
♪I've got to see you ♪/i]
♪tonight ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
I thought that was absolutely
Fantastic.
nick dean.
Girls, does that name sound
Good?
Nick dean?
[cheers and applause]
it's a yes.
♪yeah, yeah, yeah ♪/i]
nick dean, four big, fat
Yeses.
Congratulations.
[cheers and applause]
♪yeah, yeah, yeah ♪/i]
♪yeah, yeah, yeah ♪/i]
♪tonight is the night ♪/i]
you're the man.
oh!
My life has just changed.
your life has just changed.
Congratulations.
♪tonight is the night ♪/i]
and someone else hoping their
Life's about to change is
Devon talley.
hello.
how you doing?
what's your name?
my name is devon talley.
okay, where are you from?
I'm from new york.
okay, and what do you do for
A living, devon?
I work at a retail store,
Customer service.
okay.
What are you gonna sing, devon?
I'm gonna sing
Seasons of love.
okay, good luck.
from rent. Cool.
♪ ready?
♪ we're ready.
♪ all right.
♪, minutes ♪
♪how do we measure ♪
♪measure a year ♪
♪in daylights ♪
♪in sunsets ♪
♪in midnights ♪
♪and cups of coffee ♪
♪in inches ♪
♪in miles and laughter ♪
♪and stride ♪
[mutters]
♪, minutes ♪
♪how do we measure ♪
♪measure a year ♪
♪♪
♪measure in ♪
♪love ♪
♪measure in love ♪
♪seasons of love ♪
[laughter]
♪ thank you.
♪ ♪, minutes ♪
♪, minutes ♪
♪how do we measure ♪
♪in daylights, in sunsets ♪
♪, minutes ♪
♪how do we measure ♪
♪measure a year ♪
♪love ♪
♪ thank you.
Okay, okay.
♪ ♪oh ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ thanks, devon.
hours.
♪ I was nervous.
♪ sorry?
♪ but I have a second song that
I sung--
[laughter]
♪ okay, I did like that song.
It was kind of catchy by the
End.
So that was hours...
♪, minutes ♪/i]
oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm not gonna get that out of
My head.
♪how do we measure ♪/i]
♪measure a year ♪/i]
♪in daylights, in sunsets ♪/i]
okay, thank you.
♪in midnights and cups ♪/i]
♪of coffee ♪/i]
devon, I've got it.
♪in inches, in miles ♪/i]
♪and laughter and ♪/i]
I've got it, I've got it.
I know how to measure it now.
L.A., yes or no?
[laughs]
I'm gonna have to say no, but
Thank you.
nicole?
uh, yeah.
I love how you brought us all
Together right now.
that's amazing that you can
Do that.
thank you.
um...
But I don't know if your version
Convinced me today it was the
Best version, so I'm gonna have
To say no.
I appreciate you, I do.
You got a great spirit about
You, and that's what performers
Need, but you are not there yet.
I don't know when you'll be
There, but you're not there yet.
And I'm gonna have to say no,
But I love you.
okay, devon, nice to meet
You.
Thank you.
thank you.
♪♪/i]
simon, did it feel like
, minutes?
times .
I didn't get it, but I won't
Stop.
♪ welcome back to
The x factor.
After a search across america
And thousands of hopefuls
Applying, the auditions are
Drawing to a close.
And the final contestant to face
The judges is feeling the nerves
More than anyone--
-year-old jazzlyn little.
thank you.
I'm jazzlyn little.
I am years old, I'm a
Sophomore at ida baker high
School in cape coral, florida,
And I am freaking out.
♪I wish that I could have ♪/i]
♪this moment for life ♪/i]
♪for life ♪/i]
I'm feeling as if someone
Just opened a humungous cage of
Butterflies into my stomach
Right now because I've never
Had, like, , people looking
At me.
I need to open my throat 'cause
It's closing right now.
Just don't ask questions.
It's just gonna--
My family--I don't want to let
You guys down.
I've been taking singing
Serious for about four years
Now.
you all right?
Find your center.
Best of luck.
Enjoy it. Enjoy yourself.
there's so much stress in
Real life--peer pressure, having
To fit in, being judged, that
Singing's an escape from
Reality.
I can be anyone I want to be.
I don't have to be me.
♪this is my moment ♪/i]
♪I waited all my life ♪/i]
♪I could tell it's time ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
hello.
hello.
how are you?
extremely nervous.
why?
everybody's looking at me
Right now.
[laughter]
that's why it's called a
Stage.
What's your name?
my name's jazzlyn little.
okay, and how old are you,
Jazzlyn?
I'm .
are you really?
get out of here.
really ?
yes.
okay.
You're , so you look at
Youtube, and you see all these
New singers coming along.
Is that how you try to break
Yourself?
I'm sorry.
have you posted your stuff
On the internet?
I've posted one video on the
Internet.
how many hits did it get?
I think . Not much.
that's terrible.
I know.
simon.
but it's not great, is it?
Why so few?
people don't like to watch
My videos?
I don't know.
do you think it was you or
The song?
me.
I think.
okay, you're not selling
Yourself well here, jazzlyn.
I don't know.
you understand what I'm
Saying?
yeah, I know.
yeah, okay, well, we got to
Change that.
So what are you gonna sing?
I'm goin' down by
Mary j. Blige.
♪ okay.
Good luck.
♪ I go...
♪♪
♪time on my hands ♪
♪well, since you've been away ♪
♪boy ♪
♪I ain't got no plans ♪
♪no, no, no, no ♪
♪well, and the sound ♪
♪of the rain ♪
♪against my window pane ♪
♪is slowly ♪
♪is slowly driving me ♪
♪insane ♪
♪I'm goin' down ♪
♪ go ahead, baby.
♪ ♪I'm goin' down ♪
♪'cause you ain't around ♪
♪baby ♪
♪my whole world's ♪
♪upside-down ♪
♪sleep don't come easy ♪
♪boy ♪
♪please believe me ♪
♪since you've been gone ♪
♪everything's going wrong ♪
♪why'd you have to say ♪
♪good-bye ♪
♪look what you've done to me ♪
♪I can't stop these tears ♪
♪from falling from my eyes ♪
♪ooh, baby ♪
♪I'm goin' down ♪
♪I'm goin' down ♪
♪'cause you ain't around ♪
♪baby ♪
♪my whole world's up... ♪
♪side-down ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ my god.
♪ whoo!
[cheers and applause continue]
♪ I'm so proud of her.
[cheers and applause]
♪ you don't know what this
Means to me.
♪ uh...
L.A.
♪ I knew it would get better.
Whoa.
Your name is jazzlyn little?
♪ jazzlyn little.
♪ that's a superstar name too
With that superstar voice.
♪ I named her that.
♪ now, you came out with this
Little shy thing with all this
Lack in confidence, and you the
Real thing.
♪ we've been worked.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ nicole.
♪ I started to cry, and I was
Feeling it.
I was like, okay, I'm going down
With you.
♪ paula.
♪ you are a little brilliant
Gem.
The audience loves you.
We love you.
♪ thank you.
♪ brilliant job.
You're a star.
You're a star.
♪ simon.
♪ jazzlyn, I'd love to see what
You're like when you've got
Confidence.
[laughter]
I mean, seriously.
♪ me too.
♪ what I love about you is,
You, I get the feeling, love
Music, are taking this
Seriously, are someone who wants
To get better, and that's why
We've made this show, jazzlyn.
To find people like you, to
Give them a platform, 'cause
You, I believe, could be a world
Star.
♪ ♪love is a temple ♪
♪ I do.
♪ thank you.
♪ a world star.
♪ wow.
♪ a world star.
♪ you're the one to watch,
Young lady, let me tell you.
L.A., yes or no?
♪ oh, it gives me great
Pleasure to say yes to you.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ nicole.
♪ you're gonna have a lot more
Hits than hits on youtube
Now, honey.
Yes.
♪ thank you.
♪ paula.
♪ god bless you, jazzlyn.
♪ god bless you.
♪ yes.
♪ god bless you. God bless you.
Thank you.
♪ jazzlyn, you've got four
Yeses, kid.
[cheers and applause]
♪ see you soon.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ she has it in her too.
You can tell she's a tiger.
She gets like--she's a tiger.
♪ she might be something.
♪ yeah, she's a tiger.
♪ ♪sisters ♪
♪ jazzlyn little, come on!
♪ yes!
♪ ♪one life ♪
♪ for the first time in my
Life, being on that stage and
Having everyone clap for me, I
Really did feel truly accepted.
This just means more work,
Though.
I feel like anything is
Possible because this was the
Biggest step for me.
Judges, you are going to see me
At boot camp, I can't believe
It, and I'm going to make you
Proud.
♪ that is officially a wrap.
Ah.
[cheers and applause]
♪ we did it.
♪ wow, what a way to end the
Audition.
Last audition.
[cheers and applause]
♪ so that's it.
The auditions are over.
The judges have traveled the
Length and breadth of america
In a bid to find the next big
Thing in music.
And what a search it's been.
♪ I walked away from the number
One show in america to launch
A brand-new show.
♪ I made a decision to take a
Shot at discovering the next
Generation of stars.
♪ I'm excited to see the talent
That america has.
♪ can't wait for all the
Amazing surprises we're about to
Encounter.
♪ the whole thing's a gamble.
But that's what makes it
Exciting.
♪ ♪looking in your eyes ♪
♪I see a paradise ♪
♪this world that I found ♪
♪is too good to be true ♪
♪ oh, simon. Ah.
♪ if I got a $-million record
Deal, it would change
Everything.
♪ it means the world to me.
It really does.
♪ some day I want to, like,
Sell out stadiums.
[screeching]
♪ you have a horrible voice.
♪ are you kidding me?
♪ I've got to say no.
♪ no?
♪ where would you see yourself
In five or six years?
♪ global superstars.
♪ both: ♪my love ♪
♪ [screams]
♪ ♪I feel ♪
♪ ♪let 'em say we're crazy ♪
♪ I wanted to slit my wrists.
It's gonna get better, right?
♪ ♪put your hands ♪
♪in my hand, baby ♪
♪ what is your name, lovely
One?
♪ my name is rachel crow.
My family has, like, no money.
I'm a girl.
I need my own bathroom.
[cheers]
♪ best of luck.
♪ all: [singing]
♪ get ready for a new bathroom.
It's four yeses.
♪ ♪we can build this dream ♪
♪ thank you.
I won't let you down.
♪ yes, yes, yes!
♪ whoo!
♪ ♪nothing's gonna stop ♪
♪us now ♪
♪ an absolute yes.
♪ ♪and if this world runs ♪
♪out of lovers ♪
♪ four yeses. Congratulations.
♪ ♪we'll still have ♪
♪each other ♪
♪ yeah!
♪ ♪nothing's gonna stop us ♪
♪nothing's gonna stop us ♪
♪now ♪
♪oh, oh ♪
♪ paula, the grown-ups--
The grown-ups are talking.
♪ and the kids aren't
Listening.
♪ paula's world.
♪ whoo!
♪ it says men.
♪ god!
♪ ♪stay here with you ♪
♪ it's a beautiful birthday
Cake with your face on it,
Simon.
♪ yes.
♪ I'm gonna say no.
♪ I've definitely met my match.
♪ ♪is what I'm gonna do ♪
♪ ♪let 'em say we're crazy ♪
♪ I'm getting freaked out,
You guys.
♪ [sings]
♪ [screams]
♪ get him out of the building.
♪ I just witnessed a nightmare
On stage.
♪ it's ridiculous!
♪ like [bleep] chad.
♪ yes or bloody no?
♪ no.
♪ ♪if we're heart to heart ♪
♪ all: [singing]
♪ ♪we can build this dream ♪
♪ yeah!
♪ ♪together ♪
♪standing strong forever ♪
♪nothing's gonna stop us ♪
♪ okay, alexander.
♪ stop calling me that, simone.
You want me to come down there,
Let's go, we can go outside.
♪ you blew it.
♪ ♪all that I need is you ♪
♪ I'm gonna have to say no.
♪ ♪all that I ever needed ♪
♪ I don't want to die with this
Music in me, simon.
♪ best of luck, sweetheart.
♪ ♪you make me feel ♪
♪ [singing]
♪ sing it, baby!
♪ ♪ever and ever ♪
♪ both: ♪ahhh ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ that was one of the best
Auditions I have ever heard in
My life.
[cheers and applause]
♪ how long have you been clean?
♪ days.
♪what you trippin' on ♪
♪ the passion that I have is
Keeping me alive to this day.
♪ you are the truth.
♪ ♪nothing's gonna stop ♪
♪us now ♪
♪and if this world runs out ♪
♪ I didn't know...
♪ that blew my mind, man.
That blew my mind.
♪ well, there have been highs
And lows, but things are about
To go to a whole new level when
The acts are put through their
Paces like never before.
Yes, next week it get serious.
Next week it's boot camp.
♪ they'd better be on their
Game.
♪ this is where we separate the
Good from the great.
And good is not a good place to
Be.
♪ we're gonna find out in the
Next few days whether we've got
A star or not.
♪ it's called boot camp for a
Reason.
♪ let's k*ll it!
, , , go!
♪ I want to dance. I'm good.
♪ this is frustrating.
I'm scared.
♪ only acts will survive.
♪ genuinely, genuinely wish
We could have put more through.
♪ I don't want to go home.
♪ and then the remaining
Hopefuls will be split into four
Categories.
Each judge will find out which
Category they will mentor for
The rest of the season.
♪ hello, decision has been
Made.
And the category we want you to
Mentor is...
♪ oh, my gosh.
♪ really?
♪ I think you just met your
Match.
[simon laughing]
So all the best to you.
[laughs]
I think I'm going to win.
♪ I'm a deli clerk.
♪ I work in a burrito
Restaurant.
♪ I'm a freshman in college.
♪ I don't want to die with this
Music in me, simon.
[singing]
[cheers and applause]
♪ [singing]
♪ ♪to the end of the road ♪
♪ [singing]
[cheers and applause]
♪ one of the best auditions
I have ever heard in my life.
[cheers and applause]
♪ this is your time, baby.
♪ people like you inspire me.
♪ you are the truth.
[cheers and applause]
♪ it's more than just a voice.
[overlapping vocals]
It's something else.
♪ I can't hear myself too well.
♪ you're lucky.
♪ that's not fair!
[paula squealing]
[overlapping vocals]
♪ you're a star.
[cheers and applause]
♪ [laughing]
♪ yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
What is your problem, man?
♪ yes or bloody no?
♪ I'm the luckiest guy in the
World that you walked into my
Life today.
[zooming]
[upbeat music]
♪♪
[bon jovi's livin' on a prayer]
♪♪/i]
hello, welcome to
The x factor, where the search
For an act worthy of a
$-million recording contract
Has hit the east coast.
Yes, tonight is the final
Auditions, and they're taking
Place across the river in
Newark.
♪ ♪give it a shot ♪
♪ all: I have the x factor!
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪whoa-oa ♪
♪livin' on a prayer ♪
♪ and it seems the whole of the
East coast has turned out to
Audition.
The line outside the arena goes
On and on and on and on and on.
x factor auditions are being
Held today in newark.
♪ thousands of singers are
Already lining up.
♪ good luck today.
Welcome to the x factor.
thank you.
big strong x.
yeah!
and every single one of them
Is full of new jersey spirit.
I'm better than whitney
Houston, and I can swear on
That.
oh. Oh. Oh.
oh, yeah, I got the x factor
Because I'm awesome, and
Everybody tells me that I'm
Awesome.
the competition is open to
Singers age and upwards,
Whether they're soloists or
Groups.
And they're all competing for
The same prize.
It's the biggest in television
History--a recording contract
That guarantees the winner
$ million.
[cheers and applause]
finally today is my chance.
Whoo!
but there are four people
Standing in their way.
It's the x factor judges.
First up is grammy award-winning
Songwriter, producer, and record
Executive l.A. Reid.
He's helped shape the careers
Of some of the biggest names in
Music.
♪ newark is new york,
New jersey, connecticut, right?
That's a given.
We're gonna find a star.
[cheers and applause]
♪ joining l.A. Reid is
Multi-platinum-selling pop star
Nicole scherzinger.
She was a member of one of the
World's biggest girl bands and
Is now a successful solo artist.
♪ I think it's gonna be a lot
Of feisty people, a lot of
People with hopefully a lot of
Talent and character and
Personality.
♪ next choreographer and
Performer paula abdul.
She's worked with some of the
Biggest names in the world and
Is now ready to discover the
Next one.
♪ it's going to be very
Exciting, and it's going to be
Never a dull moment.
♪ and finally he's renowned as
The most successful talent
Scout on the planet.
He's record executive
Simon cowell.
♪ ever since I watched
Jersey shore, I had to go to
New jersey.
Love the people there, and I
Like their sense of humor, and
I'm glad we're going there.
[cheers]
♪ all the hopefuls want to join
The contestants who've already
Made it into the next stage of
The competition, boot camp,
Where they'll be pushed to the
Limit and eventually split into
Four categories, with each
Category mentored by one judge.
The boys under , the girls
Under , over , and the
Groups.
♪ all: ♪ahh ♪
♪ ♪are you ready? ♪
♪do you know ♪
♪ so with the audience in
Place, with thousands of
Contestants waiting nervously...
♪ ♪are you ready? ♪
♪ it's time for new jersey to
Bring it on.
♪ here we go!
[cheers and applause]
♪ and no one's got more east
Coast confidence than newark's
First auditionee, -year-old
Brian bradley.
♪ ♪hit it ♪
welcome to x factor.
What's your name?
brian.
I'm gonna give you a ticket
Now.
Good luck.
thank you.
My name is brian bradley, I'm
years old, and I'm from
Brooklyn, new york.
Hello, brian.
brian, I'm steve.
Nice to meet you.
And who are these people here?
mom, stepdad.
pleasure.
my mom and my step-pops, you
Know, they're both huge
Supporters of me, and my mom,
She--she's my number one fan.
I have an insane love for music.
I listen to music all the time,
So it's in my blood.
who would you like to be
Bigger than?
Who have you got your sights set
On?
um, I look at my competition
As people like jay-z and
Kanye west.
I want to be bigger than them.
If you give me about five more
Years, I'll be better than
Jay-z.
I mean, I've was always dreamed
Of performing at madison square
Garden.
To know that , people are
Here for me, that'll be big.
you ready to go up there and
Blow 'em away?
tornado.
a tornado.
♪I'm the lyrical gangster ♪/i]
this audition is life right
Now.
When I go on that stage, I'm not
Even looking at it as an
Audition.
I'm gonna look at it as the
Performance of my life.
What's up?
Going on? How y'all feeling?
Y'all feeling good?
Anybody from brooklyn here?
[cheers and applause]
hi. What's your name?
brian bradley.
how old are you, brian?
I'm years old.
[cheers and applause]
and where are you from?
I'm from brooklyn, new york.
Brownsville to be specific.
and, brian, why do you think
You haven't had a record deal
Yet?
um, I mean, it's politics,
Man.
You got to know somebody.
[laughter]
Actually you got to know
Somebody that know somebody
That know somebody, and if you
Don't, then...
It's politics.
he's a mini you.
wait, wait, wait, yo, yo, yo,
Yo, yo, simon.
Yo, I see you, man.
[cheers and applause]
No, no, hold on, hold on, hold
On, yo.
What is your problem, man?
Are you serious?
You see, this is--this is why I
Didn't want--yo, what is your
Problem, son?
I saw you, man.
Yo, I swear to my life, you
Lucky we ain't in the streets,
'cause if we was in the
Streets--
wait a minute.
this is what I would say to
You.
Sound man, drop that.
[dramatic music]
♪what you lookin' at? ♪/i]
♪what you starin' at? ♪/i]
♪I see your eyes ♪/i]
♪I ain't surprised ♪/i]
♪just 'cause I'm a shorty ♪/i]
♪don't think I won't do you ♪/i]
♪no harm ♪/i]
♪stop looking at my moms ♪/i]
♪my moms, my moms ♪/i]
♪my moms ♪/i]
♪stop looking at my moms ♪/i]
♪my moms ♪/i]
♪l.A., I see your eyes too ♪/i]
♪yo ♪/i]
♪I don't understand ♪/i]
♪why these dudes is looking ♪/i]
♪like they never seen ♪/i]
♪a beautiful strong woman ♪/i]
♪she just happens to be ♪/i]
♪the one who birthed me ♪/i]
♪the one who birthed me ♪/i]
♪the one who nursed me ♪/i]
♪so when you see her around ♪/i]
♪don't ask her on a date ♪/i]
♪just let her breathe, homie ♪/i]
♪so she can enjoy her day ♪/i]
♪don't ask for her number ♪/i]
♪nah, you can't have it ♪/i]
♪and if you ever do ♪/i]
♪then we gonna be going at it ♪/i]
♪that's my mother ♪/i]
♪that's my mother ♪/i]
♪she looks so young ♪/i]
♪you'd-a thought ♪/i]
♪I was her brother ♪/i]
♪that's my mother ♪/i]
♪that's my mother ♪/i]
♪she fit, pretty sick ♪/i]
♪and she's like no other ♪/i]
♪brother, stop looking ♪/i]
♪it ain't for your eyes ♪/i]
♪to see ♪/i]
♪what you looking at? ♪/i]
♪what you staring at? ♪/i]
♪I see your eyes ♪/i]
♪I ain't surprised ♪/i]
♪just 'cause I'm a shorty ♪/i]
♪don't think I won't do you ♪/i]
♪no harm ♪/i]
♪stop looking at my moms! ♪/i]
♪my moms! ♪/i]
♪my moms! My moms! ♪/i]
♪stop looking at my moms! ♪/i]
♪my moms! ♪/i]
♪my moms! ♪/i]
♪yo, stop looking at my moms! ♪/i]
♪my moms ♪/i]
all: ♪my moms ♪/i]
♪my moms ♪/i]
yeah, yeah.
[cheers and applause]
Swag.
[cheers and applause continues]
brian. Honey.
yes. Yes.
I am scared of you.
[chuckles]
and I am not gonna look at
Your mom.
Mm-mm.
it's an exception for a lady,
You know.
You're good.
[laughter]
okay, brian, let me say this.
You are arrogant, obnoxious,
Argumentative, but you are one
Of the most talented young
People I've heard in a long,
Long time.
[cheers and applause]
wow.
You scared me for a second.
Thank you.
this is why I'm in
New jersey.
I think you're fantastic.
[cheers and applause]
thank you, thank you.
That's from simon. That's big.
Thank you.
paula.
you are very, very unique,
And you operate in that place
That's just fantastic.
thank you. I try.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
l.A.
wow.
Wow.
I used to run this label called
Def jam.
And all the years that I was
There, you know what, I was
Looking for you, and you never
Walked in.
wow.
so I'm the luckiest guy in
The world that you walked into
My life today.
♪what is ♪/i]
♪what is ♪/i]
♪what is ♪/i]
♪what is ♪/i]
let's vote on it, guys.
let's kick this off.
I'm gonna say yes.
Paula?
yes!
wow.
nicole.
yes, I'm gonna say yes.
l.A.?
television, film, records.
Everything you want to do, you
Can do it if you set your mind
To it, and I'm gonna help you
Get started by saying absolutely
Yes.
swag me out.
[cheers and applause]
Thank you so much.
Thank y'all so much.
I love you all.
Swag me out.
Swag me out.
Swag me out.
I might just start cooking.
Swag me out, man.
I've never seen anything like
That in my life.
he's the complete package.
Triple threat.
I'm gonna go home, jump up
And down on my bed, lay down,
Sleep, and wake up, and jump up
And down again.
That was a good audience.
I just got four yeses.
This means life.
This means accomplishment.
This means achievement.
This means greatness right now.
That's what it means to me.
♪we all can say ♪/i]
♪do, do, do, do ♪/i]
♪do, do, do, do ♪/i]
♪baby ♪/i]
♪ hello, and welcome back to
The x factor, where the east
Coast auditions are taking
Place just across the river from
Manhattan...
In newark.
Everyone who auditions is here
To follow a dream.
♪ I'm a singer, I write songs,
I can dance.
I got the moves, you know, the
Charisma, the attitude.
[cheers and applause]
♪ and, as auditions continue,
Can new jersey continue to
Deliver?
[cheers and applause]
♪ hello. What's your name?
♪ hi. My name is kelly warner.
♪ and what do you do for a
Living?
♪ um, I actually cut hair at a
Nursing home.
♪ oh, cool.
Aw.
♪ ♪she tied you ♪
♪to a kitchen chair ♪
♪she broke your throne ♪
♪cut your hair ♪
♪and from her lips ♪
♪she drew the hallelujah ♪
[cheers and applause]
Thank you.
♪ you have a beautiful,
Beautiful voice, so you just got
Your first yes.
♪ you got two yeses.
♪ I'm gonna say yes.
♪ you're a breath of fresh air.
Yes.
Congratulations.
♪ ♪you're gonna leave 'em ♪
♪falling down ♪
♪ I can't stop smiling.
My face hurts right now.
♪ whoo!
♪ hello, everyone.
♪ what's your name?
♪ my name is aaron surgeon.
♪ you dreamt about being what,
A rock star, pop star?
♪ absolutely.
A pop star with an r&b/rock edge
I think is right up my alley.
♪ great.
♪ ♪I don't want to close ♪
♪my eyes ♪
♪don't want to fall asleep ♪
♪'cause I miss you, baby ♪
♪and I don't want ♪
♪to miss a thing ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ I just felt it was a genuine
Performance, so thank you, I
Appreciate it.
I'm gonna say yes.
♪ I'm gonna say yes.
♪ [silently] thank you.
♪ I just thought it was a very
Average vocal.
I've heard so many singers like
This before, and I'm gonna say
No.
L.A., yes or no?
♪ you know it takes three
Yeses, right, to get put
Through to the next round of
Auditions?
Um...
I think that you have what it
Takes, so you just got another
Yes.
♪ congratulations, you got
Three yeses.
♪ ♪let your colors burst ♪
♪ thank you, aaron.
♪ ♪oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ good luck with you.
Thank you. See you later.
♪ this means I am on my way
To my dream.
Whoo!
[laughs]
♪ ♪whoa-oa-oa ♪
♪ ♪baby ♪
♪ all: ♪baby ♪
♪ [sings indistinctly]
♪ I'm gonna say yes.
♪ [screams]
♪ [screams]
♪ you got four yeses.
♪ take it in, honey.
♪ good for you.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ see you soon.
♪ thank you all.
♪ hi.
What's your name?
♪ my name is liliana rose.
I'm years old, and I'm from
New york city.
♪ what do you do for a living?
♪ right now I work in an
Office and I make photocopies
All day and I sing in my
Cubicle.
♪ you sing in your cubicle.
♪ go ahead.
♪ here we go, guys.
♪ ♪you'll never know, dear ♪
♪how much I love you ♪
♪please don't take ♪
♪my sunshine away ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ liliana.
[cheers and applause continues]
♪ you don't look like a pop
Star until you start singing.
You surprised me, and I like you
A lot.
♪ you're magical.
♪ lili, one of my favorite of
The day.
An easy, easy yes.
You deserve that.
♪ thank you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ congratulations.
♪ oh, my god, that was totally
Surreal.
This can't be true.
It's just amazing.
It's totally amazing.
♪ and also hoping to please the
Judges is -year-old
Andy silijkovitz.
Sir, hello.
Nice to meet you.
What's your name?
♪ my name's andy.
♪ superstardom is something you
Want?
♪ yeah, I'd like to have a big
Recording contract.
I want to have a nice house.
♪ okay.
♪ maybe even be on an episode
Of mtv cribs.
oh, hello.
andy is very special.
He sings very well.
I could be an opening act for
Somebody if I win this show
Before I become more famous.
I have no girlfriend.
I don't think I've ever kissed a
Girl before.
okay, andy, up the stairs.
Good luck.
if I win this whole thing,
With all the money I'd have and
All the fame I'd have, maybe,
You know, get a lot of girls.
hello.
hello.
hi. How are you?
I'm good. How are you?
very well, thank you.
What's your name?
my name's andy.
andy, how old are you?
.
who are you here with today?
my mom is here.
are you married?
I'm not married.
I'm single, been single all my
Life.
all: Ohh.
what do you mean, "all your
Life"?
I've never gotten married.
you got a girlfriend?
no.
do you want one?
I'd like one.
Maybe if I get pretty far on
Here, I can get one.
[laughter]
I promise you, if you win,
You'll get one.
andy, so, who knows, maybe
Today you could find someone who
Also is single.
maybe.
okay, good.
do you think andy would like
To get together with paula
Abdul?
and what would you do, andy,
With the $ million if you won?
I would get a nice house, a
Nice car, and a lot of girls
Would...
[laughter]
I can definitely tell you,
If you got a bit of cash, it
Does help, andy.
Nothing wrong with that.
All right, what are you gonna
Sing?
uh, I got hero by
Mariah carey.
♪ let's do it then, baby.
Throw the emotion into it.
♪ nervous?
♪♪
♪ ♪there's a hero ♪
♪if you look ♪
♪inside your heart ♪
♪you don't have to be afraid ♪
♪of what you are ♪
♪there's an answer ♪
♪if you reach ♪
♪into your soul ♪
♪you don't have to... ♪
♪all you know ♪
♪will melt away ♪
♪and then a hero ♪
♪comes along ♪
♪with the strength ♪
♪to carry on ♪
♪and you cast ♪
♪your fears aside ♪
♪and you know ♪
♪you can survive ♪
♪so when you feel ♪
♪like hope is gone ♪
♪look inside you ♪
♪and be strong ♪
♪and you'll finally see ♪
♪the truth ♪
♪that a hero lies in you ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ thank you, andy.
Okay, l.A., yes or no?
♪ I'm gonna say no in this
Competition, but, you know what,
You had a great time, so I'm
Applauding you for just having
A great time, man, really.
[applause]
♪ nicole.
♪ thank you so much for
Coming, andy.
I'm gonna have to say no.
♪ paula.
♪ okay.
♪ I want to say it's a pleasure
Having you here.
Thank you so much.
[speaks hebrew]
I'm gonna have to pass.
♪ yeah, andy, yeah, I'm afraid
It's four no's, but I think
You're gonna find it much easier
With the chicks after this,
So...
[laughter and applause]
[cheers and applause]
You want paula's number?
Come up. Come down.
No, come down. I'll help you.
This way.
♪ ♪when you feel ♪
♪like hope is gone ♪
♪ paula.
I think we'll just allow these
Two lovebirds some time on their
Own, but thank you for coming
Along.
♪ aw.
♪ ♪that a hero lies in you ♪
♪that a hero lies in you ♪
welcome back to
The x factor, where the people
Of new york and new jersey are
Showing the judges what they're
Made of.
With thousands of hopefuls
Waiting for their shot,
Auditions roll on.
♪ ♪there's a house ♪
♪in new orleans ♪
♪they call the rising sun ♪
♪ ♪who else am I ♪
♪gonna lean on ♪
♪ ♪and it's been ♪
♪the ruin of many ♪
♪a poor boy ♪
♪ sorry. No.
♪ no.
♪ josh, nice to meet you.
Thanks for coming.
♪ thank you very much.
♪ thank you.
♪ next up is -year-old
Clarissa cheatham.
♪ my name is clarissa cheatham,
Also known as cashmere.
I'm years old, and I'm from
Philadelphia, pa.
I'm currently an office worker,
But, when I'm at work, I spend
My time daydreaming about just
Me being on stage, people
Cheering me on, screaming my
Name.
♪ enjoy yourself.
♪ thank you.
♪ best of luck.
♪ today is very important to
Me because it's a
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
♪ ♪we belong together ♪
♪ooh-ooh ♪
♪ hi, sweetheart.
♪ hi. How you guys doing?
♪ good. How are you?
♪ good. Thank you.
♪ and your name is?
♪ clarissa cheatham, also known
As cashmere.
♪ cashmere.
♪ cashmere. That's pretty.
♪ thank you.
♪ how old are you?
♪ .
♪ .
What do you do?
♪ I work as a office clerk.
♪ and how long have you been
Singing?
♪ uh, I've really been singing
Ever since I was a little girl.
And a few years back, I started
Singing at karaoke, and I really
Enjoyed it.
♪ what was the reaction you
Got?
♪ my friends and family, even
People I don't know, screaming,
Yelling my name.
♪ okay.
♪ yeah.
♪ good.
♪ um...
♪ [laughs]
♪ okay.
Uh, what kind of--if you were to
Look on the charts today, who
Do you admire most as an artist?
♪ I admire mariah carey.
♪ yeah?
♪ okay, and, cashmere, what
Would you call your first album?
♪ my first album would be...
My first album would be
Self-titled.
both: Cashmere.
okay. Volume one.
yes.
okay, what are you going to
Sing?
I'm gonna sing mariah carey,
Always be my baby.
okay, well, I know mariah's
Watching this show, so this is
For her.
thank you.
♪♪/i]
[giggles]
[laughs]
♪ooh, yeah ♪/i]
♪yeah ♪/i]
♪♪/i]
[vocalizing]
[scatting]
♪hey, hey, hey ♪/i]
♪do, do, do, bum ♪/i]
♪do, do, do, do, dah ♪/i]
♪hey ♪/i]
♪hey, yeah-ah-ah ♪/i]
[scatting]
[laughter]
[vocalizing]
♪we were as one, baby ♪/i]
♪for a moment in time ♪/i]
♪and it seemed everlasting ♪/i]
♪that you would always ♪/i]
♪be mine ♪/i]
♪now you want to be free ♪/i]
♪so I'm letting you fly ♪/i]
[music cuts]
okay.
[applause]
cashmere, when you said that
People...
[laughter]
Scream after karaoke, I don't
Think that was a compliment.
[laughter]
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
It's just one of those days.
that's a first.
You know what we're gonna do?
We are going to vote.
Okay?
And we're gonna start with
Nicole.
today I'm gonna have to say
No, thank you.
cashmere, not many people
Have got your smile, so that's
A good thing.
But it's a no, no for today.
Paula?
I'm gonna have to say no this
Time.
l.A.
thank you for coming.
thank you.
thank you so much.
so cashmere won't be going to
Boot camp.
when you asked that
Question...
[laughing]
but will any of these?
[cheers and applause]
okay, what's your name,
Please?
nouf.
okay, nouf, why did you
Enter the show?
I'm in it to win it.
good luck.
♪light up ♪/i]
♪light up ♪/i]
♪as if you have a choice ♪/i]
♪even if you cannot ♪/i]
[booing]
No, no, no, no.
Wait, hold on, just let me
Finish.
Like, you keep booing me.
How am I supposed to do
Anything?
Seriously.
nouf, nouf, look, I'm gonna
Go you straight to a yes or no.
There's other people who can
Sing waiting.
sorry. No.
no.
absolutely not.
kay, nouf, it's enough.
Thank you.
what are you guys waiting on?
Like, anything else?
'cause if you're looking for
Tears, you're not gonna get it.
[vocalizing]
♪it's like a revolution ♪/i]
♪whoa-oa ♪/i]
why--why the hula hoop?
nobody's doing it. Why not?
nobody's sitting here with a
Dog on their head, but there's a
Reason why you don't.
What's your name?
my name is jean-loup.
when you're not singing or
Being annoying, what do you do?
I'm a life coach.
so you're a therapist?
I mix it up.
the stage is yours.
♪you better think ♪/i]
♪think about what you're ♪/i]
♪trying to do to me ♪/i]
♪you better think ♪/i]
♪let your mind go ♪/i]
♪let yourself be free ♪/i]
♪you better think ♪/i]
I can't hear myself too well.
just as well.
you're lucky.
I thought I sounded good.
oh, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
it's very jittery.
For someone who does therapy,
You're really uptight.
it's a no.
I'm gonna say no.
Thank you.
♪we love this hesitation ♪/i]
all right, best of luck.
thank you.
what is your name?
my name is maya lehmann.
how old are you, maya?
I'm years old.
.
wow.
how long have you been
Preparing for this?
years.
[laughter]
when you was born,
Simon cowell?
[laughter]
good girl. Good girl.
I like that.
Okay, good luck.
♪we are the champions ♪/i]
♪my friends ♪/i]
[laughter]
♪and we'll keep on fighting ♪/i]
♪till the end ♪/i]
♪♪/i]
♪we are the champions ♪/i]
♪we are the champions ♪/i]
uh, it's hard, because I
Really like that song.
[laughter]
Uh, I'm gonna say no.
I'm gonna have to say no.
unfortunately, not for this
Competition.
I'm gonna say no, sweetheart.
do you think they made a
Mistake?
to tell the truth, yes.
My voice very, very beautiful
And very, very powerful.
[vocalizing]
♪ welcome back to
The x factor, where everyone
Dreams of becoming the next
Superstar.
♪ I couldn't picture myself
Doing anything else but being a
Superstar.
♪ I want to be bigger than
Beyonce.
♪ I'm gonna be up there one
Day, you know, and I will not
Stop at anything until I do.
♪ next up is new jersey native
-year-old cari fletcher.
♪ my name's cari fletcher,
I'm years old, and I'm a
Junior in high school.
I started singing around the age
Of six years old.
[laughs]
I'm feeling a little bit nervous
Right now.
I think this is such an awesome
Opportunity, so I'm just gonna
Make the most of it.
I'm excited.
This audition is so important to
Me.
Getting this opportunity, it's
A once-in-a-lifetime chance.
♪ ♪oh, we could be stars ♪
♪falling from the sky ♪
♪shining how we want ♪
♪brighter than the sun ♪
♪ hello.
♪ hi.
♪ and what's your name?
♪ I'm cari fletcher.
♪ hello, cari.
Tell me about you, something
That's interesting about you.
♪ well, you know, I've grown
Up singing.
I've been taking classical vocal
Training since I was six years
Old.
Like, I love this.
♪ okay, best of luck, cari.
♪ thank you.
♪ what are you gonna sing?
alone by heart.
♪ great.
♪♪
♪ ♪I hear the ticking ♪
♪of the clock ♪
♪I'm lying here ♪
♪the room's pitch dark ♪
♪♪
♪I wonder ♪
♪where you are tonight ♪
♪no answer on the telephone ♪
♪♪
♪and the night goes by ♪
♪so very slow ♪
♪oh, and I hope ♪
♪that it won't end though ♪
♪alone ♪
♪♪
♪till now ♪
♪I always got by ♪
♪on my own ♪
♪I never really cared ♪
♪until I met you ♪
♪and now it chills me ♪
♪to the bone ♪
♪how do I get you alone? ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ cari. Hi, sweetie.
♪ hi.
♪ I really like your focus,
Um, when you sing.
And it makes me really want to
Listen.
♪ thank you.
♪ and I think you have great
Potential.
♪ thank you.
♪ do you like her, paula?
♪ um, cari, I really like you.
I think you're talented.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ l.A.?
♪ cari fletcher?
♪ cari fletcher.
♪ okay, you have a star's name.
You have a star's face.
You have a star's voice.
And I was very impressed.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ my problem is, cari, there's
Nothing distinctive about it for
Me.
You know, I wouldn't remember
Your voice.
I might remember you.
I wouldn't remember your voice.
♪ okay.
♪ I think at years old, you
Know, if you've got an
Opportunity like this, you've
Got to become an entertainer,
And you've got to be memorable.
♪ that's right.
♪ and the problem is, you were
Boring.
♪ okay.
♪ okay, l.A., yes or no?
♪ yes!
♪ all: Yes!
♪ cari, I really--I really
Enjoyed you.
♪ thank you.
♪ and I'm gonna say yes to you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ nicole.
♪ cari, I'm gonna say yes.
♪ cari...
♪ yeah.
♪ you will get eaten alive if
You don't come back with all the
Belief that we have in you.
♪ okay.
♪ you got to come, be relevant,
Pick songs that are gonna knock
It out of the ballpark.
And I say yes.
[cheers and applause]
♪ cari, for what it's worth,
'cause I think you're smart, and
I think you'll listen, I'm gonna
Say yes as well.
♪ ♪I'm not a girl ♪
♪ I love you guys.
♪ well done.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪not yet a woman ♪
[cheers and applause continues]
♪ give me another hug.
♪ oh, my god.
This is insane.
♪ huh? Did a beautiful job.
Great job.
Oh, I'm proud of you.
Great job.
[cheers]
♪ as the day moves along,
The x factor pod fills with
Joyful contestants.
♪ this means so much to me.
♪realize ♪
I moved to new york city from
A small town, so being able to
Live my dream, it means more
Than anything.
♪ ♪come home ♪
That was hideous, and...
I can't believe it.
♪ that was the best moment of
My life.
♪ yeah, we're so happy for her
Really.
♪ aw.
[cheers]
♪ ♪I'll never tie you down ♪
[cheers and applause]
This is the biggest day of my
Life.
It's a dream.
It's totally a dream come true.
♪ hello, and welcome back to
The x factor, where today the
Search for an act worthy of a
$-million recording contract
Has hit the east coast.
We are in newark, and who better
To introduce the next
Contestants than their faithful
Fans?
♪ all: Ausem!
[cheers and applause]
♪ I'm austin. I'm .
♪ my name's emily. I'm .
♪ both: And together we are
Ausem.
♪ austin and emily.
♪ emily.
♪ aus-em.
♪ ausem.
♪ ♪I'll never have someone ♪
♪ in sixth grade we met in our
School play.
And basically that's how it
Started.
We became best friends.
Today we have our friends,
Classmates, and our family here
To support us.
♪ with family backstage and
Fans in the audience, it's time
To face the judges.
Off you go. Good luck.
♪ thank you.
♪ we know that, if we can be
At the grammys and be up against
Lady gaga and win, then we know
We're on top.
[cheers and applause]
♪ hi.
♪ hi.
♪ wow.
You got a lot of pressure on you
Right now.
[laughter]
I guess you're ausem, right?
♪ yeah.
That's cool.
♪ so what is--your name is?
♪ austin.
♪ and...
♪ emily.
♪ okay.
♪ why are you here on this
Stage right now?
♪ when we sing together, like,
We feel the passion and we both
Can feel it, and we know it
Affects everyone in the
Audience.
♪ do they cry?
♪ we've had some tears.
♪ tears of joy, simon.
♪ good luck.
♪ let's go, aus!
♪♪
♪ ♪I know I can't take ♪
♪one more step ♪
♪towards you ♪
♪ ♪'cause all that's waiting ♪
♪is regret ♪
♪ ♪and don't you know ♪
♪I'm not your ghost anymore ♪
♪ ♪you lost the love ♪
♪I loved the most ♪
♪ both: ♪and who do you ♪
♪think you are ♪
♪runnin' 'round ♪
♪leaving scars ♪
♪collecting your jar ♪
♪of hearts ♪
♪and tearing love apart ♪
♪you're going to catch a cold ♪
♪from the ice ♪
♪inside your soul ♪
♪so don't come back for me ♪
♪don't come back at all ♪
♪ ♪I hear they're asking ♪
♪all around ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪if I am anywhere ♪
♪to be found ♪
♪ thank you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ come on, paula!
♪ we're going to a vote right
Now.
Simon.
♪ I think the audience you are
Aiming at will understand you
Perfectly.
That's why you have such
Support.
I'm gonna say yes.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ thank you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ausem! All right! Ausem.
♪ l.A., what do you think?
♪ austin, I think you're a
Star.
[cheers and applause]
All right.
And, no disrespect, but I'm not
Convinced of the duo.
[audience booing]
♪ what are they doing to my
Daught--that's not fair.
♪ but because I believe you're
A star, I'm going to say yes.
♪ thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
♪ one more vote, and they go
Through.
One more to go through.
♪ austin, yeah, you have a
Pretty good voice, but I have
To be--I have to be honest, I'm
Sorry, for ausem, no.
But I believe in you, austin.
♪ so you'd split them up now?
♪ mm.
[audience shouting]
♪ nicole, yes or no to the
Group?
♪ it's hard because...
[groans]
Okay, like, totally get you, and
I feel you...
♪ oh, for god's sake.
Just give them a yes or a no.
♪ all: Yes!
♪ one word.
♪ it's not--
♪ and it begins with a "y".
[audience shouting]
♪ I believe in you, but...
♪ yes or bloody no.
[audience shouting]
♪ it's a simple word.
♪ yes.
♪ I get it.
♪ it's hard because I feel like
I'm being swayed by you now,
Simon.
♪ exact--I love that you're--
You know what, when you do "yes
Or no," it makes us go--it's
Like people honking on a car
Horn, and you just start going,
"aah!"
Stop doing it.
It's not right.
It's just not right.
♪ um, I think you all, you
Know...
I mean...
♪ oh, for god's sake.
[cheers]
I can't do this.
I can't do it.
[applause]
[audience chanting "ausem"]
♪ all: Ausem! Ausem! Ausem!
Ausem! Ausem!
[cheers and applause]
♪ okay, okay, okay, okay.
Um...
All right, ausem...
Yes.
[cheers and applause]
♪ okay, you guys, I'm gonna
Give you a yes too.
Congratulations.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ ♪whoa ♪
♪yeah, you and me ♪
♪we could light up the sky ♪
♪if you stay by my side ♪
♪ all: Aww.
♪ that could have been done
minutes ago.
♪ oh, stop it.
I'm gonna beat you up so hard, I
Can--I can, like, feel my rings.
♪ you want to beat me up?
♪ ausem! Ausem! Ausem! Ausem!
♪ we feel incredible!
♪ psych out. Oh, my god.
I'm probably more nervous than
Austin is 'cause I know I really
Have to step up my game now.
♪ judges, you will be seeing
Us soon.
We are going to boot camp.
♪ boot camp. Boot camp.
♪ whoo!
♪ ♪for you ♪
♪ welcome back to
The x factor.
Now we've traveled far and wide
In our bid to find an act
Worthy of a $-million recording
Contract.
And now the auditions draw to
A close.
[cheers]
Before the break, the judges
Were in newark, and now ahead of
Next week's boot camp, it's time
For the very last auditions,
Which come from across the whole
Nation.
And the next contestant to face
The x factor judges--simon,
Nicole, l.A., and paula--is
-year-old tora woloshin.
♪ oh, my god, that was the
Longest drive ever.
I'm so excited.
My name is tora woloshin.
I'm years old, and I'm from
Tucson, arizona.
♪ ♪tweet, tweet ♪
♪tweet, tweet ♪
♪ I'm going to school right now
To become a automotive
Technician.
[imitates car engine]
I love working on cars and
Building racecars and racing.
It's been a huge aspiration for
Me since I was a little girl.
[makes squeaky sounds]
Obviously music has always came
First in my life, but I love
Cars.
♪ automotive technology.
You're like a mechanic.
Wow.
♪ you could say that.
♪ you must be the hottest
Mechanic in the world.
Goodness me.
♪ oh, you're silly.
♪ you also look like a pop
Star.
That's a good sign.
♪ oh, thank you.
♪ off you go up the steps.
Good luck.
♪ music means the world to me.
I always picture myself being
On a huge, huge stage with
Hundreds of thousands of people,
And, when I'm on a stage
Singing, all my fears are gone.
You know, everything is...
Is right when I'm singing.
♪ ♪love to hear the robin ♪
♪go tweet, tweet, tweet ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ hello.
♪ hi.
♪ how are you?
♪ I am so excited.
How are you?
♪ good. You should be.
This is exciting.
♪ yes, it is.
♪ what's your name?
♪ my name is tora woloshin.
♪ how old are you, tora?
♪ I'm .
♪ .
♪ yes.
♪ full of life, huh?
♪ yeah.
♪ so tell me a little bit about
Yourself.
What inspires you?
What do you do when you're not
Singing?
♪ I would love to own my own
Auto shop and build racecars.
♪ brilliant.
♪ aside from the music.
♪ wow.
♪ what are your favorite
Racecars?
♪ maseratis are cool.
♪ yeah!
♪ oh, you're the perfect girl
In the world, aren't you?
Cute, tattoos, and wants to make
Racing cars.
I love that.
♪ absolutely.
♪ thank you.
♪ so do you have a big voice?
♪ yes, I do.
♪ what are you going to sing
Today?
♪ I'm going to sing
I want you back by
The jackson .
♪ interesting.
All right, sweetheart.
Good luck to you.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ here we go, guys.
[cheers and applause]
♪♪
♪ I want everybody to clap
Their hands, all right?
[clapping]
There you go.
Come on.
♪♪
♪oh-ho, oh, oh-ohh ♪
♪let me tell you now ♪
♪oh-oh ♪
♪uh ♪
♪when I had you ♪
♪to myself ♪
♪I didn't want you around ♪
♪those pretty faces ♪
♪always made you ♪
♪stand out in a crowd ♪
♪but someone picked you ♪
♪from the bunch ♪
♪one glance was all it took ♪
♪now it's much too late ♪
♪for me to take a second look ♪
♪oh, baby, give me ♪
♪one more chance ♪
♪won't you please let me ♪
♪back in your heart ♪
♪oh, darling, I was blind ♪
♪to let you go ♪
♪but won't you ♪
♪please let me ♪
♪in your heart ♪
♪oh, I do now ♪
♪ooh, baby ♪
♪every street I walk on ♪
♪I leave tearstains ♪
♪on the ground ♪
♪ that's a good one.
♪ he's got a grin on his face.
♪ that's a good sign.
♪ ♪let me tell you now ♪
♪oh, baby, give me ♪
♪one more chance ♪
♪won't you please ♪
♪let me back in your heart ♪
♪oh, darling, I was blind ♪
♪to let you go ♪
♪but now since I've seen you ♪
♪in his arms ♪
♪ohh ♪
♪♪
[laughs]
[cheers and applause]
♪ tora.
♪ you guys are awesome.
♪ sweetheart, how did that
Feel up there?
♪ oh, so good.
♪ you're a little firecracker
There.
♪ thank you.
♪ all right, l.A. Reid.
♪ I saw you a little bit blown
Away by your own reception here.
But that was really good.
Really, really good.
You turned the place out, girl.
♪ thank you.
♪ simon.
♪ I absolutely love you, tora.
[cheers and applause]
♪ oh, yeah.
♪ something about you, the
Minute you walk out, that's why
This show is called
The x factor.
It's more than just a voice.
It's something else, and I
Think you could be special.
I really do.
thank you.
I've got a very, very good
Feeling about you.
we love you, tora!
I love you.
okay over there?
she's fine.
tora, first of all, you got
Something unique in your voice,
But you're just different, and
There's something funky and cool
And different about you, and I-I
Really dig you.
thank you so much.
yeah.
and, tora, you have such a
Sweetness.
I love the tonal quality of
Your voice.
I love how you look.
You know who you are.
You're a performer.
I can't say anything more than
Let's go to a vote.
thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
yes or no, simon?
I'm gonna say yes.
oh, my god.
[cheers and applause]
nicole.
absolutely yes.
l.A.
we are all so lucky to have
You in the room today.
That is a yes.
tora, tora, tora.
You have four yeses.
thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah!
bravo.
I've been dreaming of this my
Whole life.
This is, like, what I want to do
My whole life.
♪ welcome back to
The x factor...
[cheers]
Where the auditions continue
To get closer to the end.
[shrieks]
Simon!
what?
but as thousands hurry
Forward to show off their stuff,
Our next contestant believes
That he is more than ready.
how do I look?
hi. Introduction.
what's your name?
jor-el.
jor-el.
yes.
and who are you here with?
um, mom and dad.
how do I look?
♪look good ♪/i]
♪how do I feel]
I think I have the x factor
Just because I can perform my
Butt off on stage.
how do I look?
what's your inspiration?
um, I have a lot of
Inspirations--madonna,
Kylie minogue, shakira,
Lady gaga, britney spears, all
The pop goddesses.
who's the ultimate out of all
Of them?
madonna. Duh.
What kind of question's that?
jor-el, take the stage.
thank you.
best of luck.
legendary.
hello.
What's your name?
my name is jor-el.
what are you going to sing
For us today?
I'm gonna sing lucky star
By madonna for you.
okay.
I'm gonna start from off
Stage.
whatever you want.
bring it.
[cheers and applause]
♪♪/i]
oh, my god, this is gonna be
Good, I feel it.
I feel it, simon.
[cheers and applause]
♪you must be my lucky star ♪/i]
♪'cause you shine on me ♪/i]
♪wherever you are ♪/i]
♪I just think of you ♪/i]
♪and I start to blow ♪/i]
♪and I need your light ♪/i]
♪and baby you know ♪/i]
♪starlight, star bright ♪/i]
♪first star I see tonight ♪/i]
♪starlight ♪/i]
♪♪/i]
♪yeah ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
♪come on ♪/i]
♪shine your heavenly body ♪/i]
♪tonight ♪/i]
that's my son.
♪'cause I know ♪/i]
♪you're gonna make everything ♪/i]
♪all right ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
I mean, jor-el, the singing
Was terrible.
I think the dancing was possibly
Worse.
What do you think?
it was fun, but that big x
On the wall behind you
Represents a $-million prize,
So I'm sorry, it's a no.
nicole?
I'm gonna have to say no, my
Love.
thanks, jor-el.
Nice to meet you.
thank you, sweetie.
Oh, I like him.
sadly, the judges were not
Inspired by jor-el's dance
Moves.
But across the nation, many
Other acts are trying to impress
The judges with something other
Than their voice.
♪can't stop movin' ♪/i]
♪I can't keep still ♪/i]
♪I can't stop movin' ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
if you looked on the charts
Today, whose career would you
See yourself?
I'm gonna go with, like, a
Male katy perry with some
Nicki minaj and some kesha.
really?
[cheers and applause]
Bring it.
[cheers and applause]
♪say when I grow up ♪/i]
♪I want to be famous ♪/i]
♪I want to be a star ♪/i]
♪I want to be in movies ♪/i]
♪careful what you wish for ♪/i]
♪'cause you just might get it ♪/i]
♪'cause you just might get it ♪/i]
♪careful what you wish for ♪/i]
♪'cause you just might get it ♪/i]
♪'cause you just ♪/i]
okay.
L.A., yes or no?
it's a no.
that was a little strange for
Me.
I'm sorry, sweetheart.
Thank you, dear.
thank you, john.
♪can't stop movin' ♪/i]
♪can't stop movin' ♪/i]
♪can't stop movin' ♪/i]
♪I can't keep still ♪/i]
♪I can't stop ♪/i]
hello.
What are your names?
darlene.
sharone.
so if you were on tour with
Someone today, who would that
Be?
it would be you.
♪that's a good answer ♪/i]
good luck.
♪and that I had to leave ♪/i]
♪now you ♪/i]
♪talking about a family ♪/i]
♪now you ♪/i]
♪saying I complete ♪/i]
♪your dreams ♪/i]
♪now you ♪/i]
♪saying I'm ♪/i]
♪your everything ♪/i]
♪♪/i]
I got to admit, it's a little
Uncomfortable.
It was, like, kind of--
a little?
a lot.
yeah.
yeah, it's a no, thank you.
yeah, it moved me in a
Different way, so I'm gonna
Have to say no.
no.
four no's.
Thank you very much.
thank you, though.
thank you.
♪I can't keep still ♪/i]
♪I can't stop movin' ♪/i]
♪can't, can't stop movin' ♪/i]
hi, what's your name?
my name is rick white.
what are you gonna sing?
I am gonna sing
Land of a thousand dances.
okay. Good luck.
thank you.
Yow!
[cheers and applause]
♪♪/i]
♪you got to know ♪/i]
♪how to pony ♪/i]
♪come on, work that alligator ♪/i]
♪put your hands on your hip ♪/i]
♪hey, do it ♪/i]
♪come on ♪/i]
Whoo!
♪come on, do it ♪/i]
Yeah, dallas, you rock!
Go, dallas.
wow.
We had our own version of
When harry met sally on my
Right-hand side here.
♪ oh, she was throwing down.
♪ did you enjoy that, paula?
♪ it was good for me.
How was it for you?
[cheers and applause]
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
♪ next up are a group of best
Friends from houston, texas, who
Are hoping that they've got
The moves and the voices to
Impress the judges.
♪ we are the stereo...
♪ all: Hogzz.
♪ ♪let's get it started ♪
♪ha ♪
♪ music is definitely our way
To stay out of trouble, just
Everything that could lead us
Astray from our focus and our
Goals.
♪ and my man here just had a
Baby this morning, : on the
Dot.
♪ she beautiful, ain't she?
Now that I have a baby here and
The situation is like it is,
We are gonna win.
I just want to do it for my
Child, you know what I mean?
♪ stereo hogzz, the stage is
Yours.
♪ all right.
♪ ♪everybody ♪
♪everybody ♪
♪let's get into it ♪
♪let's get it started ♪
♪ha ♪
♪let's get it started in here ♪
♪let's get it started ♪
♪ha ♪
♪let's get it started in here ♪
♪whoo-hoo ♪
♪ what's up?
What's y'all's names?
♪ yo, we are the stereo...
♪ all: Hogzz.
♪ and tell me something about
Yourself not related to music.
♪ I just had a baby.
♪ boy or girl?
♪ girl.
♪ beautiful.
♪ oh, sweet.
♪ congratulations.
♪ give it up.
Give it up for him.
♪ okay, bring it.
♪ come on, dallas.
Let's go, d.
Let's go, big d. Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
♪♪
♪ ♪I remember ♪
♪laying in your bedroom ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪♪
♪you giving me back rubs ♪
♪baby, in your bathtub ♪
♪you know just what I need ♪
♪I love the way you cater ♪
♪I'll return the favor ♪
♪you can thank me later ♪
♪it feels so good ♪
♪I never want to leave ♪
♪ all: ♪and running ♪
♪running ♪
♪through my head ♪
♪ thank you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ simon?
♪ it's got this air of being
Actually over-rehearsed.
♪ but I love the energy and the
Effort that they put into their
Audition.
I appreciate it.
♪ thank you so much. Thank you.
♪ thank you, thank you, thank
You.
♪ okay, l.A., yes or no?
♪ yes!
Yes!
[audience shouting]
♪ you know what, guys, yes.
[cheers and applause]
♪ yes.
♪ nicole?
♪ okay, I'm gonna say yes.
[cheers and applause]
♪ I'm gonna make it really
Simple.
Yes.
♪ we got it, we got it.
♪ ♪let's get into it ♪
♪get stupid ♪
♪ you've got...
Four yeses.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪let's get it started ♪
♪in here ♪
♪ bless you, dallas.
♪ thank you, dallas.
Thank you.
[overlapping statements]
[cheers]
♪ all: We're going to boot
Camp!
♪ welcome back to
The x factor, where thousands
Have shown up today to sing
Their way to a recording
Contract.
But there's just one small rule.
There are no musical instruments
Allowed in the audition.
But one of our judges just
Doesn't get it.
♪ you have an amazing
Instrument.
You should be with your--your
Instruments.
I think that you have an amazing
Instrument.
♪ but, nicole, to me an
Instrument is a guitar or a
Piano.
♪ a voice is an instrument.
♪ I disagree.
You don't go into an instrument
Shop and say...
♪ you disagree because...
♪ "can I buy a voice?"
Is there an instrument shop that
Sells voices?
[laughter]
♪ that just shows how much you
Know, simon.
♪ I'll have three medium
Voices, two large ones, and a
Little one as a takeaway,
Please.
♪ next up is someone who
Definitely believes he's got
What it takes.
♪ ♪I'm sexy, and I know it ♪
♪♪
♪I'm sexy, and I know it ♪
♪♪
♪ my name is brennan, and I'm
From nashville, tennessee.
♪ ♪yo ♪
♪ I play music, and I've been
Doing modeling on the side.
I'm .
Wish I was .
♪ ♪work out ♪
♪ I know that I already have a
Strike against me for looking
The way I do.
But image is definitely very
Important.
If this guy over here had what I
Had on and walked over there,
People would think he was
Somebody just because of the way
He was dressed.
I know what I have.
And I'm gonna give it to 'em.
Secondly, I do believe that I
Have the it factor, the x
Factor.
My ultimate goal is to rule the
World.
♪ ♪I'm sexy and I know it ♪
♪ I feel like I have the look,
The voice.
You know, I'm the total package.
♪ ♪I'm sexy and I know it ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪I work out ♪
[whistling]
♪ hello.
♪ how you doing?
♪ good. How are you?
♪ I'm doing great.
♪ you happy to be here?
♪ I'm happy to see you.
♪ [giggles]
And what's your name?
♪ my name is brennan.
♪ brennan...
♪ hunt.
♪ hunt.
And where are you from, brennan?
♪ I'm from nashville,
Tennessee.
♪ all right.
And can I ask you how old you
Are?
♪ .
♪ how have you prepared for
This audition?
♪ I've played big arenas, I've
Played small rooms.
♪ on your own or in a band?
♪ I played for an artist for
/ years.
I got on a tour bus at the age
Of and did that all over
The country, so...
♪ brennan, let me ask you a
Question.
You're , a good-looking guy,
You live in nashville, you've
Been in the music business,
Why didn't you get a deal?
♪ I've just been trying to hone
My skills basically in
Nashville.
♪ good.
What are you gonna sing?
♪ I'm gonna sing an original
Called how we make it.
who wrote it?
I wrote it myself.
okay. That's risky.
very risky.
[laughs]
♪♪/i]
♪oh, hello, darling ♪/i]
♪tell me how it feels ♪/i]
♪to be tangled up ♪/i]
♪head above your heels ♪/i]
♪well, I could be wrong ♪/i]
♪or maybe I'm dead on ♪/i]
♪the way I is ♪/i]
♪is sentimental sauce ♪/i]
♪I'm talking 'bout love ♪/i]
♪love is how we make it ♪/i]
♪we make it ♪/i]
♪we're only gonna get ♪/i]
♪what we give ♪/i]
♪in the circle of life ♪/i]
♪whoa-oa ♪/i]
♪love, love is how we make it ♪/i]
♪we make it ♪/i]
♪'cause we all need ♪/i]
♪love to survive ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
Thank you.
simon.
um, you've got a brilliant
Voice.
thank you so much.
and you've got a great
Charisma about you.
It's about decision in song
Choices, but that's easy, and
I can understand why you haven't
Had a deal yet, because I don't
Think you've had the right
Advice.
But I could work with you, and
I think I could make you into a
Great artist.
I would love to work with
You.
I do.
paula.
the tone of your voice, it
Just struck a chord in my heart.
I honestly think you are primed
To be on this show.
I'm really, really excited.
you're very kind.
l.A.?
I always ask her questions,
Like, "is he handsome?
Is he hot?"
So I'm gonna ask the ladies in
Here, is he hot?
[cheers and applause]
l.A., real men can say that
Another man is hot.
I can do that.
I'm hot.
[laughter]
I have no issues.
yes, we know you think that,
Simon.
[laughter]
I want to go straight to a vote.
Simon?
yes.
[cheers and applause]
paula.
yes.
l.A.
mm, yes.
right.
you are making nashville
Proud, brennan.
Congratulations.
You have four yeses.
thank you so much.
Thank you guys.
[cheers and applause]
♪what about today ♪/i]
♪what if you're making me ♪/i]
♪all that I was meant to be ♪/i]
finally somebody gets me.
I've been at this business a
Long time.
It was a great feeling to have
Them say it was a good song,
Which I wrote %.
I told myself if I didn't make
It here, I'm gonna make it
Elsewhere, so thank god that
I made it here.
♪ ♪yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ thank y'all so much.
♪ well done.
♪ welcome back to
The x factor and the final
Auditions, where everyone is
Desperate...
♪ please, work with me.
♪ to make it to boot camp.
Off you go.
Good luck. It's happening.
♪ hello.
♪ what's your name?
♪ I'm paige elizabeth.
♪ how old are you?
♪ I'm .
♪ is there anybody in the
Business right now that you're
Willing to take out so you can
Have your own place?
♪ justin bieber.
[laughter]
♪ ♪got to see you tonight ♪
♪ good luck to you.
♪ ♪you taste like whiskey ♪
♪when you kiss me, oh ♪
♪I'd give anything ♪
♪again to be your baby doll ♪
♪this time I'm not leaving ♪
♪without you, ohh ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ I really, really like you.
It's the easiest yes so far.
Well done.
♪ thank you. Thank you.
♪ absolutely yes.
♪ congratulations, paige.
Yes.
♪ paige, you're really
Impressive.
You got four yeses, and
Congratulations.
♪ thank you.
Thank you.
♪ ♪girl, I wanna ♪
[cheers]
♪ what's your name?
♪ leroi bell.
♪ and how old are you?
♪ .
♪ years old?
♪ unbelievable.
♪ yeah.
♪ seriously?
♪ you look amazing.
♪ no way.
♪ well, listen, best of luck.
♪ ♪lean on me ♪
♪when you're not strong ♪
♪and I'll be your friend ♪
♪and I'll help you carry on ♪
♪oh, and it won't be long ♪
♪till I find someone ♪
♪somebody to lean on ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ who says at years old
That a dream is not gonna come
True?
Absolutely yes.
♪ yes.
♪ yes.
♪ four yeses.
♪ thank you.
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
Yes!
♪ ♪go ♪
♪ how you doing?
♪ and your names are?
♪ the brewer boys.
♪my heart beats like a drum ♪
♪ ♪beats like a drum ♪
♪ ♪guitar string ♪
♪to the strum ♪
♪what a beautiful song ♪
♪to be sung ♪
♪ it's a yes.
♪ I'm gonna say yes.
♪ without question.
You wowed us.
[cheers and applause]
♪ uh-oh.
♪ what's your name?
♪ my name's nick dean.
♪ how old are you, nick?
♪ I'm years old.
♪ what are you going to sing
For us?
♪ I'm gonna sing my first
Single.
It's called walk away.
♪so you go ♪/i]
♪and I'll stay ♪/i]
♪♪/i]
♪walk away ♪/i]
♪don't text my phone ♪/i]
♪don't try to beg ♪/i]
♪I've got to see you ♪/i]
♪tonight ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
I thought that was absolutely
Fantastic.
nick dean.
Girls, does that name sound
Good?
Nick dean?
[cheers and applause]
it's a yes.
♪yeah, yeah, yeah ♪/i]
nick dean, four big, fat
Yeses.
Congratulations.
[cheers and applause]
♪yeah, yeah, yeah ♪/i]
♪yeah, yeah, yeah ♪/i]
♪tonight is the night ♪/i]
you're the man.
oh!
My life has just changed.
your life has just changed.
Congratulations.
♪tonight is the night ♪/i]
and someone else hoping their
Life's about to change is
Devon talley.
hello.
how you doing?
what's your name?
my name is devon talley.
okay, where are you from?
I'm from new york.
okay, and what do you do for
A living, devon?
I work at a retail store,
Customer service.
okay.
What are you gonna sing, devon?
I'm gonna sing
Seasons of love.
okay, good luck.
from rent. Cool.
♪ ready?
♪ we're ready.
♪ all right.
♪, minutes ♪
♪how do we measure ♪
♪measure a year ♪
♪in daylights ♪
♪in sunsets ♪
♪in midnights ♪
♪and cups of coffee ♪
♪in inches ♪
♪in miles and laughter ♪
♪and stride ♪
[mutters]
♪, minutes ♪
♪how do we measure ♪
♪measure a year ♪
♪♪
♪measure in ♪
♪love ♪
♪measure in love ♪
♪seasons of love ♪
[laughter]
♪ thank you.
♪ ♪, minutes ♪
♪, minutes ♪
♪how do we measure ♪
♪in daylights, in sunsets ♪
♪, minutes ♪
♪how do we measure ♪
♪measure a year ♪
♪love ♪
♪ thank you.
Okay, okay.
♪ ♪oh ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ thanks, devon.
hours.
♪ I was nervous.
♪ sorry?
♪ but I have a second song that
I sung--
[laughter]
♪ okay, I did like that song.
It was kind of catchy by the
End.
So that was hours...
♪, minutes ♪/i]
oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm not gonna get that out of
My head.
♪how do we measure ♪/i]
♪measure a year ♪/i]
♪in daylights, in sunsets ♪/i]
okay, thank you.
♪in midnights and cups ♪/i]
♪of coffee ♪/i]
devon, I've got it.
♪in inches, in miles ♪/i]
♪and laughter and ♪/i]
I've got it, I've got it.
I know how to measure it now.
L.A., yes or no?
[laughs]
I'm gonna have to say no, but
Thank you.
nicole?
uh, yeah.
I love how you brought us all
Together right now.
that's amazing that you can
Do that.
thank you.
um...
But I don't know if your version
Convinced me today it was the
Best version, so I'm gonna have
To say no.
I appreciate you, I do.
You got a great spirit about
You, and that's what performers
Need, but you are not there yet.
I don't know when you'll be
There, but you're not there yet.
And I'm gonna have to say no,
But I love you.
okay, devon, nice to meet
You.
Thank you.
thank you.
♪♪/i]
simon, did it feel like
, minutes?
times .
I didn't get it, but I won't
Stop.
♪ welcome back to
The x factor.
After a search across america
And thousands of hopefuls
Applying, the auditions are
Drawing to a close.
And the final contestant to face
The judges is feeling the nerves
More than anyone--
-year-old jazzlyn little.
thank you.
I'm jazzlyn little.
I am years old, I'm a
Sophomore at ida baker high
School in cape coral, florida,
And I am freaking out.
♪I wish that I could have ♪/i]
♪this moment for life ♪/i]
♪for life ♪/i]
I'm feeling as if someone
Just opened a humungous cage of
Butterflies into my stomach
Right now because I've never
Had, like, , people looking
At me.
I need to open my throat 'cause
It's closing right now.
Just don't ask questions.
It's just gonna--
My family--I don't want to let
You guys down.
I've been taking singing
Serious for about four years
Now.
you all right?
Find your center.
Best of luck.
Enjoy it. Enjoy yourself.
there's so much stress in
Real life--peer pressure, having
To fit in, being judged, that
Singing's an escape from
Reality.
I can be anyone I want to be.
I don't have to be me.
♪this is my moment ♪/i]
♪I waited all my life ♪/i]
♪I could tell it's time ♪/i]
[cheers and applause]
hello.
hello.
how are you?
extremely nervous.
why?
everybody's looking at me
Right now.
[laughter]
that's why it's called a
Stage.
What's your name?
my name's jazzlyn little.
okay, and how old are you,
Jazzlyn?
I'm .
are you really?
get out of here.
really ?
yes.
okay.
You're , so you look at
Youtube, and you see all these
New singers coming along.
Is that how you try to break
Yourself?
I'm sorry.
have you posted your stuff
On the internet?
I've posted one video on the
Internet.
how many hits did it get?
I think . Not much.
that's terrible.
I know.
simon.
but it's not great, is it?
Why so few?
people don't like to watch
My videos?
I don't know.
do you think it was you or
The song?
me.
I think.
okay, you're not selling
Yourself well here, jazzlyn.
I don't know.
you understand what I'm
Saying?
yeah, I know.
yeah, okay, well, we got to
Change that.
So what are you gonna sing?
I'm goin' down by
Mary j. Blige.
♪ okay.
Good luck.
♪ I go...
♪♪
♪time on my hands ♪
♪well, since you've been away ♪
♪boy ♪
♪I ain't got no plans ♪
♪no, no, no, no ♪
♪well, and the sound ♪
♪of the rain ♪
♪against my window pane ♪
♪is slowly ♪
♪is slowly driving me ♪
♪insane ♪
♪I'm goin' down ♪
♪ go ahead, baby.
♪ ♪I'm goin' down ♪
♪'cause you ain't around ♪
♪baby ♪
♪my whole world's ♪
♪upside-down ♪
♪sleep don't come easy ♪
♪boy ♪
♪please believe me ♪
♪since you've been gone ♪
♪everything's going wrong ♪
♪why'd you have to say ♪
♪good-bye ♪
♪look what you've done to me ♪
♪I can't stop these tears ♪
♪from falling from my eyes ♪
♪ooh, baby ♪
♪I'm goin' down ♪
♪I'm goin' down ♪
♪'cause you ain't around ♪
♪baby ♪
♪my whole world's up... ♪
♪side-down ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ my god.
♪ whoo!
[cheers and applause continue]
♪ I'm so proud of her.
[cheers and applause]
♪ you don't know what this
Means to me.
♪ uh...
L.A.
♪ I knew it would get better.
Whoa.
Your name is jazzlyn little?
♪ jazzlyn little.
♪ that's a superstar name too
With that superstar voice.
♪ I named her that.
♪ now, you came out with this
Little shy thing with all this
Lack in confidence, and you the
Real thing.
♪ we've been worked.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ nicole.
♪ I started to cry, and I was
Feeling it.
I was like, okay, I'm going down
With you.
♪ paula.
♪ you are a little brilliant
Gem.
The audience loves you.
We love you.
♪ thank you.
♪ brilliant job.
You're a star.
You're a star.
♪ simon.
♪ jazzlyn, I'd love to see what
You're like when you've got
Confidence.
[laughter]
I mean, seriously.
♪ me too.
♪ what I love about you is,
You, I get the feeling, love
Music, are taking this
Seriously, are someone who wants
To get better, and that's why
We've made this show, jazzlyn.
To find people like you, to
Give them a platform, 'cause
You, I believe, could be a world
Star.
♪ ♪love is a temple ♪
♪ I do.
♪ thank you.
♪ a world star.
♪ wow.
♪ a world star.
♪ you're the one to watch,
Young lady, let me tell you.
L.A., yes or no?
♪ oh, it gives me great
Pleasure to say yes to you.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ nicole.
♪ you're gonna have a lot more
Hits than hits on youtube
Now, honey.
Yes.
♪ thank you.
♪ paula.
♪ god bless you, jazzlyn.
♪ god bless you.
♪ yes.
♪ god bless you. God bless you.
Thank you.
♪ jazzlyn, you've got four
Yeses, kid.
[cheers and applause]
♪ see you soon.
♪ thank you so much.
♪ she has it in her too.
You can tell she's a tiger.
She gets like--she's a tiger.
♪ she might be something.
♪ yeah, she's a tiger.
♪ ♪sisters ♪
♪ jazzlyn little, come on!
♪ yes!
♪ ♪one life ♪
♪ for the first time in my
Life, being on that stage and
Having everyone clap for me, I
Really did feel truly accepted.
This just means more work,
Though.
I feel like anything is
Possible because this was the
Biggest step for me.
Judges, you are going to see me
At boot camp, I can't believe
It, and I'm going to make you
Proud.
♪ that is officially a wrap.
Ah.
[cheers and applause]
♪ we did it.
♪ wow, what a way to end the
Audition.
Last audition.
[cheers and applause]
♪ so that's it.
The auditions are over.
The judges have traveled the
Length and breadth of america
In a bid to find the next big
Thing in music.
And what a search it's been.
♪ I walked away from the number
One show in america to launch
A brand-new show.
♪ I made a decision to take a
Shot at discovering the next
Generation of stars.
♪ I'm excited to see the talent
That america has.
♪ can't wait for all the
Amazing surprises we're about to
Encounter.
♪ the whole thing's a gamble.
But that's what makes it
Exciting.
♪ ♪looking in your eyes ♪
♪I see a paradise ♪
♪this world that I found ♪
♪is too good to be true ♪
♪ oh, simon. Ah.
♪ if I got a $-million record
Deal, it would change
Everything.
♪ it means the world to me.
It really does.
♪ some day I want to, like,
Sell out stadiums.
[screeching]
♪ you have a horrible voice.
♪ are you kidding me?
♪ I've got to say no.
♪ no?
♪ where would you see yourself
In five or six years?
♪ global superstars.
♪ both: ♪my love ♪
♪ [screams]
♪ ♪I feel ♪
♪ ♪let 'em say we're crazy ♪
♪ I wanted to slit my wrists.
It's gonna get better, right?
♪ ♪put your hands ♪
♪in my hand, baby ♪
♪ what is your name, lovely
One?
♪ my name is rachel crow.
My family has, like, no money.
I'm a girl.
I need my own bathroom.
[cheers]
♪ best of luck.
♪ all: [singing]
♪ get ready for a new bathroom.
It's four yeses.
♪ ♪we can build this dream ♪
♪ thank you.
I won't let you down.
♪ yes, yes, yes!
♪ whoo!
♪ ♪nothing's gonna stop ♪
♪us now ♪
♪ an absolute yes.
♪ ♪and if this world runs ♪
♪out of lovers ♪
♪ four yeses. Congratulations.
♪ ♪we'll still have ♪
♪each other ♪
♪ yeah!
♪ ♪nothing's gonna stop us ♪
♪nothing's gonna stop us ♪
♪now ♪
♪oh, oh ♪
♪ paula, the grown-ups--
The grown-ups are talking.
♪ and the kids aren't
Listening.
♪ paula's world.
♪ whoo!
♪ it says men.
♪ god!
♪ ♪stay here with you ♪
♪ it's a beautiful birthday
Cake with your face on it,
Simon.
♪ yes.
♪ I'm gonna say no.
♪ I've definitely met my match.
♪ ♪is what I'm gonna do ♪
♪ ♪let 'em say we're crazy ♪
♪ I'm getting freaked out,
You guys.
♪ [sings]
♪ [screams]
♪ get him out of the building.
♪ I just witnessed a nightmare
On stage.
♪ it's ridiculous!
♪ like [bleep] chad.
♪ yes or bloody no?
♪ no.
♪ ♪if we're heart to heart ♪
♪ all: [singing]
♪ ♪we can build this dream ♪
♪ yeah!
♪ ♪together ♪
♪standing strong forever ♪
♪nothing's gonna stop us ♪
♪ okay, alexander.
♪ stop calling me that, simone.
You want me to come down there,
Let's go, we can go outside.
♪ you blew it.
♪ ♪all that I need is you ♪
♪ I'm gonna have to say no.
♪ ♪all that I ever needed ♪
♪ I don't want to die with this
Music in me, simon.
♪ best of luck, sweetheart.
♪ ♪you make me feel ♪
♪ [singing]
♪ sing it, baby!
♪ ♪ever and ever ♪
♪ both: ♪ahhh ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ that was one of the best
Auditions I have ever heard in
My life.
[cheers and applause]
♪ how long have you been clean?
♪ days.
♪what you trippin' on ♪
♪ the passion that I have is
Keeping me alive to this day.
♪ you are the truth.
♪ ♪nothing's gonna stop ♪
♪us now ♪
♪and if this world runs out ♪
♪ I didn't know...
♪ that blew my mind, man.
That blew my mind.
♪ well, there have been highs
And lows, but things are about
To go to a whole new level when
The acts are put through their
Paces like never before.
Yes, next week it get serious.
Next week it's boot camp.
♪ they'd better be on their
Game.
♪ this is where we separate the
Good from the great.
And good is not a good place to
Be.
♪ we're gonna find out in the
Next few days whether we've got
A star or not.
♪ it's called boot camp for a
Reason.
♪ let's k*ll it!
, , , go!
♪ I want to dance. I'm good.
♪ this is frustrating.
I'm scared.
♪ only acts will survive.
♪ genuinely, genuinely wish
We could have put more through.
♪ I don't want to go home.
♪ and then the remaining
Hopefuls will be split into four
Categories.
Each judge will find out which
Category they will mentor for
The rest of the season.
♪ hello, decision has been
Made.
And the category we want you to
Mentor is...
♪ oh, my gosh.
♪ really?
♪ I think you just met your
Match.
[simon laughing]
So all the best to you.
[laughs]
I think I'm going to win.