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AIBU?

...to think that the X Factor is manipulative shite and why the hell do I watch it?!

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mynameismskane · 05/10/2013 23:00

How could two of the best singers NOT be put through? First Sharon and her stupid decision to let Joe Wheelan go (and put that AWFUL Shelly through instead) and then Louis let Paul - who was one of the best singers ever to grace X Factor's doors - go.

Why the fuck do I watch this shit and get so irate? They don't give a toss about the people who go on there do they?

Arghh!

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FavoriteThings · 06/10/2013 10:26

Which Ben Elton book, Katie Scarlett?

Sallystyle · 06/10/2013 10:27

Ben Elton book?

I hope there is a wildcard and the sexy builder comes back.

ubik · 06/10/2013 10:27

Everytime I flick past it on TV there is some teen snotting and bubbling while the dead-eyed reptilian judges pretend to get emotional. It makes me want to put my foot through my telly.

CiderBomb · 06/10/2013 10:28

I think the Ben Elton book is called Chart Throb.

mrsjay · 06/10/2013 10:28

and Louis Walsh is now past embarassing (sp) with his head bobbing along to the music and he needed 3 helpers last night . 3 !

mrsjay · 06/10/2013 10:30

there i a stage school place near me that does training on how to audition for x factor I wonder if they do snotty sobbing classes

ajandjjmum · 06/10/2013 10:32

I gave it up a couple of years ago, and switched to Strictly.

mrsjay · 06/10/2013 10:35

I prefer strictly I think watching Xfactor is a habit I need to find something else to watch on a saturday

KatieScarlett2833 · 06/10/2013 10:39

Yes it was Chart Throb.
Couldn't remember at the time

Captainbarnacles1101 · 06/10/2013 10:40

I would love to stop watching but my family are totally addicted. I was shocked Sharon let Joe go simply because he was we token man. I'd say he thought he was through too. As for Shelly being 34? They need to do a job on her she looks 10 yrs older!

FacebookWanker · 06/10/2013 10:42

I can't believe Paul didn't get through, I think HeySoul has a point...

LittleWhiteWolf · 06/10/2013 10:51

What? The X Factor is manipulative? What????

Yes, yes it is OP. Always has been and always will be. The money drives it forward, not the chance to find a really talented artist and therefore the people involved will never be treated well or fairly. Switch it off and do something else and your Saturdays will undoubtedly improve.

WeeHelena · 06/10/2013 12:32

I don't watch it anymore but when I did I just watched the first auditions for the comedy and rarely watched the the last final.

Can't be bothered with all the sob stories that gets put in to milk the votes,everyone has a hard life at some point.

Do you think they keep the obviously crap trend singers to make a quick buck?
Rather than actually nurturing a truly talented person into a career?

mrsjay · 06/10/2013 12:43

tbf the guy who didnt get through to sharons team did have a sob story how many times did he mention he was doing it for his son he had a son you know

ohnoimnot · 06/10/2013 12:51

Ive stopped watching is. Louie is thick!!

TotemPole · 06/10/2013 12:54

Which one is Shelly? I missed it yesterday.

secretscwirrels · 06/10/2013 12:57

I'm fed up with it. The chairs thing was the last straw. We always record and wind through the sobs.
Did anyone know that guy had a son? Never had a contestant before who managed that achievement.

mrsjay · 06/10/2013 12:58

Which one is Shelly? I missed it yesterday.

blonde woman from devon is a van driver doesn't want to drive a van anymore sigh

FrenchRuby · 06/10/2013 13:02

The worst is when judges fake cry. I think it was last year when Louis did a big fake cry, it was just so cringey and staged (obviously).

mrsjay · 06/10/2013 13:08

I didnt watch any of last year he cries all the time now there is a Irish girl in the girls and he knows her blah blah he sobbed when she was on apparently her family really need her to get through

TotemPole · 06/10/2013 13:12

Thanks mrsjay.

Sallystyle · 06/10/2013 13:12

I am pretty sure Simon tells them who to pick.

I doubt the judges really had a choice in who went through.

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UnknownGnome · 06/10/2013 13:13

They already know who the wonder will be. They make out like it's the public who decide but it's nite at all. The record contract is probably all drawn up and waiting to be signed. Perhaps the public vote held more sway in the early days ( Steve brookstein anyone?) but i think SyCo is cleverer now.

UnknownGnome · 06/10/2013 13:14

Winner

BiscuitsAreMyDownfall · 06/10/2013 13:16

Anyone else think that boy band was too polished in the audition room. Cant remember what they are called right now. They are through to Gary's house. I just looked at them in their first audition and it looked like they have been put together before X Factor and just using the show for promotion.

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