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Simon: People Shouldn't Come Back
natalian
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At one point tonight Simon said that he wasn't a fan of previous contestants auditioning for the show again because the fact that they didn't win previously just proves that they aren't good enough.
On that basis, I wonder if previous contestants should either be banned or should stop auditioning.
If nothing else, it would streamline the audition process as the number of contestants would be seriously reduced.
On that basis, I wonder if previous contestants should either be banned or should stop auditioning.
If nothing else, it would streamline the audition process as the number of contestants would be seriously reduced.
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So even if Simon doesn't like them, he needs them to play their parts in the annual storylines. So I don't think they'll ever be banned.
Plus, the talent pool is looking pretty shallow these days, so these contestants are needed to make up numbers if nothing else.
I think one of the Wand Erectioners was a returnee too.
There are probably many people who just keep coming back, every single year. Maybe one year they'll get through the first round of auditions, the next year they'll hope to go one better. They're never going to stop.
Higher up the scale, if you get as far as judges' houses, you're probably never going to come back and win.... but even then, you could change a lot between, say, 16 and 22.
Yep, Liam Payne.
As always with Simon he'll say something different from one moment to the next depending on whatever narrative he wants to push at that particular time. it's the same sort of contradiction as between 'we're looking for the finished article' and 'we're looking for someone with potential'. Or half the time he'll say something disingenuous just to set up so that he can be 'proved wrong' and do his little humble face and say 'I made a mistake, that was INCREDIBLE' - it's all about creating drama, false epiphanies and wooing the viewers to invest emotionally.
A polite way to describe him would be 'mealy mouthed'. A less polite way would be 'full of shit'.
As was Jade from Little Mix.
Haha sorry I still feel bad for her
Alexandra did just that
Yes, people like Rachel Kerr and Chloe Thwala who are streets ahead of some of the contestants that have been put through are already gone. Says a lot about the lack of good musical knowledge that the producers of this show have.
It shows that the judges are there just to pass comments, but not actuualy to make the decisions on who goes through. Farcical really.
lol too bad he sold less than Candice Glover. CANDICE FREAKIN' GLOVER. It also makes me feel better about the state of XFUK because for all of James Arthur's follies, I'm pretty sure he sold more than 14,000 copies of his album
You are right there.
This brought a huge smile to my face
Agree, her and Little Mix (and I guess James) were the only three winners to have to work hard and gain votes throughout the show... James was in the B2, Little Mix climbed through the voting order and % as time went on and Alexandra was not very safe in the first half of the series. So, yes, Alexandra was a returnee but she didn't get the, "oh she's a returnee, she needs to go far" vote, she got better and it reflected in the votes. Week 8 when she sang Toxic and Listen was the first time she topped the vote, she had come 6th, 7th, 6th, 6th, 2nd, 4th and 4th in the previous 7 weeks. Once in Week 7 being one place away being in the B2.
The other winners... Shayne, Leona, Leon, Matt, Joe, Sam B all were dominating the votes from the first week of live shows so not much was stopping them.
Was Leon really dominating the votes? It seems astonishing with hindsight.
Pretty sure there was a source about him dominating and everyone being shocked about it.
Great post. I would love to see the voting figures for series 3. I bet Leona had the largest voting leads out of any winner.
Alex wasn't even safe in the semi-final. Week 8 with Toxic/Listen made people finally see her as a contender, but she actually peaked in the final which worked out well in the end. I definitely think her year was by far the hardest. Every singer was good apart from Eoghan, but he had the teen girl vote, so it wasn't plain sailing for her.
Other singers i.e. TreyC tried to replicate what she did, but unless you properly prove yourself and work hard, it can be hard to come back and do well which is why I think more recent returnees seem to have ended up in groups.