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Old 27-10-2012, 20:10
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If anyone claims that Rik Waller was kicked off Pop Idol for getting ill - and that consequently Lucy is getting some kind of preferential treatment this week - remind them that Rik was only removed because he was too ill to perform for two weeks in a row. He was in fact given a 'by' for the first week of his laryngitis, just as Lucy has been now.
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Old 27-10-2012, 20:12
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That was Pop Idol. X-factor is a different show, I doubt anyone will make any such comparisons.
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Old 27-10-2012, 20:12
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Who?

I think you are the only one who remembers him to bring it up.
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Old 27-10-2012, 20:17
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At least we got the gorgeous Darius as a replacement. Always a bright side to every situation.

I wonder what he is doing now.

Sorry for going off topic
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Old 27-10-2012, 20:20
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At least we got the gorgeous Darius as a replacement. Always a bright side to every situation.

I wonder what he is doing now.

Sorry for going off topic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Campbell
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Old 27-10-2012, 20:25
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I've seen Rik down my high street many times. I think he struggles to be taken seriously.
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Old 27-10-2012, 20:29
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Old 27-10-2012, 20:32
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Was he the fat one?
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Old 28-10-2012, 09:44
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Last I heard Darius was recording tracks for his new album with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

The recordings were scheduled for earlier this year but Darius couldn't commit then because he'd got the lead in an ABC pilot in the US and had to wait until after the upfronts to know whether it would be picked up as a series.
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Old 28-10-2012, 15:13
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Old 28-10-2012, 15:33
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Is it not against the DS terms and conditions to call FMs trolls? (Without actual evidence only because they don't like a contestant?)

Just checking?
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Old 28-10-2012, 15:39
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Was he the fat one?
No, he was the clinically obese one with an ego the size of his own arse.
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Old 28-10-2012, 16:21
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No, he was the clinically obese one with an ego the size of his own arse.
I think the 'vote for the fat bloke' internet campaign went to his head and he started to believe his own hype.
He had a decent voice but without the novelty value of being huge, he would have got nowhere.
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Old 28-10-2012, 16:28
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How does having a different opinion make someone a troll?
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Old 28-10-2012, 19:19
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How does having a different opinion make someone a troll?
Obviously this is a DS trope that gets about such a we are "jealous" if we don't like a contestant or the fact if some contestant slags off DS that is our reason for hating them.

It's school ground behaviour in its puerile nature.
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Old 28-10-2012, 19:22
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So are we all *jellus* of Rik Waller?
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Old 28-10-2012, 19:26
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Obviously this is a DS trope that gets about such a we are "jealous" if we don't like a contestant or the fact if some contestant slags off DS that is our reason for hating them.

It's school ground behaviour in its puerile nature.
Well said.

This topic posted by the op is more like something you would expect to see on twitter.
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Old 28-10-2012, 23:39
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A contestant on the first series of Pop Idol, who received sympathy votes for having an OK voice but being fat. He was replaced by Michelle McManus in the second series.
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Old 28-10-2012, 23:45
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Rik Waller had a great voice to be fair, although the novelty of having a morbidly obese contestant also helped.

He should have released an album of troubled, sensitive singer songwriter material and would have found a niche in the marketplace.
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