ons I have ever heard in my life.”"} 67:{"position":11,"content":"And when Marcus Canty, 20, sang “I Wish,” the crowd went wild."} 68:{"position":12,"content":"Scherzinger said, “You’re what we’ve been waiting for.”"} 69:{"position":13,"content":"Similarly, when Chris Rene, 28, just out of rehab, sang a song he wrote called “Young Homey,” Cowell said, “The best feeling in the world is when I meet a star for the first time."} 6a:{"position":14,"content":"Maybe you need the show, and maybe we need you.”"} 6b:{"position":15,"content":"And after handsome Nick Voss, 21, rendered Elvis’s song “Trouble,” Cowell said amidst the cheers, “I absolutely love you.”"} 6d:T447,

As for Melanie Moro, 18, her rendition of Beyonce’s “Listen” had the audience and the judges on their feet, with Reid saying, “You are truly amazing. You have the X factor” and Cowell explaining, “When they asked me why I brought The X Factor to the US, it’s because I hoped we’d find someone like you.”6c:{"position":16,"content":"$6d"} 6e:{"position":17,"content":"Then there was Josh Krajcik, 30."} 6f:{"position":18,"content":"Stocky, scruffy beard, messy hair and wearing a black leather jacket, he sauntered onto the stage. “What do you do?” C

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