The X Factor's Marcus Canty: Fate Introduced Me to L.A. Reid

Marcus Canty It had been type of inevitable. After three consecutive days within the The X Factor's Bottom 2, Thursday evening was Marcus Canty's evening to visit. However the 20-year-old Maryland native doesn't have hard feelings concerning the elimination. "People selected who they thought about being within the final, and i believe everyone that's left within the levels of competition are very gifted - they deserve it," he stated. The X Factor's most zen-like elimination ever Despite his elimination, Canty truly feels your competition transformed him for that better. He referred to a "two-year window" his mother had given him to pursue work in music before who audition for that X Factor. Not remarkably, she's granted him extra time. "Prior to the competition I acquired just a little lazy about my career," Canty stated. "Exactly what happened, my mother did for me personally, and so i did not need to work much. But this competition matured me. I needed to keep fighting. And returning, to see the number of people loved and supported me... it helped me wish to work even harder. I will not give on my dream." Cheers & Jeers: Nicole Scherzinger - The X Factor's ex-judge? Despite the fact that he just skipped the finals, Canty wouldn't did it every other way - particularly when it found his mentor. "LA [Reid]Is a great guy," he stated. "He was perfect mentor for me personally. He formed numerous careers I idolize. It had been just fate - it felt like fate in my experience. "I walked into this competition and that i wasn't likely to feel any regrets," he added. "I wouldn't change a factor." The X Factor finale airs Thursday, 12 ,. 22, at 8/7c on Fox.