The X Factor

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yes ut acting stupid doesn't excuse crass exploitation.

yeah, but you still watched it though

 

[_pH_]

yeah, but you still watched it though

 

[Guruchelles]

I do cringe a bit at the overt nastiness of the judges.

I'm glad we've not heard from leona until now - it means they've really worked with her in a songwriting capacity rather than knocking out an album of covers.

 

[wishface]

what can i say, i'm a sucker for people who think that warbling and overdoing it is the way to sing.

 

[Mr Smin]

I like the people who blatantly play it for laughs - they show a few of them each season.
(I'm definitely sure they are knowingly playing it for laughs)

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

what can i say, i'm a sucker for people who think that warbling and overdoing it is the way to sing.

well at least you're honest

 

[Numbers]

I'm glad we've not heard from leona until now - it means they've really worked with her in a songwriting capacity rather than knocking out an album of covers.

Not if you were to go by the belief of some on this thread.

Thankfully I don't.

 

[brianx]

Tony Wilson who contributed a hell of a lot to British music died last week,made fuck all money out of it,Cowell who contributes nothing but shite to music is rich as fuck,go figure

Too true. I like to think that Mr Wilson rests in peace and Cowell never will.

 

[silver]

What a load of old nonsense it is (yet I'm still sat here watching it) the whole 'oh we're going to bring Louis Walsh back' business, as if they didn't plan that all along

That 14 year old girl had a great voice

 

[oddworld]

I love the auditions although some of them didnt look all the ticket did they?

I like it when a turkey plucker factory worker comes on and reckons they are the next Justin Timberlake.

I know I shouldnt laugh but you just cant help it.

Its on till Christmas

 

[Liveist]

X Factor aduitions are always funny and worth a watch, couldn't care less after that

Danni Minogue, buff girl but she speaks like a robot

 

[Wookey]

I honestly think Leona is going to be huge, they mean her to be huge, and she has the voice and face to be huge. As long as she doesn't cry, that is. She looks like a horse when she cries, and you wouldn't give her a bite of your apple, would you?

But she will be huge, imo.

I've missed all the episodes so far, are they online anywhere??

 

[Sweaty Betty]

I honestly think Leona is going to be huge, they mean her to be huge, and she has the voice and face to be huge. As long as she doesn't cry, that is. She looks like a horse when she cries, and you wouldn't give her a bite of your apple, would you?

But she will be huge, imo.

I've missed all the episodes so far, are they online anywhere??

Maybe she will have developed a peronality to match that voice by now

 

[Wookey]

Maybe she will have developed a peronality to match that voice by now

Cowell's good, but he ain't a miracle worker.

 

[Gromit]

But she will be huge, imo.

Only if she eats loads of pies.

 

[Wookey]

Only if she eats loads of pies.

She could eat them sideways that one!

 

[Gromit]

OMG! How deluded were that glasses family (only description i could think of, i'm not anti-glasses, I wear em myself).

Bring tears to your eyes. Too right mate but not in the good way. I was wincing in embarressment for her.

She built herself up way too much.
Some accents are nice when they creep into a song, hers wasn't.
She started off well and then struggled with a song that was way too much for her limited talents. Poor thing.

Nice feelgood one at the end though. Her kid was soo cute. Don't know how far she'll go mind.

 

[moomoo]

OMG! How deluded were that glasses family (only description i could think of, i'm not anti-glasses, I wear em myself).

Bring tears to your eyes. Too right mate but not in the good way. I was wincing in embarressment for her.

She built herself up way too much.
Some accents are nice when they creep into a song, hers wasn't.
She started off well and then struggled with a song that was way too much for her limited talents. Poor thing.

Nice feelgood one at the end though. Her kid was soo cute. Don't know how far she'll go mind.

Dreadful wasn't it!

 

[wishface]

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.

no, they all believe they are genuinenly talented enough to win (which is itself an irony) and all want to be famous. They are inured to the consequences of their inability to perform and the reality of the whole thing.

 

[wishface]

Cowell's good, but he ain't a miracle worker.

Autotune is good, but he ain't a miracle worker

 

[May Kasahara]

Nice feelgood one at the end though. Her kid was soo cute. Don't know how far she'll go mind.

Her kid was cute, but that whole scene was a step too far down the road of putting the charity cases through IMO. If she'd gone in there and auditioned without a word about her violent past, they would have sent her packing before she reached the chorus.

 

[Gromit]

Her kid was cute, but that whole scene was a step too far down the road of putting the charity cases through IMO. If she'd gone in there and auditioned without a word about her violent past, they would have sent her packing before she reached the chorus.

I think her voice was just a bit tight with emotion.
If she loosens up at Boot Camp they might do something with her.

 

[Yetman]

Is there a dvd or website where you can just watch the freaks? I hate all these sorts of shows but like the twats, rejection freak outs and just plain weirdos.....surely there must be a dvd exploiting these poor bastards further?

 

[PacificOcean]

Did you read in the paper that after all this furore about TV shows faking things that Cowell has said lots of it is refilmed and edited.

The whole bit with Loius coming back was refilmed and many reaction shots to singers are filmed afterwards.

It explains why no-one thumps Louis when he's laughing out loud while they are singing - it's all spliced in afterwards.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Dani Minogue racist? Rhydian? Fucking Rhydian?!

 

[May Kasahara]

Even my high tolerance for utter mindnumbing shit has been overcome by the barrage of crass, loathsome bollocks that is this series of the X Factor. Shit contestants, four wanky judges instead of three, and an over-reliance on sob stories that is simply repellent. FAIL

 

[moomoo]

Even my high tolerance for utter mindnumbing shit has been overcome by the barrage of crass, loathsome bollocks that is this series of the X Factor. Shit contestants, four wanky judges instead of three, and an over-reliance on sob stories that is simply repellent. FAIL

You don't like it then?

 

[Sweaty Betty]

The sob stories.....
how about the dude with the kid......only his Ex has just sold a story on how he told her to abort it and that he wanted nothing to do with it...

 

[silver]

I'm glad we've not heard from leona until now - it means they've really worked with her in a songwriting capacity rather than knocking out an album of covers.

I thought they'd just waited to release her song to tie in with the new series for extra publicity..... but I'm just cynical

 

[ChrisFilter]

Even my high tolerance for utter mindnumbing shit has been overcome by the barrage of crass, loathsome bollocks that is this series of the X Factor. Shit contestants, four wanky judges instead of three, and an over-reliance on sob stories that is simply repellent. FAIL

It's bad, isn't it? Normally it's the only reality TV I can handle, but this year it's pushing it.

The sob stories have become pretty funny though:

"I should win because my parents died, twice, painfully, in front of me. They abused me as a child, so it's bittersweet. My husband got run over. My kids have been taken into care because of the evil smack addiction that's taken over. i can't sing, and I'm not remotely likeable, but I don't stop crying, so vote for me!"

The young Black kid was the only one with any talent and he got booted for fucking Rhydian either because Danni's racist, or because they knew Rhydian was such a cunt that it would boost viewing figures. That I get, but why didn't they get rid of the gappy toothed Scot who has no friends, instead of someone with a chance at making it?

Fucking useless.