Post by: kevvosa on September 07, 2006, 04:26:31 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M55ZmjueOSY
Post by: smurfboy on September 07, 2006, 04:50:44 pm
I can't believe it's taken us this long to get an X-Factor thread!
Apparently Louis Walsh and Paula Adbul have a big bust-up over one of the contestants. He tells the contestant, Haifa, that she has no talent - despite the fact he put her through to boot camp the previous year and she got into the last 12 in her category. She was a Pop Idol semi-finalist too!
Post by: oldspice on September 07, 2006, 07:54:52 pm
Post by: kevvosa on September 07, 2006, 07:59:00 pm
Kev, that performance was horrific.
That's obvious but it was hilarious to watch.
Post by: oldspice on September 07, 2006, 08:02:12 pm
Post by: oldspice on September 10, 2006, 03:44:25 pm
Did anyone see that 56 year-old woman doing Kylie's Can't get You Out Of My Head" last night? It was pitiful but they put her through!!!
There was also a horrific rendition of "Let Me Entertain You" and a hysterically funny but bad "Wherever I Lay My Hat".
In each case the people concerned were convinced they had what it takes to win. I think they have to seriously ask themselves would I pay £30 plus to hear and watch me sing???? Some of them had no stage presense what so ever.
Post by: kevvosa on September 10, 2006, 03:58:16 pm
I think some of them know they are bad but go on to have a laugh, but some genuinely think they have what it takes. Therre was one woman who said she wanted to be an internationally famous star which just made me laugh. As far as I'm aware no one who has ever won Pop Idol/Xfactor etc has ever become internationally famous.
Post by: loulou on September 10, 2006, 05:15:28 pm
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Post by: oldspice on September 10, 2006, 07:31:16 pm
What about those two last week who sang The Lion Sleeps Tonight?? They were atrocious.
Who set Sharon's house on fire? Was Ozzie making some chips? Poor old fool.
Post by: loulou on September 10, 2006, 07:36:08 pm
Post by: kevvosa on September 10, 2006, 09:15:32 pm
Post by: oldspice on September 10, 2006, 09:17:15 pm
Post by: loulou on September 10, 2006, 10:33:10 pm
Lucky them. I wonder if when they buy stuff they buy two, so if one home burns down it survives in the other house.
Surely they furnish both homes but not the same.
Post by: smurfboy on October 08, 2006, 05:28:03 pm
Well the final 12 have been chosen. I guessed all the groups correctly but only got 3 soloists right each. Ditching Gemma was a big mistake on Simon's part - she was one of the best singers, but he had two young boys that he thought old grannies would like and couldn't resist taking one of them.
Post by: loulou on October 09, 2006, 10:36:04 am
Post by: smurfboy on October 09, 2006, 01:10:04 pm
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Post by: smurfboy on October 09, 2006, 11:08:24 pm
Post by: loulou on October 09, 2006, 11:59:22 pm
Post by: lucifersplaym8t on October 11, 2006, 12:49:41 am
Post by: smurfboy on October 11, 2006, 02:21:02 am
Post by: wjp666 on October 12, 2006, 09:32:46 am
am i the only one who loses interest in x-factor when all the useless, talentless drones have all beeen eliminated. whats the fun now everyone who is left can sing?
Post by: kevvosa on October 12, 2006, 02:17:06 pm
am i the only one who loses interest in x-factor when all the useless, talentless drones have all beeen eliminated. whats the fun now everyone who is left can sing?
That's exactly what me and my friend were saying the other week. It just gets boring after the first auditions. My favourite was the woman who sang "Like a Prayer" - she was hilarious!
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 12, 2006, 02:42:44 pm
Do you think there is much of a gap between the filming and the programme being shown on TV?
I have noticed there were several people at the bootcamp stage who didn't get featured on the programme much and they were the ones who went home.
I think maybe the programme makers know who goes through and they want you to get attached to a particular act.
Post by: loulou on October 12, 2006, 04:16:01 pm
Post by: smurfboy on October 12, 2006, 04:24:11 pm
am i the only one who loses interest in x-factor when all the useless, talentless drones have all beeen eliminated. whats the fun now everyone who is left can sing?
I get bored for a couple of weeks, but once the also-rans have been eliminated from the live final (usual a crappy group and someone old they put through out of sympathy) I decide who I want to win, and I get excited again.
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 13, 2006, 09:38:39 am
once the also-rans have been eliminated from the live final (usual a crappy group and someone old they put through out of sympathy)
A lot of them seem to have sob stories this year.
Post by: kevvosa on October 13, 2006, 01:33:11 pm
Sharon almost always let people through who clearly didn't deserve it (ie. the boy who did the splits). What's wrong with her? It won't make her look evil to tell people they're rubbish when they are!
Post by: smurfboy on October 13, 2006, 09:18:36 pm
Who do we think will go first? I think it will be one of the groups or the over 25s - possibly The Unconventionals (or The Misfits as my sister calls them!)
Post by: lorri on October 13, 2006, 10:46:03 pm
) as the fave to be evicted 1st and ray emerging as a fave to win, not sure who i like best, even though i know they wont get very far im supporting the unconventionals, i have met Drew several times and he really is a lovely man and has a fabulous voice, have also seen lucy and nicola perform a few times and they too have good voices 
Post by: smurfboy on October 14, 2006, 02:04:57 pm
Post by: loulou on October 14, 2006, 08:10:33 pm
Post by: smurfboy on October 14, 2006, 08:13:37 pm
Post by: oldspice on October 14, 2006, 08:18:21 pm
Post by: loulou on October 14, 2006, 10:59:48 pm
Post by: loulou on October 14, 2006, 11:23:15 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 16, 2006, 09:45:55 am
Dionne's performance was good, I just don't think she is cute enough or has a sob story enough to make people vote for her. A bit like Brenda last year, she won't win but will probably be successful nonetheless.
I really want the MacDonald brothers to do a Proclaimers song 
Post by: smurfboy on October 16, 2006, 12:19:08 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 16, 2006, 01:07:25 pm
thanks Smurfy.
Post by: loulou on October 16, 2006, 11:49:53 pm
Post by: smurfboy on October 17, 2006, 12:05:54 am
They just seem a bit dull to me.
Post by: loulou on October 17, 2006, 01:29:04 am
Post by: oldspice on October 17, 2006, 07:33:06 am
'When you goooooooo, will you send bach, a letter frooooooom America? Take a loooooooooook down the rail trach, from Miami to Canada...'
I've got their album. It's quite good. Better than most of the music that has come out of Scotland - like The Bay City Rollers, that twit in a kilt that used to sing about the Scottish Soldier and Johnny Where's Your Trousers
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 17, 2006, 09:19:01 am
Johnny Where's Your Trousers
It was Donald's troosers
Post by: smurfboy on October 17, 2006, 01:29:06 pm
Post by: oldspice on October 17, 2006, 06:50:18 pm
Seriously, how can a nation be represented by someone who is willing to sing:
Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets in my kilt I'll go
All the lassies sing "Hello Donald! Where's ye troosers!?"
Post by: loulou on October 23, 2006, 02:47:32 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 23, 2006, 09:24:13 am
) but I don't think he or 4sure deserved to be in the final two.
Post by: smurfboy on October 23, 2006, 11:06:00 am
Post by: loulou on October 23, 2006, 07:43:32 pm
Ray gives me the creeps.
Post by: smurfboy on October 23, 2006, 09:37:52 pm
Post by: loulou on October 23, 2006, 11:34:46 pm
Post by: wjp666 on October 24, 2006, 01:51:13 am
And he keeps going on about how he's been waiting for a chance like this all his life. So getting a major TV role as a child wasn't an opportunity then?
all his life? all 15 years of it, then? that's really n ot that long to wait for anything, these days.
Post by: loulou on October 24, 2006, 05:23:14 pm
He will be writing his biography soon. It seems you have to write it before you are 20 these days.