Many of you will remember young Shaun Rogerson from last years X Factor series. He’s the lad who was so nervous he shook his way through his audition, yet so talented and likeable that Simon Cowell backed him right up to the final stages of bootcamp.

Here’s his first installment….

So this Saturday was the first showing of the X-Factor and there were some very good singers looking to make their dream a reality

Sarah and Sean, these two were brother and sister, and the judges thought they were really annoying, but in the end they put them through because the had some talent. I also thought a couple of the W4 girls were really good looking (and great singers too!) and everyone knows Simon, always got his eyes on the pretty girls

Have you noticed that it’s always the last contestant of the day has an amazing story, and gets a tear in your eye! This week it was Nikki, who’s dad had died and when they collected his things like his pension books they found an X-Factor application form. It was moving but she also sang ‘I will Always Love You’ beautifully and I think she’ll do well in the competition.

With the X factor you also get the not so good singers who want to also make it in the music industry.

The girl that sang Christina Aguilera Beautiful who thought she was going to go through but did not have that much talent. I did feel sorry for her but I do have to agree with Simon when he said, a few years ago, that the people around her (family and friends) shouldn’t keep saying that they are talented even when they are not because it does break their hearts when they are told the truth.

For me the one that stood out from all the rest this week was Emily, because she had a magnificent voice, even though she was only 14 years old.

Many people that I have talked to over the past few months have said many different things and the same question that comes up is, is it right for 14-year-old boys and girls to enter the X factor?

My main concern with 14-year-old singers in the X factor is not because they don’t have amazing voices, far from it. I don’t believe the voice of a 14 year old singer has properly matured, and in my opinion they are not properly prepared for what’s about to hit them in this cut throat business, known as the music industry.

Over the past year or so I have learned a lot about the music industry, that I didn’t know about after leaving my first year of music college to do what I always wanted to do, sing, and to be honest once I had done the X factor tour it hit me hard. I had to do the single and the album which was an experience because I had never been in a studio before and had to do tour up and down the country. I personally don’t think a 14 year old could handle being away for family for months at a time

But after saying all this, it is their dream and whatever people say, if they want it enough then there’s nothing that will stop them from getting to that goal and we must support their decision.

So lets see over the next few months what talent is out there. It will be interesting seeing Robert back on the show supporting his girlfriend. I was singing in Blackpool on Sunday with Rob (and Kerry) at the Pleasure Beach. He told me what happened at the audition, so we’ll see how they make it look on the telly.

I’ll be back to tell you more about what I’ve been up to too, it really has been an interesting year! Ha Ha!

Thanks for reading

Shaun

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