x factor!!!!!!!!!!!!!...............the flumps.....................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[softballwidow]

did anyone see the x-factor?? it was a tad cruel, but a rather large (deluded) family were on it, and when they were introduced they played the theme tune to THE FLUMPS!!! pmsl!

(but dh made me feel and mean and said Simon was really cruel...)

Was that a teacher, or was it the dinner lady? There was a dinner lady that they showed going back to school and all the children going mad!

I'm sorry but these people put themselves forward to be ridiculed. I'm sure if i went in for x-factor they would find something to say about me, its a tv show and thats what its all about.
Some people are SOOOOO deluded its scary. I'm just glad Simon Cowell has the balls to say what he thinks and be truthful (i.e. about peoples teeth, why are their so many people with bad teeth).

FWIW i think Sharon O is a two faced bitch who would stab you in the back as good as look at you, she tried to be all sweet but she is horrible mean woman

the 'flump' fmaily (couldn't find a politer way of putting it i'm afraid) were on GMTV this morning- they really are weird! they are on holiday and the 'camp entertainments manager' has asked the girl to sing- poor kid, talk about public humiliation!

Is there some medical problem with the family? They look like French & Saunders looked when they were dressed up as those fat old men. I saw them on GMTV, can't believe that people are so deluded - can they really not hear how ordinary their daughter's voice is?

I read Chart Throb recently, and have been unable to see the X Factor in the same light ever since, I would love to know how near to the truth it is (probably v close I bet).

whats this chart throb youre all talking about?

tortoiseSHELL - it could have been a dinner lady - I just assumed it was a teacher - it was certainly lots of very young children.

Therewas also one of a school girl going back to her class - I just don't think that schools should "endorse" these things.

It's a book by Ben Elton, written as a fictional behind the scenes insight into a programme called "Chart Throb" with 3 judges, who are not v dissimilar to Simon, Sharon & Louis.

It's good, but will spoil X Factor for you, I guarantee it...

Yes, I'm even calling Louis Walsh 'Rodney' without thinking!

I do feel sad about that family - they were clearly put in as the 'ridicule' item - the girl will have had 2 auditions to get to the point where she sees the judges, and they must have put her in in order to make fun of her (hence the flumps music) - and no doubt raising her hopes.

i didn't see the family on gmtv, but at work everyone was talking about it, so the programme makers got the response they wanted out of it

i just hope they don't do what they usually do ,which is have all the 'misfit' rejected contestants sing on the final live show- what kind of dress would her dad make her for that?!!!
trouble is, her family would see any kind of return to the programme as vindication she DOES have talent- the irony would be lost on them

That's the rpobelm softballwidow. It reinforces the idea that any publicity is good publicity and the subjects just don't see the irony. They are a few minutes worth of cheap entertainment then get dropped like a stone.

The girl was awful, the parents were as mad as a box of frogs BUT it was their size that was the main 'entertainment' and that was horrible.

And one thing I learned about X factor, that I didn't know before, is that there are 4 rounds to go through before you get anywhere near Simon & Co.

So.

Those truly awful people have come through 4 rounds to get to the televised audtions.

They are brought through specifically for the nation to laugh at.

Disgusting.

at the other end of the age spectrum, they always let a token older singer through- and they are obviously not going to get anywhere. it's like watching your granny being patronised

Next time, they should be honest- 20 year old, good lookng, not overweight, bright young thing to take the charts by storm- pref the American charts. Older/younger/fatter/thinner/quirkier need not apply. Programme would last about 15 mins- like the careers of the contestants.

be honest though.....would everyone watch the auditions if everyone came on and sang some ballad really well and got through?

Im not saying its right for people to be made fun of, it isnt, but...........

In this case, those parents shouldnt have let the Daughter go on and should not have encouraged her...

But surely older contestants know they could be laughed at, they must have seen the show before and they choose to go on it....??

and letting that little boy through who looked about 9!!!! was just stupid, it was just like watchig last years with that young lad who sobbed all the time

surely people know the potential risks by now though? Yes you could become a mega star like... er...or um .. that other chap, thingy or.... but chances are you could also look like a total idiot on national TV.

I agree

Four rounds????????? Sheesh! The Flumps. LMAO. That poor girl didn't want to audition it was her crazy dad who made her go through with it. And the dress.............. words fail me.

Must read that book by B.E. Sounds like its good.

the problem these days is EVERYTHING seems to be about celebrity, you aore no-one unless you are SOMEONE, even if it is for a brief moment under negative circumstances. Too many 'reality' tv shows perpetuate this- even if you get involved in a race row/sex scandal/ homophobic rant- keep your face in the public eye at all times. Tto put your kid through 4 rounds of probably sniggering, insincere production assistants is appalling...off to hunt down copy of 'chart throb'

I know!!!!!

Whatever happened to the days when people used to be happy with a normal life, a normal job? Nobody wants to be a plumber or a builder or a teacher ....

These days everyone wants to be a 'popstar' - they don't want to be a musician, ask them and they always say "I want to be famous and be on stage and have people screaming my name."

This is why you can't get an electrician for love nor money. Everyone's doing auditions for the next X factor.