X Factor 2018: list of acts through from auditions to Six Chair Challenge round | Radio Times

Owen Mathews

First audition song: Trouble (Elvis Presley)

Seventeen-year-old Owen Mathews managed to channel the king of rock & roll in his audition, performing Trouble by Elvis Presley.

Aaliyah & Acacia K

First audition song: Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj)

Both Aaliyah and Acacia K originally auditioned in separate auditions on their own, but were advised by Simon Cowell to team up. The result – a storming version of Bang Bang, learnt in just an hour – was enough to see them sail through to the next round.

Felix Shepherd

First audition song: All I Want (Kodaline)

After sharing a moving story about his journey as a transgender man, Felix Shepherd impressed the judges with his soaring version of All I Want by Kodaline.

Ivo

First audition song: Lucky Day (Original song)

Despite being branded one of the weirdest X Factor auditions ever, Ivo both intrigued and confused the judges with original song Lucky Day. He got through with three yeses, with only Louis Tomlinson holding out.

Maria Laroco

First audition song: Purple Rain (Prince)

Seventeen-year-old Maria Laroco flew all the way from the Philippines to blow the judges away with her powerful rendition of Prince's Purple Rain.

Burgandy Williams

First audition song: Respect (Aretha Franklin)

Forty-one-year-old singer Burgundy Williams – originally from Georgia, USA, but living in London – certainly got the respect she deserves from the judges with this stonking version of the late Aretha Franklin's classic.

Tommy Ludford

First audition song: Kingpin (Original song)

Twenty-year-old Kitchen Porter Tommy Ludford managed to convince Simon Cowell that guitars can actually be good with this original song based on his life.

Athena Manourian

First audition song: Crazy in Love (Beyoncé)

Twenty-four-year-old songwriter Athena Manourian flew from Athens, Greece, to deliver a bombastic performance of Crazy in Love that split the judges. She got through with three yeses, but Louis Tomlinson said no.

Tre Amici

First audition song: Nessun Dorma (Pavarotti)

LeRoy, Martin and Richard – three friends from Hull – defied Simon Cowell's attempt to split them up and instead delivered a moving reprise of Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma. Their unity and friendship convinced the judges to put them through with four yeses.

Scarlett Lee

First audition song: Never Enough (The Greatest Showman)

Having made it to the Six Chair Challenge last year, 20-year-old make-up artist Scarlett Lee initially returned with an original song called Survival. This, however, did not impress Simon Cowell, who asked her to perform another song. She chose Never Enough from the hit film The Greatest Showman. The rest, as they say, is four yeses.

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