Buskers do their best to impress judges in The X Factor auditions
There are a whole new bunch of hopefuls entering the audition room in Saturday’s show, but who will leave the judges utterly wowed?
A pair of busking brothers are among those who hope to impress the judges in The X Factor audition room with a fresh take on an old classic, while a contestant who appeared on the programme 11 years ago makes an emotional return.
Siblings Sean, 17, and 15-year-old Conor Price from Blessington, Ireland, offer up a unique and modern rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s All Along The Watchtower.
Complete with rapping from guitar-playing Sean and singing from Conor, the judges – Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger, Louis Walsh and Alesha Dixon, standing in for Sharon Osbourne – are whisked into a frenzy.
An act who could prove popular is another busker, 24-year-old Gregor Coleman from Glasgow.
However, he has to work doubly hard as his first audition – a cover of Riptide by Vance Joy – does not quite hit the mark.
The 34-year-old mother and member of the travelling community from Middlesex tells the judges she has lost five-and-a-half stone in weight since her first appearance, and that she has recently divorced her husband of 17 years.
.@benjisrealmusic melts hearts with his nervous giggle but watch him wow with this @aliciakeys classic ??? https://t.co/6WTpmIBoV6 #XFactor pic.twitter.com/TaxmqTx4kh
— The X Factor (@TheXFactor) September 15, 2017
She says: “I’m doing this for my kids, if it all goes well – and please God it does – it will change mine and my children’s life for the best, it really will.”
Other performers that look set to make an impression are sexagenarians Ronnie Parker and John Fitzsimons, who does his best with a David Bowie tribute, and 17-year-old Benji Matthews, who must battle to overcome his nerves.
The X Factor continues at 8pm on ITV.