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How should they change the judging process?

MD1500MD1500 Posts: 14,234
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How about this?

Every week, the *three* acts with the least public votes face the judges choice....

The judges vote "Weakest link" style by writing the names down of the act they want to save on cards. There is no discussion, no conferring, and the twist is, judges may NOT vote for their own act. All judges MUST vote.

The judges reveal the names of who they want to save by turning over the cards at the same time.

Once the act is saved, the public votes are revealed. Of the two contestants remaining, the act with the least votes goes.

However, if an act is in the bottom three for three weeks, that means that the public officially hate them and they are expelled automatically. The judges have no opportunity to save them.

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    David WaineDavid Waine Posts: 3,418
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    Or make it Strictly Come Dancing style where the judges do not mentor the acts and are, therefore, independent.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,286
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    The problem with changing the judging process is they could get sued by Simon Fuller if they don't observe whatever contractual agreement was decided to distinguish X Factor from Idol.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 263
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    The viewers vote should be kept secret to avoid this colouring the way the judges decide, who they are going to put in the sing off. I don't believe for a second this happens, and this year more than any the show seems false and manpiulative.

    The show should then be required to publish the viewers vote at the end of each show. There was all that whoha about competition enteries and the 'don't phone now or your vote wont be counted but you may still be charged' thing. But if peoples votes are being disegarded or manipulated to ensure who they want to keep on the show stays. That's as big a con in my book.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 310
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    The only way the format will change is when we stop watching or a wagner style campaign is successful. I am interested to see if the novelty act will continue.
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    merlinsmummerlinsmum Posts: 3,991
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    A good idea, but as we all see, the judges get up and take a break in the ad break before the sing off. There's no way to know for certain that they don't communicate while out of the public view.
    Basically, when those running the show are used to having control and making sure things go their way, there's no way they will give up that kind of power lightly.

    The only way to change things imo, is if the public stop spending on votes, yet it's obvious that even while complaining about fixing, plenty still spend their money filling the pockets of SC.
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