{"id":2969,"date":"2013-10-06T14:55:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T13:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2013-10-06T14:55:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T13:55:41","slug":"joseph-whelan-release-his-album-the-kontrast-and-says-there-are-not-enough-men-on-the-x-factor-this-year-only-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/2969\/joseph-whelan-release-his-album-the-kontrast-and-says-there-are-not-enough-men-on-the-x-factor-this-year-only-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Whelan release his album The Kontrast  and says there are not enough Men on the X Factor this year only boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>X Factor hopeful Joseph Whelan was left devastated at Judges Houses when Sharon Osbourne broke the news to the young dad that he would not be going on to the live shows this year.<\/p>\n<p>In Saturday night\u2019s X Factor Judges House episode, viewers saw Sharon Osbourne snubbed the wannabe rocker in favour of Shelley Smith, Sam Bailey and Lorna Simpson in emotional scenes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan-naked-photo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan-naked-photo.png\" alt=\"joseph whelan the x factor hot photo\" title=\"joseph whelan naked\" width=\"402\" height=\"569\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2970\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan-naked-photo.png 402w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan-naked-photo-211x300.png 211w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan-naked-photo-247x350.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his X Factor experience to Sam and Mark on local radio, Whelan said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought my chances were good this year because I was the only male in the Overs category. I don\u2019t know what the judges are looking for this year, there don\u2019t seem to be any men left in the competition, only boys, they need some men for the older ladies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whelan when on to say how shocked he was to hear that Paul Akister did not make the live show either:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was shocked to find out that Paul Akhister did not make the live shows, he is a really good singer, I don\u2019t understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, on the good news front Whelan revealed that he has released a new album. Writing on twitter to his fans and followers he said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTried guys sorry :\/ good news though I been doing my album and it\u2019s out at midnight tonight #josephsalbum\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Encouraging them to download the record \u2013 titled The Kontrast and available now on iTunes \u2013 Joseph added: \u201cWould be hilarious if my album got in the charts\u2026would bring the rock back\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old also thanked viewers for their support throughout this year\u2019s series, writing online: \u201cThanks for the support everyone it\u2019s been emotional lol xxx\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See Joseph perform a track &#8220;Dirty Lover&#8221; from his album in this video:<\/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\/eGb9p0KmJ4w?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X Factor hopeful Joseph Whelan was left devastated at Judges Houses when Sharon Osbourne broke the news to the young dad that he would not be going on to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-2969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-houses","category-news","tag-the-x-factor-2013","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan-naked-photo.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969","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=2969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2972,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions\/2972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}