2011 Auditions: Maths Teacher John Adams Took X Factor by Storm

Maths teacher John Adams took sometime away from his pupils and took to the X Factor stage to show off his singing ability. Adams storming rendition of Cannonball by Damien Rice at his audition proved to be an instant hit with Judge Gary Barlow.

Performance Summary Age : 23. Auditioned In : Cardiff. Song Title : Cannonball . Recorded By : Damien Rice . Available From : Amazon.

Before taking to the stage he said:
“I’ve only been teaching a year, so it’s still quite a relatively new career. Obviously if I done well in The X Factor, I’ve love to follow the dream of becoming a singer.”
The former Mr Wales adds: “Winning this competition would mean a lot to me I want people to know who I am, know my music, and for strangers to sing my songs, so I’ll hopefully go out and do my best.”
On stage Tulisa was quite taken by John, flirting with him: “If I may so, you are a rather handsome young fellow.”

Judges Comments

After his performance this is what the judges had to say:

Gary: “John that is one of my favourite songs of all time, and I hate people singing my favourite songs, because it always lets me down, you absolutely nailed that vocal!”

Tulisa: “You have a beautiful tone, and I can see that you’re very nervous, but that can be worked on. You know, you can see that emotionally you’re very connected, your vocals were very emotional, I think you’ve got a lot of potential.”

Louis: I was surprised; I wasn’t expecting you to have such a very unusual voice. I think we’ve found somebody that could actually make great records.