{"id":3768,"date":"2013-11-17T22:08:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T21:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2013-11-17T22:12:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T21:12:18","slug":"sam-callahan-sings-goo-goo-dolls-by-iris-has-his-last-performance-on-the-x-factor-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/3768\/sam-callahan-sings-goo-goo-dolls-by-iris-has-his-last-performance-on-the-x-factor-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Callahan sings Goo Goo Dolls by Iris has his last performance on The X Factor 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Callaghan saved his best performance for last, as he became the latest contestant tonight to be voted off the X Factor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/sam.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/sam.png\" alt=\"sam callahan disco week\" title=\"sam callahan disco week\" width=\"525\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/sam.png 525w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/sam-300x202.png 300w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/sam-519x350.png 519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam found himself in the bottom two with his team mate Luke Friend who both polled the fewest votes, placing them into the sing off. It was the first time for both in the bottom two and the first time this series any of the boys were in the sing-off.<\/p>\n<p>In the sing-off Luke sang U2 hit I Still Haven\u2019t Found What I\u2019m Looking while Sam sung Goo Goo Dolls track Iris.<\/p>\n<p>It was then over to the judges to make their decision, starting with the pair\u2019s mentor Louis Walsh, but he opted to abstain, saying: \u201cI\u2019m not sending any of them home, I\u2019m their mentor!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Scherzinger said: \u201cLuke, you sung your heart out and I really connected with you. Sam, that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been waiting every week, but unfortunately the act I have to send home is Sam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gary Barlow added: \u201cA good job Luke, I love your style\u2026 Sam, that was the best performance I\u2019ve ever seen you do\u2026 with a work ethic like yours, you\u2019re going to go very far in life, but the act I\u2019m sending home tonight is you, Sam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharon Osborune concluded: \u201cI am so angry with you Sam, for waiting this long to connect as a performer, but I\u2019m really sorry, I\u2019m going to have to send you home.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The result brought Sam&#8217;s X Factor journey to an end on week 6 of the series.<\/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\/uN8vpktCosk?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Callaghan saved his best performance for last, as he became the latest contestant tonight to be voted off the X Factor. Sam found himself in the bottom two with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[40,20],"class_list":["post-3768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liveshows","category-news","tag-sam-callahan","tag-the-x-factor-2013","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/sam.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768","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=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3773,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions\/3773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}