Hi everyone! Im Aliyah, i'm 23 and i'm from London, nice to meet you all . I'm the current reigning champion of Team Factor managing to beat Alex and Stacey in the finale last year and also taking the win for the team I was in #TeamJakk.

In regards to my music taste, well lets just say I "brought" indie to these forums however I do think my taste in general is very well-rounded. I love all genre's from r&b/hiphop to indie rock and folk, however I generally look for something special in all the music I listen to, I love music that make's me ~feel~ something with either the melody or the vocals or the lyrics, however I also love a bit of head-banging rock that i can just rock out to!

In regards to my success on these forums, well you're looking at the 3-time NTA winner with my acts Bastille, Vampire Weekend & Lykke Li as well as succeeding in a tonne of games which I truly cannot remember now (I remember winning with Gamu and The Dolly Rockers though!) , also i'm the game creator of DS Factor which was a total success yay, so why would you not want to come to my team? I know how to generate success.

Here

I'm here and definitely not late

I hope you all gained more value from that than I did.

Lastly we have Stacey's intro if she's around?

Interesting.

I'm here for like the FIRST time ever in ages.

We gave Stacey the opportunity to write her own intro, but Stacey made another choice.

However, Stacey is known for her more mainstream taste on the DS forums and championing acts such as Cher Lloyd, Rylan Clark and Abi Alton. She has had a good run in Team Factor after reaching third place last year after coming 4th in year one. She's also taking some country acts far further than a MORN second boot in NTA. Although she hasn't won any games, she's the player you remember the most and will be sure to be honest in all her opinions positive or negative.

Thank you Rory, and may I say you are looking stunning this eve and v complimentary to my own outfit

We now move on to the less tedious part of the show; the actual selection:

Contestant #1

USERNAME: jackel1234
NAME/NICKNAME (optional): God
YOUR FORUM EXPERIENCE: I am the experience
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE: Myself
YOUR FAVORITE X FACTOR ACT AND WHY: Dean Ray as his voice was mind blowing and he's one of the only people I've seen on XF who's managed to somehow be credible whilst on the show.

So judges, you may now lie as much as you want about how much you want Jakk.

What a flawless set of judges and hosts <3

Again, good luck to all those who applied. I'll be keeping an eye on this series (or at least I'll try to).

Pete's decision:

Originally Posted by cheekypeter:
“Jakk
Arguably the most qualified, most successful and most skilled mentor here. On the other hand, I’m not 100% sure if our mentoring styles are on the same page and I’m not sure how much I could develop you; you have a very specific mentoring mindset and are at least on my ability level already based on recent games. That said, you’d be the star player on any team and I’d be silly to knock you back, plus a mentor of your calibre deserves to have everyone turn for him. However, I think I know where you’ll be going and it’s unlikely to be Team Pete.
TURN”

Jakk has the enviable decision of choosing between our three judges. We await the result eagerly...

First off awww you guys all turning for me, much love <3. Anyway each one of you has different things to offer in terms of what they can do for me and my mentoring. Pete is one who will push me a bit to venture outside the type of music and mentoring style I do in these games which would be fun to try out but also might end up being the wrong choice. Stacey is right we do weirdly enough seem to have a very similar taste (only people on DS who love country music), would push me hard and I think working with Stacey would actually be a very interesting decision to try out. Then we have the other one.... nah jk, then we have Aliyah who knows my musical style like the back of her hand as well as how to push me to the best of my abilities. Anyway I've made my decision and I am going to go to

Unprecedented. That means Aliyah has one of her four spots filled.

Contestant #2

USERNAME: stonerparty
NAME/NICKNAME (optional): tommy
YOUR FORUM EXPERIENCE: ok
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE: lots of lovely stuff
YOUR FAVORITE X FACTOR ACT AND WHY:rebecca because I liked her

YAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!

Jakkie, come on board the TeamAli train, we're gonna be amazing !

Cringing at the fact that I put effort into my vt..

Hey guys, sorry I'm late! Anyway...


Hello Tommy! Your application was very short and didn’t really cover your mentoring experience. I think other mentors put more effort in to the application, which is a shame as it's all I have to go off as I don't know you too well, plus I think you’re likely to go to another mentor anyway.

Same.

That means Tommy goes to Stacey in another shocking development!

Contestant #3

USERNAME: fireemblemcraze
NAME/NICKNAME (optional): Roxie
YOUR FORUM EXPERIENCE: Won Mix Factor 4 with Bella Ferraro (and came 2nd in the MF5) and X Factor vs The Voice with Maria Lawson, have come 2nd loads of times, have an NTA Runner-up (Mo) and two 5th placers (Pink and Hurts). Also came 1st in Digital Spy Apprentice 4 which Niall was hosting and 2nd in Celebrity Brother!
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE: I like pretty much every type of music from indie rock to indie pop to soulful to R&B to hip hop to dance to country! I've got a diverse music taste which can appeal to many people. Also from playing these games and going on various music forums I'm quite up-to-date on current artists and I know many different music artists (some quirky unknown ones too! <3) so I'd be valuable on any team in terms of getting songs, especially new songs which people wouldn't have heard of yet. I also work really well with people, I'm friendly/diplomatic, and I'm extremely motivated, passionate and hard-working (the evidence being my DSA victory and previous TF journey) especially when it comes to music.
YOUR FAVORITE X FACTOR ACT AND WHY: My favorite XF acts are Ruth Lorenzo/Matt Cardle/Rebecca F/James Arthur/Ella Henderson/Misha B but my favorite has to be Ruth because she was UBER passionate and an amazing rock goddess. She's also a stunningly beautiful woman (those curves <3 <3) and so so lovely!

Lol I wrote like huge amounts for each in typical essay fashion. And well done for getting three turns Jakk! <3

^God that's so embarrasing aha.