01x04 - Auditions #4

[bunniefuu]

♪ 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 sh*t ♪

♪ 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 thr*at.

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 sh*t,

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 b*at you up so hard, I

Can--I can, like, feel my rings.

♪ you want to b*at 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

sh*t 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.