01x03 - Auditions #3

[bunniefuu]

[cheers and applause]

[overlapping vocals]

♪ I've been told I'm too old,

Since I'm .

I don't want to die with this

Music in me, simon.

♪ I just got out of rehab,

Actually.

♪ this is my last chance.

[overlapping vocals]

♪ ♪I want to be in movies ♪

♪ are you any good?

♪ I'll let you determine that.

♪ ♪you make me feel alive ♪

[cheers and applause]

♪ [singing]

♪ ♪break my heart ♪

♪ [singing]

I live for this.

♪ ♪like a sex machine ♪

♪ yes!

♪ that was one of the best

Auditions I have ever heard

In my life.

♪ people like you inspire me.

♪ you have the x factor.

♪ thank you.

♪ , yeses.

[cheers and applause]

♪ you are the truth.

[cheers and applause]

♪ x factor u.S.A., baby!

♪ k*ll us.

♪ you are special.

[carmina burana plays]

♪♪

♪ I just need it that big.

♪ [singing extended note]

♪♪

♪ it just blew me away.

[cheers and applause]

♪ you know what?

♪ that was mature.

Both: ♪bring some love ♪

♪in here today ♪

[record needle scratching]

♪ was that serious?

♪ yes.

Oh, yes.

♪♪

♪ this is insane.

♪♪

♪ I am begging you here.

♪♪

♪ I'm going to have to say no.

[upbeat techno music]

♪♪

welcome to the x factor,

Where the search for america's

Next singing sensation is in

Full swing.

But will the judges find what

They're looking for in the windy

City?

Yes, next stop: Chicago.

it's finally chicago's turn.

simon cowell's new show the x

Factor...

has finally come to the windy

City, where the real talent is.

yes, tonight auditions come

From a city famous not only for

Its jazz but artists such as

Kanye west, jennifer hudson, and

R. Kelly.

Thousands of hopefuls have

Flocked to chicago from all over

The midwest...

I'm from cincinnati, ohio.

I'm from chicago.

I'm from detroit, baby!

hoping today could be the

Start of a bright, new future.

[thunder]

Unfortunately, the weather has

Other ideas.

it's raining and it's cold

Out here, but I'm here to win

$ million, and I'm gonna win

The x factor.

and although the rain keeps

On pouring, the contestants

Aren't going to let it get

Between them and that recording

Contract with sony and a

Guaranteed $ million.

thousands of people out here

Today, all here trying out for

The x factor.

chicago's got the x factor!

♪I'm walking on sunshine ♪/i]

♪whoa-oh ♪/i]

it's not gonna rain on our

Parade!

whoo!

we love the x factor!

whoo!

♪I'm walking on sunshine ♪/i]

the competition is open to

Anyone age or over, soloist

Or group.

♪all right now ♪/i]

[cheering]

but to stand a chance of

Getting near that prize, they

Need to impress not only the

,-strong audience, but also

Four people who can make their

Dream a reality--the x factor

Judges.

Heading up the judging panel,

Renowned as the most successful

Talent scout on the planet and

Responsible for million

Record sales, simon cowell.

you sing like a

Three-year-old with a cold.

[cheering]

joining simon, choreographer

And performer paula abdul.

this is your time, baby.

[cheering]

next, the man who has helped

Shape the careers of some of

The biggest stars in the world,

Including pink, rihanna, usher,

And justin bieber, record

Executive l.A. Reid.

when you started singing, I

Wanted to slit my wrists.

[cheering]

finally, returning to the

Judging panel for one last city,

The uk's biggest pop star,

Cheryl cole.

oh, my god.

We found ourselves a little

Star.

[cheering]

all the chicago hopefuls want

To join the contestants who have

Already made it to the next

Stage of the competition,

Where they'll be pushed to the

Limit and eventually split into

Four categories, with each

Category mentored by one judge:

Boys under , girls under ,

Over s, and the groups.

[thunder]

So it's time for the chicago

Auditions to begin.

Everyone's hoping that the

Talent will shine through.

First up to face the judges here

In chicago, brock and his

Singing partner makenna.

my name is brock wade and I'm

years old.

and my name's makenna

Sullinger and I'm .

We are from...

both: Springfield, missouri.

and we've been singing

Together for about four years

Now.

Our music is what brought us

Together.

[singing softly]

♪you're the best friend ♪/i]

we started doing a musical

Together and from there on, we

Just started singing together

All the time.

we've been best friends.

best friends for a long time.

yeah.

♪you know ♪/i]

♪I'll never be lonely ♪/i]

I didn't really like her at

First.

[laughs]

she seemed a little stuck up

And rude.

you are such a liar.

I am not a liar.

yes, you are.

it's been a really fun four

Years.

the chemistry we have up on

Stage together is actually what

Really made us close.

[singing softly]

♪ooh, you make me live ♪/i]

let's just say she wears the

Pants.

[laughs] and he likes it.

when I think of makenna, my

Heart just kind of jumps out of

My chest.

I love her, but she doesn't know

It.

I think one day she'll know it.

She'll learn.

She'll learn.

makenna and brock and family.

yes.

we need you guys to come with

Me real quick.

all right, thanks.

Thank you.

You too.

oh, hello.

hi.

hi there.

tell us who you are, please.

my name is makenna sullinger.

and my name's brock.

makenna and brock, just a

Couple of quick questions.

Are you related?

both: No.

are you good friends?

just really good friends.

yes.

are you here alone?

Did you bring family?

we just brought our mamas.

They're backstage.

yeah, we've got our moms

Backstage.

how long have you been

Singing together?

we actually started singing

Together, um, four years ago.

yeah, we just sang together

As a hobby and then, a few years

Later, we thought we should get

Together and start performing

Full-time together, and it has

Been the best thing I've ever

Done.

aw! Thank you.

are you dating?

[audience laughter]

brock, you're turning red.

yeah.

are you boyfriend and

Girlfriend?

no, we've just been friends.

okay, so what are you gonna

Sing for us today?

we're gonna sing colder

Weather by the zac brown band.

♪ the stage is yours.

♪ thank you.

[intro to colder weather begins]

♪♪

♪ ♪she'd trade colorado ♪

♪if he'd take her with him ♪

♪closes the door ♪

♪before the winter ♪

♪lets the cold in ♪

♪ ♪and in the waitress' eyes ♪

♪he sees ♪

♪the same old light a'shinin' ♪

♪he thinks of colorado ♪

♪and the girl ♪

♪he left behind him ♪

♪ ♪he said ♪

♪I wanna see you again ♪

♪but I'm ♪

♪ ♪stuck in colder weather ♪

♪maybe tomorrow ♪

♪will be better ♪

♪can I call you then? ♪

♪ ♪she said ♪

♪you're a ramblin' man ♪

♪ ♪and you ain't ♪

♪ever gonna change ♪

♪you got a gypsy soul ♪

♪to blame ♪

♪and you were born ♪

♪for leavin' ♪

♪ ♪born for leavin' ♪

[music stops]

[cheers and applau]

Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

♪ let me tell you something.

You just made my day.

I really enjoyed that.

[cheers and applause]

But that's just me.

Let's see what these guys have

To say.

Cheryl, what do you think?

♪ the harmonies were spot-on,

Your vocals so controlled.

[cheers and applause]

♪ paula?

♪ it's a rarity to have two

People just come onstage and

Come together and nail it.

I think your vocal blend is

Really lovely.

♪ I'm not normally a fan of

This kind of stuff, um, but I

Have to say, your voice is

Sensational.

[cheering]

♪ well, listen, we--we're gonna

Vote, so--so cheryl, would you

Start, please?

♪ I'm gonna say yes.

♪ oh, my gosh.

♪ paula?

♪ I say yes, completely.

♪ we love you.

♪ and simon?

♪ ♪I will help you through ♪

♪when you've done ♪

♪all you can do ♪

♪ I'm going to say yes.

[cheers and applause]

♪ I loved you so much that you

Got four yeses.

♪ we love you.

Thank you.

♪ ♪I will hold you tight ♪

♪and I won't let go ♪

[excited screaming]

♪ I can't breathe.

[laughter]

I'm so excited.

♪ I'm--I'm blown away.

♪ I know, I am too.

I'm absolutely like--

♪ oh, my god.

♪ I know!

♪ later.

♪ okay, dad's not there.

♪ all four judges said yes.

♪ I feel like I'm gonna faint.

♪ I-I was about to pass out up

There 'cause I was just so

Excited and my emotions were

Just welling up inside me.

♪ well, it felt amazing.

There's nobody else I'd rather

Share it with.

♪ not a person in this world.

welcome back to the x factor

In chicago.

Now, outside, it's raining, but

That hasn't dampened the spirits

Of the contestants.

[cheering]

[upbeat music]

♪♪/i]

what's your name?

my name is kim terek.

what age are you, kim?

I'm .

and kim--

I've also--I've taken ten

Years of voice lessons.

what?

You're and you haven't got a

Deal.

Why do you think that is?

I never tried pop music.

what are you gonna sing

Today?

I'm gonna sing katy perry's

Firework.

great. Good luck.

[cheers and applause]

[off-key] ♪just own ♪/i]

♪the night ♪/i]

♪like the fourth of July ♪/i]

♪'cause baby ♪/i]

♪you're a firework ♪/i]

♪come on ♪/i]

♪let your colors burst ♪/i]

♪make 'em go, oh-- ♪/i]

[music stops]

wow.

I-I didn't hear myself very

Well and--

you were lucky.

stop it.

it was like two people

Singing at the same time.

my chest voice and my head

Voice, there's a break between

Them and--

well, the chest won.

I'm gonna say no.

L.A.?

no.

what's your name?

I'm tim quinn.

tim, um, how old are you?

I'm years old.

and, tim, have you

Auditioned before?

uh, no, this is actually my

First audition for anything.

okay, tim, what are your song

Choices?

Let's help you here.

kiss from a rose.

wouldn't do that.

you wouldn't do that one?

I'm curious to see what you

Think it's gonna sound like.

okay, well, sing it.

all right, I'm gonna sing

That song.

♪my eyes become large ♪/i]

♪and the light that you shine ♪/i]

♪can be seen ♪/i]

♪baby ♪/i]

♪I compare you to a-- ♪/i]

[music stops]

all right, simon, you could

Tell what?

it was gonna sound like that.

yeah.

[audience laughter]

hello, what's your name?

my name is robin renee royal.

and how old are you?

I'm .

you look good.

thank you.

really good.

thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

love it. Good.

Good luck.

[electronica]

[echoing] ♪you make me mad ♪/i]

[off-key] ♪you make me mad ♪/i]

♪so mad in love with you ♪/i]

♪you make me mad ♪/i]

♪so mad in love with you ♪/i]

oh, my--

♪you're all I think about ♪/i]

♪so mad in love with you ♪/i]

♪baby ♪/i]

[music stops]

what the bloody hell was

That?

[audience laughter]

I'd have to say no.

no.

bye!

♪baby ♪/i]

not for me.

Not right now.

♪you're all that I need ♪/i]

no.

♪ah ♪/i]

I c only say that

Everything was just three times

As bad as it should be.

I mean, it really was that.

hello.

hello.

I'm here to audition to be a

Judge on your platform.

[needle scratch on record]

you're not gonna sing?

I came to judge.

you came to judge?

simon made an announcement

Last year he was looking for an

Unknown judge, and that's me.

[laughs]

What's going on here?

you are about six months too

Late, charlesia.

I'm brutally honest like you,

Simon.

well, how are we gonna judge

You now?

I can give you a role play.

right, okay.

What does britney spears need?

there's two types of sexy.

There's trashy and classy.

You always want to meet among

Classy.

It has longevity.

charlesia, darling, it's a no

For now, sweetheart.

thank you so much.

thank you.

that was weird.

ballsy.

Ballsy.

do something, right?

see, you gotta--you gotta

Stay on top of your game, l.A.

I see.

everyone's after your job.

I see.

oh, dear.

And although it's not going

Great in chicago, the next act

Is hoping he can impress.

there's a lot of people out

Here today.

my name is skyler anderson.

I'm years old and I'm in high

School.

I come from southaven,

Mississippi.

It's a small town.

I have a lot of friends there,

And we go to bonfires and fish a

Lot, so...

What's different about me is

That I want to become a country

Singer because you don't find a

Lot of young, black teenagers

That sing country music.

I traveled here with my mom

From memphis, tennessee, to

Chicago, so it took me nine

Hours.

There's more and more people

Coming out there.

It's huge.

My mom works at a motorcycle

Factory.

I see how hard she works.

That probably wouldn't be

Something I'd want to do but,

Uh, I want to get my singing

Career started and help my mom

Out a lot.

You all want me to start playing

That?

What can we do with $ million?

If I win, I would buy my mom a

House and buy me some land and

Hopefully she'd quit her job.

That's it.

Get 'er done.

get 'er done.

♪I think I might have ♪/i]

♪found me my own kind ♪/i]

♪of paradise ♪/i]

♪♪/i]

hi. Your name is?

skyler anderson.

okay.

How old are you, skyler?

I'm .

any audition experience?

um, I've never auditioned.

The first time.

seriously?

yes, sir.

good for you.

And what brought you here?

uh, my mom.

I came all the way from

Southaven, mississippi.

really?

yes.

[cheers and applause]

Took us hours and minutes.

wow.

okay, and what are you gonna

Sing, skyler?

I'm going to sing billy

Currington's must be doin'

Something right.

okay, great.

[must be doin' something right]

♪♪/i]

♪a woman is mystery ♪/i]

♪a man just can't understand ♪/i]

[music stops]

♪sometimes all it takes ♪/i]

♪to please her ♪/i]

good, keep going.

♪is the touch of your hand ♪/i]

♪and other times ♪/i]

♪you gotta take it slow ♪/i]

yeah!

♪and hold her ♪/i]

♪all night long ♪/i]

♪I must be doin' ♪/i]

♪something right ♪/i]

♪I just heard you sigh ♪/i]

♪you leaned into my kiss ♪/i]

♪and closed those ♪/i]

♪deep blue, need you ♪/i]

♪I must be doin' ♪/i]

♪something right ♪/i]

yeah!

[cheers and applause]

okay, l.A.

what happened?

Did the track cut off or--?

I guess.

I just kept singing.

I came too far to stop, man.

you know what?

That is what is admirable.

I loved that.

that's great.

you didn't flinch.

I panicked and you didn't.

right.

uh, you know what?

You sound really good.

I really enjoyed it, man.

You're really good.

thank you.

[cheers and applause]

I really enjoyed the

Audition.

I think you look great.

thanks.

skyler, you're ?

years old.

I'm really impressed.

You do need to work on your

Vocals, though.

I'll be honest with you on that.

But I believe in you.

the fact that it cut off and,

Without a blink, you just

Carried on.

Uh, I was really impressed by

That.

I love the fact you're singing

This kind of music.

I think you're different.

I think you love this kind of

Music, right?

I love it.

yeah.

It makes a big difference.

[cheers and applause]

L.A., yes or no?

I so love your uniqueness.

You have my support.

You have a yes.

thank you, sir.

[cheers and applause]

you sold me when you picked

Yourself back up.

It's a yes from me.

you have a commitment that is

Unparalleled.

I say yes.

[cheers and applause]

you got four yeses.

thank you.

♪I swear ♪/i]

♪by the moon ♪/i]

♪and the stars in the sky ♪/i]

♪I'll be there ♪/i]

yes! Four yeses.

Yes. Awesome.

Four yeses?

It's just shocking.

I mean, it's like your dream is

Finally coming true.

I mean, I don't show a lot of my

Emotions, but trust me, my heart

Is pounding.

♪oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪/i]

♪oh ♪/i]

♪whoa, oh oh oh ♪/i]

♪oh oh oh ♪/i]

[cheering]

♪whoa oh oh oh ♪/i]

welcome back to the x factor,

Where the auditions continue in

Chicago.

♪whoa oh oh oh oh ♪/i]

the competition has been

Fierce.

but our next contestant

Thinks he has what it takes to

Win.

my name's mark.

Some people call me j. Mark.

I'm years old and I am a

Graduate student at a school in

Europe, studying philosophy.

I've always had both sides of my

Brain working simultaneously,

With the left side analytical

And the right side creative.

I'm getting my doctorate in

Philosophy, but I just want to

Be a musician and destroy the

Top .

I sing because I have things to

Say.

I don't want to be just another

Cookie-cutter artist that was

Formed at a factory.

You know, that's not me at all.

I see my life as more of an

Algorithm that is more in tune

With, like, an algorithm for

Pi, where it's irrational in--

In a certain respect.

good luck.

I have a special formula for

Success.

J plus mark plus x plus factor,

Uh, equals $ million.

What's up, chicago?

[cheers and applause]

hi.

hi.

hey, judges.

hi.

what's your name?

mark inman.

J. Mark inman.

how old are you, mark?

.

good for you.

What brings you to this

Audition?

money.

[audience laughter]

that is the most honest

Answer I've heard today.

I love that.

thank you.

That's an honest response.

what are you bringing to this

Audition?

I'm bringing what I got.

and what is that?

a lot, and that kind of

Rhymes, so that's poetry for

You.

let me ask you a question.

Where would you see yourself in

Ten years' time?

uh, pretty much at, uh, the

Helms of a renaissance.

what?

[audience laughter]

I can't wait to hear--

have you been out with her?

oh, come on.

have you ever dated paula?

oh, stop.

no.

No, but, uh, maybe someday?

mark.

sure.

what are you gonna sing?

uh, radiohead's creep.

of course.

fitting.

uh, by the way, this is my

Own backing track, so--

whatever you want.

oh, yeah.

I'm ready.

[audience laughter]

[intro to creep begins]

♪♪

[cheering]

♪when you were here before ♪

♪couldn't ♪

♪look you in the eyes ♪

♪you're just like an angel ♪

♪your skin makes me cry ♪

♪you float like a feather ♪

♪in this beautiful world ♪

♪I wish I was special ♪

♪you're so very special ♪

♪but I'm a creep ♪

[cheering]

♪I'm a weirdo ♪

♪what the hell am I ♪

♪doing here? ♪

[cheering]

♪I don't belong here ♪

[cheers and applause]

♪ you don't belong here.

You are otherworldly.

[audience laughter]

You are definitely in a

Different jurisdiction, for

Sure.

I think I've visited there once

Or twice in my life.

I can appreciate it totally.

The places we could go together.

[laughter]

[cheers and applause]

♪ that's great.

You're not gonna understand

This, but maybe you will because

You're from that place, right?

[audience laughter]

Um, it sounded so bad but felt

So good.

[cheers and applause]

♪ I want to visit this place.

I need to know where it is.

I'm going with paula next time.

[laughter]

♪ uh, do you know, I-I have to

Congratulate paula because this

Is your love.

This is what you've spawned.

[laughter]

Mark inman.

Um, you know, I think we should

Just vote on this.

♪ paula, yes or no?

[cheering]

♪ yes.

♪ yes.

♪ yes.

[cheering]

♪ thank you.

♪ ♪when I cr*ck that whip ♪

♪everybody gonna trip ♪

♪just like a circus ♪

♪don't stand there ♪

♪watching me ♪

♪follow me ♪

♪show me what you can do ♪

♪everybody let go ♪

♪we can make a dance floor ♪

♪just like a circus ♪

♪everybody let go ♪

♪we can make a dance floor ♪

♪just like a circus ♪

♪ am I allowed to say things?

♪ paula's world.

♪ whoo!

♪ whoo.

♪ whoo!

♪ and as the auditions continue

Across america, it seems paula's

Influence is everywhere.

Welcome to planet paula.

♪ what's up?

Thanks a lot!

X factor u.S.A., baby!

I have a lot of cautionary tales

That I want to talk about, and

It involves aliens, mythical

Creatures, unicorns, half-men,

Half-horse, psycho fairies.

♪ mia, very quickly, has anyone

On this panel inspired you?

♪ absolutely.

I love paula abdul.

I've been--I grew up--

[cheering]

♪ thank you.

♪ straight up, baby, tell me.

♪ and all that, yeah, yeah,

Yeah, mm-hmm, yeah, uh, yeah.

Wha-wha-wha-wha-wha, huh?

I want to--I--where are we?

I don't know what show I'm on

Anymore.

[cheering]

♪ [laughs]

Wow.

♪ hi.

♪ [high-pitched voice] hello.

[audience gasps]

My name's dewayne, and I'm an

Art rock singer.

♪ you're beautiful.

You're a good designer.

You got good style.

♪ uh-huh.

♪ whoo!

♪ whoo!

♪ whoo-hoo-hoo!

Whoa!

Simon, do you like puppies?

What are you looking at?

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.

♪ paula, the grown-ups--the

Grown-ups are talking.

♪ and the kids aren't

Listening.

♪ [laughs]

♪ I call myself a crystal child

And a crystal child is someone

That is supposed to bring in a

New human consciousness to the

Human species.

♪ that's sweet.

♪ well, you've got some

Sympathy on this panel, I'm

Telling you.

♪ yes, definitely.

It's cool, honey.

♪ thank you.

♪ this is the effect you are

Having on the world.

If people said to me five years

Ago, the inspiration for this

Show is paula and we'd all be

Agreeing with her, I'd say we've

Gone mad, and that is how we

Now feel.

[upbeat music]

♪♪

We've all gone to la-la land.

welcome back to the x factor,

Where the search for music's

Next big thing is well underway

Here in chicago.

♪ain't no sunshine ♪/i]

♪when she's gone ♪/i]

♪'cause she's always gone ♪/i]

♪too long ♪/i]

♪anytime she goes away ♪/i]

[cheers and applause]

I want to see you again.

and I'm gonna give you a yes.

I'm gonna say yes this time.

so I'm gonna say yes.

[cheers and applause]

♪daylight comin' ♪/i]

♪and I wanna go home ♪/i]

up next, hoping for a yes

From the judges, -year-old

Josh krajcik.

next contestant.

hi, I'm josh krajcik.

I'm here to audition.

I'm josh krajcik.

I'm years old.

I live in columbus, ohio, and,

Uh, I brought mom.

[laughs]

I'm gonna look like a fool.

[laughs]

Technical difficulties already.

My name is lisa pimm, and I'm

Josh krajcik's very proud

Mother, and I did drive him here

The whole way.

He didn't drive one bit.

all right.

good luck.

thanks, guys.

thank you.

He's so gifted and talented and

Cute and cool.

I work in a burrito

Restaurant and, you know, when

I'm done working, I smell like

Onions and burritos.

It's sick.

I've been wanting him to sing

In front of simon for ten years,

'cause if simon cowell heard

Him, he would just go, "where

Have you been?"

you're talking a million

Miles a minute.

he's a songwriter.

His songs are phenomenal.

I swear, if I wasn't his mother,

I would still be saying this.

my mom, she's more excited

Than I am, I think.

[gasps]

I've been telling him since he

Was a little kid, you have to

Share your gift.

Share your gift.

good luck.

hello.

how's it going?

what's your name?

my name's josh krajcik.

I'm years old.

I'm from columbus, ohio.

is that far from here?

I don't know my way around.

uh, we're looking at about a

Seven-hour drive.

did you drive?

me and my mother.

I love you, mom.

oh, my god, I'm sweating.

do you--do you have a day

Job?

I do.

I sling burritos.

[audience laughter]

sling burritos.

sling them?

I love it.

Burritos are good.

what are you singing for us

Today, josh?

uh, at last, etta james.

♪ ready?

Okay.

Good luck, josh.

[intro to at last begins]

♪♪

♪ ♪at last ♪

♪you know my love ♪

♪has come along ♪

♪♪

♪yes, my lonely days are over ♪

♪♪

♪and life is like a song ♪

[cheers and applause]

♪oh, yeah ♪

♪yeah ♪

♪at last ♪

♪♪

♪the skies above are blue ♪

[cheering]

♪my heart was wrapped up ♪

♪in clover ♪

♪the night that I ♪

♪looked at you ♪

♪oh, yeah ♪

[cheers and applause]

♪and now here we are ♪

♪in heaven ♪

[cheering]

♪and you are mine ♪

♪at last ♪

[cheering]

♪whoa-oh-oh ♪

♪whoa-oh-oh ♪

♪ooh ♪

[cheers and applause]

♪ooh ♪

♪ooh ♪

[cheers and applause]

Thanks.

♪ you know--

You know--

[cheers and applause]

♪ thank you, guys.

Thank you.

♪ he k*lled it.

[cheers and applause]

♪ I've got to say, josh, you

Know, I always thought, after a

Few auditions over the years, I

Wouldn't be surprised again, and

Then you started singing and it

Was--it just blew me away.

[cheers and applause]

What I love about you, joshua,

Is that you're honest.

You know, you didn't come out

Here with any gimmicks.

[cheering]

Good for you.

♪ I know why you're dressed

Like that.

I get your whole--listen.

You're not fooling me for a

Second.

♪ [laughs]

♪ I get it.

This is your before, because

You--'cause the after is gonna

Be--you're not fooling me.

You're too good.

You are way too good.

♪ everybody--the room's

Electric right now.

You just k*lled it.

[cheers and applause]

♪ you feel good.

You're just--you know, there are

Just certain voices that, the

Second you open up your mouth to

Sing, it gets in--gets into our

Skin, and that energy, and it's

Just--it's incredible.

♪ thank you.

♪ what a treat.

What a treat.

♪ thanks, paula.

♪ l.A., yes or no?

♪ ♪how you gonna ♪

♪live your life ♪

♪like the dream you have ♪

♪is real? ♪

♪ listen, man, you need to give

The slinging burritos job to

Somebody else.

[cheers and applause]

An absolute yes.

♪ he k*lled it.

♪ whoa, kid!

♪ it's a yes from me.

♪ thank you, mom, for driving

Him as well.

Thank you, mom.

[cheering]

♪ thanks, mom.

♪ I say yes, completely.

♪ josh, , yeses.

♪ thank you so much.

♪ oh, my god, joshua!

♪ thank you!

♪ ♪how you gonna ♪

♪live your life ♪

♪like the dream you have ♪

♪is real? ♪

♪and if you lost your way ♪

♪I will keep you safe ♪

♪we'll open up ♪

♪all the world inside ♪

♪see it come alive tonight ♪

♪ oh, my.

Wow.

[laughs]

It was a blast.

Oh, my god.

I've never had so much fun.

Simon told me he, in all the

Years, he didn't think that he

Would ever be surprised and

Blown--but he's blown away.

He said he was blown away!

[cheering]

Hey, and what better validation

Than simon cowell to say such a

Thing?

♪ hello!

♪ making it to the next round

Is really a small thing.

I have to focus and continue to

Show what it is that I can do.

Winning this competition--that

Will change my life.

Where's--where's the bar?

Is there a bar somewhere around?

♪ I just can't believe what

Just happened, you know?

♪ [laughs]

♪ ♪I will keep you safe ♪

welcome back to the x factor

And to the pacific northwest,

An area famous across the globe

For its peace, quiet, and

Tranquility.

Until now...

[horn honks]

yep, the x factor juggernaut

Has come back to seattle for a

Brand new round of auditions.

[cheering]

And the crowds have turned out

In force.

They're all here to face four

People--simon cowell, paula

Abdul, l.A. Reid, and rejoining

The seattle auditions, nicole

Scherzinger.

It's the x factor judges.

And as the judges get ready for

The day ahead...

♪ so here we are in seattle.

Look at that.

♪ everyone's feeling positive.

♪ I'm excited.

I know we're gonna find some

Amazing talent.

We're nothing without the

Talent, so...

[bracelet clasp clicks]

♪ ow!

Ai-yi-yi.

♪ is it in there still?

♪ it's frickin' dangerous.

♪ ow!

♪ show business is tough.

♪ ♪'cause I can't ♪

♪get enough ♪

♪ there's $ million at stake

Here.

I'm gonna find a star.

♪ so the judges arrive,

The contestants prepare

For their moment in the

Spotlight, and it's time for the

Seattle auditions to begin.

And seattle's first act is

Convinced they have what it

Takes to be the next big thing.

♪ bye.

♪ good luck, ladies.

♪ oh, thank you very much.

♪ ♪we are family ♪

♪ well, hello there.

What's your name?

♪ sheree.

♪ sheree.

Nice to meet you both.

♪ we're mother and daughter

And, uh, we're really very

Close.

♪ who was your inspiration?

♪ darwin is my inspiration.

She, uh, you know, got me back

Into singing.

When I was much younger, I used

To sing in coffee houses.

We spend a lot of time together.

♪ oh, thank you.

♪ this audition is the most

Important thing we've ever done.

Is my hair okay still?

Your hair looks good.

We want to be stars.

She wants to appear in china.

She even studied some mandarin.

♪ yes.

[speaking chinese]

♪ let's do it.

♪ yes.

♪ the very best of luck.

♪ thank you so much.

♪ the good girls take to the

Stage.

♪ are we good?

♪ we do want to exceed lady

Gaga and, uh, become legendary

Figures.

[chatter and applause]

♪ say something.

♪ hello.

♪ hello.

What's your name?

♪ darwin.

♪ and?

♪ sheree reading.

♪ the good girls is the name of

Our group.

♪ okay.

♪ I remember you guys.

Oh, yes, I do.

You wrote a screenplay about

Simon.

♪ right.

♪ I honestly don't remember.

Okay, you're mother and

Daughter, yeah?

♪ that's right.

♪ and you formed a group.

♪ yes, we have.

♪ why?

♪ I used to be a professional

Singer when I was younger.

I sang in coffee houses and read

Poetry.

I'm kind of an old hippie.

♪ hang on.

So you're the mother.

♪ she's the mother, yes.

[audience laughter]

♪ oh, my god.

♪ simon.

♪ okay, well, it's difficult

With the glasses.

♪ oh, okay.

♪ so, how old are you,

Sweetheart?

♪ .

♪ no way.

♪ what?

♪ what?

♪ huh?

♪ yes.

♪ you look amazing.

♪ you look fantastic.

♪ amazing.

And how old are you?

♪ .

♪ wow.

♪ okay, and where would you see

Yourself in five or six years?

♪ global superstars.

♪ that's right.

And household names.

♪ okay, and what are you gonna

Sing today, girls?

what's going on by marvin

Gaye.

♪ good luck, good luck.

♪ ready?

Sing.

♪ okay.

♪ ♪mother, mother ♪

♪there's too many of you ♪

♪crying ♪

♪brother, brother, brother ♪

♪there's far too many of you ♪

♪dying ♪

♪you know we've got to ♪

♪find a way ♪

♪to bring some lovin' here ♪

♪today ♪

♪picket lines ♪

♪and picket signs ♪

[cheering]

♪ simon?

♪ was that it? Okay.

♪ simon?

♪ was that serious?

♪ yes.

♪ oh, yeah, definitely.

♪ I'm not being rude, but it's

The worst group I've ever heard

In my life.

[cheering]

♪ I don't know about that.

♪ but there--there was, like,

Noth--there was no movement,

Nothing.

♪ I was gonna say the exact

Same thing.

I like my music with life, and

That felt kind of lifeless.

♪ really?

Well--

♪ let's go straight to a vote.

♪ l.A.?

♪ I'm gonna have to pass,

Though.

I'm gonna have to say no.

♪ oh, okay.

♪ nicole?

♪ I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to

Pass today as well.

♪ oh.

♪ paula?

♪ I'm gonna have to say no.

Thank you.

♪ take care.

♪ thank you.

♪ thank you for coming.

♪ appreciate it, everybody.

♪ no problem.

♪ thank you.

♪ thank you so much.

♪ thank you.

♪ I think simon, you know,

Would--would have said yes.

We thought that our song was

Good.

The people in the audience

Seemed to be getting into the

Song, you know?

♪ that's right.

♪ they really liked to hear us

Sing.

We could tell.

welcome back to the x factor,

Where the auditions are in full

Swing with simon, paula, nicole,

And, yes, the man who signed

Rihanna, usher, and justin

Bieber--l.A. Reid.

♪so I put my hands up ♪/i]

♪they're playin' my song ♪/i]

and the next contestant has

More to say about justin bieber

Than l.A. Reid himself.

-year-old drew ryniewicz.

I love justin bieber.

I love him.

meet -year-old drew

Ryniewicz.

hi, welcome to the x factor.

hi, I'm drew.

I'm years old, from chino

Valley, arizona, and I'm in

Ninth grade.

Justin bieber is so cute because

Of his hair.

His favorite color is purple and

Red.

♪like baby, baby, baby ♪/i]

he's just cute.

I love justin bieber.

♪baby, baby, baby, oh ♪/i]

my dad is a custom carpenter

And my mom does his paperwork

For him.

The things that he builds are

Really cool, but singing is my

Passion.

♪and I wanna ♪/i]

♪play it cool ♪/i]

♪but I'm losin' you ♪/i]

♪I'll buy you anything ♪/i]

♪I'll buy you any ring ♪/i]

♪and I'm in pieces ♪/i]

I hope.

I really hope.

I really, really, really badly

Hope.

drew is just so gifted.

She truly is a beautiful person.

♪I'm going down ♪/i]

♪down, down ♪/i]

drew's so courageous compared

To her mom and I.

We're proud of her.

cold?

yeah, and--and nervous.

I am hoping that this is gonna

Impress l.A. Reid.

L.A. Reid is a big part of

Justin bieber--the biggest part,

I would say, in his career.

I could honestly, like, throw up

Or pass out or something because

I'm, like, extremely nervous.

I feel like it's either the end

Of the world or the beginning of

A whole new great world.

Hi.

hello.

I'm drew ryniewicz.

hi, drew, how are you?

I'm good.

I'm excited.

yeah?

Where are you from?

I'm from chino valley,

Arizona.

It's a small town.

really?

How old are you?

uh, I'm .

you're .

yeah.

wow.

And who came with you?

my mom and my dad and my

Brother.

they support your singing?

yeah.

yeah?

So what do you want to sing for

Us today?

baby by justin bieber.

♪ yeah?

[cheering]

That'll be fun.

♪ do you know that l.A. Signed

Justin bieber?

♪ yeah, yes.

♪ you knew that?

♪ are you okay about singing

That song to l.A.?

♪ yeah, I'm excited.

I changed it and made it my own,

So--

♪ okay, good for you.

And you don't mind if I'm a

Little harsh and a little

Critical because I'm so close to

That song, right?

You'll understand, right?

♪ oh, yeah, totally.

♪ the stage is yours.

Good luck to you.

♪ thank you.

[intro to baby begins]

♪♪

♪you know you love me ♪

♪I know you care ♪

♪just shout whenever ♪

♪and I'll be there ♪

♪you want my love ♪

♪you want my heart ♪

♪and we will never ever ever ♪

♪be apart ♪

♪are we an item? ♪

♪boy, quit playing ♪

♪we're just friends ♪

♪what are you saying? ♪

♪said there's another ♪

♪and look right in my eyes ♪

♪my first love broke my heart ♪

♪for the first time ♪

♪and I was like ♪

♪baby, baby, baby, oh ♪

♪and baby, baby, baby, no ♪

♪and baby, baby, baby ♪

♪I thought ♪

♪you'd always be mine ♪

♪and baby, baby, baby, oh ♪

♪and baby, baby, baby ♪

♪and baby, baby, baby, oh ♪

♪I thought ♪

♪you'd always be mine ♪

♪I thought ♪

♪you'd always be mine ♪

[cheers and applause]

Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

♪ wow.

[cheers and applause]

♪ hi, drew.

♪ [laughs]

♪ um, it's hard for me because

I am a real justin bieber fan

And I like the--I like the

Original version.

♪ ♪if I had wings ♪

♪I would soar ♪

♪ uh, which is why it's so

Interesting that, um, I prefer

Your version to his.

[cheers and applause]

♪ oh, my gosh!

Oh, my gosh!

♪ so do I.

♪ paula?

♪ drew, that was--that was

Wonderful, original, daring, and

Bold.

I like you.

I like you a lot.

Ry unique.

♪ ♪and I would walk ♪

♪a weary desert ♪

♪if I could be with you ♪

♪ how old are you, drew?

♪ .

♪ .

This is exactly what I wanted a

-year-old to do on this

Competition--exactly what you

Did.

[cheers and applause]

Most importantly, people your

Age would buy your version of

That song.

I like you a lot.

♪ thank you so much.

♪ you know what?

That was so original.

I love how you took it and you

Really made it yours, and it was

Soulful and it was believable

And you are special.

♪ thank you.

[cheers and applause]

♪ wow.

♪ I feel like I'm in a dream.

I feel like I'm in a dream.

♪ let's go straight to a vote.

Simon?

♪ ♪and I would write it ♪

♪in an anthem ♪

♪if I could be with you ♪

♪ easiest yes so far today.

[cheers and applause]

♪ paula?

♪ an absolute yes.

[cheers and applause]

♪ nicki?

♪ yes, yes, yes, honey.

♪ drew, you got four yeses.

♪ oh, my gosh.

♪ congratulations.

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪I would cross ♪

♪a stormy ocean ♪

♪if I could be with you ♪

♪and I would run ♪

♪and I would crawl ♪

♪ [excited screaming]

♪ ♪if I could be with you ♪

♪ [excited screaming]

Oh, my gosh.

♪ oh, you did it!

[overlapping chatter]

♪ they loved it!

♪ oh, I love you.

I love you.

Oh!

Let me see.

Oh, my gosh.

You did it.

You did it!

♪ I didn't think I did good at

All.

I didn't get the belty part.

♪ because you were nervous.

♪ I know you didn't do the

Belty part.

♪ yeah, I couldn't do it.

Simon was smiling at me, and

They were going like this.

♪ I saw that.

♪ ♪and I would sing ♪

♪and I would pray-ay ♪

♪and I would write it ♪

♪ I didn't even think about how

L.A. Reid could have

Hammered me.

♪ ♪if I could be with you ♪

♪ oh, my gosh.

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪I would tell the world ♪

♪about you ♪

♪ [excited screaming]

♪ drewsy.

Good job, drew.

♪ [laughs]

♪ ♪if I could fly ♪

♪I would go ♪

♪and tell the world ♪

♪about you ♪

welcome back to the x factor

And the seattle auditions, where

Thousands of hopefuls want their

Moment in the spotlight.

I've got the x factor!

where thousands of hopefuls

Continue to face the judges.

[cheering]

all right.

♪all right, all right ♪/i]

♪uhh, uhh ♪/i]

♪oh, yeah ♪/i]

♪yeah, yeah ♪/i]

look, this is the home of

Great, great talent.

You can't come out and be

Ordinary.

You can't do that, right?

This city deserves better.

It's a no.

I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to

Pass.

girls, I don't love you.

[cheers and applause]

next up is -year-old peet

Montzingo.

hi.

what's your name?

I'm peet, p-double-e-t.

p-double-e-t.

yeah.

all right, okay.

That's, uh, that's different.

I'm peet montzingo.

I'm years old.

My biggest dream is to be a teen

Heartthrob.

♪come together, everyone ♪/i]

all right, where are you

From, peet?

um, from seattle, but my

Heart's from l.A., actually.

and who do you have with you

Today?

uh, this is my mom, my dad,

And my sister.

I'm '" and my mom's -foot,

And she birthed me.

Don't ask how it happened.

My dad is actually the second

Tallest dwarf in the world.

in our family, peeter was the

Only tall person.

For a long time, he was teased

About his parents, and when he

Was very young, he would say, "I

Want to be a dwarf too."

And I felt so bad for him,

'cause he felt like the oddball

Of the family and he was so

Perfect and wonderful.

if I pass the four judges,

Then that could seriously, like,

Be the start of my whole career.

This audition is extremely

Important to me because I want

To be so big to prove to myself

That I can do anything and I'm

Just wanting to fit in somewhere

And--anywhere, really, you know?

I'm so happy that today,

People can see--I'm gonna cry--

People can see how wonderful he

Is, because he really, truly is

A gift.

mom, dad, you ready?

ready.

ready.

all right, off you go to the

Stage.

all right, thank you.

deep breaths.

Enjoy it.

bye.

bye, darling.

good luck, peet.

♪wave your hands up ♪/i]

♪in the air ♪/i]

♪that's the way we do it ♪/i]

[cheers and applause]

hi.

hello.

how are you today?

oh, I'm so excited to be

Here.

what's your name, sweetheart?

uh, I'm peet montzingo.

how old are you, peet?

uh, actually I'm years

Old, but I kind of don't like to

Tell people because I've always

Wanted to be a teen heartthrob

And--

[laughter]

I know, I know, is reaching

That age, I know, but, I mean,

I feel like there's still a

Chance.

I love that.

that is great.

[laughter]

he's charming them.

He's charming them.

tell me a little bit about

Yourself.

um, well, actually, I grew up

In a family of all dwarves.

I'm the only average-sized guy.

really?

yeah, and, uh--

whoa.

it's been really weird

Growing up with that because at

School, my peers a lot would

Make fun of me, uh, for having a

Dwarf family, so I feel like

This is my moment to be, like, a

Star, to be the next teen

Heartthrob, and I'm not gonna be

Held back anymore.

[cheers and applause]

you're very charming.

What are you gonna sing for us

Today?

I'm gonna be singing

Billionaire by bruno mars, but

I'm replacing it to "famous,"

'cause I'd rather be famous than

A billionaire.

♪ okay.

[intro to billionaire begins]

♪ ♪I wanna be famous ♪

♪so frickin' bad ♪

♪buy all of the things ♪

♪I never had ♪

♪mmm ♪

♪I wanna be on the cover ♪

♪of]seventee] ♪

♪smiling next to efron ♪

♪and the queen ♪

♪oh, every time ♪

♪I close my eyes ♪

♪I see my name ♪

♪in shining lights ♪

♪yeah ♪

♪a different city ♪

♪everyight ♪

♪oh, I, I swear ♪

♪the world better prepare ♪

♪for when I am famous ♪

[music stops]

[cheers and applause]

♪ bravo.

♪ I hope you liked it.

♪ nicole, what do you think

About peet?

♪ I liked your own rendition of

That.

You have--

♪ thank you.

♪ I love that you've got big

Dreams.

♪ I had to make it honest.

♪ yeah, it's you.

♪ thanks.

♪ simon.

♪ uh, I'm kind of with nicole.

I mean, the singing was

Terrible, peeter, to be honest

Wi you.

It was.

Uh, I didn't like the change of

Lyrics.

It didn't work.

Um, but it--it was sort of

Horribly honest.

[audience laughter]

♪ l.A.?

♪ I'm not sure that the singing

Was--it measures up, but as an

Overall artist, whatever, you

Want to be famous, I think you

Might be famous one day.

♪ oh, thank you.

♪ yeah.

♪ I hope so.

♪ peet, you have a wonderful

Charm about you.

You really do.

And you're funny.

Your timing is really great.

♪ oh, thanks.

♪ so let's go to a vote.

Simon.

♪ uh, you fascinate me.

♪ that's a good thing?

♪ a good thing.

Yeah, I like people who--well,

Actually I like it when you're

Ambitious and talented.

At the moment, you're one.

[audience laughter]

So we've got to find the other

Part.

♪ nicole.

♪ I'm gonna have to say no to

The singing competition, but

I-I can really see you on tv and

In films, and that's huge.

♪ okay.

Thank you.

♪ l.A.

♪ I'm gonna have to say no, and

Like the rest of my panelists,

I still believe you're a star,

And I think you'll be famous.

♪ wow.

♪ absolutely, peet.

You're charming.

Thank you so much.

♪ okay, thanks, you guys.

♪ bye, peet's family.

♪ bye, seattle!

[cheering]

♪ ♪keep holding on ♪

♪ they loved you.

They loved you.

♪ mom.

♪ I'm so proud ofou.

♪ they loved you.

♪ so proud of you.

I really am.

Good job.

♪ it was pretty bad, I know.

It was really bad.

Yeah, someone was--I was just,

Like, trying--because I knew

They were gonna say no, you

Know, anyway.

Well, l.A. Reid was on the

Fence.

♪ that guy on the--

♪ I know he was.

I love to sing, but I'm not the

Best singer.

I just love to perform.

So really, whatever performing

Entails is where I'm gonna be

At.

♪ it was his day today, and he

Shined for us.

♪ my son sparkles.

I'm not the least bit surprised

That they said he was so

Fantastic and would have a

Career in this somehow.

♪ ♪make it through ♪

welcome back to the x factor,

Where the judges are returning

From a break.

excuse me, excuse me.

Uh, excuse me.

it's the women's over here.

that says "men's."

I thought you said that--god!

so whilst paula and simon

Work out their differences...

excuse me.

get out of here.

next up are a group who are

Very much best of friends...

hi, welcome to the x factor.

all the way from virginia

Beach, it's shore.

my name is darius.

I'm years old.

my name is brandon.

I'm years old.

my name is allan.

I'm years old.

my name is jesse.

I'm years old.

And together we are...

shore.

we're four guys from virginia

Beach.

we all sang together during

High school.

so now we're like brothers.

a few of us attend school.

I work full-time.

our ultimate goal, I think,

Is to be the biggest boy band

Ever.

definitely leave our mark on

The world.

he's like, he gotta get,

Like, grammys.

if there's a missing niche...

[clicks tongue]

We could fill it.

we're taking a risk today.

We're coming here and we're

Gonna sing a song that l.A. Reid

Wrote and sang.

♪you make my heart b*at ♪/i]

♪faster ♪/i]

♪oh, yeah ♪/i]

seattle!

[cheers and applause]

how are you, guys?

great, we're great.

who are you?

we are shore.

shore.

Where are you from?

virginia beach.

how long have y'all been

Singing together?

three years.

three years.

okay.

Do you feel like winners?

of cour--"shore."

"shore."

it's in the name.

Come on.

okay.

And you think you can sell

Records?

"shore."

It's the answer for everything.

whatever the question is,

"shore."

right, right, that's right.

[audience laughter]

okay, good.

What are you gonna sing?

end of the road by

Boyz ii men.

♪ bearing in mind l.A. Reid

Wrote this song--

♪ I know.

♪ whoo!

♪ good luck, guys.

[cheering]

[intro to end of the road]

♪♪/i]

♪we belong together ♪/i]

♪and you that I'm right ♪/i]

♪how could you love me ♪/i]

♪and leave me ♪/i]

♪and never say good-bye? ♪/i]

♪can you love me again ♪/i]

♪like you loved me before? ♪/i]

♪well, this time I want you ♪/i]

♪to love me much more ♪/i]

♪this time instead ♪/i]

♪just come to my bed ♪/i]

♪baby just don't let me down ♪/i]

♪although we've come ♪/i]

♪to the end of the road ♪/i]

♪still I can't let go ♪/i]

I need you all on your feet

Right now to sing it with us.

♪it's unnatural ♪/i]

♪you belong to me ♪/i]

♪I belong to you ♪/i]

♪so, huh huh ♪/i]

♪don't let ♪/i]

♪so ♪/i]

♪don't let ♪/i]

♪don't let go ♪/i]

allan, this is it.

This is e vocal you're here

For.

I want you to sing it to seattle

Right now.

Here we go.

Take it home. Whoo!

♪don't let me go ♪/i]

♪although we've come ♪/i]

♪to the end of the road ♪/i]

♪still I can't let you go ♪/i]

everybody in the back,

Put your hands together.

♪it's unnatural ♪/i]

♪you belong to me ♪/i]

♪I belong to you ♪/i]

♪come ♪/i]

[cheers and applause]

wow.

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

Okay, I've got to go to l.A.

listen, man, babyface'll

Be proud.

I'm proud.

Boyz ii men'll be proud.

It was just incredible.

thank you so much.

[cheers and applause]

okay, nicole?

you're beautiful together,

The harmonies.

And thank you for warming our

Hearts and making it a concert

For us out here.

thank you.

[cheers and applause]

paula.

your harmonies are so

Impeccable, spot on.

You're a blessing.

Gosh.

thank you.

[ches and applause]

simon.

simon.

I've always wanted to find an

Artist who would be a success

All over the world and for

Americans to be proud of, and I

Think that they would feel very

Proud of you representing this

Country all over the world.

I do.

[cheers and applause]

L.A., yes or no?

yes, yes, yes, yes.

[cheers and applause]

nicole?

"shore," yes.

[cheers and applause]

paula?

yes. Get out of here.

You know I'm kidding.

So, just so good.

Yes.

[cheers and applause]

you've got a full house.

Four yeses.

Well done.

♪that's why your love ♪/i]

♪your love ♪/i]

♪keeps lifting me ♪/i]

♪keeps on lifting me ♪/i]

♪keeps lifting me ♪/i]

♪higher ♪/i]

♪higher and higher ♪/i]

that was really good.

Wow! Wow!

so, shore are through to

Boot camp.

whoo!

♪boot camp, boot camp ♪/i]

♪boot camp, boot camp ♪/i]

and as the auditionons eam

Ahead, there are many more

Hoping to follow them.

off you go.

Good luck.

hello.

What's your name?

elaine gibbs.

what do you do when you're

Not singing?

I'm a grandmother.

no.

yes.

how old are you?

.

[cheers and applause]

the stage is yours.

Good luck to you.

thank you.

♪winter, spring ♪/i]

♪summer or fall ♪/i]

♪all you gotta do is call ♪/i]

♪and I ♪/i]

♪yes, I will, yes, I will ♪/i]

♪yes, I will, I ♪/i]

♪uh, you got a friend ♪/i]

♪ain't it good to know ♪/i]

♪you got a friend? ♪/i]

♪slam, slam ♪/i]

♪oh, hot damn ♪/i]

♪what part of party ♪/i]

♪don't you understand? ♪/i]

♪wish you'd just freak out ♪/i]

♪can't stop comin' in hot ♪/i]

this is why I love this show.

I'm gonna say yes.

yes.

absolutely y-e-s.

well, elaine, you have four

Yeses.

I hope you feel great.

♪so raise your glass ♪/i]

♪if you are wrong ♪/i]

♪in all the right ways ♪/i]

♪all my underdogs ♪/i]

♪we will never be, never be ♪/i]

♪anything but loud ♪/i]

♪and nitty gritty ♪/i]

♪dirty little freaks ♪/i]

oh!

♪come on and come on ♪/i]

♪raise your glass ♪/i]

hi.

aren't you adorable?

What's your name?

thank you.

My name is francesca.

how old are you, dear?

I'm years old.

.

yeah.

good luck to you.

thank you.

[cheers and applause]

♪and when a hero ♪/i]

♪comes along ♪/i]

♪with the strength ♪/i]

♪to carry on ♪/i]

♪and you cast your fears ♪/i]

♪aside ♪/i]

♪and you know ♪/i]

♪you can survive ♪/i]

thank you.

[cheers and applause]

Nicole.

I'm gonna say yes.

thank you so much.

I'm gonna say yes.

francesca, I'm gonna say yes.

and I say yes.

You have four yeses, my dear.

[cheers and applause]

♪so raise your glass ♪/i]

♪if you are wrong ♪/i]

congratulations.

thank you so much.

♪in all the right ways ♪/i]

♪all my underdogs ♪/i]

♪we will never be, never be ♪/i]

♪anything but loud ♪/i]

♪and nitty gritty ♪/i]

♪dirty little freaks ♪/i]

I'm gonna say yes.

♪so raise your glass ♪/i]

♪if you are wrong ♪/i]

♪in all the right ways ♪/i]

what's up, seattle?

what's your name, please?

tiger budbill.

go for it.

♪come on, talk to me ♪/i]

♪so you can see ♪/i]

♪ohhhhhhhhh ♪/i]

♪oh, oh, oh ♪/i]

♪what's goin' on ♪/i]

[cheers and applause]

well, I like your name

Already--tiger.

thanks, nicole.

I like people who have a

Tiger in 'em, so I'm gonna say

Yes.

thank you very much.

yes.

thank you, paula.

we've seen some amazing

Talent.

I'm not sure that you qualify as

One of them.

wow.

it's a no for me.

♪why so serious? ♪/i]

[audience booing]

ooh.

I promise I'll make you

Proud.

tiger...

It's your lucky day.

You got three yeses.

♪so raise your glass ♪/i]

♪if you are wrong ♪/i]

♪in all the right ways ♪/i]

♪all my underdogs ♪/i]

♪won't you come on ♪/i]

♪and come on ♪/i]

♪and raise your glass for me ♪/i]

♪just come on and come on ♪/i]

♪and raise your glass ♪/i]

♪for me ♪/i]

[crying]

so there are plenty of new

Recruits through to boot camp,

And hoping to join them is

-year-old phillip lomax.

♪I got you ♪/i]

my name is phillip lomax.

I'm years old, and I'm a

Waiter here in seattle,

Washington.

I'm gonna put a mic on right

Now.

cool.

I'm a bit of a hipster.

You know, hats are definitely

Coming back into style.

the stage is in that

Direction.

Off you go, phillip.

music has always been there

With me.

You know, it got me through

Tough times.

I just love performing.

I'm absolutely going to seize

This moment.

♪you never say hey ♪/i]

♪or remember my name ♪/i]

♪it's probably 'cause ♪/i]

♪you think you're cooler ♪/i]

♪than me ♪/i]

hello.

What's your name?

my name is phillip lomax.

phillip lomax, where are you

From?

I'm from seattle, washington.

[cheers and applause]

you need more confidence, I

Think.

[laughs]

[cheering]

good luck.

here we go, guys.

[intro to fly me to the moon]

♪fly me to the moon ♪/i]

♪and let me play ♪/i]

♪amongst the stars ♪/i]

♪let me see ♪/i]

♪what spring is like ♪/i]

♪on a-jupiter or mars ♪/i]

♪in other words ♪/i]

♪hold my hand ♪/i]

[cheering]

♪in other words ♪/i]

♪please be true ♪/i]

♪oh, oh ♪/i]

♪in other words ♪/i]

♪I love you ♪/i]

♪oh ♪/i]

Yeah!

[music continues]

♪♪/i]

[cheering]

♪♪/i]

Come on, seattle.

I love you so much.

♪in other words ♪/i]

♪please be true ♪/i]

♪oh, oh ♪/i]

♪in other words ♪/i]

♪baby, kiss me ♪/i]

[cheers and applause]

simon?

phillip, uh, look, you know

What?

I think part of the thing about

Being a star is self-belief,

Right?

You have that.

You have a great charisma.

There is an issue with your

Voice when you push it.

But, um, you're interesting.

I like you.

thank you very much.

[cheers and applause]

l.A.?

if I ask myself, is he a

Star?

The answer is yes.

Does he have the x factor?

The answer is yes.

paula?

you've got that--that magical

Thing that happens onstage.

I like you very much.

thank you so much, paula.

yeah, phillip, you're

Definitely charming.

Let's go to a vote.

L.A.?

the answer is yes.

thank you so much.

paula?

that smile is money in the

Pocket.

Yes.

thank you.

simon?

uh, phillip, all I would say

Is, you're only going to win if

You practice.

Right now, your voice is so way

Off winning.

But...

I'm still gonna say yes.

thank you.

phillip, congratulations.

You have four yeses.

thank you!

♪ain't satisfactioning me ♪/i]

I love you, seattle!

♪a little more bite ♪/i]

♪and a little less bark ♪/i]

♪a little less fight ♪/i]

♪and a little more spark ♪/i]

absolutely not.

not a word.

not at all.

no.

Complete whoosh.

yep.

♪ ♪la la la la la ♪

♪ seattle's got the x factor!

♪ ♪la la la la la ♪

♪ ♪you make me feel the ♪

♪ ♪la la la la la ♪

welcome back to the x factor

And the seattle auditions.

I've got the x factor!

later on in the competition,

The contestants will be broken

Up into four

Categories--groups, over ,

Boys, and girls...

♪you make me feel good ♪/i]

a category paula and nicole

Are having trouble saying yes

To.

no.

I'm gonna have to say no.

I'm gonna have to pass.

I'm gonna have to pass.

Thank you very much.

we have an expression--

"dead on arrival."

♪here come the girls ♪/i]

l.A., dead on arrival.

L.A., l.A., doa.

doa.

doa.

[both laugh]

She could have sang like mariah

Carey on top of whitney houston.

Dead on arrival.

how's everyone doing tonight?

How are you guys?

doa.

are you sisters?

sisters.

♪I'm a little temptress ♪/i]

♪oh ♪/i]

♪it ain't no lie ♪/i]

♪baby, bye, bye, bye ♪/i]

I didn't get it, ite.

really?

I want K*llers, and I just

Don't need a little, just a

Little bit of that.

You know, like, I just need it,

Like, bam!

♪bwah bwah bwah bwah bwah ♪/i]

Like, pssht!

wha-wha-wha?

like, yeah, you better go.

can anyone get a plate of

Milk for nicole?

rreow!

Rreow, rreow, rreow!

sylvester?

no.

tom?

brooke, I want to say yes,

But I'm gonna have to say no.

I would have said yes.

[hisses]

we like to pretend that it's

About, like, the cats, like,

Don't, dead on arrival.

Not true.

♪spend ♪/i]

♪a little time with me ♪/i]

♪♪/i]

[bell dings]

you know what, ivana?

You remind me of nicole.

I think this is exactly what I

Would have seen with nicole if

She'd have been , auditioning

For this show for the first

Time.

thank you.

that's funny, 'cause you can

Look it up online.

I was in a show called popstars,

And I actually sang whitney

Houston, I will always love you.

♪and I ♪/i]

♪will always ♪/i]

♪love you ♪/i]

♪I ♪/i]

whitney houston: ♪and I ♪/i]

♪will always love you ♪/i]

I love you.

thank god for you, paula.

yeah, you got me at the end,

Yeah.

thank god for you, nicole.

oh, paula.

thank god for you, nicole.

thank god for you, paula.

thank god I've got l.A. Reid

Working alongside me.

I could have k*lled those two.

hoping to bridge the divide

Between the judges is our next

Contestant, tiah tolliver.

my name is tiah tolliver.

I am years old, and I'm a

Deli clerk.

Well, my dream is to be known

Worldwide.

I was born to sing.

♪oh, oh, oh ♪/i]

you are getting on my nerves

Today.

What is the matter with you two?

That's not fair to the girls.

people are constantly

Complimenting me on my lips.

I've been getting a lot of good

Comments about my lipstick.

[laughs]

rreow!

obnoxious.

well, you could be annoying

After a while, girls.

the $ million would mean I

Have money.

[laughs]

And my bank has something in it.

[laughs]

how long has this been a

Dream of yours?

um, since I was four.

I brought one supporter, and

His name is kanika, and he's my

Fiance.

good luck.

you are both crazy, the two

Of you.

shut the hell up.

[cheering]

Hello, dear.

You look cute.

thank you.

what's your name?

doa.

put the microphone up to your

Mouth.

oh, sorry.

My name is tiah tolliver.

you are a little firecracker.

[laughs]

how old are you, tiah?

I'm years old.

where do you work?

I work as, um, as a deli

Clerk.

what makes you so unique

That we will listen to you and

Watch you onstage and say, "you

Know what?

She has the x factor"?

because I am full of energy,

I love to be in front of people,

And I want to go platinum,

Double platinum, and diamond.

very hard sell.

and diamond.

and diamond.

[laughs]

you look like a k*ller.

I like that.

I know.

She's got the whole look

Together.

yeah, you've got that look.

Steel.

I like steel.

what songs did you bring for

Us today?

well, I brang, um, impossible

By shontelle.

love that.

Can I hear that?

yeah.

please.

♪I remember years ago ♪/i]

♪someone told me ♪/i]

♪I should take ♪/i]

♪caution ♪/i]

♪when it comes to love ♪/i]

♪I did ♪/i]

♪and now, all is done ♪/i]

♪there was nothing to say ♪/i]

♪and you have gone ♪/i]

♪and so effortlessly ♪/i]

♪on your own ♪/i]

♪you can go ahead ♪/i]

♪tell them ♪/i]

♪tell them all I know now ♪/i]

♪shout it from the rooftops ♪/i]

♪write it on the skyline ♪/i]

♪all we had is gone now ♪/i]

♪tell them I was happy ♪/i]

♪and my heart is broken ♪/i]

♪all my scars are open ♪/i]

♪tell them ♪/i]

♪what I hoped would be ♪/i]

♪impossible ♪/i]

Oh, sorry.

[cheers and applause]

tiah, thank you very much.

Um, l.A.

tiah, you have a wonderful

Spirit about you.

Um, I do like you.

You don't have anything with a

Track, do you?

no.

okay.

You're doing it a cappella, and

For me, that's not how I listen

To music.

I don't buy music that way, so

As a consumer, you kind of leave

Me a little lost.

But I enjoyed you, though.

l.A., I've got a real feeling

About this girl.

you love her?

yeah.

I'm telling you, this girl has

Got something in her.

I promise you.

This girl potentially is great.

[cheers and applause]

nicole.

it's hard for me, tiah,

Because judging on your vocals,

You change keys a lot.

That's why we're looking for you

To have a track or something to

Sing with so that you can stay

On-key.

That's the reason--

nicole, you do not need a

Track to hear what this girl is

Capable of.

but, simon, at least when

You're singing a cappella, you

Can choose whatever key you want

To sing in.

exactly.

but you have to stay in that

Key.

oh, come off it.

If you can't see this, you're

Deaf.

simon, I don't know what

You're telling me, because it

Ain't makin' no sense.

We tryin' to help her out,

Because right now, the audition

She just gave me did not

Convince me.

you know, this girl was

Dead on arrival the minute she

Came on.

that is not true.

yeah, it's true.

when you sing a cappella, you

Can make up your own key and

Stick with it.

She needs to work with a track.

she hasn't got a track.

okay, well, then, are we

Gonna go straight to a vote?

[cheers and applause]

I'm gonna have to pass.

oh, for god's sake.

[audience booing]

This is crazy.

This is all rubbish, 'cause I'm

Saying yes, %.

[cheers and applause]

of course, after all that.

Come on, of course, yes.

Of course.

l.A., yes or no?

I've signed a lot of artists.

Simon has too.

We both understand what stardom

Is, what it really takes, and

I'm gonna put her through, too.

[cheers and applause]

thank you.

you need one more.

She goes through with three

Yeses.

come on, paula.

it's down to paula.

tiah, I've got to go with my

Gut.

I'm going with my gut.

I'm gonna have to say...

No.

[audience booing]

sorry, tiah.

this is insane.

Seriously insane.

You two are not giving this girl

A chance.

is there anything you can do

To turn their no into a yes?

You better think about this.

You need another yes, and you're

Still on the stage.

Got it?

yes.

[audience cheering]

[exhales]

welcome back to the x factor

And seattle where -year-old

Deli clerk tiah tolliver

Auditioned for the judges...

♪all my scars are open ♪/i]

♪tell them what I hoped ♪/i]

♪would be impossible ♪/i]

Oh, sorry.

leaving them split right down

The middle.

I'm saying yes %.

I'm gonna put her through

Too.

I'm gonna have to pass.

oh, for god's sake.

I'm going with my gut.

I'm gonna have to say no.

[audience booing]

this is insane.

is there anything you can do

To turn their no into a yes?

You better think about this.

You need another yes, and you're

Still on the stage.

[audience shouting]

Got it?

[audience cheering]

[exhales]

♪it don't mean a thing ♪/i]

♪if it ain't got that swing ♪/i]

♪do wop, do wop, do wop ♪/i]

♪do wop, do wop, do wop ♪/i]

♪do wop, do-wah ♪/i]

♪it don't mean a thing ♪/i]

♪all you gotta do is sing ♪/i]

♪do wop, do wop, do wop ♪/i]

♪do wop, do wop, do wop ♪/i]

♪do wop, do-wah ♪/i]

♪it makes no difference ♪/i]

♪if it's sweet or hot ♪/i]

♪just give that rhythm ♪/i]

♪everything you've got ♪/i]

♪oh, it don't mean a thing ♪/i]

♪all you gotta do is ♪/i]

♪sing it, yeah ♪/i]

♪do wop, do wop, do wop ♪/i]

♪do-wah ♪/i]

♪do wop, do wop, do wop ♪/i]

[cheers and applause]

okay.

Paula, nicole,

I am begging you here.

Okay, let me ask the audience.

Yes or no?

[cheers and applause]

[chanting] say yes, say yes,

Say yes, say yes, say yes, say

Yes, say yes...

that's why we have an

Audience.

Paula.

hmm.

This is hard for me.

[audience booing]

Nicole.

tiah...

Simon said something when you

First came out here, and he said

That he saw steel in your eyes.

And when you performed, I see

The steel in your eyes.

But I need you to work on your

Vocals.

I'm gonna give you a chance and

Say yes.

♪we could have had it ♪/i]

♪all ♪/i]

whoo!

We got there.

♪you have my heart ♪/i]

♪and soul ♪/i]

thank you. Well done.

Practice, practice.

♪♪/i]

I never felt so strongly.

whoo!

I am so excited.

♪you have ♪/i]

♪my heart and soul ♪/i]

[both laughing]

aah!

This just means my life freaking

Dream come freaking true, okay?

And I thought I was gonna get a

No.

I mean, I had two no's.

Two no's!

I wanna take singing lessons so

Bad, because I know...That I

Need more work.

you didn't see it.

we all see that she's a star

And looks like that.

but you said no!

oh, you know what?

[audience whooping]

that was mature.

it serves you right, dude.

I just wish it was juice.

I wish there was juice in there.

tomorrow, it's the last of

The auditions.

[overlapping vocals]

As the judges hit newark and the

Best of america.

[dramatic music]

♪♪/i]

that was absolutely

Fantastic.

[cheering]

this time...

[cheers and applause]

whoo!

[screams]

[singing]

[audience boos]

it's, like, they keep booing

Me, how am I supposed to do

Anything?

[dramatic music]

♪♪/i]

it was good for me.

How was it for you?

I can't hear myself too well.

you're lucky.

♪that's a good answer ♪/i]

what is your problem, man?

Are you serious?

stop doing it.

It's not right.

[overlapping vocals]

you, I believe, could be a

World star.