The fifth judge! The X Factor audience help save Stephanie Woods while making their jeering presence felt at Wembley
By HANNA FLINT
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Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Nicole Scherzinger may be sitting in the judge's chair, but it seems there is a fifth opinionated voice forcing itself to be heard at The X Factor auditions.
The 12,500 strong audience have been cheering and jeering with every performance, but proving to be most vocal when they don't agree with the judges.
And thankfully their united call helped Stephanie Woods make her way to boot camp after a duff first performance.
Fighting for her: The audience helped save Stephanie Woods from leaving The X Factor
The all-grown-up Stephanie - who got to Judges' houses aged 14, six years ago - took to the stage hoping that this year would be her year.
After reducing Sharon to tears last time, Steph - who has been working as a resort entertainer - hoped for the same sort of emotional reaction to her version of Celine Dion's I Could Have Drove All Night
But she didn't get past the first chorus before Gary stopped the performance, totally unimpressed with the song choice.
Old school: Steph took to the stage with her rendition of Celine Dion's I Drove All Night
Favourite song: The former contestant chose a song that she loved to sing but it wasn't loved by the judges
'It was too dated,' the Take That star said. Tears flowed from her eyes, as the crowd called to give her the chance to sing something else.
This time she went with Fleetwood Mac's Songbird and totally changed the judges' mind.
Although Gary did criticise her choice to go for yet another old track, but admitted that she was 'too good a singer to let go.'
Tearful: After Gary Barlow stopped her mid-performance, the hopeful began crying as she thought her chance was gone
Force by numbers: The audience chanted for the judges to give her one more song - and they did
Sadly for James MacDonald, the audience's boos didn't help him get a second change with the judges.
James went from singing to the passengers on his Nottingham bus route to the packed crowd at Wembley with his rendition of Daniel Merriweather's Red.
Gary said he was 'a little bit disappointed with that performance' and his voice sounded 'generic'.
Songbird: Steph gave it another go with the Fleetwood Mac classic made famous by Eva Cassidy
Relief: Sharon Osbourne cheered for Steph and happily put her through to boot camp
To a chorus of boos each judge gave their verdict of no, except for Nicole who said she believed in him.
Walking off stage with tears in his eyes, James walked into the arms of his mother who let him know that she was still proud of him.
The judges and the audience fail to see eye to eye, booing and jeering everytime they said no to a X Factor hopeful.
End of the line: The judges weren't impressed with James MacDonald's second audition so he was sent back to Nottingham
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