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Looking at the voting figures - Paul was screwed over by producers
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He was in the Top 5 for the first 4 weeks, and astoundingly dropped to 9th during Week 5, which I can only presume is due to songs that didn't suit him and his early performance slot.
Week 1 - 3rd 10.0%
Week 2 - 3rd 9.9%
Week 3 - 4th 9.4%
Week 4 - 5th 9.5%
Week 5 - 9th 8.1% (same percentage as Jay)
He even beat Fleur for the first 4 weeks and Ben in the first 2 weeks. Not sure why him and Jay had the same percentage published in the official statistics - why didn't they be more precise? I smell a bit of a fix if you ask me.
Week 1 - 3rd 10.0%
Week 2 - 3rd 9.9%
Week 3 - 4th 9.4%
Week 4 - 5th 9.5%
Week 5 - 9th 8.1% (same percentage as Jay)
He even beat Fleur for the first 4 weeks and Ben in the first 2 weeks. Not sure why him and Jay had the same percentage published in the official statistics - why didn't they be more precise? I smell a bit of a fix if you ask me.
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There were two acts that stood in the way of Simon Cowell's acts being centre stage from the get go...Paul & Andrea.
Conveniently they just so happened to be the two who were attacked by Simon Cowell even with Cowell admitting "I can't fault the vocals" but he still found reason to complain about them.
He wonders why the majority of his acts come off without credibility.
Lauren did very well in the votes and would actually have been in the final ahead of Andrea. She could have challenged Fleur for second place.
If his fans had voted for him, he would have stayed. The show didn't pimp him, but he was certainly treated no worse than a lot of other acts (and better than some).
If he has the makings of a star, perhaps he will succeed outside the show. I didn't see anything interesting in him, but maybe it just didn't come across on the TV. Good luck to him.
Not sure I find this that strange. So he started at 10% and over the weeks kept losing voters till he was at 8% and lowest. Not that much of a drop, and hardly enough to say it's improbable or fixed. Not enough that I'd say 'it must be a conspiracy'.
1 - His voting percentages barely changed. It's possible that he wasn't losing voters, but that as others dropped out he didn't get their voters for whatever reason.
2 - Nobody has the right to success in a show like this. It's an entertainment show that verges on scripted reality at times. By taking the shortcut you're opening yourself up to becoming a storyline. He refused to grasp this and I've never seen such a silly reaction.
Whereas Haenow is a superstar right?
You are wrong, his percentages DID drop considerably, even if the numbers look similar. This is because he was getting higher percentages when there were more people which means he was getting alot of votes. The fact that his percentage did not increase towards the end shows that he was getting less votes when there were less people, which is not at all impressive compared to getting more votes when there's more people.
Winning is a bad thing!
His voting numbers gradually decreased as people got bored with him (much the same as with Andrea) – they're hardly evidence of some vast conspiracy against him.
If only Paul fans had been as committed to supporting him when he was on the show as they are to trying to find people to blame for him going, he probably would have lasted a couple more weeks! ;-)
The acts on the tour have been officially announced. He's not on it. I don't think it was ever likely to happen.
They dealt with Andrea by giving him ballads every week.
I found the manipulation blatant this series, but then it worked, so Paul lost support thanks to bad song choices and negative videos. When Only The Young wanted to change songs they were allowed to and not portrayed negatively.
If there was such a vast conspiracy by the X Factor against Paul, as Paul supporters seem to be suggesting, why was it that he was selected for the live shows this year despite being rejected last year because he was boring?
In your opinion
Are you telling me that Haenow isn't?:o:confused: