Pixie Lott has the deciding vote on her first X Factor... but will guest judge give teen a chance?

By Daily Mail Reporter

Flash man: Mobile phone salesman Kash during the Cardiff auditions


At 19 most girls are busy pursuing their own dreams.

But as guest judge on the X Factor, pop star Pixie Lott was forced to decide whether to crush or encourage a fellow teenager.

Viewers of tonight's show will see the singer given the final say on 16-year-old Tom from Pontypridd, South Wales.

Difficult position: Pixie Lott was forced to choose whether to end a teenager's dreams when she sat alongside Cheryl Cole, Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh
Pixie, who replaced Dannii Minogue for the auditions in Cardiff, is given the casting vote when Tom's version of The Scripts song Man Who Can't Be Moved divides the judges.

Cheryl Cole tells him his act is 'a little bit contrived' but that he is one of the best singers they had seen all day.

Simon Cowell is not at all impressed while Louis Walsh tells him to cut out the 'silly stage antics.'

But when the teenager gets another chance he ignores their advice and sings This Is The Moment from the Jekyll and Hyde musical, only for Simon to tell him he could not 'have chosen a worse song.'

The vote is split with Louis and Cheryl giving him the go-ahead and Simon saying no, telling him: 'That was what I would call a boyband performance from five or six years ago.'

Pixie admits it is a 'really hard' decision.

She says: 'I find this really hard as I don’t know where I’d put you in the music industry today. It feels like you were...not dated, but not right for this time.'

She decides to go with her 'gut instinct and say no', but she is left with Louis and the audience pleading with her to change her mind.

Tom then returns to the stage, but will Pixie give the fellow teen a second chance?

Viewers will also see what the Cardiff crowd make of Kash, a phone salesman, who leaves Pixie speechless with his version of Ne-Yo's Closer.


So bad: Bun nd Cheese have an 'attitude', but Simon likes them


The show then moves on to London where one of the highlights is girl group Bun Nd Cheese.

The trio - Pinky, Patty and Peas - have been singing together for two years and claim their karaoke versions of Beyonce, Mary J Blige and the Sugababes have won over the crowds.

Their version of Beyonce's Listen does not impress the judges but their attitude does, with Cowell telling them: 'Your attitude is so bad I actually quite like you.'


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One act who does impress is 21-year-old Nicolo with Cowell and Walsh agreeing they could have 'a diva' on their hands.

He tells the presenters: 'Nobody has everything – the look, the style, the attitude and the voice.

'I think I could be that guy. It’s time to shake things up a little bit. What I think truly is that I’m amazing.'

Other contestants include a McDonald's worker who could have a future away from flipping burgers if her voice impresses the judges and a cinema usher looking for stardom.


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The X Factor is on at 7.45pm on ITV1.


source: dailymail