X Factor 2017: Sharon Osbourne BREAKS DOWN in tears over heartbreaking audition
SHARON OSBOURNE was left wiping away tears during tonight’s episode of The X Factor after a heartbreaking audition.
X Factor: Sharon BREAKS DOWN during emotional audition
The 64-year-old judge broke down after barman Aidan Martin performed an original song.
Aidan, 27, sang about the pain of splitting up with an ex girlfriend in his song Punchline.
His performance moved Sharon to tears, as she told Martin: "It was beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. It was just perfect."
Judge Nicole Scherzinger added that he was "not a joke but a force to be reckoned with”.
X Factor 2017: Sharon Osbourne BREAKS DOWN in tears over heartbreaking audition
X Factor 2017: Aidan Martin's performance left Sharon Osbourne in tears
It was beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. It was just perfect
She added: “That song was so revealing and vulnerable and that takes the most strength and the most courage.”
The South Shields-based contestant also shed a tear at the end of the song after being overcome with emotion about his previous relationship.
Simon Cowell added that it was a "very special audition” before the entire panel put him through to the next round.
It comes as the head judge jibed at Nicole after she failed to put through a fan of his due to “professional jealousy”.
Bukky Shittu, 33, performed I’m Every Woman for the panel, but only impressed Simon who had offered to go on a date with her.
X Factor 2017: Sharon Osbourne was in tears after Aidan Martin's performance
Nicole, 39, said: “Vocally my love we were a little bit all over the place, right? We forgot our lyrics.
“The timing. We kept getting ahead of the time! Sorry, I’m going to have to say no.”
Fanning himself, Simon said to an apologetic Bukky: “Don’t apologise. I haven’t felt like this for a long time. Seriously.
“Bukky, I enjoyed it. I would have said yes. You know what? A lot of professional jealousy in this room!” before the camera panned to Nicole.
The X Factor continues next Saturday on ITV at 8pm.