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Old 27-10-2009, 10:17
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I still find it diffcult to believe that they are topping the votes.

However if they were to win I would imagine his credability would be at end and despite the show being more succesful than ever I could see him pullinfg the plug.
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:22
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I think he would as well, it would make X Factor one big joke if they won. Then if he does axe XF watch people go up in arms about it (probably the same people who will vote for the two horrors to win.)
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:24
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They may be rubbish but are not the worst.

IMO Danyl, Lloyd and Stacey are worse
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:24
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If they do win, then the voting public will have killed off the format

There is no point in having a programme based around talent where the winners have no ability as singers or dancers.

Those who believe that they are entertaining are almost beyond belief.

There is a form of schadenfreude in seeing people make fools of themselves. But, as with JS on Strictly last year, there comes a point when enough is enough.

I reached that point with these two at boot camp.

I know it has been manufactured to generate press - and therefore public interest.

However there is a time in everyone's life when they have to grow up. And those people who are voting for the twins as some sort of joke or to spite Simon Cowell need to do so.

(I know this will get lots of derision and scorn - but they are enthusiastic young lads who cannot sing and who have very little dance ability - they wouldn't win a talent show at Butlins, let alone a £1 million recording contract)
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:24
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I don't think he would end the show - just think how much money he might not make if X factor did not run full time.
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:27
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They may be rubbish but are not the worst.

IMO Danyl, Lloyd and Stacey are worse
LOL This is whole thing is now out of control and ott LOL
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:29
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Maybe he would cry for the first time ever on national TV?
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:31
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I don't think he would end the show, but I do think we would see some changes next year.
I think Simon would be a lot more harsh about who actually gets through to Judges houses, and I wouldnt be surprised if they changed the category format to allow for groups but not necessarily to need groups. Does anyone else think its actually pointless having girl groups? Its not fair, but they are never popular.

Or he may just give up. I mean, he has Idol, he might decide he doesnt need X Factor.
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:31
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I haven't actually entertained the possibility that they would win, I think he would prevent them. I can't see the show coming back from them winning if they were to - unless an amazing bunch were put through next year.
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:31
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They may be rubbish but are not the worst.

IMO Danyl, Lloyd and Stacey are worse
No they definitely ARE the worst, no doubt Lloyd is a bad singer but J&E are just bad full stop, can't even credit them by saying they are bad "Singers" because they can't sing AT ALL
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:33
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As long as Simon's making money, I doubt he'll be that bothered
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:36
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As long as Simon's making money, I doubt he'll be that bothered
and just how will he make money out of the gruesome twosome I think he will be bothered, a million quid is a million quid
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:37
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I hope he would as I for one would not bother with it again it's getting farcicle.people are no longer voting for the best act
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:47
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and just how will he make money out of the gruesome twosome I think he will be bothered, a million quid is a million quid
The show makes a lot of money out of advertising revenue and phone votes, it's not all about record sales. Besides if J&E won they would probably sell shedloads of the Xmas single and then disappear without trace after their first album - er sound familiar? (in fact the twins would be perfect for a Xmas single - it's almost as if that was what they were born for ) I am sure Simon would manage to recoup a large part if not all or more of his million £ investment (which really isn't all that much in the scheme of things). IMO the only thing that could really kill the show is lack of publicity, fall in phone votes, advertisers pulling out, viewers switching over to SCD. All this publicity - negative or not - is grist for the X Factor publicity mill. A week or so ago we had the Danyl homophobia row, now we have the 'twins to win' furore. Next week it will probably be something else Simon is a businessman and I very much doubt he will abandon a successful cash cow in the middle of a recession
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:50
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I still find it diffcult to believe that they are topping the votes.

However if they were to win I would imagine his credability would be at end and despite the show being more succesful than ever I could see him pullinfg the plug.
don't be daft, cowell kill his golden goose? how is it that they might win? ah yes, through phone voting, at a price.

also, there is no such thing as bad publicity, and the twins winning would be a huge upset, huge publicity. they may end up being a short term, but lucrative novelty act that he could capitalise on

failing that, X-Factor will be back next year for another ten weeks of passing the collection basket round amongst the voters, mark my words

EDIT: galena above has said it more eloquently than i have
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Old 27-10-2009, 10:51
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He might quit..but the fact is they wouldn't have gone through without his say so.

If you don't want comedy acts to win...then you don't put them through.
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Old 27-10-2009, 11:14
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I think he would as well, it would make X Factor one big joke if they won. Then if he does axe XF watch people go up in arms about it (probably the same people who will vote for the two horrors to win.)
Er hello, the X-factor is already one big joke! With each series the quality of the acts gets worse. Personally I've had enough of Cowell and his cronies and I think so have some of the British public hence the votes for J & E. I believe it's a similar mentality that kept John Sargent in 'Stricly' last year, a backlash against the manipulation by the so called experts.
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Old 27-10-2009, 11:18
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If J&E win (and I'd love to see Cowell's face if they do), I think the show will survive but Simon will move hell and high water next year to ensure that no novelty acts get to the finals.

The twins could go on to be a very successful act, just not as singers.
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Old 27-10-2009, 11:25
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Of course he would not quit.

13 million viewers, people talking about it, loads of publicity.

Remember the MAJORITY of the judges put J&E through to the last 24, ok it was LW who had them in the final three, but he had sod all to work with so why not take a punt on the twins.

All this is great press and TV coverage for the show, loads of revenue through the votes and massive amounts of advertising.
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Old 27-10-2009, 11:33
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LW said quite early on that he didn't have a chance of winning with the groups so why not have a laugh with Jedward.

Actually unlike Psycho he seems to be a good manager, G4 did really well after the X factor and he's been very successful with mainstream acts. So if he thinks there's a market for them he could be right.

He also said early on that most groups can't sing that well when they start off. I don't think J & E are unable to sing, if you look at how energetically they're dancing I think they do very well, they can sing in tune so if they were produced to sound as good as possible it would be just as good to listen to as Girls Aloud on the radio! (Have a look at GA singing 'The Promise' on X Factor last year if you want to see an act that can't sing!)

It's all very well for Simon to say 'who would want to listen to that on the radio' but who'd want to listen to Cheryl Cole on the radio without her records being produced so her voice sounds as good as possible?
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Old 27-10-2009, 11:34
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It wouldn't end the show, but they certainly would take more serious care of who they put through next year.

Simon should also worry about launching a US X Factor.
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Old 27-10-2009, 11:36
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i think we may see a change in format again next year, or they will be more strict on who they take through. I really think it should be top 12 of anything, not categories as there was a lot of talent left behind and, apart from Miss Frank, the group category was very weak this year, whilst the overs could have had 6 people through.
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Old 27-10-2009, 11:38
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Wasn't Eoghan getting the most votes last year until near the end of the competition. Doesn't mean J & E will win, just because at the moment they are getting most votes.
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Old 27-10-2009, 11:38
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Er hello, the X-factor is already one big joke!
Correct. The show has long lost its credibility anyway and should be regarded as pure entertainment.

So lighten up folks!
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Old 27-10-2009, 11:39
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First Big Brother, now X Factor. The voting public doing a great hatchet job on reality shows this year... almost as if there's some sort of subversive ironic backlash going on
http://votefortheworst.com/
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