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"Ouch!\r\nJudge Demi Lovato came under attack on the premiere of X Factor Wednesday night.\r\nBefore taking the stage, Shawn Armenta, 50, told the cameras he&amp;apos;s been training for his audition for one year and six months. &amp;quot;This is my passion,&amp;quot; Armenta told the cameras. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m a singer and a dancer.&amp;quot; Unfortunately for Armenta, his performance of his original song &amp;quot;Candy Girl&amp;quot; didn&amp;apos;t impress the judges.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re like a mouse trying to be an elephant,&amp;quot; Simon Cowell, 52, said. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s just wrong.&amp;quot;\r\nArmenta argued, &amp;quot;I worked way too freakin&amp;apos; hard for this and I&amp;apos;m not a bad singer. I know I&amp;apos;m not.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBut Lovato, 20, agreed with Cowell and said, &amp;quot;A lot of people work really, really hard for their dreams, but it&amp;apos;s not meant for everybody.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s why you use Auto-tune and I don&amp;apos;t,&amp;quot; Armenta told the &amp;quot;Skyscraper&amp;quot; singer.\r\n\r\nStepping in to defend Lovato, judge Britney Spears, 30, told the contestant, &amp;quot;I want to know who let you on stage. I feel uncomfortable with you just staring at me.&amp;quot; L.A. Reid, 56, was the next judge to speak up and told Armenta it was time to get off the stage.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m a better writer than you,&amp;quot; the contestant said before walking off stage."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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