{"id":2778,"date":"2010-12-03T13:51:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T12:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2010-12-03T13:51:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T12:51:30","slug":"the-x-factor-2010-matt-cardle-may-not-perform-in-x-factor-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/2778\/the-x-factor-2010-matt-cardle-may-not-perform-in-x-factor-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"The X Factor 2010: Matt Cardle May Not Perform In X Factor Semi Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Matt Cardle\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/images\/uk\/x2010\/misc_oct\/Matt-Cardle-m3.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Cardle\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/>\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>X Factor Matt Cardle may be too ill to sing on Saturday night\u2019s X Factor Semi-finals show.<\/p>\n<p>The former painter and decorator \u2013 who is the bookies favourite to win the competition \u2013 failed to appear at a\u00a0 gig this week after losing his voice and now insiders are worried that he won\u2019t be able to sing on the live show.<\/p>\n<p>A source said: \u201cMatt is putting a brave face on things but his voice is in a bad shape and he could miss the semi-final. He\u2019s really low because he\u2019s desperate to be at his best for such a vital show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt was advised by doctors to rest his voice so didn\u2019t perform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before the show at the Hospital Club in Covent Garden, Matt told disappointed fans: \u201cSorry I can\u2019t sing tonight. I just have to hope my voice gets better for the weekend. There is not much else I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well as Matt struggling with his voice, his fellow contestant Mary Byrne has also lost hers and is a doubt for tomorrow after struggling at the show on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The source told the <em>Daily Star<\/em>: \u201cShe felt fine and was given the go-ahead to sing but was having problems afterwards. She was very upset.\u201d<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* largexfactor 336x280, created 11\/25\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7071761240\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 X Factor Matt Cardle may be too ill to sing on Saturday night\u2019s X Factor Semi-finals show. The former painter and decorator \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/2778\/the-x-factor-2010-matt-cardle-may-not-perform-in-x-factor-semi-finals\/\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-x-factor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2780,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions\/2780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}