{"id":2519,"date":"2013-09-14T21:37:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T20:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2013-09-14T21:37:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T20:37:20","slug":"james-mcdonald-from-nottingham-impressed-with-lately-on-the-x-factor-2013-auditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/2519\/james-mcdonald-from-nottingham-impressed-with-lately-on-the-x-factor-2013-auditions\/","title":{"rendered":"James McDonald from Nottingham impressed with Lately on The X Factor 2013 auditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James McDonald showcased is smooth vocals at The X Factor 2013 auditions with an impressive version of Stevie Wonder\u2019s \u2018Lately\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/09\/James.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/09\/James.png\" alt=\"James mcdonald x factor \" title=\"James mcdonald x factor \" width=\"590\" height=\"328\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2520\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/09\/James.png 590w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/09\/James-300x166.png 300w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/09\/James-200x110.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 25 year old bus driver from Nottingham wowed judges Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger with his rendition of the song.<\/p>\n<p>Before singing James told the judges:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a bus driver in Nottingham but my passion is singing. This is definitely my shot today, this is all or nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After his performance Gary Barlow said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJames good audition. Not perfect by any means. Lots of work needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Louis Walsh added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have got a really good soulful voice. You need a break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James sailed through to the next round with 4 yeses.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7218ARG9gNE?feature=player_embedded\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/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>James McDonald showcased is smooth vocals at The X Factor 2013 auditions with an impressive version of Stevie Wonder\u2019s \u2018Lately\u2019. The 25 year old bus driver from Nottingham wowed judges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-2519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auditions","tag-the-x-factor-2013","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/09\/James.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519","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=2519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions\/2522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}