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Watching the press conference...Cher's questions...
KieranDS
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Did anyone else find that hard to watch? A 17 year old being told there's a hate campaign about them must be awful.....
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On the other hand, I hope its not a ploy to go for the sympathy vote. Because that would be equally pathetic.
To be fair, if she does make it in the music business, she will be asked a lot of difficult and embarrassing questions.
This is why I still question Cheryl's decision to put her through. Nobody will ever convince me the girl was ready for any of this tbh.
Although, I'm sure Cher is aware of the negative press towards her...but the press conference for the final was not the place to question her about it, in my opinion.
I mean, it honestly can't be about the singing, since 1D don't have any where near the amount of hate Cher does.
Irrelevant comment.
It has nothing to do with her being a GYPSY!
Many people dislike her not just because they feel she has had a lot of help from the judges to get this far but because they believe she had no business in the finals in the first place.
Cher and Katie were disliked by the public who like to see fair play when they were sent through to the finals at the expense of other girls who also had hopes and dreams,
These other girls gave polished performances at the judges house
Katie had 2 chances Cher never even put in a credible performance. Katie compared to Cher was emotionally better prepared to deal with the fallout the controversial decision by Biffa to put them through and whilst she was still in took all the flak from the disgruntled public.
Really?
It's not difficult...
Second, you can't pick and choose parts of a SENTENCE to address. Read the full sentence, "and therefore a chav." I've been lurking here in DS long before I joined, and I've been following Cher since the start. The hate campaigns started before she got to judges houses. There were threads on this forum, tabloid articles, tweets, youtube videos, etc., etc., about how Cher has gypsy roots, and how gypsy are lazy/scum, chavs, etc., etc., That's where most of the hate started. Then it grew even bigger after judges houses, and has been growing ever since for different reasons.
Thirdly,at judges houses, only Rebecca gave a standout performance. All the rest were average singers at best (Trey didn't show off her voice till week one.) Besides, how does one performance at judges house make you worthy of a spot in the live shows. As seen with the top 36 format on American Idol, one performance can be a horrible indicator for how well a contestant will do on the live shows. Cheryl did the right thing in basing her decision on all the performances each act had done. Cher's audition was by far the best performance done by anyone in that group of girls.
And lastly, Cher more than proved she deserved her spot during the live shows. Stay, a song that was over 16 years old, re-entered the charts at number 12 after she preformed it. No other contestant has even come close to doing that.
I, to an extent, understand some of the hate for her, and while I have personally found her to be an enjoyable contestant, I understand there have been better singers this year, and there is room to question why she is still here.
That being said, it was exceptionally crass of that reporter to blatantly say there was a hate campaign against her (whether that was taken out of context or not), and I feel for Cher. I am very impressed with how professionally both her and Cheryl handled the question.
As for Cher's defeatist attitude, I feel the media may be having much more of an effect on her than anyone at the conference is willing to admit. Does that make her emotionally unstable? Maybe. Is this scrutiny justified? Not at all. What sixteen year old do you know that could handle the overwhelming amount of press which Cher has received? I live in America, and have followed The X Factor since Leona was on - I don't know of anyone who has received this much negative press on either American Idol or The X Factor. As Simon put it, she is a brat. If that and her heritage are her worst qualities, though, there are far worse people in the world who should be put under mass media scrutiny.
I completely agree with what you are saying. The intention of that part of my post was to say that there have been better vocalists that have left before the top 4, and therefore the arguments by some in the press that Cher isn't as strong who have come before her might be somewhat reasonable. I would actually have to agree with you, Cher is the best technical singer and the one who should have the broadest appeal on the show based on her style of singing.
As for the One Direction part of the question, I am very anti-conspiracy theories, so I will refrain from trying to detract from the fact that they made it to the finals by throwing out my ideas as to why they are here. One thing is clear though: they have a loyal fan base. That is most of the reason they are in the final, I would have to assume. As to why there has been a lack of bad media for them, it seems that most of the media has been focused around contestants who allegedly do horrendous things or mentors who make poor judgments in who to bring to the lives. One Direction seem to be a group of benign boys, so I feel that's why they have avoided media scrutiny.
Sorry if there were any misinterpretations of my first post - I am not trying to detract from Cher's place in the final, I am only trying to say that I can see where the media may be coming from in their criticisms of her.
She was quite obviously shocked but I think she handled herself well. She knows she is going into the final with the least chance of winning and she has accepted that.
If Cher was as disliked by the public as you say she is, then wasn't she in the bottom 2 before week 7? Oh that's right because she has loyal fans who have kept voting for her. She deserves her place in that final even if she will not win!
She isn't my cup of tea but I do feel sorry for her.
She only got into that final through fixing and manipulation therefore she does not
That has very litttle to do with being disliked. The voting is to save not to evict.