Do voters still need a journey back story to get behind
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Proved last year and you can always adjust the story throughout.
There seems to a huge amount of journey back stories being created again this year
There seems to a huge amount of journey back stories being created again this year
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It's fast forwarded every time, and only very occasionally rewound if the singing was interesting first. Can't be influenced then (not that I am)
Sam Bailey - prison officer, every woman turned "superstar" complete with "friendship" with Sharon and weightloss story.
Nicholas - he was "only sixteen", who could forget? Plus he had a large regional vote.
Luke Friend - abnormally not a massive story here. Appealed to the "real music" voters and was genuinely talented - got a pimping from the producers, multiple saves.
James Arthur - homeless.
Jahmene - Had the whole confidence issue nailed to a tee. Plus he was a wholesome Christian young boy. Could not have appealed more to the mothers day crowd if he tried.
Chris Maloney - was completely nailed by the show, but even in the early days he had his whole "nan" thing, as well as being a wildcard and gathered momentum almost immediately without much more help.
Little Mix - were thrown together, and at around about the same time they were given the whole Jesy confidence issue's and they soared in the voting to the winners.
Marcus Collins - Can't actually remember here actually. What was his deal? I despised him, all I remember was that he was a Liverpudlian hairdresser. I'm guessing they went with an everyman story again?!
Amelia Lily - another anomaly as in that this probably wasn't ever planned for her to be in the finals - but she came in part way through, was a decent singer and did okay out of it.
It seems the same this year - the ones with the big stories, typical of finalists so far are Paul, JJ, Lola and Ben - add in this rumoured boyband who must have a wealth of backstories between them and I predict there is what may be our final acts this year.
I wonder what would happen if a contestant said they weren't prepared to talk about personal things to make up a back story. Would a good singer get axed? I think I've just answered my own question!
Thats how I would like to see it.
It'll never happen, Simon would never allow it. Now he's back, it'll be worse than ever - he loves the headlines that the sob stories generate.
I agree, that was particularly distasteful - just shows how far Jake was prepared to go though, his dead brother:o