{"id":3626,"date":"2013-11-08T15:18:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T14:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2013-11-08T15:18:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T14:18:24","slug":"sam-bailey-gets-a-big-surprise-when-singer-michael-bolton-turns-up-at-the-x-factor-2013-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/3626\/sam-bailey-gets-a-big-surprise-when-singer-michael-bolton-turns-up-at-the-x-factor-2013-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bailey gets a big surprise when singer Michael Bolton turns up at The X Factor 2013 house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>X Factor star Sam Bailey got a big surprise this week when her biggest idol, legendary singer Michael Bolton, paid her a visit at The X Factor house.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/11\/samandmichael.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/11\/samandmichael.png\" alt=\"Sam and Michael Bolton\" title=\"sam and michael\" width=\"494\" height=\"279\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/11\/samandmichael.png 494w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/11\/samandmichael-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u2018All For Love\u2019 hitmaker has been a massive fan of Sam\u2019s since he first heard her sing on the ITV show and it\u2019s seems Sam was genuinely  shocked when the American star turned up for a chat.<\/p>\n<p>Bolton revealed that he has been communicating with Sam via Twitter:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tweeting started happening and then it turned out that someone told me \u2018Sam is a fan of yours\u2019, and then I just started tweeting her. I wanted to come down and see her but I was meant to be flying back to the US so I called a friend of mine and told him about Sam, (he\u2019s a great record producer that works for Pink) I said I\u2019m going to be a day late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI woke up this morning excited about meeting Sam and telling her how much I believe in her and you know you can see that everybody loves her and looks up to her, she is an amazing woman, she has a blessing of an instrument.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See the surprise meeting in the video below:<\/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\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/78903223\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X Factor star Sam Bailey got a big surprise this week when her biggest idol, legendary singer Michael Bolton, paid her a visit at The X Factor house. 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