Monday 12 October 2009

X-Factor Finalists - Joseph McElderry

Name: Joseph McElderry
Age: 18
From: South Shields
Occupation: Student
Audition Show: Saturday August 22nd 2009, Show 1
Audition Location: Manchester
Audition Song: Dance With Your Father by Luther Van Dross
Bootcamp Song: Praying For Time by George Michael
Judges House Song: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest word by Blue
X-Factor Status: Top 12
Mentor: Cheryl Cole
Group: The Boys

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Week 1 Song: No Regrets by Robbie Williams

Joe still lives with his family in South Shields; he started singing a few years ago after playing around on a karaoke machine.

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Since then, he’s performed in a few local musicals (inc Grease) and entered the ‘Music Means Life’ competition in 2008. This is a regional singing competition in North-East and he came 3rd – he’s also entered ‘Pride of Tyne Side’ competition and won ‘performer of the year’.

He entered The X Factor in 2007 and reached Boot camp but decided to leave the competition as he felt he was too young and wanted more experience (hence entering lots of local competitions). Since then he feels he made the right decision and is very happy to be back on The X Factor in 2009.

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He has just started dance training and would love to perform around the world to thousands of people.

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