Joe Cox's X Factor audition was shown on The Xtra Factor at the weekend and the singer is now being tipped as "one to watch" by the ITV1 show's judges. Cox reached Judges' Houses in the 2011 series, but was snubbed for the live shows by Gary Barlow. Frankie Cocozza, Marcus Collins, Craig Colton and James Michael ended up making the final cut, ahead of Cox. Cox claimed that the rejection was the "worst feeling", but said that over the year he had come to appreciate Barlow's decision, arguing that the Take That star had done him the "biggest favour". "I felt like a nervous little boy last year," he said. "Now, I've hopefully come back as a man." Following his rendition of Katy Perry's 'The One (more)...
- 8/20/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Nicole Scherzinger kept fans waiting for an hour on 'The X Factor' to get her make-up done yesterday (30.05.12) The 33-year-old singer is returning for a second time to be a guest judge on the show - joining Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Tulisa Contostavlos - but annoyed some by taking her time to arrive. When she eventually did, she wowed the crowd with a stunning black dress. Among the auditionees in London yesterday was Essex-boy Joe Cox, who was last year booted out of the competition at Gary's judge's house stage. Excited about his return, Gary said: ''Your no was the hardest...
- 5/31/2012
- Virgin Media - TV
The final 16 contestants in this year's series of The X Factor have been named. In tonight's Judges' Houses episode, Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland, Tulisa Contostavlos and Louis Walsh each chose four acts from their assigned category to advance to the live shows. Barlow picked Marcus Collins, Craig Colton, James Michael and Frankie Cocozza as his Boys, eliminating Luke Lucas, Max Vickers, Joe Cox and returning contestant John Wilding. Group mentor Contostavlos, meanwhile, opted for Nu Vibe, 2 Shoes and Rhythmix over The Lovettes, Estrella and Girl V Boy. In an X Factor first, she also took Charlie Healy, the lead singer of rejected band The Keys, and put him through as part of rival boyband The Risk. In the Overs category, (more)...
- 10/2/2011
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
Sak Noel has landed straight at the top of the UK singles chart with his track 'Loca People'. The Spanish DJ's dancefloor favourite reaches pole position ahead of 'Moves Like Jagger' by Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera, while previous number one 'No Regrets' by N-Dubz star Dappy dips to four. Third place this week is collected by the Goo Goo Dolls and their 1998 single 'Iris', which blasts from its previous finish of 120 following performances by X Factor contestants Frankie Cocozza and Joe Cox on last week's edition of the show. The track previously peaked at 26 in 1999. The X Factor connection continues further down the chart, as last year's finalists One Direction drop down two more spots with their former-chart topper 'What Makes You Beautiful' (more)...
- 10/2/2011
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
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