X Factor’s Freddy Parker reveals fears for first live show after being put on voice rest all week
X FACTOR’s Freddy Parker has revealed his fears ahead of Saturday’s first live show after suffering issues with his vocals all week.
The 18-year-old kennel worker, who recently opened up about his drink drive shame, told The Sun Online he’s been struggling to keep up with the gruelling schedule the show requires.
Freddy said: “My voice is knackered already – I’m on voice rest all the time.
“As soon as we moved into the house they put me on voice rest. It’s so bad.
“It’s the filming, doing interviews and singing all the time… my vocal stamina is so poor at the moment I have to work on it.”
Talking about how this could affect his future on the show, Freddy added: “It’s something that could really hold me back and I’m already stressed about Saturday because of the way my vocals are now.
“We’re all trying not to speak.”
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Freddy was forced to change his song late on Thursday evening – causing more distress for the teen.
He explained: "I’m really scared about it but I’m happy because there were good reasons why it changed.
"Nicole and I discussed it a lot because we felt like the song wasn’t expressing me. It’s nothing I’ve been doing up to this point.
"I was happy with the song and I was really up for performing it but now I feel like I’m doing something much more expressive.
"It’s a song I know already and I love it to pieces but it is stressful but I have just Friday to practise and my rehearsal slot isn’t until later on in the day.
"I haven’t heard my track or anything! I’m trying not to panic.
"I know the song but production work on it the song can change completely.
"I had Friday night and Saturday morning to sort it out."
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