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Rhap Salazar talks about his unaired X-Factor UK audition

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<div> </div><p>Filipino singer Rhap Salazar created a Twitter thread on September 25 to share his experience on his recent <em>X Factor UK </em>audition. <br/> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">UNFORTUNATELY, MY X FACTOR AUDITION WAS NOT AIRED ON TELEVISION.<br/><br/>A thread.. <a href="https://t.co/47s4AkN3f6">pic.twitter.com/47s4AkN3f6</a></p>— Rhap Salazar (@rhapsalazar) <a href="https://twitter.com/rhapsalazar/status/1044124438109679616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p><br/> <br/>Rhap started with a tweet saying, “UNFORTUNATELY, MY X FACTOR AUDITION WAS NOT AIRED ON TELEVISION (sic).”<br/> <br/>He then went on to recount what happened in a series of tweet. “Last July 22nd, I was scheduled to film my Arena Audition with other talented singers from different parts of the world at the SSE Arena, Wembley in London.<br/> <br/>“I sang my acoustic version of “<em>I Will Always Love You</em>” by Whitney Houston.”<br/> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I sang my acoustic version of “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston. <a href="https://t.co/PbIu4hH4Vg">pic.twitter.com/PbIu4hH4Vg</a></p>— Rhap Salazar (@rhapsalazar) <a href="https://twitter.com/rhapsalazar/status/1044124797624414209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>1</p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/SduGW0EsdN">pic.twitter.com/SduGW0EsdN</a></div>— Rhap Salazar (@rhapsalazar) <a href="https://twitter.com/rhapsalazar/status/1044124941266743296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p><br/> According to Rhap, he got four “yes” votes from the judges Simon Cowell, Ayda Williams, Robbie Williams and Louis Tomlinson. He also mentioned about the audience’s memorable reactions.<br/> <br/>“I got 4 yesses from all the judges and standing ovation from everyone. Every reaction from the audience was really unexpected and memorable one. I got through the next round but I also got eliminated at the deliberation stage,” he said.<br/> <br/>Rhap even showed a photo of him with fellow Filipinos Maria Laroco and Sephy Francisco who also got four yes votes from the judges and whose performances have gone viral on social media.<br/> <br/><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2018/9/10/fresh-scoops/simon-cowell-louis-tomlinson-ayda-field-and-robb-191433"><u>READ: Simon Cowell, Louis Tomlinson, Ayda Field and Robbie Williams give standing ovation to 17-year-old Pinay contestant on ‘X-Factor UK’</u></a><br/><br/><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2018/9/16/fresh-scoops/transgender-singer-sephy-francisco-delivers-jaw-dr-191928"><u>READ: Transgender singer Sephy Francisco delivers jaw-dropping performance in X-Factor UK</u></a><br/> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I actually have no idea why they did not air my audition. <a href="https://t.co/qyNnnzg1gA">pic.twitter.com/qyNnnzg1gA</a></p>— Rhap Salazar (@rhapsalazar) <a href="https://twitter.com/rhapsalazar/status/1044124975295168514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p><br/> <br/>The 22-year-old singer and actor ended his thread with a positive message, “I believe all things happened for a reason and there’s no reason for me to stop reaching for my dreams and doing what I love that is to sing for the world.”<br/> <br/>“No time for giving up. Tuloy ang buhay,” he wrote.<br/> <br/>Rhap Salazar was the grand champion of the 2004 singing competition on TV, <em>Little Big Star</em>. Currently, Rhap uploads his cover songs on his own YouTube Channel. </p>

Through a series of Twitter posts, singer Rhap Salazar opened up about his unaired X Factor audition video.