The X Factor UK journey continues for Alisah Bonaobra as she secured a spot in the Six Chair Challenge in the Girls Category to be mentored by judge Sharon Osbourne.
During the last episode, Alisah walked on stage in her red evening gown and performed a classic Celine Dion hit “All By Myself,” which drove the crowd, other contestants, and judges Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh on their feet.
“Your style is very dated, it’s very cabaret for me, but you have this amazing gift, this voice, it’s huge.” Sharon told Alisah after her performance.
All the seats were taken when she performed but judge Sharon made sure she got one by making Taliah Dorto give up hers. But getting a seat after performing was not a guarantee until all the acts finished their performances.
The 22-year-old singer knew this when Sharon made her give up the seat for Grace Davies. This decision shocked not just the audience but the rest of the judges as well. Simon Cowell could not believe what happened and walked out. Judge Louis Walsh also expressed his disbelief with the decision. “Oh no, no you can’t do that!”
The audience chanted loudly asking Sharon to bring her back, to which Sharon responded. “Please guys, would you please give me time to receive the last two girls and then I can think about it?”
All the seats were taken during this time, but the crowd was clearly not satisfied with the decision. For the second time, they chanted loudly asking Sharon to bring Alisah back.
“Okay you guys! Oh, you are so hard to please!” Sharon expressed. “Alright, I’m gonna bring Alisah back but I wanna hear a sing off with her and Scarlett, and Rai Elle.”
The crowd got very excited and cheered really loud as soon as Alisah walked back on stage.
“Girls, I am so sorry to make you all do this, but what do I do when there’s so much talent here and the audience, I have to listen to the audience. But no matter what, I have two chairs and three girls.” Sharon told the girls before they start their second performance.
Alisah showed how badly she wanted that seat and surprised everyone with her powerful version of “Bang Bang” by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj. Making sure she hit all the high notes and aced the rap part of the song.
“Well Alisah, you showed me didn’t you?” Sharon exclaimed after saying that Alisah will be moving to the next round of the competition which is the Judges House.
The X Factor UK airs first and exclusive on RTL CBS Entertainment same day as the UK every Sunday and Monday at 10:30 a.m..