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Old 10-09-2012, 19:45
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And how well did it capture this show in your opinion?
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Old 10-09-2012, 19:49
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There are already plenty of threads on this. Its dragged up every year.
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Old 10-09-2012, 19:50
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Always wanted to read it what topics does it bring up?
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Old 10-09-2012, 19:54
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I have read it. It is good and worth reading. With the material he had to work on, it should have been better but still it's worth reading. It captures it all quite accurately whilst obviously taking it to extremes in places.
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Old 10-09-2012, 19:57
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it's a good parody
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Old 10-09-2012, 20:20
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Beginning to look like a documentary.
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Old 11-09-2012, 00:55
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I have read it. It is good and worth reading. With the material he had to work on, it should have been better but still it's worth reading. It captures it all quite accurately whilst obviously taking it to extremes in places.
Yes he was actually allowed to sit behind the scenes in the studio and given a lot of access. I believe Sharon O is still not talking to him lol
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Old 12-09-2012, 00:26
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Beginning to look like a documentary.
I second this. I think it's even gone beyond that, with producers having read it and being conscious of it and semi delberately playing to it. A bit like reading 'Dead Famous' and then watching BB3 - some of the housemates had certainly read it.
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Old 12-09-2012, 00:46
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Where from??
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Old 12-09-2012, 10:08
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It's a novel by Ben Elton, a satire of the X Factor and a glimpse behind the scenes of how shows like this work, to manipulate the viewers into thinking what the producers want them to think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chart_Throb
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Old 12-09-2012, 10:34
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interesting... first i heard of the book.
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Old 12-09-2012, 11:46
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I remember at the time, Simon said he loved the book. In fact Ben Elton was on Simon's second This Is Your Life. Thought that was odd and the time and still do!
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Old 12-09-2012, 11:54
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It's characters are essentially exaggerated forms of real people who've appeared on the show- the Louis Walsh type judge is even more pathetic, Sharon Osbourne is a post-op transsexual, Calvin Simms is actually a toned down version of Simon but they're essentially one and the same.

Lots of contestants appear in various forms too- Chico, Steve Brookstein, 2 To Go, Journey South!
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Old 12-09-2012, 18:19
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It's characters are essentially exaggerated forms of real people who've appeared on the show- the Louis Walsh type judge is even more pathetic, Sharon Osbourne is a post-op transsexual, Calvin Simms is actually a toned down version of Simon but they're essentially one and the same.

Lots of contestants appear in various forms too- Chico, Steve Brookstein, 2 To Go, Journey South!
The contestant characters and the judges seemed a bit too glaringly obvious to me tbh. What I liked was the build up to the show and the manipulations in the lives. I haven't read it in ages so I think it'd be interesting to read it again now we're on the 8th(?) series. I think it might have been around the 3rd or 4th I read it.
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Old 12-09-2012, 18:37
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I started reading it and I never got to finishing it, however I did see it on my bookshelf last night and I think I must start reading it again.
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Old 12-09-2012, 19:07
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Oh, is that the one that gets mentioned here every year? Haven't been majorly tempted to read it thus far but maybe this is the year! I'm currently reading "The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell" by Tom Bowyer (apparently he spent several months with Simon, which in turn makes me wonder if anything was edited out or in, lol) which I'm finding interesting so I suppose I'm in the mood for show-related books.
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