Originally Posted by wkdstepmother:
“It says every winner of XF and BGT has been subject to this - so they are including Matt in it. I think Matt was subject to it - we know he was invited, we know he did loads of interview stuff that they used later and we know not everyone gets that. I think anyone who has watched this show closely as we have must accept that the live finalists are determined in advance and the VT's done to make people like them. (though I am sure Matt would have had the same reaction anyway)
Then once the live shows start they try to manipulate the public into eliminating the ones they want to lose (and they are not above changing the rules as they go along to achieve that - Katie? Cher?)
Whether they always get the actual overall winner they want is debatable - but I very much doubt they have ever got a winner that wasn't in their top 5 from the beginning.
Last year they all thought Olly would win and continued after the show as if he had!!!
Where Matt fits into this is hard to say - there's no suggestion that any of the contestants are complicit - I think Syco will be pushing Cher and 1D and leaving Matt to do his thing because he doesn't fit the Syco stereotype anyway - just like he did with Susan Boyle who ironically is easily his most successful act - though I do wonder if she's have been quite such a sensation if it was not for the judges almost certainly faked reactions at her audition!!”
“It says every winner of XF and BGT has been subject to this - so they are including Matt in it. I think Matt was subject to it - we know he was invited, we know he did loads of interview stuff that they used later and we know not everyone gets that. I think anyone who has watched this show closely as we have must accept that the live finalists are determined in advance and the VT's done to make people like them. (though I am sure Matt would have had the same reaction anyway)
Then once the live shows start they try to manipulate the public into eliminating the ones they want to lose (and they are not above changing the rules as they go along to achieve that - Katie? Cher?)
Whether they always get the actual overall winner they want is debatable - but I very much doubt they have ever got a winner that wasn't in their top 5 from the beginning.
Last year they all thought Olly would win and continued after the show as if he had!!!
Where Matt fits into this is hard to say - there's no suggestion that any of the contestants are complicit - I think Syco will be pushing Cher and 1D and leaving Matt to do his thing because he doesn't fit the Syco stereotype anyway - just like he did with Susan Boyle who ironically is easily his most successful act - though I do wonder if she's have been quite such a sensation if it was not for the judges almost certainly faked reactions at her audition!!”
Yup..essentially agree with this Wkd..we're on the same wavelength, have to agree that the contestants are not complicit tho, in fact, they are unknowing pawns is what i'd like to suggest, (apart from perhaps Katie?)
. Poor kid has already signed his life away to Syco, when he wins on Saturday - as that's been the 2 year plan, he'll be an endentured slave, to pay back all the money !!
