Post by: loulou on May 26, 2007, 10:47:47 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 27, 2007, 09:21:23 am
Post by: loulou on May 27, 2007, 01:41:15 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 28, 2007, 11:57:43 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 29, 2007, 09:28:21 am
Quote from: loulou
With contestants as young as 14 and Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Sinitta and Dannii Minogue as judges I don't think the next series will be up to much.
Shame, because I thought with Dermot hosting it would be good. Also I did not know about the upper age limit which I think will spoil it too.
Post by: loulou on June 23, 2007, 01:14:38 am
Post by: wjp666 on June 23, 2007, 01:58:17 am
Post by: CandyGirl on October 14, 2007, 11:42:31 am
What do you think?
Too many sob stories this year IMO
Post by: smurfboy on October 14, 2007, 02:25:04 pm
There are always too many sob stories. If you can sing brilliantly but had a happy childhood and live in a nice house, don't bother auditioning - come back when you've been in care, your parents have been killed in a horrific accident or you've lost a limb...
Post by: wjp666 on October 14, 2007, 07:26:52 pm
Post by: naxos on October 14, 2007, 07:32:44 pm
Post by: oldspice on October 15, 2007, 07:35:43 am
Post by: smurfboy on October 15, 2007, 02:36:45 pm
Post by: loulou on October 15, 2007, 11:07:17 pm
Post by: oldspice on October 16, 2007, 07:44:32 am
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He isn't - he got down to the last six boys, but Dannii Minogue didn't put him through. A major mistake.
Well, I think he's got a great future ahead of him and may be it will be better for him not getting through because winning the show seems to pigeon hole people into a highly controlled pop career that potentially makes them very rich but probably not very fulfilled. A more varied career would suit him better, I think.
Post by: Logger on October 18, 2007, 03:38:40 pm
Quote from: naxos
And a lot of them aren't even amateurs. Leona Lewis had been a drama school poppet for years, and that opera singer Paul Potts had done concerts in Italy! So where's the 'surprise discovery' of talent? The most distinctive sound this year has been that of the barrel being scraped.
The contestants have to pass through 2 auditions before getting to appear in front of the celebrity judges...why is this never mentioned?
Certain contestants are invited to audition and do not have to go through this preliminary stage at all.
Last year, at least one of the contestants at the boot camp stage was invited back from the year before and didn't even audition.
It's a load of old tosh that anybody can turn up to the auditions and win. The open auditions are mainly used to film the 'funny' and 'bad' contestants...some of which have been invited by the makers of the show through casting agencies.
There...got that off my chest 
Post by: loulou on October 21, 2007, 06:07:14 pm
Sharon Osbourne said she was leaving the show. She spat her dummy when two of her acts faced being voted off.
I thought last nights show was terrible. Surely better people turned up for the auditions than this lot.
Post by: smurfboy on October 22, 2007, 11:58:12 am
Post by: smurfboy on October 22, 2007, 12:02:28 pm
Quote from: naxos
And a lot of them aren't even amateurs. Leona Lewis had been a drama school poppet for years, and that opera singer Paul Potts had done concerts in Italy! So where's the 'surprise discovery' of talent? The most distinctive sound this year has been that of the barrel being scraped.
But as WJP said, there is only so much talent out there. If anyone who has so much as sung a carol at their school concert is disqualified because 'they've had their chance' there would be a serious shortage of auditionees. The truth is that undiscovered singers are usually undiscovered for a reason...
Post by: oldspice on October 22, 2007, 05:40:15 pm
I saw about five minutes of Saturday's show, during which four or five perfectly nice girls were turned into virtual sluts for the male audience to drool over. I was therefore totally shocked to hear female members of the panel tell them how gorgeous they looked. I would not like my daughter being dressed by that lot. I've seen more respectably dressed women touting for business on street corners.
Post by: naxos on October 22, 2007, 08:53:02 pm
Post by: loulou on October 22, 2007, 09:36:31 pm
Post by: smurfboy on October 23, 2007, 01:57:29 am
Post by: loulou on October 23, 2007, 10:35:44 am
Post by: loulou on November 18, 2007, 05:10:56 pm
Post by: smurfboy on November 18, 2007, 05:20:56 pm
Post by: loulou on November 18, 2007, 08:23:03 pm
That poor girl wearing pink in the group Hope . How could they let her go on stage with a camels foot.
Post by: oldspice on November 25, 2007, 09:02:56 am
She was a winner in my eyes (and ears).
Post by: on November 25, 2007, 10:55:46 am
Quote from: loulou
Louis Walsh looked a bit disturbed all through their performance.That poor girl wearing pink in the group Hope . How could they let her go on stage with a camels foot.
I don't watch X factor so not sure what this is about. I'm curious about the reference to a camels foot? What's that, other than being the foot of a camel?
Post by: Logger on November 25, 2007, 05:01:56 pm
Post by: on November 25, 2007, 05:11:03 pm
Quote from: Logger
I think lou meant camel toe. If you go to google images and type in the words 'camel toe', you'll soon know what it is. I don't like to post a link
O-K-A-Y. Message received and understood. I had already Googled Camels foot and just got pictures of camel's feet. Wish I had have watched the prog now! LOL
Post by: oldspice on November 25, 2007, 06:30:38 pm
Who thinks the whole thing is a fix? How come Simon is hanging on to his acts even though they are cleary not as good as the other acts that have been shoved? Is public judgement really that bad?
Post by: loulou on November 25, 2007, 11:26:47 pm
i am gutted Beverley was voted off before that group of girls who cannot sing. their lead singer Phoebe should be put through on her own as she certainly doesn't need the other 4 with her.
Post by: lorri on November 25, 2007, 11:38:30 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on November 26, 2007, 11:03:33 am
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i am gutted Beverley was voted off before that group of girls who cannot sing.
I agree. I didn't think Nikki sang as well as Beverley on Saturday and yet she wasn't in the bottom two. Post by: smurfboy on November 26, 2007, 02:15:03 pm
Quote from: oldspice
I am totally in the dark.Who thinks the whole thing is a fix? How come Simon is hanging on to his acts even though they are cleary not as good as the other acts that have been shoved? Is public judgement really that bad?
The problem is that Louis keeps being tough on the Valium Twins, so they get the sympathy vote. He should know better - last year when he had those naff Scottish brothers in exactly the same thing happened because Simon kept slating them.
Post by: oldspice on November 27, 2007, 07:03:25 am
It should have been a Nikki/Beverley final. Even little Alisha who went a few weeks ago was a better act than the terrible two.
What do you all think of Rydian?
Post by: loulou on November 27, 2007, 08:45:33 am
Post by: smurfboy on November 27, 2007, 02:22:49 pm
Quote from: oldspice
But they deserve it! They're like Pollyanna meets Bucks Fizz. It's sickening to watch them.
I completely agree - but unfortunately a hell of a lot of people out there don't want to hear anything other than 'you were wonderful!' from the judges and will boo regardless of how accurate the criticism is.
Post by: oldspice on November 27, 2007, 05:29:49 pm
Post by: oldspice on December 01, 2007, 08:11:07 pm
Niki was fantastic again. She should win.
Post by: loulou on December 01, 2007, 09:58:55 pm
Post by: loulou on December 16, 2007, 12:09:13 pm
I had to leave the room when Same Difference sang with Jason Donovan, it made me cringe too much.
Post by: oldspice on December 16, 2007, 05:43:48 pm
I would have preferred Rydian to win but I am reasonably happy with Leon. Some of his performances have been great but a good few were not at all good.
I would have preferred a Niki/Beverley/Rydian final.
Post by: loulou on December 16, 2007, 06:24:33 pm
Post by: smurfboy on December 17, 2007, 01:50:45 pm
Post by: oldspice on December 17, 2007, 06:56:49 pm
Having said that, I think Leon's range is a bit limited. He seems brilliant at the swing-style songs which are very popular just now, but how long will that last? I thought he was very weak when singing mainstream stuff.
Thank God that Same Difference won't be inflicted on us again! They could go straight into a pantomime or a tiny tots programme.
Did anyone else think their relationship came across as slightly unwholesome?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on December 18, 2007, 09:40:15 am
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Did anyone else think their relationship came across as slightly unwholesome?
No but I did think Rhydian looked creepy when those kids were singing around him. Nice to see he got his roots done for the final though.
Post by: smurfboy on December 18, 2007, 01:55:08 pm
Quote from: oldspice
Did anyone else think their relationship came across as slightly unwholesome?
Yes, there was something slightly incestuous about them. Mind you, apparently after one of the performances Dermot gave the girl a kiss, then he gave the brother a kiss as a joke, and he punched the air in delight...
Post by: loulou on December 18, 2007, 08:46:31 pm
Post by: oldspice on December 19, 2007, 07:14:30 am
Post by: smurfboy on December 19, 2007, 02:02:57 pm
I think the song they chose for the winning single is a disaster. It was a bland song when Whitney and Mariah did it, and when two singers of that standard can't bring it to life, what hope does a Scottish shop assistant have?
Post by: wjp666 on December 19, 2007, 03:30:42 pm
Post by: oldspice on December 19, 2007, 03:31:24 pm
Post by: smurfboy on December 19, 2007, 04:40:29 pm
Post by: oldspice on December 19, 2007, 04:46:18 pm