X Factor audience saves Tom, 16, after crowd power forces judges to change their minds

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By Daily Mail Reporter

Difficult position: Pixie Lott was forced to choose whether to end a teenager's dreams when she sat alongside Cheryl Cole, Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh


There are just four seats on the X Factor panel, but it was thanks to a whole roomful of judges that one teen made his way through to the bootcamp round on tonight's X Factor.

Tom Richards, 16, was initially told he'd be going home when Simon Cowell and guest judge Pixie Lott rejected his 'dated' dance moves.

But the audience loved the talented Welsh singer, and their chants of 'Pixie say yes' persuaded the teen pop star to change her mind.


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High hopes: Tom, 16, was saved from elimination from the X Factor when the audience started chanting 'say yes' and convinced Pixie Lott to change her mind
Pixie, who replaced Dannii Minogue for the auditions in Cardiff, was given the casting vote when Tom's version of The Scripts song Man Who Can't Be Moved divides the judges.

Cheryl Cole labelled his act is 'a little bit contrived' but admitted he was one of the best singers they had seen all day.

Cowell was unimpressed while Louis Walsh told him to cut out the 'silly stage antics.'

Dancing boy: But while his singing was impressive, Tom's stage moves left the judges cold But after lobbying from his family backstage the shaken teenager ignored their advice and sang This Is The Moment from the Jekyll and Hyde musical, only for Cowell to tell him he could not 'have chosen a worse song.'

The vote was split with Louis and Cheryl giving him the go-ahead and Cowell saying no, telling him: 'That was what I would call a boyband performance from five or six years ago.'

Pixie admitted it was a 'really hard' decision.

She said: 'I find this really hard as I don’t know where I’d put you in the music industry today. It feels like you were...not dated, but not right for this time.'

She decided to go with her 'gut instinct and say no', but was left with Louis and the audience pleading with her to change her mind.

As the chants of 'Pixie say yes' grew louder, and the crowd got to their feet, she bowed to the pressure with a smile.

Also on tonight's show was Kash, a phone salesman, who left Pixie speechless with his version of Ne-Yo's Closer.


Flash man: Mobile phone salesman Kash during the Cardiff auditions


So bad: Bun nd Cheese have an 'attitude', but Simon likes them


The show then moves on to London where one of the highlights is girl group Bun Nd Cheese.

The trio - Pinky, Patty and Peas - have been singing together for two years and claim their karaoke versions of Beyonce, Mary J Blige and the Sugababes have won over the crowds.

Their version of Beyonce's Listen does not impress the judges but their attitude does, with Cowell telling them: 'Your attitude is so bad I actually quite like you.'


Diva? Nicolo, 21, impresses the judges, and thinks 'I'm amazing'


One act who does impress is 21-year-old Nicolo with Cowell and Walsh agreeing they could have 'a diva' on their hands.

He tells the presenters: 'Nobody has everything – the look, the style, the attitude and the voice.

'I think I could be that guy. It’s time to shake things up a little bit. What I think truly is that I’m amazing.'

Other contestants include a McDonald's worker who could have a future away from flipping burgers if her voice impresses the judges and a cinema usher looking for stardom.


'I don't like burgers': McDonlads worker Raquel wants to do more with her life














source: dailymail
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