Joe McElderry, the cute 18 year old student from South Shields, won the hearts of judges and audience at his first audition with a performance of ‘Dance with my Father’ by Luther Vandross. Simon was surprised at his choice of “tough” song, but Joe said it was a “I just like singing it.” His family and friends cried at the side of the stage as he sang, and the judges loved it. Louis said it was a “great performance and you have great likeability,” Cheryl said she was proud that he was representing their city, and Simon, after delivering the fourth resounding ‘yes’ said “We may just have found ourselves a pop star!” High praise indeed, but would his success continue at bootcamp?

Nerves almost got the better of Joe during his performance of ‘Praying for Time’ at the Hammersmith Apollo. “I don’t know whether that’s going to be good enough. I don’t think it would have been,” he told Dermot afterwards. Simon thought he was a year or two away from being right for the competition but Joe McElderry was through. “Things like this don’t happen to people like me.” he said.

Things like that did happen to him, and he gave another emotional performance, this time of ‘Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word’, in front of his mentor Cheryl and Will Young. They both loved his voice, and after a tough decision, where Cheryl had to put any personal liking for the teenager aside, it was time to break the news. When Cheryl told Joe that he was through, he looked at her in disbelief “No way! No way!” he cried, and gave her a hug that almost knocked her off the sofa. There could be a lot more emotion on the way with Joe.

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You can download the MP3 of Joe’s Debut single “The Climb” above or if you wish to purchase the physical cd here The Climb

Singing the song that blew the judges away in his first audtion Joe McElderry delivers another note perfect version of “Dance With My Father” originally sung by the amazing Luthar Vandross.

Joe performs his duet with the magnificant George Michael, singing “Dont Let The Sun”.

Joe sings “Sorry Seems To Be” beautifully once again. He produced 3 fantastic performances and has deservedly made his place into the final two. Please share your comments below. What do you think of his performances tonight and how do you think he’s going to do in the Final?

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Joe McElderry dream of winning the X Fator is within reach when he sung “She’s Out Of My Life” in the most beautiful fashion.

Joe sings “Open Arms” for his second Semi Final performance and once again gets a full house of positive comments from the judges.

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Joe’s first song from saturday night, “Could it be magic”.

Joe McElderry takes over with his second perfromance of Saturday night singing “Sorry seems to be”.

All the judges seemed to agree that Joe was the stand out performing on Saturday. What do you think? Leave your comments below

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Joe McElderry got a standing ovation from all four judges on Saturday night. He really does have an outstanding voice!

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Truly amazing … Joe McElderry just never fails to deliver!

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Geordie Joe McElderry delivers a fantastic version of The Circle of Life from The Lion King.

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Joe McElderry performs the amazing song “Don’t Stop Believing” orginally sung by Journey. To see the performances from the other contestants last night click on the following links: Stacey Solomon, Lucie Jones, Danyl Johnson and finally Olly Murs.

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Joe McElderry performs Sway originally a Dean Martin song.

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