{"id":2913,"date":"2013-10-05T13:08:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T12:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2013-10-05T13:08:24","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T12:08:24","slug":"paul-akister-singing-last-request-by-paulo-nutini-at-judges-houses-x-factor-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/2913\/paul-akister-singing-last-request-by-paulo-nutini-at-judges-houses-x-factor-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"PAUL AKISTER singing Last Request by  Paulo Nutini at Judges Houses X Factor 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Akister friends have nicked named him Mr Soulman and it is not hard to see why. The 24-year-old pub singer has one of the best soul voices the X Factor has ever showcased, but we have always wondered about his image and so it would seem does the singer himself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/paul.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/paul.png\" alt=\"paul akister judges houses x factor\" title=\"paul akister judges houses x factor\" width=\"589\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/paul.png 589w, https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/paul-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Judges Houses, Paul revealed that he worries about his image and whilst he has always had confidence in his vocal ability, he has had doubts over his weight:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always known that I&#8217;ve got a good voice, but I&#8217;ve always worried about self-image. Weight-wise I&#8217;ve always been a big guy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You need to look like the real deal. I look at myself and I don&#8217;t think that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paul takes on \u2018Last Request\u2019 by Paulo Nutini in the South of France for Louis Walsh and his guest judges Nicole Appleton, Westlife&#8217;s Shane Filan and Sinitta.<\/p>\n<p>After his performance Louis Walsh raved : \u201cI love, love love his voice!\u201d<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Akister friends have nicked named him Mr Soulman and it is not hard to see why. The 24-year-old pub singer has one of the best soul voices the X [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-2913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-houses","tag-the-x-factor-2013","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/paul.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913","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=2913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2916,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913\/revisions\/2916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}