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Old 14-10-2012, 11:02
Nobby Burton
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How is singing the easy bits from 2 or even 3 different songs a challenge?

6 contestants must've done them last night!
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Old 14-10-2012, 11:11
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I agree, they aren't true 'mash ups' at all, they are just singing random bits of random songs that don't compliment or have any relation to each other whatsoever.

Properly done, mash ups can be brilliant but the staff at the X Factor haven't got a clue!
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Old 14-10-2012, 11:12
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How is singing the easy bits from 2 or even 3 different songs a challenge?

6 contestants must've done them last night!
They are pointless and don't have much relevance to the real world.
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Old 14-10-2012, 11:13
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I agree, it's just distracting and sounds like a mess.
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Old 14-10-2012, 11:14
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I agree, Kye's 'mash-up' was pointless and not relevant other than the fact that Thank You was also sampled in Stan, by Eminem. Rylan's was rather as well.
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Old 14-10-2012, 11:16
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I agree, they aren't true 'mash ups' at all, they are just singing random bits of random songs that don't compliment or have any relation to each other whatsoever.

Properly done, mash ups can be brilliant but the staff at the X Factor haven't got a clue!
This.

there have been some brilliant proper mash ups over the years but these are just trying to fit together bits of songs that don't fit and it's a car crash.

The production team should leave this sort of thing to the experts
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Old 14-10-2012, 11:40
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kyes mash up was dreadful !! Completely pointless , I wish they would stop !
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Old 14-10-2012, 11:43
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Agreed it was endless last night, the first 4 songs if I remember!!
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Old 14-10-2012, 11:55
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Kye should have just sung Love The Way You Lie, I think trying to do both songs is what really brought his performance down. Much as dislike Jahmene, Ain't No Mountain High Enough was quite good forhim but a totally pointless mash-up with Tears Dry On The Own. Probably shoehorned in because they realised he wasn't very good at Amy Winehouse. Rylan's was quite fun and I did see the point in it being a mash-up. While I did enjoy Union J, they were possibly the two most random songs to be mashed-up in the history of X-Factor.

I don't see why they need to mash-up anyway, just sing one song and show us you can sing it all!
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Old 14-10-2012, 12:03
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There's only one place where mashups are acceptable, and that's on Glee.
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Old 14-10-2012, 12:12
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Kye should have just sung Love The Way You Lie, I think trying to do both songs is what really brought his performance down. Much as dislike Jahmene, Ain't No Mountain High Enough was quite good forhim but a totally pointless mash-up with Tears Dry On The Own. Probably shoehorned in because they realised he wasn't very good at Amy Winehouse. Rylan's was quite fun and I did see the point in it being a mash-up. While I did enjoy Union J, they were possibly the two most random songs to be mashed-up in the history of X-Factor.

I don't see why they need to mash-up anyway, just sing one song and show us you can sing it all!
BIB - Tears Dry On Their Own samples Ain't No Mountain High Enough, so I can see why it was chosen.

Mashups generally do annoy me, I much prefer the traditional method of you know, singing one song - it sadly seems to have gotten more popular on X Factor, probably since the producers have been watching a bit too much Glee.
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