X Factor 2012: Nervous Christopher Maloney HAS sung in public before as a cruise ship singer & Lorna Bliss audition prompts complaints
Two of last weekend’s X Factor auditionees, Christopher Maloney and Lorna Bliss, have caused something of a kafuffle in the media today.
Starting with Christopher, fans of the show will no doubt recall that when he auditioned for the judges, he was actually quaking with fear, and teary eyed.
He told the panel that “people” had told him he wasn’t good enough to try out for the show, and he intimated that he’d never had the bottle to sing in public before.
After Chris sang, judge Gary Barlow asked him, “How the hell have you kept that voice hidden till now?”
Chris replied, “I’ve never put myself out there like this before. Today I’ve just bitten the bullet…”
However, in today’s Sun, the boss of a company that recruits singers for cruise ships, Mollie Daley – who was a judge on Sky1 show Showboaters – has claimed that she hired Chris to in 2000 to sing “to thousands” on First Choice’s Bolero cruise ship.
Mollie, who’s the manager of Peel Entertainment, said: “I was astonished when I listened to all these claims by Chris to Gary Barlow that no one had given him a chance.
“That was so disingenuous of him. He came to us in 2000 after spotting our advert in The Stage.
“He had a big voice which was a bit rough around the edges, but we knew we had to have him.
“And we gave him months of vocal coaching. It’s strange that he says he was so nervous, because he didn’t show a hint of nerves when he was on stage with us.
“In fact he became so popular he ended up recording an album that we sold on board.”
In response to Mollie’s claims, Chris told TV Biz, “I’ve worked as a cruise ship singer and did bingo calling and family quizzes years ago, but only for a few hundred people.
“It was nothing like X Factor. It’s all new to me.”
What do you think? Was Chris being “disingenuous” by not revealing that he’d sung on cruise ships?
Over to the Lorna Bliss hoo-hah now, and according to the Mirror, “scores of viewers” have complained to Ofcom about her audition – which aired on Sunday evening – given that she “gyrated” wearing only underwear and a body stocking.
The paper adds, “Lorna, who was rejected by judges, also crawled on the floor, at one stage wiggling her bottom at the audience.”
Of the complaints, Ofcom spokesman Rhys Hurd said, “A decision will be taken whether we hold an investigation into the act.”
Lorna sparked the same controversy last year when she appeared topless on Britain’s Got Talent.
Did Lorna’s audition offend you? It kinda grossed me out a bit and was awfully cringe worthy, but I can’t honestly say it offended me.
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I thought that the xfactor this year had done with all that made up stories from an interview article I read , Dermot was saying no more sob stories about doing it for relatives / friends who were sick etc but still the same old xfactor . not surprise the rating has gone down again
I loved Chris’ voice it gave me goosebumps but the shaking was totally over the top . As for Lorna Bliss the panel commented that she was only in it for the fame but she had admitted this herself earlier , they put her in front of the judges because she would cause controversy – she may be tacky and talentless but at least she was honest about what she wanted from the outset . X factor exploited this fact as it exploited the mother the previous week at the expense of her children who no doubt will have to pay for it in ridicule from their classmates . X Factor is car crash tv and it’s coming to the end of it’s run I think
Jumping to conclusions is a marvelous way to break your neck. For pity’s sake, he never said he hadn’t sung. He said he hadn’t sung for thousands of people. I know cruise ships are big, but I doubt the audiences there run to more than a few hundred at best. Listen to what is said before you condemn someone. Makes you look very stupid.
Agreed with Rachel. Chris was not being disengenious…it was a live recording, it was in front of thousands of people, and it was not just for him, but for the memory of his dead granddad….I just think about my dad and tears well up in my eyes…to have sung a song at my father’s funeral…could barely give the eulogy…emotions that night were real, sincere, and heartfelt. I hope he wins and I hope he continues to honour his granddad. I love that song. It is one of my favourites!
Christopher Maloney is amazing,his voice is so clear and powerful he defiantly brought a few tears to my eye!!the woman who has said all this is out of order again he didn’t say he hadn’t sung before,it’s very different these two situations and I feel for him a lot!this woman has published this story in the press for nothing but money!!pathetic!!u go Chris xxx