In a change for next year, I think there should be TV screens under each judge. Instead of going to the trouble of saying anything, I think they should just press a button and the screen flicks through different comments until it stops on one randomly:

"Best performance of the night!"
"Slightly disappointing"
"A bit cabaret"
"You put it down!"
"Predictable"
"Too versatile, don't know what they stand for"
"Like a karaoke singer in Blackpool"
"Reminds me of a young Margaret Thatcher"
"Bully"
"Racist"
"Satanist"

This would speed the whole show up but be just as informative as it currently is. It would also add a bit of unpredictability to the proceedings and the forums.

"Janet is a satanist?! OMG!"

Why not do away with the meat altogether, they don't actually mentor anyway. Just have Dermot with a huge red button of randomness

Acutally replace the judges with TV screens as well, and we could have famous historical figures from history and popular culture:

Dermot: "Genghis Kahn loved your performance Kitty, but what does Kermit think?"

I think this is a natural evolution for the characters on the show, and would mean the drama could be upped considerably.

Haha! Yes, I love it.

Plus these comments....

"You've got a recording voice" = You can sing but you don't look good on stage.

"I don't know why, but the public don't like you."

" You don't connect with the public."

"That was boring."

That was the wrong song choice for you"

"Best performance of the series!"

They don't use a Random Comment Generator?

I thought it was a cert that the meat puppets were hooked up to one.

I will get to work on a prototype system, and feed all the comments you suggest into the database.

We could even test it in parallel with future shows?

If it's successful they could adopt it next year

I wonder what Gary would look like throwing pens and shouting "you put it down!".

Exactly!

It would mix things up and be just the spark the show needs.

The whole point of the show, as Simon Cowell has said many times, is to find an act that will sell a lot of albums, worldwide. ie Adele.
So just find someone who looks and sounds like Adele. Then arrange for them to have their heart broken several times in quick succession. Then teach them how to write songs. Then you don't need any judges. Or a tv show.

Let's hope they don't include any Sharon Osbourne ones such as "I'd like to rub my hands over your chest!" (She said this, complete with with lecherous hand-movements to Shayne Ward)

Imagine if Louis said it to Kitty




(and please don't bring Amelia or Janet into this because they are both minors)

Brilliant



There would be big yellow smiley faces all over the TV screen if he did.

Oh and another from Sharon 'slimy' Osbourne.

http://goo.gl/HjjqL

LOL

But Louis could say they reminded him of a young Gary Barlow

I think this forum should start using a random thread title generator next year... I've just burst out laughing at some of the outlandish titles on the first page at the moment. I've not opened it but that Amelia/Princess Di one has to be a p!ss take, right? It sounds like something off the Daily Express!

The Princess Di thread is very serious indeed!

Would you like an Amelia 'People's Princess' souvenir mug?

Maybe they should not stick to the script and say what they truly think. There has never been so much praising of bog standard performances.

MADNESS!

i like louis backhanded compliment, of telling someone whos pretty fat that theyre a young gary barlow

I'm pretty sure I saw Louis shaking a magic 8 ball under the judge's desk during Craig's performance. At least I hope that's what it was.

haha that'll do