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Old 12-11-2012, 01:13
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Why does Gary Barlow and the other judges rate this boyband as if they are the next big thing? They obviously don't have that many people interested overall as they have been in the bottom 2 twice now.

Surely that is a hint that they aren't that great or popular? Just because teenage girls shout about them outside the studio doesn't mean they should think they are great.
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:16
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I think they're in the bottom 2 because people are sick to death of a million boy bands that all sound exactly the same. Barlow hated District 3 because they didn't play along and sound exactly the same as all the other ones.
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:21
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They go on about them as if they are fantastic though, they can't even beat Rylan or Christopher when it comes to votes.
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:24
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I think they are saleable. I also don't think they are crap, if bland boybands floats yer boat. The pretty one is prettier than Harry in Wand Erection, and TBH even musically, they can harmonise a bit - even if not in the same league as the other boyband that went home tonight. Wand Erection could not harmonise their way out of a wet paper bag even after about ten shows.

This lot are pretty enough, competent and not at all 'bad'. Just bland. But then the lure of non threatening boys being sexy and singing a song to a lumpy girl about how they, alone, have spotted the beauty in the lumpy girl, is all they need to do, eh?
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:24
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I think it's safe, and fair, and totally correct to say that they are in fact completely pants.
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:25
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I think they're in the bottom 2 because people are sick to death of a million boy bands that all sound exactly the same. Barlow hated District 3 because they didn't play along and sound exactly the same as all the other ones.
This^^^

District 3 didn't quite tick the boy band boxes. It actually made them a better act.

UJ are just the same old boyband dross, where looks and screaming girls are all that matters.
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:28
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I think they are saleable. I also don't think they are crap, if bland boybands floats yer boat. The pretty one is prettier than Harry in Wand Erection, and TBH even musically, they can harmonise a bit - even if not in the same league as the other boyband that went home tonight. Wand Erection could not harmonise their way out of a wet paper bag even after about ten shows.

This lot are pretty enough, competent and not at all 'bad'. Just bland. But then the lure of non threatening boys being sexy and singing a song to a lumpy girl about how they, alone, have spotted the beauty in the lumpy girl, is all they need to do, eh?
Which is my point really. They are just another run of the mill girly boyband which is designed to get young teenage girls screaming. It is just getting really tedious now.

Isn't One Direction enough?
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:32
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Which is my point really. They are just another run of the mill girly boyband which is designed to get young teenage girls screaming. It is just getting really tedious now.

Isn't One Direction enough?
They are de trop. But it isn't middle aged farts like me buying music off the back of this kind of show. It's silly young girls who dream of one day having a go at Harry from One Direction when the reality for them will be more like Paul Potts from BGT, I suspect.
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:35
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They are de trop. But it isn't middle aged farts like me buying music off the back of this kind of show. It's silly young girls who dream of one day having a go at Harry from One Direction when the reality for them will be more like Paul Potts from BGT, I suspect.
They place to much bias on this show for these sort of acts. No wonder the Overs has done shit over the years because these boyband acts get far too much support and favour.
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:37
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This^^^

District 3 didn't quite tick the boy band boxes. It actually made them a better act.

UJ are just the same old boyband dross, where looks and screaming girls are all that matters.
This is what I meant to say but jende cheated and read my mind and said it instead.

Ha! spot on jende.
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Old 12-11-2012, 02:01
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I actually think Jaymi's voice is whats saving Union J his voice is amazing and it really adds to the groups harmonies .
If Jaymi wasn't in the group I'd say District 3 would be the better group.
Union J are good though I see them more like The Wanted rather than One Direction though.
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Old 12-11-2012, 02:05
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They are not crap
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Old 12-11-2012, 02:09
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I actually think Jaymi's voice is whats saving Union J his voice is amazing and it really adds to the groups harmonies .
If Jaymi wasn't in the group I'd say District 3 would be the better group.
Union J are good though I see them more like The Wanted rather than One Direction though.
When One Direction become a reasonable comparison in a discussion about music I think it's time we were invaded by aliens and were all put out of our misery once and for all.
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Old 12-11-2012, 02:14
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That Jaymi fella isn't bad. I don't get the point of the little dork with the guitar. Is his job just to stand there and look like a dick?

He's replaced the whiney faux-American lad with the punchable face from District 3 in the annoying stakes for me.
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Old 12-11-2012, 02:19
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That Jaymi fella isn't bad. I don't get the point of the little dork with the guitar. Is his job just to stand there and look like a dick?

He's replaced the whiney faux-American lad with the punchable face from District 3 in the annoying stakes for me.
I don't get that either. Are they saying look we're a real band this bloke can do A, D and E? He looks absolutely WRONG holding a guitar. Horribly contrived. As if I didn't have enough reasons to hate boy 'bands'.
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Old 12-11-2012, 05:09
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Would like to have seen them without George and probably even the other one whose name I don't know.

Jaymi is great, obviously, the Gareth Gates/James Dean lookalikey isn't too bad but as a foursome they are pretty crap.

Sick of Gary's shallow remark saying 'they look right', they don't !
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:27
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I actually think George sticks out like a sore thumb .He looks like he has been attached to the group,which he has , and plonked down besdie them to sing .Even his clothes last night made him like detached .
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:30
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I don't think they're crap, I think they need a lot of work, though Jaymi is in a class of his own.

The teen girly vote was obviously split between two bands, so yeah ...does not surprise me that both bands have ended up in the bottom two more than once. It's not difficult to work out.
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:32
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Yeah I don't think George looks very comfortable in the group. He doesn't know what to do when it's not his turn to sing, he either does a really awkward fake grin or just looks panicked! Bless him, I don't remember seeing his audition but I'm guessing he didnt sing boyband stuff? Anyway I don't think he's suited to a group, an I'm not sure I've ever heard him sing so I can't even judge how good he'd be solo.
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:58
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They are too earnest for their own good. Fine take the competition seriously and work hard but they always look on the verge of tears or a nervous breakdown. Is it so hard for them to crack a smile?

As for George, after their performance on Saturday I have now come to the conclusion is that he is either a bobble head toy or a ventriloquist dummy just popped in for affect. He does nothing for the and and looks definitely like an add on. He doesn't seem to contribute anything to the rest of the band and doesn't even match them in style.

And what's the name of that third fellow that isn't Jaymi and Josh, bless him but he is like the Anthony Costa or Joey Fatone of this boyband, just sit in the back and sing love is what his remit was I guess.
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Old 12-11-2012, 10:23
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That Jaymi fella isn't bad. I don't get the point of the little dork with the guitar. Is his job just to stand there and look like a dick?

He's replaced the whiney faux-American lad with the punchable face from District 3 in the annoying stakes for me.
He looks like a ventriloquist's dummy.
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