I was just looking at performances by people like David Cook, Chris Daughtry etc on American Idol and realised how sh*te the male singers on X factor really are.

It's ALWAYS whining crooner boy-band types that get through, never any variation - where are all the decent British male voices with a bit of grit to them?? Seriously, all we get are the substandard, greasy-fringed 90s throwbacks who've just hit puberty, there hasn't been any slightly more powerful male voices since Ben back in Leona's series.

Ugh. Sorry, it annoys me - there's so many great female singers every year so where are all the men??

Rant over....

I actually disagree this year. *Some* of the male singers are much more talented than the female singers!

Rhydian

I came on to post Rhydian

Plus Shayne is a great singer

Austin Drage was amazing...the best male x factor has seen in my view.

He has a fantatsic voice, even better when he is doing what he loves, soul music....

tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACVIB1DvXQo
take listen you cant deny he is not amazing, this boy has the x factor in gallons...

Lol point taken Effy, but come on. LLOYD??? RIKKI????

OK, so we've had Rhydian, Ben and (possibly) Shayne, Jamie may count but his hair annoys me :P. Compare that to all the decent female singers there's been over the years, and different styles too.

EDIT: AUSTIN!! I forgot about him He is pretty amazing in that video.... who the hell voted him off??? In favour of... *shudder* EGGNOG.

Me too.

And that guy that Cheryl rejected after all her will I? won't I? shenannigans.


Definitely. I don't know why he went out so early - and he was very good-looking too.

But Rikki is the king of hats......what more could you want in a singer?

You could say the same about the music industry in general..
I mean the industry is full of young pretty boys who cant really sing that well..zac efron, jesse mc-whatever his name is.
If your pretty it sells..hense Lloyd, given the right material Lloyd *could* make lots of money through his looks thats why he is on the show...

I never understood why such a fuss was made of Laura being voted out last year when the far superior Austin was voted out before her.

Ok, yes Lloyd and Eggy are not great .

Oh I miss Austin. I loved that boy.

How could you forget The Rhydler?

I know Rhydian has already been pointed out to you but my point is there seem to be less men with big, powerful voices around than there are women. Or is that a misconception?

Damn right! austin was amazing..i cant belive too this day why the judges chose rachel for her "raw talent" over Austin, when rachel was a nasty person who never delivered...rant over

Thats why this year im going with Lloyd, he is pretty and i think the judges will keep him longer than austin...i hate seeing my favorites leave

Me too. I think I've chosen the wrong person this year too.

I was so upset to go to the tour last year and have to listen to Eggnog when all I wanted was to see Austin.

No doubt the same will happen this year. I'm clearly bad luck.

We had Robert,Ben,Rhydian. All of them could belt out a song.

Whoa, whoa. Austin got kicked off for HER????

I f*cking hate X Factor's voting demographic, I really do. Oh well, slightly less embarrassing than having the Conway Sisters picked instead of you...


This is probably true. But American Idol seem to have no problem picking them up I suppose my point kind of links to that other thread about having a Rock themed week, it's the constant focus on weedy soulless pop music and singers that really irritates me!!

(Not that I don't like pop music. I do. Just not the weedy soul-less sort, and not when it's sung by the likes of Eggnog)

Austin was a great singer but lacked star quality IMO.

Having said that, I don't think many of this years men have both strong voices and star quality either.

Who's Robert, sorry?

I dont think any of them do....
Most star quality on the male side goes to the twins and thats saying something...

Shayne is a great singer with personality

Xfactor 3 - he was great - should have been in the final alongside Leona and Eton Road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgmVzDsr0nM

There also was Andy Abraham on XF2. I loved his Mrs Jones

The best of course was Steve Brookstein

Austin for me was sent packing in case he won! that was my theory anyway.

Agree on needing some rock songs and even a rock themed night, why not we get dreadful disco every year.

Erm, what about Lloyd, Rikki, Eoghan?!

LOLOLOLOLOL

Totally agree with the OP, everything is on Idol seems to be better than X Factor when it comes to performances, even when they have rubbish theme weeks eg. Mariah week

When it comes to male singers, Idol just wins hands down probably down to the fact that Idol has a live band and not a backing track. The live band then allows for creativity with song choices and not karaoke

For example:

Bo Bice - In A Dream

Chris Daughtry - Walk The Line

Blake Lewis - You Give Love A Bad Name

David Cook - Eleanor Rigby

Jason Castro - Hallelujah

Michael Johns - Dream On

Adam Lambert - Ring Of Fire

Kris Allen - She Works Hard For The Money