My x-Factor rant.

Joe T said:
So why are you guys even watching it then? I've not watched a single minute of this series!
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I can better that. I've not watched a single minute of any series.

I sorry Marcel but I have no sympathy for you, if it **** you off so much than don't watch. ;)
 
Galaxy66 said:
Does anyone know the total amount generated in this years competition via phone calls? there were 8,000,000 calls tonight alone, is that 50P per call?

Whoever thought of this format for making money by getting the public to call premium numbers is a genius.


Edit it was 16,000,500 calls in total.
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I think it's 35p a call, which generates £5,600,175 with about 40% going to ITV (£2,240,000) which is a nice little earner if you can get it.

Steve
 
too funny !! top form tonight huh?
 
I agree with the "Fix" school of thought. Not that i am a fan of waly female ballads, but come one, Boyzone, Westlife or Beyonce?? 2 Irish groups with limited fanbase, most of whom are in bed, and an international superstar, with much wider appeal???

Play the "Bouncie" card for maximum votes and guaranteed victory.........

And on ITV2, they said that on the votes for the individual shows, eoghan won the most. Funny how he started getting less votes as ITV schedule the show later and later......
 
These are the individual show votes.

X FACTOR 5 – VOTING DETAILS

TOTAL VOTES CAST OVER ENTIRE SERIES : 16,469,064

Show 1
Eoghan Quigg 21.19%
Scott Bruton 19.48%
Laura White 16.99%
Diana Vickers 7.35%
Daniel Evans 7.21%
Alexandra Burke 7.20%
JLS 5.03%
Rachel Hylton 4.77%
Austin Drage 3.63%
Ruth Lorenzo 3.47%
Girlband 2.17%
Bad Lashes 1.51% (Deadlock)

Show 2
Eoghan Quigg 26.77%
Diana Vickers 16.24%
JLS 9.21%
Laura White 8.99%
Austin Drage 8.98%
Daniel Evans 8.23%
Alexandra Burke 7.15%
Rachel Hylton 5.01%
Scott Bruton 4.17%
Ruth Lorenzo 2.95%
Girlband 2.30% (Deadlock)


Show 3
Eoghan Quigg 20.73%
Diana Vickers 15.13%
Rachel Hylton 12.21%
JLS 10.81%
Ruth Lorenzo 8.93%
Alexandra Burke 8.83%
Laura White 7.53%
Austin Drage 6.22%
Daniel Evans 5.94%
Scott Bruton 3.67% (Judges)

Show 4
Eoghan Quigg 19.81%
JLS 17.00%
Diana Vickers 15.24%
Daniel Evans 10.83%
Ruth Lorenzo 10.25%
Alexandra Burke 8.82%
Laura White 7.38%
Austin Drage 6.86% (Judges)
Rachel Hylton 3.81%

Show 5
Eoghan Quigg 27.39%
Alexandra Burke 18.35%
Daniel Evans 13.77%
JLS 13.26%
Rachel Hylton 10.39%
Laura White 9.90% (Judges)
Ruth Lorenzo 6.94%


Show 6
Diana Vickers 31.30%
Eoghan Quigg 19.56%
Ruth Lorenzo 13.91%
Alexandra Burke 13.31%
JLS 9.91%
Daniel Evans 7.53% (Judges)
Rachel Hylton 4.48%

Show 7
Eoghan Quigg 31.79%
Diana Vickers 18.94%
Ruth Lorenzo 16.07%
Alexandra Burke 14.97%
JLS 11.75%
Rachel Hylton 6.48% (Judges)

Show 8
Alexandra Burke 24.53%
JLS 24.34%
Eoghan Quigg 19.58%
Diana Vickers 16.32%
Ruth Lorenzo 15.23% (Public)

Show 9
JLS 35.03%
Alexandra Burke 31.04%
Eoghan Quigg 21.14%
Diana Vickers 12.79% (Public)

Show 10 (Final) – At vote freeze
Alexandra Burke 44.02%
JLS 30.65%
Eoghan Quigg 25.33%

Show 10 (Final) – Final Result
Alexandra Burke 58.34%
JLS 41.66%
 
melevo said:
its only T.V, ive for the first time sat down and whatched that XXXX and im confused.com.

who on this earth do the judges what to win, and is it me or are the judges voting for the other teams also????
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ask your missus, she'll explain it to you :D
 
whiteflyer said:
I can better that. I've not watched a single minute of any series.

I sorry Marcel but I have no sympathy for you, if it **** you off so much than don't watch. ;)
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LOL You obviously don't know my wife. Do you honestly think I get a say in what goes on the TV? I can't even leave the living room, I'll be accused of being antisocial and boring.

It's a woman, I cannot win, ever.....so I have you guys to rant to :D
 
This says it all :)

Music II (Bob again)

What is this show, so poor and lame
That makes them all obsess?
'X Factor' seems to be it's name -
The term's now meaningless.

For not one act can match the Smiths
True talent there has gone,
No Bowie, or Marc Bolan riffs
Stone Roses, Paul or John.

So let the masses cast their votes
Continuing the farce;
Buy cover versions sung by scrotes
And turn their backs on class.
 
Quite easy choosing the telly last night!

The missus watched the Zzzzz factor upstairs on her own and I settled down in front of the big tele with a couple of beers/munchies and watched 'el gran clasico' (Barcelona v Real Madrid).

More action & excitement in 90 minutes than a whole series of z factor :D
 
Cheryl Cole...didnt she get some letters for beating someone up a few years back? National Treasure? Nope. hubby cant keep it in his pants and shes been known to lamp the odd girl now and then when out and about. Sounds classy
 
Marcel said:
I may end up testing the swear filter tonight, so I apologise in advance if the forums slow down :D

What the hell is it with the british public? Why are they taken in by all this ****?
It's not even a fresh format anymore. They use the same camera angles, the same dramatic music, even the same lines.

Take a swig of light beer everytime you hear one of the following phrases, and I guarantee you'll be mullered by the end of the night.

* "It's a dream come true"
* "The votes are the closest ever"
* "There's just xx% in it"
* "Most votes ever already tonight"
* "You're an inspiration"
* "I can see you in the final"
* "You really deserve to win"
* "Im so proud of you, you've come really far"

Double swig for a crying judge (That'll get a few 1000 more people voting).

Like Dara O'Brien I think it was, that said "Please give me a chance Simon, it's my lifelong dream!!........LIFELONG dream? You're 15, you'll have others!"

Then we have the same camera angles, the same excerpts

Get one contestant, put them on stage in full hair and makeup.
Turn on wind machine.
Camera on Jib, swoop in from the side...fast.
When camera reaches contestant, slow right down, make sure the wind effects are seen, and contestant is looking right into the camera.
Camera pans past contestant slowly as his eyes follow and he turns head.
Don't forget the dramatic music.

Rinse and repeat.

Also we have the 'decisions'

Start a power ballad on low volume, while playing clips of the contestant walking through their home town, looking forlorn.
Judge "My............decision............is........."
Pause for effect
Pause a bit more
Pause a bit more, the cash is rolling in
Judge "You're going through"
Quickly fade UP the power ballad (as its conveniently getting to the chorus).
Cue contestant jumping up and down, and mouthing "thankyou so so so so much"
Add tears and fake emotion for more effect.

Please, I want to be sick.

Are the british public so thick that theyre taken in by it all?

I want to slap my wife with gloves at the moment. She isn't suckered enough to vote (She knows I'd bury her under the patio..lol), but she's takin in by Cheryl Cole crying, by the tearful perfomances of the acts.

"awwww how sweeeet, she's crying look!"

Does everyone not realise how manufactured this crap is? Every step of the show. While the reactions and some of the emotion may be real, it's only as a result of a decision to manufacture said reaction and emotion.

If Cheryl Cole is caught with tears in her eyes, it's because the show's producers have decided to make it exceptionally soppy to make her cry.

It's all one big bloody con and it makes me want to go on a wild and violent rampage.
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So you wont be buying hallelujah then???
 
That silly cow that won was pathetic.
I've never seen such a fake in all my life.
Ok, not a bad singer, but not the best.

She didn't deserve to win, and she made herself look like a right **** in front of Beyonce, who was clearly embarrassed by her actions after they sung together.

Dianna should have won it.
She was the most genuine out of them all.
 
Diana got really annoying, i liked her at first, but every week she sounded the same and it got tedious. I think Ruth should have won it.
 
If you want to hear a girl sing Hallelujah properly then have a listen to the version by Kathryn Williams. None the multi over-dubs crap just a girl and guitar. :thumbs:
 
I hate it when they say the contestants are good role models! How are they good role models in any way? All it does is teach kids they don't need to try hard at school and can rely on the off chance of becoming rich through a reality TV show.
 
I'm with Marcel all the way, and I'm sure he probably doesn't watch it, I think that he, like myself, is just sick of hearing about it, and knowing that even though it's finally finished it's all we'll hear about wtill until the next series starts and then it all starts over again.

Marcel, hold off on the killing spree, I'm just sharpening my rusty bayonet, I'll be with you shortly. Fist stop Cheryl Cole's house?
 
I AM GUTTED

They take a classic song in Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and twist it, bend it, then finally break it. :(
What will they ruin next year? John Lennon's Imagine or Woman? John Miles' Music?

Please, please, please find the hole that Stock, Aitken and Waterman disappeared into and banish the likes of Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell in to it.


Rant Over
 
Hear Hear

Although at least SAW gave us Sabrina's boob slip :D
 
Whether you like the program or not, there is no denying that Alexandra Burke is a phenomenal talent that, without the likes of X-Factor would quite probably never have been discovered.

As for ruining Hallelujah, give me a break!

Besides, how many 15 year olds will have even heard of the song (before watching Shrek) let alone know what the original was like? If anything, it's given the original a new lease of life (and make no mistake, it will get re-released off the back of Alexandra's version).

'Talent shows' are now responsible for one of our leading male solo artists and, I have no doubt, a successful female recording artist the likes of which we have not seen for some time!

As long as the format continues to find incredible talent, then it's worthy of the airtime IMO.
 
lawrie29 said:
I agree with the "Fix" school of thought. Not that i am a fan of waly female ballads, but come one, Boyzone, Westlife or Beyonce?? 2 Irish groups with limited fanbase, most of whom are in bed, and an international superstar, with much wider appeal???
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My thoughts exactly, a point which I raised to my other half on the night of the final. The other two acts must have been thinking "hang on a minute, they are really pulling out all the stops for her"
Beyonce is simply a different league to the others and you have to ask yourself why.......

I also think Alexandra came across as a bit fake. The crying, too much, all this "oh my god, I don't believe it" when she got through just didn't wash.

I saw her on a morning chat show and they told her that they had just received breaking news that her song was the biggest or quickest download song of all time. You should have seen the act she put on, it simply didn't look genuine at all.

Not convinced im afraid.
 
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