{"id":292,"date":"2011-09-18T14:19:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T13:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=292"},"modified":"2011-09-18T14:19:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-18T13:19:29","slug":"2011-michelle-barrett-moved-tulisa-to-tears-with-a-withney-houston-classic-on-the-x-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/292\/2011-michelle-barrett-moved-tulisa-to-tears-with-a-withney-houston-classic-on-the-x-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"2011: Michelle Barrett Moved Tulisa to Tears With a Withney Houston Classic on The X Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>X Factor judge Tulisa was left in floods of tears following an emotional performance by 31-year-old Michelle Barrett. The Irish hopeful strikes a chord with N-Dubz star Tulisa, who breaks down at the judges\u2019 desk.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"videoplay_list\">\n<a href=\"#\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"videoplay_image\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Michelle Barrett \" src=\" http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/images\/uk\/x2011\/auditions\/michellebarrett.JPG\" alt=\"Michelle Barrett \"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div id=\"songs_profile\">\n<div class=\"songsinfo_header\">\n<h2>Performance Summary<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Age               :  <\/strong> 31.<br \/>\n<strong>Auditioned In  :  <\/strong> Cardiff.<br \/>\n<strong>Song Title      :  <\/strong> <em>All The Man I Need <\/em>.<br \/>\n<strong>Recorded By   :  <\/strong>  <em>  Whitney Houston<\/em>.<br \/>\n<strong>Available From       :  <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fmusic-rock-classical-pop-jazz%2Fb%3Fie%3DUTF8%26node%3D229816&#038;tag=thetalentzone-21&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738\">Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/e\/ir?t=thetalentzone-21&#038;l=ur2&#038;o=2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>.\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Speaking before her audition, Michelle said: \u201cI\u2019m a full time mummy. I have 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls. It\u2019s the most fantastic job in the world, singing it really is in my blood, I\u2019ve always wanted to do it, since I was really small, but having 4 kids, you think that\u2019s it, that\u2019s the end of that but I never gave up on it, I never put it to bed, for good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy family are brilliant, they\u2019ve always said you should go on X Factor and for years I said, yeah yeah, but I think the time is right now, that I could pursue it you know? For me to make a better life for me and Steven and the kids doing what I absolutely love. I\u2019m getting a bit emotional! It would be just incredible. I don\u2019t think I will get this opportunity ever again, Please God I hold it together and do it well! \u201d<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* small video 468x15, created 10\/1\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5758087862\";\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<p><\/p>\n<h2>Judges Comments<\/h2>\n<p>\nFollowing a performance of All The Man I Need by Whitney Houston, Tulisa sees her own mum in Michelle.<br \/>\nShe said: \u201cYou remind me of my mum. It was brilliant. Just like you she had such a beautiful voice and she didn\u2019t do anything with it, and you guys are going think I\u2019m nuts, sorry, this is a mummy and daughter thing going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her voice croaking, Tulisa continued: \u201cIt\u2019s just, you know, like standing in the kitchen listening to her sing, she just had the most amazing voice\u2026. and I wish she would do something like this and get up and\u2026 \u201d<br \/>\nIn tears, Tulisa tells her fellow judges: \u201cGo on you guys take it for a sec.\u201d<br \/>\nBut as Gary tells Michelle: \u201cI can\u2019t believe you\u2019ve hidden that voice away while you\u2019ve had 4 lovely children,\u201d Tulisa breaks down.<\/p>\n<p>She sniffles: \u201cMe and my mum have got this really powerful relationship \u2013 she\u2019s the reason that I sing. She had the most powerful voice and never did anything with it \u2013 you know, she had me, she became unwell and then you know, she spent her life still singing in the kitchen, and I wish she\u2019d got up and done that because she has a voice just like that. Amazing. I can\u2019t believe I just got that emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Michelle off stage, Tulisa says privately: \u201cMy mates take the mick out of me! 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