{"id":130,"date":"2011-08-26T20:42:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T19:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=130"},"modified":"2011-08-26T20:42:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T19:42:55","slug":"the-x-factor-2011-craig-compton-surprises-his-parents-at-his-audition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/130\/the-x-factor-2011-craig-compton-surprises-his-parents-at-his-audition\/","title":{"rendered":"The X Factor 2011: Craig Compton  Surprises His Parents at His Audition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"craig comptom\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/x2011\/auditions\/craig_comptom.JPG\" alt=\"craig comptom\" width=\"210\" height=\"186\" \/>Craig Compton surprised his parents when he took to The X Factor stage at the Liverpool auditions.<\/p>\n<p>Compton had previously told his mum and dad that he had tickets to be in the audience for the show, but was too busy at work to attend.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was secretly making his own way to the venue and rehearsing backstage before facing the audience and judges Tulisa Contostavlos, Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Louis Walsh.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old tells the panel before singing: \u201cMy parents don\u2019t know I am here! I just told them I had tickets but couldn\u2019t go because of work. I even got my mum to iron my uniform for me to make it believable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig went on to reveal to the panel how he works in Iceland and at a biscuit factory to get by, before performing Hiding My Heart\u2019 by Adele at Liverpool\u2019s Echo Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the clip of his performance below:<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions mid page 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2217652781\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/bcove.me\/wiiz6gk4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Craig Compton surprised his parents when he took to The X Factor stage at the Liverpool auditions. Compton had previously told his mum and dad that he had tickets to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auditions","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}