{"id":3888,"date":"2013-12-07T19:30:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T18:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2013-12-07T19:30:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T18:30:36","slug":"nicholas-mcdonald-halo-dont-let-the-sun-go-down-on-me-the-x-factor-2013-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/3888\/nicholas-mcdonald-halo-dont-let-the-sun-go-down-on-me-the-x-factor-2013-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas McDonald Halo, Don\u2019t Let The Sun Go Down On Me The X Factor 2013 semi finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past couple of weeks we have noticed that Nicolas has been scrutinized a lot more by the judges than ever before. Thankfully not because of his vocals \u2013 because we happen to think they are perfect \u2013 but because he doesn&#8217;t move around the stage very much. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/nicholas-mcdonald-week1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/nicholas-mcdonald-week1.jpg\" alt=\"nicholas mcdonald the x factor\" title=\"nicholas mcdonald the x factor\" width=\"590\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/nicholas-mcdonald-week1.jpg 590w, https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/nicholas-mcdonald-week1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, we don\u2019t think much of this critique because many stars perform standing in one place and deliver great performances, Adele is one example. If Nicolas&#8217;s mentor, Louis Walsh had his finger on the pulse, he would use this example to defend his prot\u00e9g\u00e9. <\/p>\n<p>This week Nicolas is singing two classic tracks for the X Factor Beyonc\u00e9 v Elton John themed week. <\/p>\n<p>The young Scott will take on \u2018Halo\u2019 by Beyonc\u00e9 and \u2018Don\u2019t Let The Sun Go Down\u2019 On Me by Elton John, a song that was originally released as a duet with Elton and George Michael.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bnVUHWCynig?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/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>Over the past couple of weeks we have noticed that Nicolas has been scrutinized a lot more by the judges than ever before. Thankfully not because of his vocals \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[44,20],"class_list":["post-3888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liveshows","tag-nicholas-mcdonald","tag-the-x-factor-2013","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/files\/2013\/10\/nicholas-mcdonald-week1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888","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=3888"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3890,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions\/3890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}