Last time, judges' homes began
and 16 acts sang for their place in the live finals.
Tonight, the remaining acts sing for their survival.
And the judges decide their fate...
This is going to change their lives.
Somebody has to go home. This is the hardest decision
I have ever had to make.
Do you see a place for her in the final four?
As 32 must become 16.
I've made my decision.
It's time... It's a difficult moment.
To face... Only four can make it.
The music!
It's bad news. You didn't make it.
Welcome to The X factor and the second instalment of judges' homes.
Tonight, the remaining acts face their mentors as they battle for
a place in the final 16.
Last night, the 32 remaining acts were split into four categories...
boys under 30, girls under 30,
over-30s and groups.
They made their way across the globe to one of the judges' homes,
where they met the judge who will mentor them for the season.
The girls... I'm going to sing in France.
How many girls my age can say that?
Whoa. ..jetted off to France.
And Rachel, Tora, Simone, Drew,
Caitlin, Jazzlyn, Tiah and Melanie
met their mentor Simon Cowell.
(SCREAMING) Come here. (LAUGHS)
The over-30s travelled to Malibu,
and Elaine, Tiger, Christa, Leroy, James, Stacy,
Josh, and Dexter met Nicole Scherzinger.
And special guest Enrique Iglesias.
Just up the coast, the groups travelled to Santa Barbara,
and the Stereo Hogzz, the Brewer Boys, the Anser,
2 Squar'd, Illusion Confusion, 4Shore,
Intensity, and Lakoda Rayne
met their mentor Paula Abdul.
And special guest Pharrell.
Aren't we lucky?
And the last eight boys travelled to the Hamptons,
and Brennin, Nick, Chris, Brian,
Tim, Marcus, Skyelor and Phillip, met their mentor LA Reid
And very special guest Rihanna.
Meet Rihanna. Hi, guys, how are you?
Each judge hand-selected all the songs for their acts
to perform to either a backing track or with live instruments,
and with only half the 32 acts guaranteed a place in the live finals,
the competition was fierce.
♪ Ooh
♪ It must have been love
♪ But it's over now
♪ No, I can't get no
♪ Oh, no, no, no
It all sounds right, but there's something I can't explain,
it doesn't quite get to me.
Do you think that she is a superstar?
I would have liked to have heard the song a little bit more.
♪ Baby, I was born this way
Only four can go through. Only four groups, right?
♪ There's a road where the light won't find you
(BEATBOXES) # Can't nobody take my pride
He's attempting to do something that's really original
but I'm not sure it works.
Tonight, the fight for a place in the final 16 continues.
And in France, it's a nerve-racking time for the remaining eight girls.
Everyone's desperate to be selected as one of Simon's final four,
but one girl who battled her nerves right from the first performance
is 16-year old Jazzlyn Little from Cape Coral, Florida,
who auditioned in Miami.
I need to open my throat cos it's closing right now.
Just don't ask questions. I don't want to let you guys down.
SIMON: Hello.
Hello. How are you?
Extremely nervous. Why?
Everybody's looking at me right now. (LAUGHTER)
That's why it's called a stage.
Good luck.
♪ I'm goin' down
♪ Cos you ain't around
I'd love to see what you're like when you've got confidence.
You came out this little shy thing, with all this
lacking confidence, and you're the real thing.
You, I believe, could be a world star.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
At boot camp, Jazzlyn struggled with her nerves again.
Now just one performance away from the live shows,
the pressure is greater than ever.
Being really far away from home has been extremely hard.
It's just been really emotional to be away from my mother and my brother.
I'm already a nervous performer.
But now, you're going against the best of the best.
I have to put myself at their level.
I'm feeling like the tension and the pressure is hitting me.
I can already feel my throat literally going like this.
I can feel the butterflies.
It's like my heart's going boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
Reality is starting to set in, and it's freaking me out.
Now is the time to figure out how to get rid of those nerves.
This could be the difference between incredible opportunities
or to go back home and sing in my living room,
which I don't want to do any more.
I mean, if I go home, that's devastating.
Hello, Jazzlyn. Hello, Simon.
How are you? I'm good.
Are you ready for this now? Yes.
Yeah? Ready when you are.
♪ Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me
♪ With good-bye?
♪ I was afraid
♪ I was petrified
♪ Thinkin' I could never live
♪ Without you by my side
♪ And I've spent so many nights
♪ Thinkin' how you did me wrong
♪ But I grew strong, yeah
♪ I learned how to get along
♪ And so you're back
♪ From outer space
♪ I just walked in to find you here
♪ With that sad look upon your face
♪ I should have changed all the locks
♪ I should have made you leave your key
♪ If I'd have known for just one second
♪ You'd be back to bother me
♪ Oh, no, no
♪ Walk out the door
♪ Just turn around now
♪ Cos you're not welcome any more
♪ Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me
♪ With good-bye
♪ well, did you think I'd crumble
♪ Did you think I'd lay down and die
♪ Oh no, not I
♪ I will survive ♪
♪ Oh, as long as I know how to love
♪ I know I'll stay alive
♪ Cos I've got all my life to live
♪ And I've got all my love to give
♪ And I will survive
♪ The answer is yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ Do you want to know
♪ Do I need you, no, no, no, no
♪ No, no, no, no, no, no no, no, no, no, no, no, no
♪ I will
♪ I will survive ♪
Thank you.
That's not even exaggerating right now.
Oh, my goodness, you are shaking that much.
To help Simon make his decision,
he's joined by vocal coach Savan Kotecha
and music producers Graham Stack and Ray Hedges.
Maybe she just put herself back in the frame.
I think she's good.
I just think it's a little high school talent show to me.
In the Hamptons, next up in the boys' category, to perform
for LA Reid and special guest Rihanna is a contestant
who hasn't had any issues with confidence.
It's 26-year-old Brennin Hunt from Nashville, Tennessee.
The judges first met Brennin at the Seattle auditions.
I feel like I have the look, the voice.
You know, I'm the total package.
Hello. How you doin'?
Good. How are you? I'm doing great.
You happy to be here? I'm happy to see you.
♪ I'm talkin' 'bout love
♪ Love, it's how we make it
♪ We make it
♪ We're only gonna get ♪ what we give
♪ In the circle of life
I'm gonna ask the ladies in here. Is he hot?
(CHEERING)
Yes.
Finally, somebody gets me.
I've been at this business a long time.
I'm getting old for music business standards.
I feel like 30's the cut-off age.
When you've had as many failures as I've had...
Keep the faith. You doubt yourself.
I can guarantee that. It's easier to doubt yourself when you're 26 like me.
I see what you're saying.
I've tried every avenue in this business.
You know, I just feel like this is my time.
This is life-changing.
This next round, getting to the live shows,
could change my life forever.
This is very important to me,
and I don't know if some of the other contestants feel that,
because they haven't experienced life like I have.
I want to win this competition because I want
to be the biggest superstar on the planet.
I want to be bigger than Lady Gaga.
I want to be bigger than all these other pop stars.
I want people to love my music,
and when I'm dead and gone, I want people
to remember my name and remember my songs
and the legacy that I left on this earth.
It's gonna eat me alive if I don't make it through this next round.
Brennin, how are you? I'm good. how are you guys doing?
Are you ready to knock us out? I think I am.
All right, let's go.
♪ Just like a star across my sky
♪ Just like an angel off my page
♪ You have appeared into my life
♪ I feel like I'll never be the same
♪ Just like a song in my heart
♪ Just like oil on my hands
♪ Oh, I love you
♪ Still I wonder why it is
♪ When I don't argue like this
♪ With anyone but you
♪ Whoa, oh
♪ We do it all the time
♪ Blowing out my mind
♪ Just like a star ♪
Thank you.
I think he is beautiful,
and I think his tone is correct at times,
especially when it gets raspy.
But he has... He's a little bit corny.
Cornball. He gives gives me, like, '90s boy band.
Is he um... Does he sing like a star?
That's what I'm not... Convinced of.
I'm not convinced. So you see why I needed your help, because this is tough.
Definitely. This is gonna be a very difficult decision to make.
How did it go, bro? What's up, man?
You did it, man. Superstar, Nashville.
I think it was good. Uh, I'm hard on myself, though.
Little pitch issues, I think.
Perfectionist. I'm a perfectionist.
I'm never satisfied, which I think is a good thing, but...
Welcome back to The X Factor.
The remaining 32 acts have been spilt into four categories
and flown around the world to the judges' homes.
The girls are with Simon in France,
the boys with LA and Rihanna in the Hamptons,
the over-30s with Nicole and Enrique Iglesias in Malibu,
and the groups in Santa Barbara, where Paula and her guest judge Pharrell
are about to hear from the next act,
Houston-based singing group the Stereo Hogzz.
I'm John. I'm 25. I'm Justin. I'm 24.
I'm Trey. I'm 25. KG. I'm 25.
I'm Trace, and I'm 24.
And we are the Stereo... ALL: Hogzz.
We want to hog the stereo, be on every station, every channel.
To the stereo!
We've been friends most our lives, and it just developed into a music thing.
Being here at the judge's home is, like,
this is the craziest thing we've ever experienced.
Feel that grass. That's good grass.
Being able to come to a house with some nice grass with no ants, man,
it's like being so close to what you've been working for this whole time,
and now it's like you can touch it.
I mean, there's trees here.
We don't even have trees in my neighbourhood.
I just had a daughter and... He's a dad.
I just really, really, really want to win this competition for her,
because some of the things that I had to deal with when I was growing up,
I just really don't want her to even have
to be exposed to anything like that.
This is not just a goal for $5 million.
This is a goal for $5 million and beyond.
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We just ready to smash it.
Guys, how are you doing? Feeling good.
Feeling good? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We're excited to see you.
Oh, yeah, we ready to give y'all a show. Let's do it.
Have fun, guys.
♪ I bet you're wonderin' how I knew
♪ About your plans to make me blue
♪ With some other guy you met before
♪ Between the two of us guys you know I loved you more
♪ You caught me by surprise I must say
♪ When I found out yesterday
♪ Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine
♪ Not much longer you would be mine
♪ You know that I heard it through the grapevine
♪ And I'm just about to lose my mind
♪ Honey, honey ♪
♪ Heard it through the grapevine
♪ Not much longer would you be my baby, yeah ♪
Come on, boys. # I know a man ain't supposed to cry
♪ But these tears I can't keep inside
♪ Losin' you would be the death of me
♪ But you mean that much to me
♪ You could have told me for yourself
♪ That you love someone else
♪ I heard it through the grapevine
♪ Not much longer you would be mine
♪ You know that I heard
♪ Heard
♪ Just about to lose my mind yeah
♪ heard it through the grapevine
♪ Not much longer would you be my baby, yeah
♪ It took me by surprise when I say
♪ When I found out yesterday
♪ I heard it through the grapevine
♪ Not much longer you would be mine
♪ You know that I heard it through the grapevine
♪ And I'm just about to lose my mind
♪ I heard it through the grapevine
♪ Not much longer would you be my baby, yeah ♪
Well, well, well. Thank you so much.
Thanks, man.
That lead kid is, like, he's like an old Motown guy
mixed with Genuine to me, all right?
That's who they are. That's who they are.
Pharrell, that's who they are.
God, you get it.
Could I borrow you for a couple shows,
sitting to the left of me?
There's some work to do.
They have to be a constellation. They can't be just one star.
God, it's so tough right now. It's tough.
Y'all think we made it through? I did hear a "whoo!" from Paula.
If you were judging us, would you put us through? Yeah.
I'm me. I'm in the group.
But I'd still be judging.
So, OK, if you weren't in the group,
and you watched us perform and you weren't you,
would you put us - Yeah - through?
Hey, now ask me that question.
Yes.
While the Stereo Hogzz await their fate, down the coast in Malibu,
the next member of the over-30s category,
burrito maker Josh Krajcik is getting ready
to face Nicole and her guest judge Enrique Iglesias.
♪ And life is like a song
♪ Oh, yeah
You need to give the slinging burritos job to somebody else.
Music has always been one of the most important things to me in my life,
up until my beautiful daughter Rowan was born.
My daughter, she's 13. She's amazing.
She's so beautiful and she can really do what she wants cos she's so smart.
I just want to show her that dreams can come true
with hard work and a little luck and some talent.
I want her to have all the opportunities in life she could ever dream of,
and me winning this competition, which I plan on doing,
will allow that to happen.
Take it out there. Go do your thing, OK?
Thanks, Steve. I'll be here. Good luck.
This is my ticket to the life that I want.
Hi, Josh. Hi. How's it going?
We're good. How about you? I feel good. I feel good.
Good. Do your thing.
♪ The first time
♪ Ever I saw your face
♪ I thought the sun
♪ Rose in your eyes
♪ And the moon
♪ And the stars
♪ Were the gifts you gave
♪ To the dark
♪ And the empty skies
♪ The first time
♪ Ever I lay with you
♪ I felt your heart
♪ So close to mine
♪ The first time
♪ I ever saw your face
♪ Your face
♪ Your face ♪
Thank you. Wow.
I've always loved performing and, uh,
I've always had the confidence that I could be, uh,
something really big in this world,
and I'm just so excited that, with this competition,
I have that opportunity in that,
at the very least, I could show the two of you,
whom I respect so much, what it is that I am capable of.
Thank you so much, guys. Thank you.
He's relatable, he's personable, but do you think he's a star?
He's not your typical star. You know, not all the glitz and glamour.
He's rough around the edges.
Is that the performance that'll stop you from making burritos for a living?
You know what, Steve? I certainly hope so,
because I'm not ready to go back to that.
Welcome back to The X Factor in beautiful Santa Barbara,
where the stakes have never been higher.
One act desperate not to disappoint Paula and Pharrell
are Miami girl band 2 Squar'd.
How much do you trust your driver? Whoo!
♪ Let the rhythm erase all the judgment you face
Lovely voices. Lovely vocal blends.
Nice harmonies. I'm gonna say yes. Yes. Yes.
OK, you've got four yeses. Well done.
That moment meant so much because it was like,
this is the beginning of us living out our dreams.
The song that Paula chose for us is, uh, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen,
and we were surprised because we're basically a pop R and B group,
so we're like, you know what?
We've got to tackle it, we've got to learn it,
and we've got to show them that we can do anything.
Anything you throw at us, we can do.
This is our time now. You know, it's not in five years.
This is now. Like, we really want it now.
Hi. Hello.
Hi, ladies. Are you excited?
Yes, very. Very excited.
Very excited. All right.
♪ I see a little silhouetto of a man
♪ Scaramouch, Scaramouch will you do the fandango?
♪ Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me
♪ Galileo ♪ Galileo
♪ Galileo Figaro ♪ Magnifico
♪ I'm just a poor girl, nobody loves me
♪ She's just a poor girl from a poor family
♪ Spare her her life from this monstrosity
♪ So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
♪ So you think you can love me and leave me to die
♪ Oh, baby
♪ Can't do this to me, baby ♪
♪ Just gotta get out ♪
♪ Just gotta get right out of here
♪ Ooh
♪ Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah ♪
♪ Nothing really matters
♪ Anyone can see
♪ Nothing really matters
♪ To me ♪
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
That's a difficult song. Oh, it's super tough.
But had they put more soul into it...
It was was a little off-putting. Yeah.
I mean, they definitely can sing.
Yeah, for sure.
I'm sure that they've seen how hard we work.
From the beginning, she's seen our growth,
and that's what this competition is about.
Over in the Hamptons, LA Reid and guest Rihanna
are judging they boys' category,
and next up is North Carolina sales manager Tim Cifers.
♪ And the warden's saying, come on, somebody ♪
♪ Why don't you run? Ol' Red's itchin'
♪ To have a little fun You handled it really well.
I believed you. You were entertaining.
Good audition. Four yeses. Thank y'all so much.
One of my dreams is to get back to my roots.
I was raised on my grandparents' farm.
I want my kids to experience that countryism.
I want to be able to afford a nice house and, you know,
I can teach my son how to fish, how to hunt.
This is the way to do it. This is my only way to do it.
Before X Factor, I've never been away
from my kids more than a normal work day,
and, uh, before I left home, my son said,
"God, please keep Daddy safe on the plane,"
and, uh, he handed me his stuffed monkey and said,
"Take it with you. I want you to have it."
Being a father and having kids is just, uh, it's just so unbelievable.
I wouldn't trade it for anything.
This opportunity is my one shot to become successful.
I'm 30 years old.
You know, it's time to happen. It's now or never.
Without nailing this performance, all our dreams could go out the window.
Hello. How are you guys doing?
Wonderful. Good.
How you feeling? Good.
Ready to have some fun. This is gonna be awesome.
Great. good luck to you.
♪ Back when I was a child
♪ Before life removed all the innocence
♪ My father would lift me high
♪ And dance with my mama and me
♪ And then spin me around
♪ Till I fell asleep
♪ Then up the stairs he would carry me
♪ And I knew for sure
♪ I was loved ♪
♪ If I could get another chance
♪ Another walk, another dance with him
♪ I'd play a song ♪ that would never, ever end
♪ How I'd love, love, love
♪ To dance with my father again ♪
Thank you, guys, so much. Thank you, Tim.
I really liked his voice. Um, he's a real country singer.
Right.
I felt like if, you know the song touched me
during my performance. I hoped that showed off.
I can see you're pretty emotional from singing that.
Yeah, it's a great song. It's really touching.
I wanted more. You did?
I wanted more. He's good, but I wanted so much more from him.
Right.
Welcome back to The X Factor.
The remaining 32 acts have been split into four categories,
and flown all around the world to the judges' homes.
The boys with LA and Rihanna in the Hamptons,
the over-30s with Nicole and Enrique Iglesias in Malibu,
the groups with Paula and Pharrell in Santa Barbara,
and the girls with Simon in France,
where next is the youngest contestant in the competition
13-year-old Rachel Crow from Boulder, Colorado.
What is your name, lovely one?
My name is Rachel Crow.
I'm definitely, uh, ready in the competition.
I feel very confident. I'm one out of eight people,
so I look at them as competition,
even though I do love them, I definitely want to go through.
I want that chance to blow America away.
What would you do with the $5 million?
My family has, like, no money. (LAUGHTER)
We live in a two-bedroom house, and I have six people in my family.
And I'm a girl. I need my own bathroom.
And Rachel has already decided what to buy with the $5 million prize.
I need a wall of mirrors.
I have to have one of those chalkboard paint walls.
Definitely a pool. I need a big kitchen.
I want a big, big TV. And a nice couch and, um,
definitely, definitely my own bathroom.
I want this more than anything,
so hopefully I'll make sure I step up my game,
and whatever happens, it's gonna be epic.
Hello, Rachel. Hello.
How are you feeling? Uh, I'm good.
All right, sweetheart, in your own time.
Ready?
♪ You are my fire
♪ The one desire
♪ Believe
♪ When I say
♪ That I want it that way
♪ Tell me why, ain't nothin' but a heartache
♪ Tell me why, ain't nothin' but a mistake
♪ Tell me why I never wanna hear you say
♪ That I want it that way
♪ Now I can see that we're falling apart
♪ But deep down inside of me
♪ Whoa, oh
♪ You are my fire
♪ The one desire
♪ Believe
♪ When I say
♪ That I want it that way
♪ That I want it that way ♪
Well done, you. Thank you.
See you later. Bye. Have a nice day.
And you, darling.
That was unbelievable.
Oh, my God. I like the fact that she takes risks,
and I like that deep tone.
That was the part that really excited me.
How do you feel about it? I feel that it went pretty good.
Pretty good? I think I probably could have done a little better,
but I think I put my heart into it and I think he liked it.
Maybe it's just her bad luck that she's in this category
with people who probably could deal with the pressure more.
As our youngest contestant waits for Simon to see all the girls,
In Malibu, Nicole and Enrique Iglesias are about to see the oldest contestant,
Leroy Bell from Seattle.
♪ Somebody to lean on
Who says that, at 59 years old, that a dream is not going to come true?
Absolutely, yes. Yes. Yes.
Four yeses. Thank you!
I'm the oldest person in this competition.
I just turned 60. I've been pretending
that I'm 40-something now for about ten years,
so, uh, now the cat's out of the bag, right?
All America knows I'm an old man.
Most people at this age are thinking about retiring,
but I feel like I've still got the fever,
the burn to do what I've always loved.
What I would like to show my kids and my grandkids is that you never give up.
If you have a passion for something, you keep striving towards it.
About ten years ago, I realized that just
singing and playing wasn't important to me.
There are so many artists that are in their 60s that are making great music.
I don't see why I should stop.
This is it. This is your time.
I hope so, this is my time. Are you ready?
Yeah. I'm ready to do it.
It means the world to me to make it through.
If I could do that, I'd be the happiest man on the planet right now,
the happiest 60-year-old, for sure,
and probably the happiest kid who ever makes it.
Hi, Leroy. how are you doing? Good.
I'm just honoured to have the chance to compete again,
and this means the world to me.
I hope you guys like it and put me through.
Thank you, Leroy.
♪ When the rain is blowin' in your face
♪ And the whole world is on your case
♪ I could offer you a warm embrace
♪ To make you feel my love
♪ When the evening shadows and the stars appear
♪ And there is no one left to dry your tears
♪ I could hold you for a million years
♪ To make you feel my love
♪ I know you haven't made your mind up yet
♪ But I will never do you wrong
♪ Mm-mm, I know the moment when we first met
♪ No doubt in my mind where you belonged
♪ I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
♪ I'd go crawling down the avenue
♪ Oh, there ain't nothin'
♪ That I would not do
♪ To make you feel my love
♪ Oh, oh
♪ To make you feel my love ♪
Thank you. Thanks a lot. Thank you.
Thank you, Leroy.
Even though he's the most experienced and he's 60,
I feel like he's the most nervous.
I feel his nerves a little, and when I feel those nerves,
I feel like it's keeping him from holding back,
from really giving me everything.
What is your-your heart telling you? Do you think you've done enough?
I think I've done it. I think I could get there from this.
I'd like to think that.
I hate to do that, cos then you kind of jinx it.
It's better to just be, "Oh, I don't know, I don't know."
He's just super cool. He's just the coolest.
What are you gonna do? What am I gonna do?
I hope that's close enough to get me to the next round,
because this is, you know, do or die right here.
This is it, you know.
Welcome back to the X Factor
In Santa Barbara, hoping to be one of Paula's four groups
through to the live shows are best friends Illusion Confusion.
How are you feeling? We feel great.
You guys are icons in this industry.
We could learn a lot from both of you,
and we're just so lucky and blessed every minute that we're here.
Excellent. Let's do it.
♪ Ah
♪ Let's dance, work the floor
♪ Show me what you working
♪ Sequins on your skirt accentuates all of your curves
We are from Miami. We've been friends since ninth grade.
Since high school. We met, uh, in chorus,
so we're buddies, we're brothers, we're the best of friends.
♪ Let's dance
♪ Get on the floor, no need to hold back
♪ Sexy girls, mini-skirts
We want to be huge, massive artists.
Super Bowl performances, number one albums and singles.
That's what you've got to shoot for. We want this more than anything.
More than anything in the world.
♪ Let's dance, da-da-da-da-da-da-da
♪ Ooh ♪
Thank you. Thank you.
I'm on the fence. You are? About them?
I say that they have more drive than anything else.
I was more impressed by their drive than anything.
You think that-you think that their ambition, um,
surpasses their ability? Yeah.
If it's ambition, drive, and talent, we have a little bit of a problem.
Down the coast in Malibu is the over-30s category
with Nicole and guest judge Enrique Iglesias.
And up next is 42-year-old wedding DJ Tiger Budbill from Bothell, Washington.
♪ You can cry me a river ♪
♪ Cry me a river
It's nice that we got to know you a little bit more.
You're a really good singer, and I could see how much you want it.
It makes a huge difference to me, so I'm gonna say yes.
I'm Tiger Budbill. I'm 42, and I am a professional DJ.
I DJ weddings, I DJ corporate events, that sort of thing,
but in the last four years, work is very slim.
You know, right now, I'm only working two nights a week,
and that's at 100 bucks a pop,
so our house was supposed to be auctioned off and we ended up
being able to push that back for a couple months.
We've lost everything financially.
Winning this competition could change everything.
I've always dreamt of having the big house.
I was over, just looking out at what I've always dreamt of.
I was picturing my wife and my daughter
and... maybe a newborn baby or something.
You know, my mom's 83.
If she could sit on that deck and look out for the rest of her life,
she'd be totally happy.
Right now, winning this, it's huge in my life financially,
but also emotionally, because here I'm 42 and this is my last shot.
Hey, guys. Hey, Tiger.
This is probably the last time we're gonna speak
before I have to make my decision,
so can you tell us what this means to you?
It's meant everything and it means everything,
and to be able to move on and, like all of us,
support our families and take care of the people that we love
while finally validating what we've been trying to do for so many years,
that's what it comes down to,
So, hopefully I can sing for you now and you'll just be in awe,
and I won't even make this decision hard for you.
That's what I'm looking for. Good. Well, let's do it.
OK, thank you. Let's do it.
♪ If I fall short
♪ If I don't make the grade
♪ If your expectations in me
♪ Aren't met today
♪ There's always tomorrow
♪ Or tomorrow night
♪ Hang with me, baby, sooner or later
♪ I'll make it right
♪ Just don't give up on me
♪ Oh
♪ Don't give up on me
♪ I know it's late, late in the game
♪ But my feelings, my true feelings,
♪ Haven't changed
♪ Oh, here in my heart
♪ Oh, I know I was wrong
♪ I know
♪ And I need to make amends
♪ For the love that I never, never, never show
♪ Just don't give up on me
♪ Every word is true
♪ Hang with me, baby, I'll give you
♪ All of my love to you
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh
♪ Just don't give up on me ♪
Wow. Thank you, Tiger.
Thank you, guys, very much.
So what'd you think?
Sometimes, you know, with him, honestly, his voice,
It's effortless for him, but do you feel like there's a market for him?
Do you feel like people will buy his records?
I don't think there should be any rules when it comes to music.
Anybody can get it with the right song.
I'm happy with it, you know?
I made it through the song, I hit some good notes,
and I really feel like I connected with both of them,
you know, and, uh, so with all of that, I'm very, very happy. OK.
I just really hope it's enough to go through.
Welcome back to the X Factor
and judges' homes
The remaining 32 acts have been split into four categories,
Boys under 30s, Girls under 30s, Over 30s and Groups
The contestants are singing ** around the world
trying to earn one of the 16 spots in the live shows
One boy who's hoping to impress his mentor LA Reid and special guest Rihanna
is 20-year-old Marcus Canty from Maryland.
My mom gave me two years, and it's my last chance.
This is all or nothin'. Yes, ma'am.
What happens after two years? I gotta choose another career.
♪ Why did those days ever have to go?
♪ Cos I loved them so
Marcus! Sweetheart!
Whoo!
Listen, I know you're unique and you've got your own thing,
but boy, you've got that Bobby Brown energy. Yes, you do.
For Marcus, being in the Hamptons is a far cry from life back in Maryland.
It feels so shocking to be in the Hamptons.
I've never been here before. I live in an apartment.
I see all these huge houses. I see this huge beach.
This is how I want to live, and I know I'll get there.
What do your family feel about it all?
Oh, man, my mom, she calls me every five minutes.
You know, "What's going on? Are you OK? Are they feeding you?"
you know, all that so, you know, my
family is just so supportive, so excited.
I want to win this $5 million and this recording contract from The X Factor
because I could help my family out with whatever they need.
I can be the superstar that I know I can be,
I have the potential to be, so it'll mean so much to me.
Not having a job definitely makes this
competition way, way more important to me.
I definitely want to make my mom proud of me.
She used to tell me, "Keep striving.
If you're gonna do something, do it to the best of your ability."
I'm really happy to see you. I'm really happy to see you.
And you, Rihanna. Likewise.
Don't be flirting with me.
All right. Let's get it.
♪ I will never find another lover
♪ Sweeter than you, sweeter than you
♪ And I will never find another lover
♪ More precious than you, precious than you
♪ Girl, you are close to me
♪ You're like my mother, close to me
♪ You're like my father, close to me
♪ You're like my sister, close to me
♪ You're like my brother
♪ You are the only one
♪ You're my everything
♪ And for you this song I sing
♪ And all my life
♪ I prayed for someone like you
♪ And I thank God
♪ that I, that I finally found you
♪ And all my life
♪ I prayed for someone like you
♪ And I pray that you
♪ Do love me too
♪ Yeah
♪ Oh, I pray, baby
♪ You're all that I ever know
♪ When you smile my face always seems to glow
♪ You turn my life around
♪ You picked me up when I was down, baby
♪ You're all that I ever know
♪ When you smile my face glows
♪ You picked me up when I was down
♪ And I pray that you do love me
♪ Ooh, babe, I'm tellin' you that all my life
♪ Oh, I prayed for someone like you
♪ And I, I thank god
♪ That I...
♪ That I finally found you ♪
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Good job.
I'm freaking out. I got a chill on that.
I could not contain myself.
All right. You happy?
Yeah, I'm happy, man. Like, in my heart, I feel good,
and when I feel good in my heart with 150,
I leave it out there for them to judge it, you know?
Does he sing like a star? That's what I'm not... Convinced of.
I'm not convinced.
To see how confident he was... Confidence, exactly.
He looked dead in my eyes. I couldn't even look at him any more.
I felt like a fan. He made me feel really good with that performance.
Crazy. You killed it.
Yes, I did. I did kill it.
I always wanted to be, like, you know, like, in his circle, man.
Like, man, that's LA Reid, man.
I always wanted to be in his circle, man.
While Marcus wait, in France, at the home of Simon Cowell,
anxiously awaiting her performance
is 20-year-old deli clerk Tiah Tolliver from Bremerton, Washington.
♪ Tell them what I hoped would be impossible
For my first audition, they basically just crushed me.
Judging on your vocals, you changed keys a lot.
Simon was the only one who fought for me.
But you have to stay in that key. Oh, come off it!
If you can't see this, you're deaf.
You know, it kind of hurt me, what they said,
so it is a big, huge thing to discover that Simon is my judge
cos, I mean, he fought for me, and he didn't give up.
$5 million would change my life dramatically.
I work in a deli, and it is not an easy job.
Honestly, I would just love to be able to wake up and sing
instead of wake up and make sandwiches.
But as Tiah's performance gets closer
her nerves start to get the better of her.
I really want to try to impress Simon.
He was the one who fought for me,
so today I have to prove him right
and show him that he made the right choice.
Hello. Hi.
All good?
All right, go for it. You look great. Thank you.
♪ East side to the west side
♪ Pushin' fast rides, ain't no surprise
♪ By no means average
♪ She's on when she's got to have it
♪ Well, baby you're a perfect ten
♪ I wanna get in so can I get down
♪ With the win?
♪ I like the way you work it, no diggity
♪ I got to bag it up
♪ I like the way you work it, no diggity
♪ I got to bag it up
♪ Gettin' paid is her forte
♪ Each and every day, a true player way
♪ I can't get her off of my mind
♪ I think about the girl all the time
♪ I like the way you work it, no diggity
♪ I got to bag it up
♪ I like the way you work it, no diggity
♪ I got to bag it up
♪ Hey, yo - hey, yo - hey, yo - hey, yo
♪ No diggity, yeah
♪ I like the way you work it, no diggity
♪ See, I got to, I got to bag it up
♪ I say, I like the way you work it, no diggity
♪ I got to, I got to bag it up
♪ I said I like the way you work it, no diggity
♪ I got to, I got to bag it up
♪ I said I like the way you work it, no diggity
♪ I got to bag it up ♪
Great. Thank you, Tiah.
Thank you.
I can't express how much I want it.
I mean, if I get put through this round,
I don't even know what I'll do. I just cry thinking about it.
I just think there's something about her.
I've just always thought she fits in the show.
She has guts. She's got something.
When she's performing, you can't keep your eyes off her, that's for sure.
It's raw. It needs some fine-tuning.
It's good, but it's slightly out of kilter there.
We just have to work with her. We have to work really hard with her.
Outstanding. See you in a bit.
Welcome back to The X Factor and to Malibu,
where the over-30s are waiting to perform
for Nicole and special guest Enrique Iglesias.
Next up to perform is 31-year-old Christa Collins,
who made a impression at boot camp.
♪ I'm still into life
I like her. Which one? Christa.
Well, she's got presence. I think she's really good.
This isn't Christa's first attempt at trying to get into the music industry.
I was the first child solo artist signed to Disney records.
I was the prototype for what became Britney and Christina.
There are moments where it can be really glamorous
and you're on, you know, a big stage with the lights.
But all of that is, like, two minutes and then the rest of it
is, like, 10-18 hours of just gruelling labour.
Being, you know, ten years old, it was a lot of hard work.
So I retired when I was about 16, because it just became too difficult.
It was the worst mistake of my life.
This is most definitely a second chance for me.
Hi, Christa. Hi.
I'm not taking one moment of this for granted.
Give me all you've got.
♪ You look
♪ So tired, unhappy
♪ Bring down the government
♪ They don't, they don't speak for us
♪ I'll take a quiet life
♪ A handshake of carbon monoxide
♪ No alarms and no surprises
♪ Silent
♪ This is my final fit
♪ My final bellyache
♪ No alarms and no surprises
♪ Please ♪
Thank you, guys.
Um... this is my second chance,
And... I am definitely here for me,
because this is the only place that I feel whole
is on the stage, performing, and... thank you so much for this opportunity.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
I like her.
I do, I thought there was - It hit me.
It hit me. Intense, huh? Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
These are definitely, um, tears of joy and relief.
I don't know. To me, it felt good.
The only thing I would have liked to have seen is
- There's a lot of pain in the song.
I would've liked to have seen a little bit more of that pain,
a little bit more of that emotion behind the lyrics.
I just hope that I was able to touch them.
So as one former child star awaits her outcome,
just up the coast, a group of potential child stars
are eager to perform in front of Paula and guest mentor Pharrell.
These ten contestants originally auditioned as soloists.
What's your name? Emily Michalak. Ellona.
My name is John. Francesca.
Ma'at. Nick Dean.
Lauren Ashley. Is your name Arin?
Yes, ma'am. Your name is?
Austin. And? Emily.
Ausem. Yeah, Aus-Em, we're Ausem.
But after being eliminated individually at boot camp...
The competition ends right now.
The judges felt these acts were too good to let go and offered them a lifeline.
You are in the groups category.
Creating one giant group.
ALL: We're Intensity.
Intensity.
When we got called back on stage, it was
like, it was the most amazing feeling ever,
just being able to get another chance to live our dream.
And it was just amazing.
We all want this as much as anyone would.
It's just crazy to even think that, like, we're here right now.
Like, we're at the judges' houses on The X Factor.
We didn't really sing together until maybe a couple days ago.
Because we're all in different cities and states.
We always stay connected. We chat on Skype all the time.
Like, throw out ideas that we have for the group that may benefit us and...
really works out that way.
We're always laughing and having fun.
We feel like we're a family.
I can't see us moving on not being a group.
Getting to the live shows is our number one goal.
We want to show people that we're young,
but we're also ready, and we're ready to grow
and explode and become, like, this next big thing.
Hi. Intensity.
Yeah. How intense is it now?
It's very intense.
Give it your all. Yeah, let's go.
♪ Yeah
♪ Yeah, yeah
♪ They call me John
♪ They call me Lauren
♪ They call me Nick
♪ They call me Emily
♪ That's not my name, that's not my name
♪ I miss the catch if they throw me the ball
♪ I'm the last kid standing up against the wall
♪ Although I'm dressed up out and all
♪ With everything considered they forget my name
♪ Call me Francesca
♪ They call me Arin
♪ They call me Em
♪ Call me Ma'at
♪ That's not my name, that's not my name
♪ What I want, you got and it might be hard to handle
♪ Like a flame that burns a candle
♪ The candle feeds the flame, oh yeah
♪ What I've got full stock of thoughts and dreams to scatter
♪ And you put them all together
♪ Ooh, and I can't explain
♪ Oh, you
♪ You're making my dreams come true
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
♪ They call me Aus
♪ Call me Ellona
♪ They call you Paula
♪ Call you Pharrell
♪ That's not my name, that's not my name
♪ Oh, you
♪ You're making my dreams come true
♪ That's not my name
♪ Oh, you
♪ You're making my dreams come true
♪ That's not my name, that's not my name
♪ That's not my name ♪
Very nice. Very nice.
Thank you. Well done.
All of you gelled really well. Thank you.
I could tell that you were having fun. Thank you so much.
Can I give you a hug? Yes, you can.
Can we all give you a hug? Absolutely, absolutely.
I'm very proud of you. Can I give you a hug, too?
Looks like you had a great time out there.
Do you believe that's enough to get you through to the live shows?
Yes, I believe that's enough to get us to the live shows.
I mean, we worked extremely hard for this performance,
and we put all our energy.
And the adrenaline just pumped in, right?
Wait and see. there were some little stars in there.
Like a cookie - some really good star morsels in there.
They're very talented. Yeah, for sure.
But I think the biggest challenge, though, is this needs more time.
Welcome back to the X Factor, where we're back in the Hamptons
with LA Reid, Rihanna, and the remaining boys.
For 28-year-old trash collector Chris Rene,
the Hamptons are a world away from life back home.
It's insane. This is lifestyles of the rich and famous.
And we get to be a part of it.
I don't know. It's crazy.
Chris had just come out of rehab when he auditioned in Seattle.
How long you been clean? 70 days.
Good for you. Good for you.
♪ Hey, young homie what you trippin' on
♪ Looking at life like, how did I get it wrong?
♪ But life's too short, gotta live it long
You are the truth.
I'm gonna give you a yes, but man, you gotta stay straight.
Chris, we have a deal here, right?
If we're gonna put you through, we're staying on the right track.
Yeah. There's no breaking that. Got it?
I got it, Simon. Fine, then you've got my yes.
Making it to the judges' houses is the biggest
milestone I've accomplished in my life.
I want this experience to continue.
I want to be critiqued. I want feedback.
I wanna know, and I want to give more.
I want to do a really good job, because...
I started doing music at age 12, rocking out in a punk band.
To win this would just mean so much to me.
My job is to haul trash.
But I didn't feel like I was made to be a hauler.
It's, you know, obviously what I'm doing to make money,
but I feel like the contract and just making it is definitely my destiny.
So, with that in mind, are you feeling any kind of pressure?
Yeah, there is a lot of pressure. I mean, at certain moments,
anxiety, and then there's the self-doubt voice that attacks.
What does it say to you?
Oh, that voice just says, you know, "You're
not good enough. You can't do it."
I'd love to win this contract right here.
To have a opportunity to have some financial
stability off of my passion, my music,
would just prove a lot to me.
I just want to be a good example to my son.
That's just what I'm trying to do today.
It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
Once-in-a-lifetime chance.
Hello, sir. How you feeling?
I feel, um... I feel like a million dollars
just being here, being in front of you guys.
Ready? I'm ready.
Let's go.
♪ I... yeah, yeah
♪ Am everyday people
♪ Everyday, I Everyday, I
♪ I - yeah, yeah
♪ Am everyday people
♪ Everyday, I - uh
♪ See I was chilling at the park, minding my own
♪ business as I turn up the treble tone
♪ On my radio tape player box
♪ Right, loud enough so folks could hear the hype
♪ Then across the way came the woman I'm dating
♪ Investigating, maybe she was demonstrating
♪ But nevertheless, I was so pleased
♪ My day was going good and my mind was at ease
♪ I
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ Am everyday people
♪ Everyday, I
♪ See sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
♪ I put my own words all up in this song
♪ A drummer, producer and artist and then
♪ It makes no difference what group I'm in
♪ I
♪ Am everyday people
♪ Everyday, I
♪ I
♪ Am everyday people
♪ Everyday, I
♪ See, the moral of this story is you never know what you get
♪ You might get stabbed robbed, shot, or killed
♪ It just ain't worth it You know
Hit it! # I
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Am everyday people
♪ Everyday, I Everyday, I
♪ I - yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ Am everyday people
♪ everyday, I, everyday, I ♪
Oh, thank you, Chris. All right, thanks, Rihanna.
Thanks, LA
He has something very special.
Like, I want to know more about him.
He is one of the special ones. He's about his art.
Whether he wins $5 million or not, it's not important to him.
What's important to him is that he stays true to who he is. Yes.
But... I've never seen him that uncomfortable before.
He might just be nervous. Maybe you were intimidating him.
Really? Are you sure it's not you? I don't think so.
With them legs crossed and them pointy-tipped shoes?
I don't think so. No, honey, no.
What's up? Yo, what happened?
It was good. It was exciting.
I've been doing this for 17 years.
What I can say is that nobody in my city but me
got a chance to sing in front of Rihanna and LA Reid.
I hope they liked it, you know what I mean?
Welcome back to the X Factor
31 acts have now sung for their place in the live shows.
And Simon has seen seven of the eight girls in his category.
It's time for the final judges' home performance
and the turn of 19-year-old student Melanie Amaro
From Sunrise, Florida.
Melanie has been impressing the judges throughout the competition.
Are you any good? Um, I'll let you determine that.
♪ If you won't
♪ Listen
When I was asked by a lot of people why I was bringing this show to America,
it was because I hoped that we were going to find someone like you.
It's exciting for me that I'm here.
You're not in France every day.
Right now I'm feeling, um... nervous, anxious, excited.
Um, I didn't think I would have gotten this far cos,
in a little way, I kind of doubted myself,
cos I said to myself, oh, my God, look at
all these talented people that are here.
But, like, I've never wanted something more than I've wanted to do my singing.
My family wants this for me just as much
as I do, cos they're always supporting me.
They're always behind me, especially my mother.
Go out there now and prove yourself, OK?
I love you. Love you, too.
If I win this competition I can be able to thank them
for everything that they've done for me in life.
It would be nice to be able to give her back something, you know.
But this is the big performance.
I really hope that, um, I can show Simon what I've got and, um...
this one has to be, like, my best, because, um...
if not, then I'm gonna go home.
I'm just going to sing with everything that I have.
Hi, Mel.
OK? Yes, I'm great, Simon.
Good. OK, good luck.
♪ Hold me
♪ Like the river Jordan
♪ And I will then say to thee
♪ You are my friend
♪ Carry me
♪ Like you are my brother
♪ Love me like a mother
♪ Will you be there?
♪ Yes, you are
♪ Oh, yeah
♪ Mm
♪ Everyone's taking control of me
♪ Seems like the world's got a role for me
♪ I'm so confused will you show to me
♪ You'll be there for me and care enough to bear me
♪ Hold me
♪ Lay your head lowly
♪ Softly then boldly
♪ Carry me there
♪ Carry
♪ Carry me boldly
♪ Lift me up slowly
♪ Carry me there
♪ Yeah
♪ Yeah, yeah
♪ Show me you care
♪ Come on now, take it
♪ lay your head lowly
♪ softly then boldly
♪ Carry me there ♪
Rip, rip, rip.
I'm very happy. Very happy.
I mean, I did my best, put my heart into it.
You know? so.
She stepped it up. I'm telling you,
She just gave me a look, as if to say,
"You just wrote me off. Now write me off."
I'm telling you. I'm telling you.
I got the look. I've had that look before.
It's just about contemporizing her.
Yeah, that was a great song for her, as well.
She's in her comfort zone the whole time.
You've got to take her out that comfort zone.
That would be my only issue. Is whether she's going to sing
more contemporary songs and still deliver in a contemporary style.
After the break, it's the moment of truth.
This is going to change their lives.
As the judges decide who's in and who's out.
This is the hardest decision I have ever had to make.
So she's out. Definitely. Gone.
Welcome back to The X Factor.
All 32 acts have now performed at the judges' homes,
But only 16 will be chosen to go through to the live shows.
Now each judge must choose just four of the eight
acts remaining in their category to take through.
In France, Simon and his team of industry
experts must choose the fate of the girls.
In the Hamptons, LA and Rihanna must choose the four boys to take through.
In Malibu, Nicole and Enrique must make some hard decisions
about the over-30s category.
And in Santa Barbara, it's up to Paula and Pharrell
to decide which four groups are in and which four are going home.
This is going to be our challenge here.
This is going to be our challenge.
They all have very special qualities.
It's just kinda like... who's bringing
more to the table, you know, at the time.
Cos that's how it is at the end of the day, right?
This is going to change their lives.
There's nothing left back home for us,
and we just really hope that the judges see our hard work
and see how we've progressed.
There are our eight. Everybody can't stay.
Somebody has to go home. I've got $5 million on the line,
so the guys that we put through had better measure up.
I agree.
If I'm told no, then it's just back to work for me.
You know, this is my one true shot.
This is the hardest decision I have ever had to make.
There's four people that go through, right?
Only the best four can go through.
So... who was I moved by today?
Who was a star?
No, I didn't do as well as I wanted to do, but...
I'm a perfectionist, so I... never do as well as I want to.
I think we should start with one person.
Do you see a place for her in the final four?
She showed promise in the auditions, but didn't deliver.
So she's out. She's definitely out.
Right, gone. Sorry, sweetheart.
Half of us, he has to let go. Hopefully it's not me.
There are two groups that you guys put together.
Yes. I think that one fared the best.
We want to be 100% confident. Was that the $5 million performance?
I mean, we'd like to think so.
I think this may be the hardest one.
Yeah. And he's talented.
But I just think he's a little green.
Yeah, he is. He's going home.
You know what this could do for my family?
Everything I could have possibly dreamed of
is in their hands right now.
I hope I've done enough. I really want to go through.
I really don't want to go home.
This girl needs a lot of work. She was slightly off-colour today.
It was like she'd lost her confidence.
I would not want this to be over.
This is the dream.
I'm just real nervous. Maybe I'm not what Simon's looking for.
I'm just hoping that I am part of his decision.
I don't think she's the best singer,
but she's the one I am totally, utterly glued to.
I just need this chance.
I just really hope Simon sees that.
I love this guy. You want to root for him,
but do I think he can win this competition?
I'm not convinced right now.
Everything's on the line for me.
I'm just really hoping that what they saw in me was enough.
This one here is... That hurts me.
Cos there is some serious talent. In that group.
There's a lot of good groups. You want to seem real confident.
It could mean the world or it could, like, all go away so quick.
They did not raise their game enough. I say no.
It'll be really hard if they say that we're not making it.
This is what we really want.
You know, like, we really want this really bad.
We're down to these two. That is really hard.
I like different things about both of them.
Unfortunately, we can't have five.
We can only have four. That's hard.
It would be something else if this wasn't their last chance.
But I feel like we have, like, their lives in our hands.
I handed them my heart, so... hopefully they love it.
I hope that this decision here is the right one.
You dream about this for so long and then
you're given this enormous opportunity and you're here.
And now it just comes to this precipice where you're like,
"What's going to happen?"
One yes left. It's so easy to go with this girl
and just say this is too hard, but I can't.
This is the one we can make into a better artist, I guarantee.
I can feel it. It's a big risk.
I know it is, but I like taking risks sometimes.
I hope that he chooses me as one of his four.
I'm going with this one.
I think that's it. I've made my decision.
I think I've made the decision.
This is the one everyone thought was going
to get a yes, and we've just said no.
It's a hard one. I didn't do that.
This tuesday
It's decision time
♪♪
♪♪ tough day
Who is in
Struggle with this
And who is out
♪♪
As the finals 16 are revealed
♪♪ my decision
I want back ** all night
I'm not able to take you to the live show
I'm really genuinely sorry
That's the X Factor
This tuesday at 8/7c
... just been there , you know ...
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