The X Factor

Let's have a little bit of a sing-off here.

Let's do it.

Oh!

I want my mom.

You guys are gonna have to go home.

You are gonna have to work hard tomorrow.

You are through to the next round.

You're through.

Uh-oh. It's showtime.

Battle time.

Is this the moment that you'll stay, or is this the

moment that you'll go home?

19-year-old girl just stood there and outshined me.

I just up serious.

Final place to judges' homes is...

For the rest of you, that's the end of the competition.

All my eggs was right here, man.

It's day two of boot camp.

And there's only 60 acts remaining.

This a head-to-head challenge.

We put the remaining acts into pairs.

So they're gonna compete with each other.

When I call out your name, please step forward.

Tara Simon... will be dueting against jennel Garcia.

One could make it.

Both could make it.

Neither could make it.

Vino Alan.

You will be dueting against David correy.

I gotta really bring it.

Put it you like this, I gotta pull all my tricks out of my bag today.

To be fair, they've both got to choose the same song.

And they've gotta decide themselves which part of the song they're gonna sing.

So it's entirely in their hands.

Paige Thomas.

Cece frey.

'Cause, like, I know that it's like we're in a time crunch or whatever...

I know. I know.

That's why... I mean, it's boot camp.

We're gonna have to learn songs.

Level 3, you guys will be dueting against emblem3.

Level 3's got nothing on emblem, man.

This is what I want.

I want it to be a head-to-head battle with emblem3.

Because the minute we get them out of this competition, we're

the only three-man boy group.

That's it.

On this task, forget about friendships, forget about nerves.

It's one-on-one.

By the end of this task, there will only be 24 acts left in this competition.

The battle is on for a place at the judges' homes.

All right, we wanna do landslide first.

This is actually a perfect song.

I'm not the girl that has to try hard every single time and,

like, kill you and knock you over the head with high notes and big loud notes.

I'm very excited to show the judges my softer side.

It's different than anything I've done.

I think it's smart for both of us.

I've done, like, everything, like, upbeat, you know?

Me too.

This is different.

Yeah.

Okay, great.

That was easy.

My biggest challenge is, um, I don't wanna let someone intimidate me.

I just turned 18.

And it's the first time I've been away from my family.

It's really emotional for me.

Like, I didn't think that I would make it this far.

So it's, like, really great.

They're really happy for me.

And I don't wanna let them down.

So, let's hope that today goes well, 'cause, you know, this is

not just my dream, it's their dream too.

Nice to meet you.

Yep.

Um, there's an "x" right over there.

Marks the spot.

I'm so nervous for them.

Oh, it's a nightmare, this task.

This is my chance to really make a difference in my life and

start doing music in a big way.

I don't believe things like this come around often.

I've been waiting.

I've been waiting for you, x factor.

Hello, girls.

Hey.

How are you?

Very well, thank you.

How are you?

I'm fabulous.

Right.

Well, listen, best of luck.

Thank you.

Uh, I don't know why you chose that song, either of you.

Just don't get it.

Was it too, like, mellow?

Yeah. Yeah.

You didn't represent yourselves.

I wanted to show you I could do, like, a simpler side.

But I can give you more all the time, if that's what you want.

I'm gonna guess, Tara, you chose the song.

And you know what?

I feel really bad for you, jennel.

But that's the way it goes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

She just totally clipped her wings.

Tara?

Well, it was, like, jennel... she was just, like, this

washed-up afraid little person, compared to where we first saw

her.

I think maybe he was looking for something more powerhouse,

but, you know, that's the whole thing.

You take risks and... sometimes they work,

sometimes they don't.

Yeah.

He didn't like our song choice.

But he said nothing about not liking the performance.

I'm not reading into it.

I just felt out of my element.

It wasn't... it wasn't you.

It wasn't me at all.

It's gonna be tougher for me to get to the next stage now.

If I'm out of the competition tomorrow, then I don't know

what's gonna happen.

Aw.

Hi.

Hello.

Hi.

How are you girls doing today?

I'm good.

Okay, you ready?

Yes.

Good luck.

Thank you.

There she is.

She's amazing.

There she is.

Thank you, girls.

Thank you.

I thought both of them were very good.

From experience, like, it's so hard when you're that young.

That's my only worry.

It's my roommate that I'm going against, David correy.

We go through all these rounds and now here we are, down to

the final 60.

So definitely, the pressure is high to really see who wants it.

And at my age, you know, I think

this is probably one of the only ways I can get in the door.

You know what I mean?

Vino is my brother.

But today, I need to crush the competition.

Everything about my struggle is what I look at when I look at

those judges' eyes.

From being adopted and wanting to know my birth mother, I need

this competition.

I want this competition, and I'm ready to win.

Hello, guys.

How are you?

We are great.

I wanted to let y'all know one thing that I bring on the stage

every time I come up here.

Every time I look at you, you, you, and you, I see the four

roadblocks that block me from almost getting to my dream.

What's the song?

It's Marvin gaye with... what's going on?