Leona Lewis had it in The X Factor UK when she won in 2006.
The search for that one-special-someone who has The X Factor begins this weekend. Auditions for SABC1's X Factor SA fire up in Durban this Saturday (7 June) and are happening round the country through June.
Hundreds and thousands will turn out in the hopes of winning the big X. The X that no-one can define. That undefinable something that makes for star quality.
u ongasolveki.
What is it? What is this factor that no-one can describe? I decided that it's time to define it and realised that the only way to do it is to define what it ISN'T. As a result I came up with a checklist of 10 things that immediately indicate that an auditionee doesn't have u ongasolveki.
These are them:
1. Chews gum in the audition.
2. Arrives at the audition with a boyfriend/girlfriend who tries to upstage them - and succeeds.
3. Wears sunglasses inside.
4. Sings a Whitney Houston song as an audition.
5. Doesn't believe they can win.
6. Walks around as if they've already won.
7. Photobomber.
8. Tries to outdo the competition by telling their life story to anyone who'll listen.
9. Gets touchy feely with the judges while auditioning.
10. CAN'T SING IN TUNE. ( I'll never understand why judges on reality shows don't take this seriously enough.)
How would you define it?