X Factor USA:- To Allow Bands to audition on Season 3
Barry_Clarke
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The big mid-season format change that "The X Factor" executive producer Simon Cowell has been hinting at in interviews is probably that the Groups category is going to allow bands that play their own instruments. The category was previously open only to singing duos and singing groups, and any musical performances they did on "The X Factor" were either done a cappella, with prerecorded backing tracks or with "The X Factor" house band.
Sources tell me that "The X Factor" U.S. will hold separate auditions (details to be announced) for bands that play their own instruments. This format change would definitely set "The X Factor" U.S. apart from "The Voice" (which only allows solo singers and duos) and "American Idol" (which only allows solo singers).
There are probably several reasons for why "The X Factor" is expanding its contestant pool to include groups that play their own instruments, besides the obvious reason to set "The X Factor" apart from the other music contests on TV. One of the other reasons is that "The X Factor" has been finding that a massive number of contestants were the lead singers of bands that play instruments, but the singers had to leave the groups behind in order to audition for "The X Factor." So "X Factor" producers could be thinking, "Why not let the whole band audition instead of the singer being forced to choose between a solo career or staying in the band?"
More musical diversity is another reason for allowing bands that play their own instruments on "The X Factor." So far, most of the finalists on "The X Factor" in the U.S. have been pop or R&B singers. Having bands that play their own instruments would increase the possibility of having more rock or country groups make it to the finals. Could "The X Factor" find the next Maroon 5, Green Day, Rascal Flatts or Lady Antebellum? We'll have to wait and see.
Source:- http://www.examiner.com/article/the-x-factor-u-s-could-have-bands-with-instruments-panda-ross-new-orleans
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it would be a nice addition 4 sure