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Poor Dermot
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Poor old Dermot. Last month he was told he hadnt got the X Factor USA job . He said...'well, at least i was the only Brit in the running for the job.''
Oh dear.
Oh dear.
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No, seriously, I think Dermot would have made a better host than Steve. He already knows Nicole, too, so they could have worked well together as a presenting duo.
Its easy for us to say we'll have his job, of course we would as we arent presenters but to be in Dermot's shoes it must be a bit of a blow.
I thought he was refreshingly honest, he wanted the job and wasn't frightened to say so and I don't think he looks a fool because he didn't it, that's just life.
However it does look like he was lied to, he was pretty confident in declaring he had been the only Brit seriously in the running and when he didn't get it said that they probably wanted an American host. If I was him I'd be more angry about THAT than not getting the job.
The PTB have publicly humiliated/snubbed him, HE hasn't actually done anything wrong and he has my sympathy. It's a bit of a public slap in the face
Either way I bet this makes him more closed mouthed about things in future which is a shame.
As usual Lotty - you speak sense
i hope so
:o:o Thanks sw2963
i love dermot and no offence to steve jones at all because i like him aswell but i think dermots a better presenter
I think X Factor USA will be a flop some how
Think of the poor Americans, they have a judge and presenter they've never heard of and might have trouble understanding! No problem for most of us but how many Americans have heard a Geordie accent? And I know that SJ's accent isn't THAT strong you can still imagine a few viewers going 'wad did he say? And as for her, is that even English?'
(I have a friend who went to Uni in Kansas (I think) and he has an accent very similar to Cheryl Cole's. His first tutor asked him to stay behind one day and said to him very concerned 'you speak English very well but I know it isn't your first language - if you need any extra help with the language just let me know' :D Was MOST surprised to find out he was English born and bred! I wonder if when Cheryl first appears she's excited because she recognises the accent!)
EDIT: Got sidetracked I agree comedy 89, there are plenty Americans who could have hosted the programme. SC seems to want to mount a British invasion of the TV in America!
This show will fail miserably. He'll be like Vernon Kay on the American Dancing On Ice which got cancelled.
Scherzinger and Jones have zero personality, just watch Jones hosting any BBC show.
I honestly think the only reason Steve has been chosen is because he's conventionally attractive...I guess he's a competent presenter, but he's quite dull and wooden whereas I've always been impressed by Dermot. (Although, I should add that Dermot is hardly unattractive - just Steve is more 'conventionally' Hollywood hot).
If I was an American I would boycott the show - 300million people to choose from and they get Cole and Jones. How insulting!
Just goes to show if you are ever granted a wish "you should ask for fame and fortune NOT Talent"