Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kaiwaiata rangatira a Lorde i tautoko i tana hoa whenua, a Joe Irvine, kei waenganui i te tautohetohe o te The X Factor o Aotearoa i mutu i te wehenga o nga kaiwhakawa e rua mai i te whakaaturanga pono. Ko te kaiwaiata 18-tau-tawhito, no Auckland i ahu mai, i tukuna e Irvine nga keke keke me te panui pa ki a ia i muri i tana kohua e nga kaiwaiata o Ingarangi a Natalia Kills me Willy Moon i muri i tana whakaaturanga o te Cry Me A River a Justin Timberlake i te whakaaturanga i te Ratapu. I a ia e tuku ana i tana urupare ki te kaiwhakataetae X Factor, i whakapae a Kills i a Irvine mo te kape i te taera a tana tane a Moon. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I tukuna e te kaiwaiata o Aotearoa a Lorde ki a Joe Irvine he keke me tētahi reta ā-ringa hei whakaatu i tōna tautoko. He tangata nō Aotearoa hoki a Lorde, ā, ka tuhituhi: 'Kei te hiahia noa ahau ki te ki atu: ko tōu āhua takitahi, ko tōu pūngao pai me tōu wairua e pāngia ana!' Ko ana korero, me nga korero a tana hoa wahine, i puta ai te riri i runga i nga papaaho pāpori, me te tono a te iwi kia peia raua. Ko te whatunga e tuku ana i te whakaaturanga, TV3, i piko ki te pēhanga, ā, i whakakahoretia te tokorua tane-wahine. I tae mai te tautoko ki a Irvine mai i te ao katoa, tae atu ki te kaiwaiata o Ingarangi a Ed Sheeran, i te mea i haere te iwi ki te ipurangi, e whakapae ana ki a Kills mo te kape i nga momo o Madonna, Lady Gaga me Willy Wonka. Engari i neke atu a Lorde i tētahi taahiraa, ā, i tonoa e ia ki a Irvine te pouaka keke i tuhituhia ai 'Kia noho tonu koe hei Joe' me tētahi reta ā-ringa. 'I hiahia noa ahau ki te kii: ko to tuakiri, ko to kaha pai me to wairua he mate!'i tuhia e te kaiwaiata Royals. Ki taku whakaaro he mahi tino pai tāu e mahi nei i te whakaaturanga. Ko Joe Irvine, kaitono o The X Factor o Aotearoa, i riria e te kaiwhakawa a Natalia Kills mō te tahae i te kāhua o tana tāne. Engari kaore i mutu te korero ki a Kills, ko tana tahu - Willy Moon - i whakaputa i ana ake whakahe kino. 'He kaiwhakaari hoki ahau, ā, i hiahia ahau ki te ki atu ahakoa te nui o te hunga e tawai ana ki ahau mō taku kākahu, te neke, me te mahi, ko au tonu ahau, ā, ko te mea nui tērā. Kia ora, kia nui te aroha, e Lorde.' I tuhia e Irvine tana mauruuru mo te tohu i runga i tana kaute Twitter,...
Kua tukuna e te kaiwaiata a Lorde tana tautoko ki muri i te kaitono X Factor a Joe Irvine. I whakairihia e Irvine he whakaahua o ngā keke me tētahi tuhipānui ā-ringa mai i a Lorde. I noho a Contestant hei tangata rongonui i runga ipurangi i te pō kotahi i muri i tana whakamā. I kii te Kai-whakawa a Natalia Kills ki a Irvine kua tahaetia e ia te kāhua me te ahua o tana tahu. Engari kua tohu nga kaiwhaiwhai i te ahua o tana ahua ki etahi atu kaitoi. Kua peia a Kills rāua ko tana tāne a Willy Moon i te whakaaturanga tūturu.