{"id":1808,"date":"2012-09-01T14:04:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T13:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=1808"},"modified":"2012-09-14T23:37:38","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T22:37:38","slug":"melanie-masson-wowed-with-cry-baby-at-her-x-factor-audition-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/1808\/melanie-masson-wowed-with-cry-baby-at-her-x-factor-audition-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Masson wowed with Cry Baby at her X Factor audition 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"melanie masson cry baby x factor audition\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/x2012\/auditions\/melaniemasson.jpg\" alt=\"melanie masson cry baby x factor audition\" width=\"221\" height=\"198\" \/>44-year-old <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/musictv\/xfactor\/\">Melanie Masson<\/a> from North London is one to watch in the Overs category this year after wowing the judges at her X Factor audition.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018full time mum\u2019 said: \u201cChildren in my local area know me as fairy flutterbye, not many people call me Melanie, usually people call me fairy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started singing in bands from the age of 15. I used to sing all over Glasgow, then I had two wonderful children who are my absolute life but I still have dreams that I\u2019ve yet to fulfil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melanie adds: \u201cMusic is the only thing I\u2019ve ever wanted to do but I feel it\u2019s kind of make or break now. I\u2019m going to sing today like it\u2019s the last time I\u2019m ever going to sing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On stage and Melanie performs Cry Baby by Janis Joplin to rave reviews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Melanie that was insane, oh my god that voice, you were guiding us through the song. It was amazing, it really was,\u201d gushed Gary Barlow.<\/p>\n<p>Louis added: \u201cMelanie where did that voice come from and where has it been? You\u2019re 44, this is what this show is all about, finding somebody as amazing as you and giving them a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guest judge Anastacia commented: \u201cI completely can\u2019t believe that you killed it like that. It is never too late to have a record deal girl!\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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>44-year-old Melanie Masson from North London is one to watch in the Overs category this year after wowing the judges at her X Factor audition. The \u2018full time mum\u2019 said: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-factor-2012","category-auditions","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808","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=1808"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1912,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808\/revisions\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}