Why Do I Watch X Factor??

[Smowball]

They put through the most STUPID acts and yes I know it's for ratings but they reject really good people who have a wobbly moment. Grrrrr!!!!'

[gingejbee]

No idea....I've never watched it and don't feel I've missed much!

[Smowball]

You're dead right there!

[THEMOTLEY1]

Never seen it so I really don't know.

[tonyav]

I haven't watched it ( or any other Simon Cowell carp ) for a good few years now.
Another 'Fix' allegation.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/the-x-factor-2016-hit-with-fix-accusations-after-member-of-boy-band-5am-revealed-to-be-professional-singer/ar-AAiKRXH?li=BBoPWjQ

[Tilly2]

Why do you watch X Factor, Smow?

[Fanriffic]

Do yourself a massive favour Smowball - just don't watch it, don't even have it on in the background. Reclaim your Saturday & Sunday nights by watching something YOU want to watch e.g. DVD or Box Sets or watch catch up TV or a good film.
Seriously, you won't miss it. The X Craptor is well passed it's sell by date.
It's only on because ITV would miss the advertising revenue if it wasn't - simple as that - it's not about finding new talent. The talent is already out there, we don't need Mr Cowell to find it. The whole show and format is tired and manipulative. Reclaim your weekends back. You can do it Smowball.

[Smowball]

I watch it coz hubby insists on watching it

[THEMOTLEY1]

I haven't come across a family with only one TV for ages, how quaint.

[Fanriffic]

That's a shame Smow. Can you not watch something on another telly in the house/flat until it's over. Hide the remote from hubby and introduce him to decent music and singers. :o)

[ToraToraTora]

to not watch it is allowed!

[silliemillie]

Smow, watch whatever you want! Just because a few on here don't like it doesn't mean you can't enjoy it.

There are lots of shows we watch that have certain parts that irritate us but we still want to watch.

I actually agree with what you say. It annoys the hell out of me when they put these stupid acts through but I still want to watch it.

[andy-hughes]

The original appeal of the show - social inadequates being put down mercilessly by 'TV's Mr Nasty' - which equated to an electronic version of poking lunatics through the bars at Bedlam - has been diluted completely.

Mr Cowell now says 'I like you' to around eighty per cent of the shown auditions, who all perform standard pop auditions on the hope of being standard pop stars.

It is a tired and pointless formula - but it is entertainment, rather than talent based, and in that sense it performs its remit.

[Smowball]

It's become so predictable. A bad act appears so Louis, Sharon and Nicole put it through to wind Simon up lol

[andy-hughes]

Smo - //It's become so predictable. A bad act appears so Louis, Sharon and Nicole put it through to wind Simon up lol //

Partly - but also because it means that there is a random bunch of 'interesting' (read No Chance!) contestants to balance the ones with a reasonable chance of getting somewhere.

But - it is still an entertainment show, not a talent show.

In a proper audition, 90% of audition candidates would not get as far as standing on the X, never mind singing - they would be rejected as looking unsuitable - that includes any fat / old / ugly / weird / bizarre people straight off, because novelty doesn't sell, and people don't like fat pop stars.

[ToraToraTora]

I think you have mistaken it for a talent show. In the early stages it is essentially a vehicle to make TV by poking inadequate people who are self deluded. Not much different to the kyle show. To be fair though a few people with some sort of passable talent do eventually emerge from this human bear baiting.

[andy-hughes]

TTT - //I think you have mistaken it for a talent show. In the early stages it is essentially a vehicle to make TV by poking inadequate people who are self deluded. Not much different to the kyle show. To be fair though a few people with some sort of passable talent do eventually emerge from this human bear baiting. //

I think the location of talent is entirely a side issue to the whole enterprise. Yes the occasional One Direction and Little Mix may appear - but that is simply a matter of numbers. If you audition enough artists in enough places, the law of averages says you will eventually hit someone who can be managed and coached into a career, but's the Money/Typewriter/Shakespeare syndrome.

But you are right, it is a 'talent show' in name only.

[agchristie]

Last year's winner only peaked at No7 I believe with the Christmas release which was also a first.

TV ratings are down.A very tired format in the same way as many other shows like Big Brother,Celebrity Jungle etc.

Strictly Come Dancing may go the same way in a few more years.

[andy-hughes]

AG - //Last year's winner only peaked at No7 I believe with the Christmas release which was also a first. //

A message if ever there was one.

If you are in everyone's living room every Saturday for three months, and then release a Christmas single, and it's not Number One, something is wrong, because you capture a massive market of people who only buy one single a year, and this is it.

But as I always say - if you can fill a venue in the following February, when you have not been on TV for two months, and it's winter, and people need to arrange babysitters, drive to the town and park, and pay maybe £10 each to see you - then you have a career building.

But how many X Factor contestants - winners or not - ever manage that?

[clara55]

i have given up on this tripe!too many sobs stories , adverts etc. awful program

[Tizzi24]

I gave up watching it about 3 series ago, I got fed up with all the sob stories. I don't understand why they've brought Louis (you don't know how good you are) and Sharon (this is my umpteenth face lift) back, they're rubbish.