The Irish vote does seem to be huge factor
itsashrubery
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It has been joked on here before about the irish vote etc
Jokes about the Quigg boy from a couple years back
Janet Devlin this year
Well looking at the percentage votes that have come out it is clear to see the Irish vote is a massive factor
And while it was a massive surprise when Quigg topped votes before, the fact Janet now has also done the same even when forgetting words and having dire song choices chosen for her,
surely means this is a big advantage for an act.
Louis is always saying he hopes the Irish vote for her etc, well it seems he was listened to
Janet never seemed to be the obvious fave on forums, radio, TV etc here
But her voting figures show that she was backed hugely by the emerald Isle
I know that I will be watching out for next year to see if there is an Irish act in final lol And money shall be going on them
Jokes about the Quigg boy from a couple years back
Janet Devlin this year
Well looking at the percentage votes that have come out it is clear to see the Irish vote is a massive factor
And while it was a massive surprise when Quigg topped votes before, the fact Janet now has also done the same even when forgetting words and having dire song choices chosen for her,
surely means this is a big advantage for an act.
Louis is always saying he hopes the Irish vote for her etc, well it seems he was listened to
Janet never seemed to be the obvious fave on forums, radio, TV etc here
But her voting figures show that she was backed hugely by the emerald Isle
I know that I will be watching out for next year to see if there is an Irish act in final lol And money shall be going on them
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The population of England is many many times larger. To get a good percentage of the vote, you have to get a good percentage of the English vote.
I am English. And I voted for Janet. A lot.
So did many other English people.
Janet wasn't a novelty act in the joke act sense, but she stood out. Then the novelty wears off as people become familiar with it.
That combined with her seeming more and more miserable, plus the mistakes, saw her leave.
With a bit of help from the script and the producers in the later stage.
Seriously its not a coincidence two young distinctly average northern irish acts have topped the votes week upon week. Their irish accents and shy blandness obviously appeals to people watching this show
I don't know one person over here who actually votes for The X Factor. You have to go on the TV3 website, find the X Factor page and then look for the numbers every week. They only have the numbers up when voting lines are open. That's alot of effort to go to just to vote for some girl.
If I had voted for anyone throughout the competition it would have been Little Mix and my Facebook news feed has been FULL of people talking about Little Mix every week. Anyone that mentioned Janet actually found her annoying.
I think the fact that she had such a standout audition had alot to do with her popularity in the UK. I wouldn't think that people would be making the assumption that Marcus only made it as far as he did because people in Liverpool voted for him. Ireland only have a population of around 4 million, that would be around the same as some counties in England right? (I actually don't know).
Man I didn't realise I had typed so much ahhahahaha
I think it's fairly clear that you insinuated it when you assumed her votes were based on regional voting instead of actual popularity?
Thats 3 years Irish doing well with the votes. We cant know unless they release the voting demographic but we can say is the Irish certainly have the early following in recent years but it tends to drop off............. Interesting!
Unless he is on speed dial when at home
And is regional voting not popularity then?
Obviously context is something you don't quite understand, so let's just stop wasting our time and leave it there then.
And cannot back it up
And now what your doing is what is known as backing out
By the way do not patronise me
Not with such baseless comments as yours
Do you really think a country with a population of 4million (o of whom only a few hundred thousand watch the show) where the show is shown on a minor TV channel can outvote a country of 60 million (of whom 11m watch the show) on the latter's biggest reality TV show.
Janet got nearly a quarter of the vote in the first week of voting, topped the votes for four weeks and came 2nd the next week. She clearly had loads of UK support.
As for Eggnog - maybe he got votes cos he was a good looking teenage boy who teenage girls loved and multi voted for. It cannot have been down to the Irish vote - as residents of the Republic of Ireland couldn't vote in the X factor that year.
This thread is almost verging on the racist. Irish people vote for the best act like any region of the UK. Did Marcus only make the final due to votes from Liverpool - clearly no - did Misha only get Mancunians backing her - obviously not. And to say Janet topped the vote for 4 weeks thanks to only Irish people voting for her is similarly a claim without any foundation!
PS Try looking at the Janet Devlin X factor journey thread. That will tell you the real story!
The Irish are a race and a nation - not a demographic.
It is insulting in the extreme to claim that Irish people don't vote on talent or quality - but just ring up in droves to support any old Irish act who appears on a reality TV show.
If I claimed only black people voted for Misha or Marcus - without any evidence or proof - I would be accused by many of racism. And frankly I wouldn't blame them.
Its just patronising and insulting!
I did not say it was fact I just speculated that is all
By the way I did not say it was solely Irish voters, I said they were a factor possibly
Apologies if my explanation was beyond you, but I made myself quite clear.
Nothing to do with "backing out" as you call it, more to do with not being interested in wasting my time on someone with an agenda all their own. Byeee!
Bye
Did I say you were wrong by the way on your so called fact week 2 misha
You did not answer so ahh well
As for the agenda comment explain yourself
What in the blue hell are you rambling on about now?
Apparently, you don't seem to understand what "goodbye" means either. Jeez... some people... :rolleyes: