X Factor judges were moved as a transgender singer wowed the audience with an emotional performance. Maria during the audition stage (Tom Dymond/Syco/Thames TV)Shepherd, who received an ovation from the Wembley audience, said: “I’m more than just a transgender guy. X Factor contestant Ivo (Tom Dymond/Syco/Thames TV)Robbie Williams, Ayda Field and Louis Tomlinson joined in the applause of the audience. You got 5,000 yeses.”Williams added to the X Factor hopeful: “Your journey so far in life is fascinating.”Representatives for the show have said that Shepherd is not the programme’s first transgender contestant. Ivo Dimchev got the approval of three X Factor judges, although Tomlinson was not convinced, calling the act “a bit too weird for me”, after the moustachioed Bulgarian sang a high-pitched original number.

Source: Irish Examiner September 08, 2018 20:15 UTC