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Andrew's Johnston's family are milking the press attention
SparkleBabe
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He was in all the papers yesterday and then again today with his mum telling us about his bullying and how he comes from a rough council estate blah, blah etc. I think he was on GMTV this morning too.
Im gonna admit he had a very good voice, but there are lots of other choir boys up and down the country just as good as he is, and he is now at an age where his voice could break anyday.
Im not sure who is behind all this milking of the press. If its the producers or his mother? But it doesn't seem fair, it almost like he is being pushed as the winner already. Im assmuing he is a dead cert for the live shows. But to be honest I prefered Gin the dog and that Boyzone bloke. I suppose Andrew could be a red herring like Ryan the soldier in the last series of X Factor?
Talking of classica singers, when are we going to see the much hyped teenage girl who Simon thinks could be the next Katherine Jenkins?
Im gonna admit he had a very good voice, but there are lots of other choir boys up and down the country just as good as he is, and he is now at an age where his voice could break anyday.
Im not sure who is behind all this milking of the press. If its the producers or his mother? But it doesn't seem fair, it almost like he is being pushed as the winner already. Im assmuing he is a dead cert for the live shows. But to be honest I prefered Gin the dog and that Boyzone bloke. I suppose Andrew could be a red herring like Ryan the soldier in the last series of X Factor?
Talking of classica singers, when are we going to see the much hyped teenage girl who Simon thinks could be the next Katherine Jenkins?
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I'd say than going on a reality tv show is looking for attention anyway, for the record.
Andrew Castle asked about the bullies and then there seemed to be an awkward pause before young Andrew said "Its in the past now" and his mother said the same there was another pause and AC said "Its amazing how many people want to be your friend when you are famous"
as though the bullying only stopped on Sat night after the show
I also noticed that in one of the papers he comments that it was a couple of kids in his street called him a sissy for singing
I picked up on the fact that the boy said "my mates don't like this music" - if he was being bullied, he wouldn't call the perpetrators "mates" - Also, why complain about the fact he was from a council estate - a lot of us originate from council estates, and it's nothing to cry about.
I heard him and his mother on the radio this morning, and it did sound like they'd seen this sob story wasn't a wise move - they both said the teasing was in the past, and the boy himself said he'd travelled the world as a chorister, so things really aren't all bad for him.
Personally, I thought he had a lovely voice (though it's bound to break soon) and he really didn't need the sob story to get through to the next round, but these tear jerkers seem to be becoming a feature of shows like BGT and X Factor, even DOI to a certain extent...It really isn't necessary, and all it does is detract from people who truly have battled against the odds to be there - I wish the producers would stop it - it's one of the few things about BGT that I don't like.
(Sorry for the long post:o)
He's a kid, he's been singing since he was 6 and is HC at Carlisle. More to say... Just google his name, there are a few articles from the local media in there.
Where have I heard that before?
I agree.
A touch of the Green Eyed Monster amongst a few I dare say. Each to their own.
He isn't fat, he's well built. And he's short, like all 13 yr old kids with a high voice. :S
Even Gin and Kate were on Monday's This Morning.:)
add to that being mercilessly bullied by a pack of school twonks all because you just 'want to sing'
then add the comments of 'Im doing it for my mum' and
Hey Presto..........a winner is born:rolleyes::rolleyes:
Anyone got a sick bucket
but they haven been bullied have they;)
Little girl: Sarah
Simon: And what's your talent?
Little girl: I sing
Simon: Tell me… do you like standing next to trees in the school playground?
Little girl: No.
Simon: [looks puzzled] Oh… why not?
Little girl:Because I was beaten up by a tree in the school playground?
Simon: Gasp! How courageous of you to admit that on TV.
Little girl: The script said "brave" not "courageous" Simon.
Simon: Never mind, the editors will sort that out.
Little girl: Oh, OK.
Simon: Gasp! How brave of you to admit that on TV.
Little girl: [starts crying because the producers deliberately upset her just before the cameras started rolling]
Simon: Don't cry, sweetheart. Simon loves children — even the ugly ones like you!
Little girl: Simon. You are my hero and you have made my dreams come true.
Simon: The script says all my dreams. Can we do that again?
hahahaha
So you didn't read the story in the sun....
but then it wasnt mentioned on stage infront of a TV audience of millions