X-factor

Not sad at all Harry, I find it compulsive escapism.

The way that Cowell prelongs his casting vote with the ' pregnant pause ' is sooo feckin egotistical :o makes me angry :angry: sure he does it to wind people up.
 
I like Simon Cowell, yes I am in the minority here, but I find his straight talking and telling it as it is, fresh and truthful!!

There was a lad on last week, a 16 year old who sang a Dean Martin song. I thought he was X factor material staright away. Also, last night there was a young lady who sang a Bonnie Raitt song, she had a magical voice.
It's a very funny programme.
 
Agree D, the girl who sang ' from the heart ' loved it and would like a recording of it.
SC gives the show the X factor and generates the viewing figures, I like the other guy ( Louis ? ) sense of humour whilst I find SO totally false.
 
It is one of my guilty pleasures, I really enjoy this programme, particularly the audition part
The judges often seem to put people through who choose less well known songs too
 
Really, is he a celebrity? To whom? [other than his Mum] I'd imagine most of the British public don't watch ATR anyway. I thought it was the normal series he was trying out for?
 
The reason these shows are still on telly is because people still watch them. If nobody watched we wouldn't be subjected to them. I think the audition sections are particularly cruel. I'd rather watch cricket.
 
Originally posted by Diminuendo@Sep 3 2006, 09:55 AM
There was a lad on last week, a 16 year old who sang a Dean Martin song. I thought he was X factor material staright away.
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Do you remember that guy Dims? I am absolutely 100% certain that I've seen him on TV before, that he was a little boy in a TV programme or most likely an advert. For some reason milk comes to mind.

I was wracking my brains all Saturday after that show trying to figure out which advert it was. Does anyone else remember the guy we are referring to or happen to know the advert he was in, or am I going a little bit crazy?
 
I dunno, DO, watching cricket rather than people being stripped of their self-delusions sounds a lot crueller on the viewer to me!
 
Johnathon was good ( was on a couple of weeks back, when Paula Abdul was guesting) - he is the one who was his mums carer....

The group that sang were fantastic that week as well - cant remember what they were called was mixed sex,all in their 30s. They are a group of west end performers who got together purely to have a go at this, and they are through as far as it goes so far ( I know someone who knows them) and having kittens about getting to the end,cos they are all signed up to do Panto.... :lol:
 
Originally posted by krizon@Sep 4 2006, 06:49 PM
I dunno, DO, watching cricket rather than people being stripped of their self-delusions sounds a lot crueller on the viewer to me!
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I understand where you're coming from, Krizon, in that if they're mug enough to sign up for it then they're fair game for the slaughtering they get but I find it very painful to watch young people's dreams being torn asunder so cruelly.

If teachers spoke to kids the way the so-called celebs speak to them they'd be sacked. Sure, 99.9% of them are deluded but there must be a more constructive way of letting them down.

I hate seeing kids make a fool of themselves like that and I could slap their parents for encouraging them when they must know in their hearts they're awful.
 
It was an attempt at a joke, albeit a fairly feeble one. Cricket - agonizing boredom, etc.

As for young people's dreams being torn asunder - well, that's life. Most of us have deluded ourselves at some point or another that we are probably the next big thing in art, poetry, writing, political activism, social reform, etc. when we were in our teens. I know I thought I was at least three of those by the time I was 17! I wrote a lot of poetry (or what I thought was poetry) and due to a chance encounter by my Mother with Dom Moraes's then partner (Google away, anyone interested in DM!) in 1964 in London, I got invited to visit them and Christopher Logue for a review of my masterpieces...

... after which I decided it was going to be too much darned hard work to come up with a diamond-hard gem every time, let alone never compromise my integrity. :blink: Being passable at something is not enough. You have to be technically competent, yes, but you also have to bring something fresh or unusual to your subject, otherwise you're just a copyist. If the young people who enter these - or any - comps lack that spark of originality, then they should be disabused of the notion that they're going to take the world by storm, etc.

It doesn't mean that they shouldn't pursue their ability, however slight it is, if they really think they should. They just shouldn't be ENCOURAGED to do so! The hard truth is that the world's full of 'okay' and 'quite good' - but okay and quite good do not put bums on seats for shows or concerts, do they? So a harsh but quick despatch is kinder to them in the long run. The judges save their parents' money and their own pointless chasing of a goal they can't ever achieve, because they're just one in a pile of thousands of the 'not bad' to whom a job offer will never be made.
 
The most amazing thing with x factor is how some of the people think they have any kind of singing voice, they must be totally deaf.
They stand in front of the judges and are convinced they have what it takes.
Surely with those aspirations, they must practice and hear their recordings ?

A big surprise to me was when I first heard my own voice in an interview, I couldn't believe it, it sounded nothing like it sounds to me, it was a cross bewteen Brian Clough and Geoff Boycott :o
 
Originally posted by Lee Chater@Sep 5 2006, 08:11 AM
A big surprise to me was when I first heard my own voice in an interview, I couldn't believe it, it sounded nothing like it sounds to me, it was a cross bewteen Brian Clough and Geoff Boycott :o
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Hah! Mine was more like a cross between Molly Weir and Moira Anderson.
 
Mine was recorded speaking, not singing (although that's handy if you have a rat infestation) a few weeks ago and it's incredibly quiet and boring, then suddenly I go wheeeeeeee about something and squeal like a kid seeing a Christmas tree for the first time, get overexcited, and interrupt the other person all the time. Uniquely and painfully embarrassing to think I've deluded myself this long about my speaking and listening skills. :shy:
 
Originally posted by Shadow Leader@Sep 4 2006, 01:30 PM
Has Matt Chapman turned up on it yet? Was he even more of an arse than he usually is?
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Shadow, he has just admitted on ' Get On' that he didn't get through. He doesn't have the X FACTOR.
 
This show was on Australia last year, unfortunately it was considered the "poor man's" Idol, and only lasted for several weeks, before it got axed off the airwaves.

The thing I liked about it compared to Idol, was it was open for all ages, groups, singles, and that a judge would guide them through the process. Unlike in Idol, where you have the age limit of 30.

I remember someone sending me the audition clip for that chicken factory guy named Robert. I have to say that was terribly brilliant, and a good laugh.
What ended up of him?
 
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