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So emotional that even Simon started to cry! (X Factor)
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Simon lost his mom just a few days before they recorded this episode. Explains why he started crying and the song made him remind him of her. touching video all together.

Transcript

Hello.
Hello. How are you?
I'm good. How are you?
I'm all right. Thank you.
Are you the last auditionee tonight?
I am the last one today.
Okay, been a long day, right?
Yeah, It has been a long day but I'm ready.
You know, but this -if you ever watch the X Factor before- it often goes... It's the end of a long day and our last contestant is silently waiting in the wings [yeah] and you know what happens then?
Yeah, it either goes very good or very bad.
Yeah, one of the two.
So tell me about you.
So I'm 21. I'm from Billingham and Teeside. [Yep] I'm a car mechanic
[yeah], and then obviously I sing a little bit as well.
And you live on your own?
I live with my mom.
Okay
Just me and my mom.
Oh I love that you say "Mom" like me.
Yeah, she's my rock, so.....
What are you gonna sing?
I'm gonna sing "Jealous" by Labyrinth.
And tell me why you've chosen that song.
It means a lot to me for a different reason, I think, to how labyrinth wrote it.
Which is?
Um, I lost my best friend a couple years ago and I kind of interpret the lyrics in a completely different way.


I lost my best friend two years ago. He was only 18 at the time and we were really really close. We did everything together.
We got a call saying we had to go to the hospital cuz he wasn't gonna last the day. And I know that was... it's tough on Josh.
Sorry.
The lyrics kind of say, I'm jealous that you're happy without me. And I kind of see it in the sense that I'm jealous that he's now happy in heaven. That he's moved on to a better place and that I can't still be with him.
Well, best of Luck Josh.
Thank you.
Come on, son. Come on.

I'm jealous of the rain
That falls upon your skin
It's closer than my hands have been
Oh, I'm jealous of the rain

'Cause I wished you the best of
All this world could give
And I told you when you left me
There's nothing to forgive


But I always thought you'd come back
Tell me all you found was
Heartbreak and misery
It's hard for me to say
I'm jealous of the way
You're happy without me

I wished you the best of
All this world could give
And I told you when you left me
There's nothing to forgive
But I always thought you'd come back,
Tell me all you found was
Heartbreak and misery
It's hard for me to say, I'm jealous of the way
You're happy without me

And it's hard for me to say, I'm jealous of the way
You're happy without...
You're happy without me.

Ooooh!
That was amazing.

Amm...
Do you know what, Josh? honestly... wow
I was... That was the most captivated I've been in all the auditions so far.

Thank you.

Excuse me, I'm sorry, I'm just very emotional and you really touched me. I believed every word you sang and I kinda wanna hug you.
I love a hug. Ah, let's have the hug.

Congratulations.
Thank you.
Oh. I'm sorry for whatever it is you went through.
Thanks a lot, I appreciate that.

Well, John.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Nicholas.
Oh. Josh that really got me right in the heart. I was completely transfixed. Like I didn't want it to end.
Thank you, wow. Thank you so much.

Let's get a vote.
Josh, I'm gonna kick this off with a very emotional yes.
Also, you're getting yes from me, Josh.
Thank you.
I think that was awesome.
Thanks a lot.
Yes. Three Yes's.
Thank you very much. Thank you very much ....your time. I appreciate it, thank you.

Oh, my boy! My boy.

I hope I did him proud.
You did do him proud, son. You did.

I don't know what to do.
What do I do? Do I go? Do I stay?

Explanations

AUDITIONEE= The person performing in an audition.


WINGS= The area next to the stage, where the public can't see you yet and actors wait till they come out.


SHE'S MY ROCK= Quite literally, she is the person where I stand, she is my support, my power, my energy and my comfort.


GONNA= Going to.


JEALOUS= If you are jelous of something you feel envious, you feel bad or sad because other people are happier than you or have things you want.


LABYRINTH= The name of the group who originally sings this song.


CUZ= (coll.) Because.


IT'S TOUGH ON JOSH= It's difficult/hard for Josh.


KIND OF= More or less.


HEARBREAK= Pain (because someone broke your heart, so it is a love pain)


MISERY= Sadness, unhappiness.


AMAZING= Fantastic, wonderfull, awesome.


HONESTLY= If you say something honestly, what you say is true.


WORDLESS= If you are wordless, you don't know what to say because you are so impressed and cannot find the right words to express what you feel.


CAPTIVATED= Totally interested, fascinated.


SO FAR= Until now.


TOUCHED ME= Moved me. Made me feel something very emotional.


KINDA= Kind of = More or less (but sometimes we use this meaning nothing, like in this case).


WANNA= (coll.) Want to.


HUG= Embrace, put your arms around another person.


WHATEVER= Anything, though I don't know exactly what it is.


WENT THROUGH= Experience.


I APPRECIATE THAT= It is a way of saying: Thank you.


LIKE= In this case it doesn't mean anything.


KICK THIS OFF= Finish quickly.


AWESOME= Incredible, fantastic.


I DID HIM PROUD= I made him feel proud (he refers to his dead friend, to whom this song was dedicated).


PROUD= Feeling happy and satisfied because ot what you do or what a person you love does. For example, a father feels proud of the merits of his son.