{"id":2936,"date":"2013-10-05T18:09:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T17:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2013-10-06T00:26:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T23:26:30","slug":"joseph-whelan-at-judges-houses-2013-sings-ill-stand-by-you-by-the-pretenders-on-the-x-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/2936\/joseph-whelan-at-judges-houses-2013-sings-ill-stand-by-you-by-the-pretenders-on-the-x-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"JOSEPH WHELAN at Judges Houses 2013 sings I\u2019ll Stand by You by The Pretenders on The X Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Whelan as never been this close to achieving his dream of appearing in the X Factor live finals, but having returned for another attempt this year, there is still one last obstacle to clear, Judges Houses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan.png\" alt=\"joseph whelan judges houses LA x factor 2013\" title=\"joseph whelan judges houses LA x factor 2013\" width=\"421\" height=\"359\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan.png 421w, https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/josephwhelan-410x350.png 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whelan performed \u2018I\u2019ll Stand by You\u2019 by The Pretenders for Sharon Osbourne and her guest judge Robbie Williams at Judges Houses in LA, in a last attempt to prove to the pair that he deserve a place in the Overs category final three.<\/p>\n<p>The hopeful seems to have struck a chord with  the Take That star who loved his rock tones and raspy vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Williams explained:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love him a little bit, I do. I just want things to go well for him. I love the rockers voice he does that really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the final decision rest with Sharon and the news was not good for Joseph. Sharon told him:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy darling boy, I know that your heart\u2019s in it, I know that. I think that you have a very distinctive sound, but your vocal range is quite limited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoseph darling I know what this means to you but my decision is that you\u2019ll be going home. I am so sorry.\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<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L5zmntmeI0o?feature=player_embedded\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Whelan as never been this close to achieving his dream of appearing in the X Factor live finals, but having returned for another attempt this year, there is still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-2936","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\/josephwhelan.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936","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=2936"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2950,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936\/revisions\/2950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}