{"id":1789,"date":"2012-08-30T16:12:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2012-11-30T01:49:22","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T00:49:22","slug":"starboy-nathan-a-former-big-brother-contestant-set-to-take-the-x-factor-by-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/1789\/starboy-nathan-a-former-big-brother-contestant-set-to-take-the-x-factor-by-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Starboy Nathan a former Big Brother contestant set to take the X Factor by storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"starboy nathan the x factor\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/x2012\/auditions\/starboy_nathan.jpg\" alt=\"starboy nathan the x factor\" width=\"217\" height=\"322\" \/>Starboy Nathan, a former Big Brother contestant look set to take the X Factor by storm.<\/p>\n<p>The professional singer has taken advantage of the changes to the rules that permits singers with management deals to enter the competition for the first time this year.<\/p>\n<p>The 26 year old who attended the Manchester auditions, has already had Top 40 Singles hits with \u201cCome into My Room\u201d and \u201cDiamonds\u201d and has previously supported The Wanted, N-Dubz and former X Factor runners up JLS on tour.<\/p>\n<p>He has 86,000 followers on Twitter, however his last single \u2013 titled Hangover \u2013 was released on 12 September and only reached number 92 on the UK singles chart. But his singles chart positions could all change when he appears on the nation\u2019s TV screens in The X Factor auditions.<\/p>\n<p>Having previously starred in E4\u2032s Big Brother Celebrity Hijack, Nathan admitted last year that he would consider entering the X Factor if he didn\u2019t have a record deal. He told Metro:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve done so many talent shows and I like competing, so if I didn\u2019t have a record deal I\u2019d have 100 per cent done The X Factor. It\u2019s about having talent, not eating pigs\u2019 balls.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Check out Nathan\u2019s video below:<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* largexfactor 336x280, created 11\/25\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7071761240\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2MlWSBFeq_o?feature=player_embedded\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"590\" height=\"330\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* blogsmalllink 468x15, created 6\/7\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6221751502\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starboy Nathan, a former Big Brother contestant look set to take the X Factor by storm. The professional singer has taken advantage of the changes to the rules that permits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-x-factor-2012","category-auditions","category-news","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2012\/08\/starboy_nathan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}