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Somebody get the judges a scriptwriter
Kingsy
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So much silence, spluttering for something to say. Say what you will about X Factor's scripting (Kelly's "g-father" slip up comes to mind) you can't deny their comments are much more entertaining.
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during X factor, the audience cheer and boo and there is an atmosphere during the comments
On this, the audience are pretty silent during whats been said...so when will is spluttering on at his slow pace, it feels like getting blood from a stone
You know what I mean?
Um....
I quite like will.i.am's bumbling comments, they seem genuine in spite of them being incomprehensible at times
I do agree that a better host would help to eke out some of the comments, though.
Instead, they've got...Holly!
This!
Yes, and that's why she (and I) have an issue with crowding out the singers with dancers.
Of course, a rounded performer needs to have stage presence and character, they should not simply stand there like a leaf of limp lettuce.
Mmm.
Script writing the Coaches comments negates the point of the performances being live! Why bother having a live show if the coaches have their comments and opinions written for them before the singer has even opened their mouth?? How can that be a true critique of a performance??
I agree with you. It's the one bit of the show that I think IS working. They're replies are obviously not scripted and that's a good thing.
I do think they need to work a bit on the "you made it your own" and the going on about flipping of a song but I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for what Will has to say and he usually doesn't disappoint.
Couldn't have put it better myself!!
Agree on the script writing not being a good for the show but also having knock knock jokes, name dropping and moaning about dancers are not very good comments about the vocals of the acts
So after all that we still need something to be done as its not working.
I disagree. The coaches are offering genuine opinion in the words that they think of that come out of their mouth - however occasionally cringey that may make a few people, it is absolutely preferential to a scripted comment that offers a pre vetted, pre approved opinion of the persona on stage rather than the performance of the singer.
Yeah, all those incessant repeats of "you look like a pop star, you sound like a pop star," "you owned that stage," and "that was reet oop ma street," along with the obligatory "I didn't like that....I LOVED it!" are far more entertaining.
Add to that the fact that the mentor's are pathologically incapable of telling their own acts they were crap when they were so obviously crap.
Then, when they can't think of anything to say, they just go "listen to that noise. Yeeeaaaahhh!"
Say what you will about The Voice's panel, but X Factor is hardly a beacon of quality judging. 90% of all comments are a complete waste of time.
Please do not speak on my behalf. I disagree with all your comments. I'm happy with the coaches, I like the spontaneity of their comments, I think they're funny (some people don't get Will's sense of humour but that's their loss) and Jessie is entitled to her opinions about dancers, in fact I agreed with her. I hope they all come back next year and no, I certainly don't want it scripted.
Scripting it would be one of the worst things they could do.
Also Holly needs to stop them rambling on as much. What their coach says before a performance in the VT is basically the same as what they all say after. It seems to go on for ages, with the actual performance over in seconds. 20 minutes singing in a 90 minute show with no adverts? What?
I find myself tuning out as soon as any of the coaches speak because you know what they are going to say each time, and it might as well be about any of the contestants not the one they are speaking to. It all blurs into one.
Let performances define the contestants, not endless VT's and coaches rambling on about nothing.
XF has always used Script writing for judges, thats someone can sound very bad but yet the judges say how good theyare.
the voice is much better for not having them.