The Judges Couldn’t Believe a 17-Year-Old Could Sing This!

The next contestant to try his luck in front of the judges is 17-year-old Jal Joshua. My name is Jal Joshua and I'm 17 years old and I'm from Brisbane. All I want to do is perform and I think I can perform in singing and dancing and that's such an amazing thing for me because I love both. The ultimate dream would be to see Jal Joshua live, to tour everywhere and give performances to the world and to see Jal Joshua everywhere. Jal Joshua is the bomb. And are you ready for this 5,000 strong crowd? Definitely. Yeah. Australia needs Jal Joshua. They need fun in their lives. I think so. Yeah, they just need me. What's up, what's up? Holla. Yeah, man. Hey, that's a fabulous shirt. Animal print. Ha ha. I like it. Oh, my God. What's your name? My name's Jal Joshua. Jal, how do you spell it? J-A-L. Just like I thought. Jal Joshua's mum here. He's about to perform. How are you feeling? I think I'm going to die. Don't do that for me. 17 years old and where are you from? I'm from Brisbane. Brisbane. Well, tell Australia about your life. Well, I started singing at a young age and then my voice changed, took a break from singing, took dancing, and then, yeah, that's my life. I love Jal. How was his voice like before? Your voice changed, you went to dancing and now you're back to singing. Did it change again? Yeah, I'm doing both now. Oh. Yeah. Is your family here today? Yeah, my mum is here. Yeah? Backstage. And what does she think about your dancing? She just supports everything that I do, really, so. Okay. Yeah. Go, mummy. Yeah, okay. So what song are you going to do today? I'm doing Open Arms by Journey. Oh. Great song. Wow. Biggie. Alright, man. This is your moment. Take it away. Shake it out. Lying beside you Here in the dark Feeling your heartbeat And mine Softly you whisper You're so sincere How could I love you so blind We sailed on together We drifted apart And here you are by my side So now I come to you Falling too high Believe what I say So here I am Love me what your love means to me Open arms Living without you Living alone This empty house Seems so cold Wanting to hold you Wanting you need How much I wanted you But now that you've come back Tonight into the day I need you to stay See what your love means to me Open arms Man. I wish, man, I wish my voice changed into that. And could you see the crowd? I mean, you had everybody. They were standing after the first chorus. That never happens in an audition. Wow. Gal, you are just something. I mean, vocally, that was so awesome. But, yeah, your personality is stellar. I mean, I want to put you in my pocket and take you to the disco. We have this phrase in Ireland, Gal. It's, you're some ticket, boy. And I tell you, you are some ticket. You're some character. I love you. I love your energy. I love your passion. I love, I love your voice. It's incredible. Thank you so much. 17 years of age, it's ridiculous. Good on you. Thank you. It takes three yeses to get to boot camp. It's a yes from me. Yeah. I love you. It's a yes from me, Gal. It's a yes from me. Thank you so much. Are we going to the disco? Yeah. Gal, welcome to the X Factor. You got four yeses. You're going to boot camp. How did that performance make you feel? It was such a relief because I was stressing out, like, just before it because I wasn't sure if I could pull it off. Oh, you pulled it off. You did very, very well. It's so good. It's really good. I got through to boot camp. Woo! Don't stop believing.