Nicole Scherzinger tells X Factor barman “you are not a joke”
He moved Sharon Osbourne to tears.
X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger has told a barman singing an impassioned original song about his heartbreak that he was “not a joke but a force to be reckoned with.”
Aidan Martin, 27, from South Shields, performed his composition Punchline for the judging panel, telling them it was about a previous relationship.
Simon Cowell told him it was a “very special audition,” while Scherzinger said: “That song was so revealing and vulnerable and that takes the most strength and the most courage. You’re not a joke, you’re a force to be reckoned with.”
He received four yeses from the panel.
They criticised his performance, with Louis Walsh telling him: “You should concentrate on being a songwriter.”
Walsh told her: “Thank you for coming, I think you’re a class act.”
Scherzinger described her as “a beam of light,” adding, “you took those balls and you bounced them off the walls” before she walked away with four yeses.
The travellers all left with tickets to bootcamp.
Walsh added: “You gave it everything, it was like you were in your own little world,” as he moved on to bootcamp with four yeses.”
Meanwhile, family group The Cutkelvins, from Lanark in Scotland, performed Runnin’ (Lose It All) by Beyonce featuring Naughty Boy to praise from the panel, while Osbourne advised singer Shereen she should take centre stage.
Former hotel hostess Bukky Shittu tried her hand at singing I’m Every Woman by Whitney Houston but was not so successful.
The X Factor continues on ITV next Saturday at 8pm.
