The X Factor
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yes but what about the contestants...i mean guinea pigs...i mean lab rats...i mean pavlovian dogs...i mean victims...i mean
I love the trailer...Simon Cowell, as if calling on Mr Wolf from Pulp Fiction: "we better bring back Louis Walsh"
Cut to Walsh standing there as if he were the winner!
X factor is like a pantomime version of Trading Places for people who dream of becoming the star they end up not becoming. Where's that Leona girl now?
I love the trailer...Simon Cowell, as if calling on Mr Wolf from Pulp Fiction: "we better bring back Louis Walsh"
Cut to Walsh standing there as if he were the winner!
X factor is like a pantomime version of Trading Places for people who dream of becoming the star they end up not becoming. Where's that Leona girl now?
ChrisFilter
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I do have a weakness for the X-Factor..
ChrisFilter
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Proper nutters, love them 
That woman at the end was lovely..
That woman at the end was lovely..
DJ Squelch
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wishface said:
Have any of the winners done any better than 1 hit wonders (if that)?
She was ok, nothing more. The setup was staged though; Danni Minogue did NOT ask her about how she auditioned by chance. That was a fucking set up.ChrisFilter said:Proper nutters, love them
That woman at the end was lovely..
The whole thing is really quite odious; just like that Britain's Got Talent crap where people voted after having their heartstrings tugged. It's patronising and shallow.
I don't want to laugh at people losing their parents, but she wouldn't have got through otherwise. Her voice was average at best, more or less in tune, but fairly expressionless and another warbling whitney wannabe. Big yawn.
You know I'd love to see Simon Cowell go broke. He needs a fucking comeuppance that guy, big time.
You know I'd love to see Simon Cowell go broke. He needs a fucking comeuppance that guy, big time.
Sweaty Betty
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wishface said:
innit....the next whitney houston...pffft
bellator
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I did not like this at all, at the beginning they were laughing at a 55? year old woman making a tit out of herself and i just thought that this is quite evil. I know it's nice to have a laugh but seriously I really do not think that some of these people know what is really happening - all for the sake of entertainment?
And also to reduce the age limit to 14+, can such young people deal with rejectment on national TV?
And also to reduce the age limit to 14+, can such young people deal with rejectment on national TV?
Wow, so releasing her debut album to coincide with the release of the winner of this season's single - good call!Groucho said:Soon to release the debut album she's been working on for 6 months.
Her second single is to be sung live on the American show and released straight after.
Don't worry, dreams that she dreamed really do come true.
And, yes, of course it is pantomime
What happened to the other 2 winners?
It's just a marketing machine for Cowell and co; the winners are meaningless.
Agreed. I thought it was 16+ for legal reasons, not just emoptional reasons. Makes you wonder why they did that. Marketing reasons again. Cute kid + Christmas single = more palatable one hit wonder with no career aspiarations; easier to deal with.bellator said:
And yes, I do find the judges quite cruel. Walsh will openly laugh at people. I findhim in many worse than Cowell. That woman just embarassed herself and they patronised her. Not a good advert for behaviour is it.
Good old Britain, it's just a bit of fun innit.
cybershot
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bellator said:
Oh come on. Some of the people that go on this show are so deluded and think they are brilliant. They need bringing down a peg or two, and if that's humilating them on national tv, then so be it. They signed up for it. They should know what they are letting themselves in for. 14 or 75.
bellator said:
I assume to make the show a bit more fresh, and no doubt these people would have had to have their parents/guardian permission and have one of them with them at the audition. Meaning the parents also take on the responsiblity of letting their kid do this, and they should be preparing them for the worse if necessary. Again as above some kids are spoilt brats and their parents are just as deluded.
I'd also imagine that after 4 series now, i'd be surprised if we see another x factor after this one for a few years. They'll need to think of something else. Surely everyone that 'thinks' they can win this show must have auditioned now over the past 4 years!!
Minnie_the_Minx
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ade said:
I agree. I reckon 90% of them know they're tone deaf but as can be seen by all the other shite shows, people will do ANYTHING to get on TV
Minnie_the_Minx
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wishface said:
and if the only way is by acting like a total eejit, it seems there's enough of them happy to do it, so I'm quite happy to laugh at them
In the early stages. I only really like the auditions really
ChrisFilter
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wishface said:
Oh come on, they know the setup, they've probably sat in front of the telly and laughed themselves. No-one forces them to go on.
And the woman at the end had a great voice.
ChrisFilter
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wishface said:
Of course it's staged
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