{"id":1805,"date":"2012-09-01T13:45:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T12:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2012-09-14T23:37:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T22:37:48","slug":"joe-whelan-rocked-with-a-%e2%80%98whole-lotta-love%e2%80%99-at-his-x-factor-audition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/1805\/joe-whelan-rocked-with-a-%e2%80%98whole-lotta-love%e2%80%99-at-his-x-factor-audition\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Whelan rocked with a \u2018Whole Lotta Love\u2019 at his X Factor audition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"joseph whelan x factor audition led seppelin\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/x2012\/auditions\/josephwhelan.jpg\" alt=\"joseph whelan x factor audition led seppelin\" width=\"241\" height=\"209\" \/>26-year-old <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/musictv\/xfactor\/\">Joseph Whelan<\/a> from Wolverhampton impressed the judges at his X Factor audition  with his rendition of \u2018Whole Lotta Love\u2019 by Led Zeppelin.<\/p>\n<p>Before singing, the  tool salesman revealed that he was desperate to succeed, for the sake of his young four year old son. He told Dermot O\u2019Leary:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I look at him he just lights up my life. Being a father is the best thing ever, the first time I laid eyes on him for some reason something inside of me just changed, my whole perspective on life changed completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and his mum broke up not long back so Kian doesn\u2019t live with me unfortunately, I do really miss that, I miss living with him. Ever since he was born I\u2019ve been round him every day and sometimes ya know to come back from work to an empty flat, there\u2019s just me there and I\u2019ve got his pictures around and that sort of thing\u2026 it\u2019s heart breaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later told the judges:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell the reason that I\u2019m here today is because I really want to try and give my son the best life possible, I\u2019d feel complete in life if i could do that. There is so much riding on this for me\u2026not just or myself, not just because I want to be a musician, I really want to make my son proud, I really want to make him happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joseph then launched into a great rock themed performance that wowed the panel. Tulisa raved:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoseph oh my god. What a voice! What a tone you have. I think Gary\u2019s gonna start getting jealous because you\u2019re gonna be stealing all of the female attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Louis Walsh said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoseph that was a brilliant audition, you\u2019ve got an amazing talent, you\u2019ve got an authentic rock voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gary Barlow added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust absolutely awesome, what a great voice, I really enjoyed that!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mel B was guest judging on the day and said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou smashed it! You\u2019re really hot, you\u2019ve got great tattoos, and you smash things up with tools, and then you sing\u2026done!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><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<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pH1p-CSx6Rg?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* blogsmalllink 468x15, created 6\/7\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6221751502\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\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":"<p>26-year-old Joseph Whelan from Wolverhampton impressed the judges at his X Factor audition with his rendition of \u2018Whole Lotta Love\u2019 by Led Zeppelin. 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