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i thought Alien were a joke act

JEFF62JEFF62 Posts: 5,103
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I was gobsmacked when the judges raved about Alien. I genuinely thought it was a joke act and the judges were going to give them four no's. Their singing sounded like carstrated cats!
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    cheesebigginscheesebiggins Posts: 337
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    Agreed. They sounded awful, and that was even on a song that required a very limited vocal range.
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    PandakooPandakoo Posts: 5,429
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    I couldn't believe they get standing ovations. They were average at best, the vocals were pretty terrible
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    TomStarTomStar Posts: 2,067
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    I also thought they sounded terrible and was scratching my head at the rave reviews from the judges. Can't see them sticking around in the competition long....
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    21stCenturyBoy21stCenturyBoy Posts: 44,506
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    Style over substance. They looked ridiculous and sounded worse.
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    Master OzzyMaster Ozzy Posts: 18,937
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    They were horrendous.
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    mimik1ukmimik1uk Posts: 46,701
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    the thing that got me about their audition was how much reverb and echo there seemed to be when the singing/rapping started

    sounded like it had been auto-tuned to death before broadcast
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    Skyler_WrightSkyler_Wright Posts: 1,652
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    I missed them because I was still watching Strictly.

    And I'm not going to search to watch because I don't care about groups.
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    Purple MangoPurple Mango Posts: 742
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    Skyler_Wright wrote: »
    I missed them because I was still watching Strictly.

    And I'm not going to search to watch because I don't care about groups.

    I was watching Strictly too, so missed them. But from the reactions on here.....good job I did miss it. :)
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    Ryeboy123Ryeboy123 Posts: 1,085
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    you may eat your words when u see them at bootcamp
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    ThiswillbefunThiswillbefun Posts: 10,599
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    mimik1uk wrote: »
    the thing that got me about their audition was how much reverb and echo there seemed to be when the singing/rapping started

    sounded like it had been auto-tuned to death before broadcast

    The number of acts who had reverb added on last night's show was shocking.
    It was even funnier with the ones who had no backing track for their "first choice" song then had the full production for their "back-up" track.
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    mysty211mysty211 Posts: 4,935
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    I wasn't that crazy about them either nothing special I was expecting much better.
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    TheGraduate2012TheGraduate2012 Posts: 14,822
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    Those 'standing ovations' were clearly edited.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 325
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    They were dreadful. Glad I weren't the only one who thought the same.
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    james_von05james_von05 Posts: 1,684
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    I don't know how the public gonna like them... coz I find them little bit on annoying side.
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    pugamopugamo Posts: 18,039
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    They're just an old version of little mix. And the name...Alien...it's so, so bad.
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    tony321tony321 Posts: 10,594
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    They looked stupid, sounded terrible and I thought that Cowells's piles were giving him grief then realised he was doing a standing ovation.

    Bizarre
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    big bang theorybig bang theory Posts: 4,017
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    JEFF62 wrote: »
    I was gobsmacked when the judges raved about Alien. I genuinely thought it was a joke act and the judges were going to give them four no's. Their singing sounded like carstrated cats!

    I thought that with most of them from this series so I'm just as gobsmacked as you are with Alien.
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    LondonCityGirl_LondonCityGirl_ Posts: 109
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    They have "manufactured" written all over them. I think Nick Grimshaw described them as being totally different to what is out there at the moment which is ridiculous - it's clear that someone looked at Little Mix, Fifth Harmony and a few K-pop bands and found 5 teenage girls and styled them to within an inch of their lives. The producers must really think the Xfactor audience is made up of nothing more than imbeciles. After seeing this particular band I stopped watching and cancelled my series record on Sky.
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    TomStarTomStar Posts: 2,067
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    Ryeboy123 wrote: »
    you may eat your words when u see them at bootcamp

    I'm guessing you are a friend of theirs....
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    jamiepr74jamiepr74 Posts: 133
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    Tyyleer wrote: »
    I couldn't believe they get standing ovations. They were average at best, the vocals were pretty terrible

    They probably didn't but with clever post production editing anyone can polish a turd.....
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    MysteriousOzMysteriousOz Posts: 6,230
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    I couldn't hear much singing from them, bootcamp will hopefully change that
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    mimik1ukmimik1uk Posts: 46,701
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    MysteriousOz wrote: »
    I couldn't hear much singing from them, bootcamp will hopefully change that

    you may live to regret that hope :p;-):D
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    junipairejunipaire Posts: 3,517
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    Tyyleer wrote: »
    I couldn't believe they get standing ovations. They were average at best, the vocals were pretty terrible

    Yeah them standing ovations thing has to be orchestrated as some acts clearly do not deserve so huge appreciation and it comes across very fake with the audiences reaction in my opinion. I really think Xfactor would be much more watchable if it went back to basics with studio auditions to begin with and cut the fakeness and be more open that this act was discovered on youtube or found on he pub circuit, whatever.
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    jerefprdterrajerefprdterra Posts: 30,340
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    Out of the groups i am looking forward to seeing Silver Tone. As for Alien i think they will soon be disappearing into space.
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    MandarkMandark Posts: 47,964
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    To be honest it doesn't matter if they can't sing. Britain, may be the world, is waiting for a new girl band - not 4th power cutesy pop - but a band with a bit of edge (or unstable characters) that would make good tabloid/entertainment news fodder. Alien look as if they could be the part!
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