Comments on: The X-Factor

By: Lisa Mourton

Lisa Mourton — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:02:13 +0000

We watched this years final on saturday 13 december 2008, as we watched right from the start.
We be leave it must have been a fix this year, as JLS was alot better singers than alex.
So JLS should have WON we have been voting for them every week, As they should have WON the X FACTOR .

regards Lisa Mourton

By: Terry Hayward

Terry Hayward — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:32:55 +0000

You’re dead right about Leon, he could do with a bit of media training as whenever he’s interviewed about anything he just looks to the floor and mumbles. His appearance on The Xtra Factor on Saturday had the effect of completely sucking the atmosphere out of the studio. Through a mist of red wine I sent a text to them with this observation but funnily enough it didn’t appear on screen.

By: John Phillips

John Phillips — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:13:24 +0000

I’m actually slightly concerned that they’ve used up all their cliches too early this year. We’ve had a dead wife story, a dead mum story, tons of bullying stories, lots of “This is my last chance”, and everyone bursting into tears every five minutes. There’s only “judge walks out” and we’ll have the full set already. Once that happens, the lack of a Chico/Rhydian style nutter means there’ll be nothing left to watch.

Main point of interest tonight: A year on from his win, Leon Jackson STILL looks into camera as if he’s got no idea what it is.

By: Terry Hayward

Terry Hayward — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:12:35 +0000

You are not alone. I still watch The X Factor despite the show being a carbon copy of recent years. In fact part of the charm may come from the familiarity for viewers. In our house we boo or cheer whenever a well-worn cliche is trotted out (“you made the song your own” being a particular favourite), although we find that a couple of glasses of wine help with this audience participation.

We also take great delight in guessing who is in and who is out depending on chord changes in the background music or the way the judges start to break the good or bad news to the contestants. Only last Sunday all judges were using the same approach. Those that were going to London for the live shows would be told “This was your final chance, I’m worried about whether you’ll be able to cope with the live shows, your audition was a disaster, but….I like you and you’re in my top three”. Cue joyful music and histrionics from the jubilant future chart topper. However if bad news was coming their way, it was a different story “I’ve liked you since the first audition, you have a good voice, you know I like you as a person, but…..you’ve not made it”. Cue sad music and more histrionics.

It’s a winning formula that, at times, takes itself far too seriously but we’ll still be there come December cheering on the finallists, even if we don’t go and buy the (usually medicore) single afterwards.