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AGEISM in the X FACTOR
Tillymint82
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I find the attitude towards older singer completely disgraceful
People who have incredible voices, flawless pitch and tone are rubbished
'Butlins fodder'
'The next Jane McDonald'
just because theyre over a certain age they cannot sell records.
Youth today is so disrespectful of older singers.
Whilst the likes of Sam Callahan, One Dimension, Kingsland bore who are mediocre, cannot sing but are young and easy on the eye are put on a pedastal.
What kind of message is that.
The reactions to Cher i saw on social media and on here last night were disgusting
This woman has sold millions of albums, had a career thats lasted decades and shes really honed her craft
Shes won an oscar a grammy an emmy!
Yet these snot nosed little 12 year olds calling her for allsorts last night made my blood boil!
People who have incredible voices, flawless pitch and tone are rubbished
'Butlins fodder'
'The next Jane McDonald'
just because theyre over a certain age they cannot sell records.
Youth today is so disrespectful of older singers.
Whilst the likes of Sam Callahan, One Dimension, Kingsland bore who are mediocre, cannot sing but are young and easy on the eye are put on a pedastal.
What kind of message is that.
The reactions to Cher i saw on social media and on here last night were disgusting
This woman has sold millions of albums, had a career thats lasted decades and shes really honed her craft
Shes won an oscar a grammy an emmy!
Yet these snot nosed little 12 year olds calling her for allsorts last night made my blood boil!
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It was fine. It was the type of performance Cher has always given.
But everyone was expecting the single Woman's World and she goes down the ballad route? Not the Cher the youth of the day know about.
Cher WAS an old performer when many of us were young! :D
she would always be edged out as she'd be competing directly with the girls who, incidentally, are actually in the Girls category :sleep:
But why would she sing her OLD single that as been out forever now it seems as a cher fan it is nice to see her sing her new single
if the overs want to survive they've got to consider their styling, song choices and arrangements. its not ageism, its reality - they look and sound frumpy
Having said that, young people like young singers. It's not exactly surprising, it's just human nature.
I want to remember her as she was way back and before that bloody autotune!
I do agree. But the overs aren't as old as Cher are they? They are spring chickens compared to Cher.
Another one who doesn't sound good with age is Paul McCartney and I was shocked that David Bowie sounds so bad. And yet Leonard Cohen sounds good at 80 something..
The 'Overs' catgory is pointless because unless you look / behave like someone who's under 25 (like Kye Sones from last year) you have no chance of doing well!!
I feel sorry for the overs as I feel they are jsut being used a 'token oldies'!!
Have to say I agree. I can't believe that they are only in their 30s! Lots of older people can have good figures, great styling and decent elegant clothes. There are plenty of older glamorous women on TV. The show is called the X-factor and image is part of the package.
It didn't help Caroline Goode, though. I was gutted when she was first out. I loved her on Fame Academy and she looked and sounded terrific
Not so sure about voting for Sam... she said on xtra factor Saturday that she didnt think she would stay in the competition as she thought that the over 35's wouldnt know how to use a computer or an i phone to vote for her !!! WTF:eek::o
She certainly implied anyone over the age of 35 had a very low IQ... and were thick!
That's the real issue, they treat the Over 25's like they're 55. Make overs make them look like middle aged cabaret singers and they get to all sing nothing put dated power ballads and soft rock.
If you look at some of the biggest stars in the world, most of them are well over 25 but they release contemporary songs and are styled like normal people of their age.
Sam, Shelly and Lorna are all under 35 but styled like they're not far off their pension.
Do you mean Carolynne Poole? Caroline Goode is a senior police officer
No sign of her when I tried to Google
I think they mean Lillie McCloud