So, last week, i don't remember one duff act in the London section, but oh boy, when they hit Birmingham, (ie not cool 'London') it's full of ugly, flat no-hopers.
Guess What, this week in Cardiff, full of no-hopers and ugly types, but when they go to London again, suddenly everyone can sing, excpet Ham 'n Eggs (or whatever they were called).
Such blatent London bias.

Ditto with the Dublin audition : only two acts could sing (Mary and Rebecca)....everyone else was tone deaf and offkey.

It isn't bias. It is simply because everyone in London is super-talented.

Have you ever met a Londoner who wasn't a great singer? Thought not...

The London session I was at A LOT of people got told no, it's just the editing.

There were also 4 days of London auditions whereas the other cities were less - one or two days mainly -I think Manchester was 3. A bigger pool to draw from hence more airtime.

all the auto tune equipment is in London

Hmm true

Chas and Dave are perfect examples of the quality of London singers.

bun 'nd cheese, as if you didn't know.

My oh and I were talking about this and we think it's got more to do with the 'stories' and continuity as London also has never had a guest judge, therefore continuity shots are easier to do.

Also i wouldn't be surprised if London was used for the invited/put forward auditionees.

Ofcourse , always has been this way ! Also a 15 minute show for the whole of scotland and hours on hours of london QQ

Perhaps London had more days because it's the capital and the population is about 7 times as much as Birmingham?

It's because London has a bigger pool to draw from and not everybody is related to each other like they are in "the provinces"!

No need for the "rolly eye" smiley - Im well aware of that....I was just simply pointing out for people that MIGHT NOT have realised that they spent longer in London than the other cities......

They should have auditions in some smaller cities. Unfair on them.

get over it
are there any successful x factor winners who weren't from London??

People really shouldn't live in smaller cities.

Well, I for one am happy to see the little known and under exposed borough of London finally getting some airtime.

For a place I had rarely heard of before, I like many others, was surprised to discover this rarely mentioned part of the country is in fact the centre of the known Universe.

I'm glad to see such a place finally getting some attention. I hope this leads to some token investment from the government to help get it on the map. I know times are hard, but poor old London needs all the help it can get I think.

Yes, those of us unfortunate enough to live in Bumfcuk are all related.

I love how bitter everyone is...
Clearly London is the best place in the whole of the UK...

and im not even being sarcastic

Manchester must have lots of talent too, since they've given it two full shows.

And if it is two full shows, that will be more than London, right? They have only had 1/3 to 1/2 of the previous shows?

The show's producers know by now what sort of numbers to expect at each location so put on the number of audition days accordingly. There is not only a larger population in London but the catchment area around it would also draw in more auditonees than other cities.

Which is where the bias shows up....

London is just a hub...a huge one. Many people from the south and surrounding counties go to the London auditions. Heck even people from Paris go down to London auditions. Not everyone that goes to London is just from London. People need to get over this bias notion. London is a huge city so of course it will have a lot more airtime due to the number of people who audition there.