{"id":3187,"date":"2013-10-12T20:07:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T19:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=3187"},"modified":"2013-10-12T22:15:15","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T21:15:15","slug":"nicholas-mcdonald-sings-true-on-the-x-factor-2013-eighties-night-on-the-first-live-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/3187\/nicholas-mcdonald-sings-true-on-the-x-factor-2013-eighties-night-on-the-first-live-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas McDonald sings True on The X Factor 2013 eighties night on the first live show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish singer Nicolas Mcdonald will be hoping all of Scotland will get behind him in is bid to become the winner of The X Factor 2013.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-content\/gallery\/xfactor2013-makeover\/nicolas.jpg' alt='Nicolas McDonald' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Nicolas is one of the three boys in the boys category mentored by Louis Walsh this year; the other two boys being Sam Callahan and Nicolas Luke Friend.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-year-old has impressed at every stage of the competition so far and he is hoping to do the same again tonight on the first X Factor live show singing \u2018True\u2019 by Spandau Ballet.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed this rendition of the track but to be honest its to a song we particularly like, but it was well suited to his voice.<\/p>\n<p>This is what the judges made of it:<\/p>\n<p>NICOLE SCHERZINGER: I have always loved you\u2026.you are so effortless up there. Tonight is the first night I have noticed those baby blue eyes of yours though. Good job sweetie.<\/p>\n<p>LOUIS WALSH: I am really glad to be your mentor\u2026.you are what this show is all about. Finding an unknown little kid with a whole lot of talent. I think you are going to be here for a long time and I am really happy I am your mentor.<\/p>\n<p>GARY BARLOW: You have had limited experience, you are singing a song from a period you think is a period drama and you nailed it tonight. You have got everyone on your side\u2026.it\u2019s loveability with this guy.<\/p>\n<p>SHARON OSBOURNE: Did you say almost 16? You are such a darling! So talented! I am glad you are here! You\u2019re confident and fabulous\u2026.I\u2019ve got my eye on you.<\/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\/5rZI_X8pyV8?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish singer Nicolas Mcdonald will be hoping all of Scotland will get behind him in is bid to become the winner of The X Factor 2013. Nicolas is one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[44,20],"class_list":["post-3187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liveshows","tag-nicholas-mcdonald","tag-the-x-factor-2013","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187","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=3187"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187\/revisions\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}