Emmanuel Definitely Has the X Factor

Posted by Gold FM on 15/09/2011

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"Thank you, Emmanuel. You sang beautifully! Thank you. John would have been proud of you. Thank you, thank you, thank you", love Yoko.

Imagine being praised and thanked by Yoko Ono for your performance of John Lennon's 'Imagine'.

X Factor contestant Emmanuel Kelly left the audience in tears when he performed his audition.

Born in Iraq, Emmanuel has missing limbs because of chemical warfare in his home country. 'When I was found in Iraq in an orphanage I had no birth certificate, no passport, nothing'.

Emmanuel and his brother were found by nun's in a shoebox in a park in Iraq and taken to an orphanage. They were adopted by Australian Moira Kelly and moved to Australia.

Judge Ronan Keating said after the song ' don't think I've ever been moved as I was by that performance.'

Emmanuel has gone through to the next round. You deserve it Emmanuel, good luck!