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dotinthesky) wrote2007-12-03 03:33 pm
dotinthesky) wrote2007-12-03 03:33 pm
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Soon, an Earworm Near You
What's everyone's opinion on this year's The X Factor? This is the first time I watch this show, and I'm completely hooked. I know it's trash and bad for my brain cells, but I can't help myself!
It's had its fair share of surprises, what with eye-candy boyband Futureproof being unfairly kicked out a few weeks ago, then no-hopers Hope beating my favourite, Beverley, last week, - not to mention the teenage girl disqualified for "happy slapping" someone.
The X Factor is really a cautionary tale about the music world, isn't it? The jugdes manage the feat of sounding more rude than the foulest-mouthed Big Brother contestant. It's no surprise that Girls Aloud fired Louis Walsh as their manager a few years ago. Last Saturday, Louis sent Dannii Minogue crying to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
theladiesloos after he called her a tuneless, hitless wonder in front of millions. Maybe he was bitter because Simon Cowell claimed earlier he'd had hair transplant. And those were just the mild bitchy comments.
This is what I think of the last four contestants:
Rhidian: The Riddler. I can see why everyone thinks he's going to win, but I personally can't stand his style of singing. Mixing opera and pop is just as wrong as, say, the Macarena. However, with his android looks and cold, rugby-player eyes, he'd be an impressive star if he were given covers of Gary Numan's "Cars" or Depeche Mode's "Master and Servant" to sing, for example. Those X Factor judges clearly know nothing about music.
Nikki: I hope she doesn't go back to working as a school kitchen matron when the contest is over. She'll never be a pop star, but she could make a decent living from singing in small events, cruise ships and casinos.
Same Difference: The 21st Century Carpenters. Or the poster kids for an as-yet-unreleased anti-depressant. Or the happiest Christians you'll ever meet. Or a cynical attempt by an underground religious sect to brainwash the country's children. Whatever they are, I'm so sure the brother is gay. He better keep his paws off...
Leon: If I was a pre-pubescent teeny bopper, I'd also spend my weekly allowance keeping him in the competition. My thumbs would be sore from all that late-night voting. Sharon Osbourne is right: he is soooo adorable. He neatly fits into my theory about Scottish men. Now that Beverley is gone, I want him to win.
It's had its fair share of surprises, what with eye-candy boyband Futureproof being unfairly kicked out a few weeks ago, then no-hopers Hope beating my favourite, Beverley, last week, - not to mention the teenage girl disqualified for "happy slapping" someone.
The X Factor is really a cautionary tale about the music world, isn't it? The jugdes manage the feat of sounding more rude than the foulest-mouthed Big Brother contestant. It's no surprise that Girls Aloud fired Louis Walsh as their manager a few years ago. Last Saturday, Louis sent Dannii Minogue crying to
theladiesloos after he called her a tuneless, hitless wonder in front of millions. Maybe he was bitter because Simon Cowell claimed earlier he'd had hair transplant. And those were just the mild bitchy comments.This is what I think of the last four contestants:
Rhidian: The Riddler. I can see why everyone thinks he's going to win, but I personally can't stand his style of singing. Mixing opera and pop is just as wrong as, say, the Macarena. However, with his android looks and cold, rugby-player eyes, he'd be an impressive star if he were given covers of Gary Numan's "Cars" or Depeche Mode's "Master and Servant" to sing, for example. Those X Factor judges clearly know nothing about music.
Nikki: I hope she doesn't go back to working as a school kitchen matron when the contest is over. She'll never be a pop star, but she could make a decent living from singing in small events, cruise ships and casinos.
Same Difference: The 21st Century Carpenters. Or the poster kids for an as-yet-unreleased anti-depressant. Or the happiest Christians you'll ever meet. Or a cynical attempt by an underground religious sect to brainwash the country's children. Whatever they are, I'm so sure the brother is gay. He better keep his paws off...
Leon: If I was a pre-pubescent teeny bopper, I'd also spend my weekly allowance keeping him in the competition. My thumbs would be sore from all that late-night voting. Sharon Osbourne is right: he is soooo adorable. He neatly fits into my theory about Scottish men. Now that Beverley is gone, I want him to win.
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I couldn't believe the bitchiness this week. Sometimes I wish the judges would remember that while they'll still have a career (of sorts) after this show, they're playing with the dreams of people when they use them as pawns to slag off each other. Dannii saying you should vote for Same Difference just to piss Louie off? I hate to think anyone might be voting just so their favourite judge wins, or against another judge, rather than on the acts themselves.
Same Difference are just... creepy. They should take a leaf out of The Wiggles book; they'd make millions, and never have to sing love songs to each other ever again. And that can only be a good thing.
Another first-timer, also totally hooked...
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I like Niki too but her choices of songs are so terrible! If she sung something by the Cowboy Junkies, or any artist really that isn't so Heart FM, I'd enjoy her more. I cringed all the way through her "But I'm a Lady" tribute to her father!