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X Factor teen Holly Tandy brings her musician grandfather to tears with emotional audition

The 15-year-old schoolgirl blew the judges away with her performance of Alicia Keys' If I Ain't Got You as she fulfilled a lifelong dream of auditioning on the ITV show

TEENAGER Holly Tandy brought her own grandfather to tears during her X Factor audition.

The 15-year-old schoolgirl blew the judges away with her performance of Alicia Keys' If I Ain't Got You as she fulfilled a lifelong dream of auditioning on the ITV show.

Holly Tandy's powerful performance brought her grandfather to tears
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Holly Tandy's powerful performance brought her grandfather to tearsCredit: � Tom Dymond
The 15-year-old schoolgirl wowed the judges with her performance
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The 15-year-old schoolgirl wowed the judges with her performanceCredit: � Tom Dymond

Host Dermot O'Leary stepped in to comfort her proud musician grandfather as he began crying at his talented granddaughter's performance.

Simon Cowell was immediately impressed with the singer from Burley and her determination to keep going despite having people walk out on her gigs before.

She said: "Can I tell you something Holly Tandy, you define determination. For someone who went into a club and people walked out and you've come back fighting and you're 15-years-old.

"This was a good audition Holly, I'm very impressed."

However, Simon had some words of warning for the talented teen and told her to stop watching YouTube videos to learn to sing after Nicole had to help her perfect her audition.

"We do pick up on this," he said talking about her hand movements that Nicole motioned for her to stop doing during her audition.

The singer was cautioned about learning her singing techniques from YouTube
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The singer was cautioned about learning her singing techniques from YouTubeCredit: � Tom Dymond
TThe judges said she may not be ready to go to the next level yet
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TThe judges said she may not be ready to go to the next level yetCredit: � Tom Dymond

"If you go on YouTube and watch how Americans sing, then you copy, and then you're no longer British."

Sharon Osbourne told her that she had work to do to perfect her talent, saying: "You're only 15 so you've got to develop your style."

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"Holly you've got a great attitude, you came in and you wanted to win us over. And you've got a great image," added Louis Walsh.

Nicole Scherzinger: "I love you, like you were staring at us in our eyeballs and that takes a lot of courage. I think there's so much of potential here."

Sharon and Nicole were charmed by Holly, but urged her to be careful
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Sharon and Nicole were charmed by Holly, but urged her to be carefulCredit: Syco/Thames/Dymond
To find out if Holly goes through, watch the show tonight
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To find out if Holly goes through, watch the show tonightCredit: Syco/Thames/Dymond

To find out whether Holly will make it through to the next round watch tonight's episode.

* The X Factor airs Saturday and Sunday nights on ITV at 8pm

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