{"id":2961,"date":"2013-10-06T01:16:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T00:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=2961"},"modified":"2013-10-07T20:18:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T19:18:17","slug":"lorna-simpson-sings-if-i-were-a-boy-by-beyonce-at-judges-houses-in-beverley-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/2961\/lorna-simpson-sings-if-i-were-a-boy-by-beyonce-at-judges-houses-in-beverley-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"LORNA SIMPSON sings If I Were a Boy by Beyonce at Judges Houses in Beverley Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>26 year old Lorna Simpson booked herself a place at Sharon Osbourne\u2019s Judges Houses in LA without any real difficulty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/lornasimpson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/lornasimpson.png\" alt=\"lorna simpson judges houses LA\" title=\"lorna simpson judges houses LA\" width=\"447\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2963\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/lornasimpson.png 447w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/lornasimpson-300x236.png 300w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/lornasimpson-443x350.png 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, she must now do one final audition to convince Sharon and her guest judge Robbie Williams to put her through to the live shows.<\/p>\n<p>Before her performance Lorna revealed:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot believe I am in LA. It\u2019s like a dream come true. I am always reminding myself \u2018I\u2019m here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I came for my audition I was a normal girl, going to uni, trying to keep up with my coursework, but all I could think about was X Factor. I have always loved singing but I haven\u2019t always had the confidence. My neighbour heard me singing through the walls, knocked on my door and gave me an application form for the X Factor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most important moment of my life, I am one step away from my dream and I am going to give it everything I\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was enough to impress Take That star Robbie and he raved:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s good isn\u2019t she? The vocals are on point, it\u2019s a lovely version of a great song. I thought she knocked it out of the park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharon had a little concern though and added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s good. She\u2019s good. I just worry about her stage presence. I did see her in front of 4,000 and she was good but not as good as I would have liked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Sharon thought Lorna was worth the risk and put the student from London through to the X Factor live shows.<\/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<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_MnstH0GTg?feature=player_embedded\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 year old Lorna Simpson booked herself a place at Sharon Osbourne\u2019s Judges Houses in LA without any real difficulty. However, she must now do one final audition to convince [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[28,30,20],"class_list":["post-2961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-houses","tag-lorna-simpson","tag-sharon-osbourne","tag-the-x-factor-2013","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/lornasimpson.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961","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=2961"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3075,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961\/revisions\/3075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}