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Maloney - The Hillsborough effect?
LIverpool was treated like a pig by London media, Thatcher and the Police over Hillsborough
This year they city got justice Is Christopher benefiting from a city who have been battered but never defeated and this year they will win the X-Factor with their boy? I would not begrudge them that |
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The thought fleetingly occurred to me early in the series but I have given it no further thought.
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Er ... no! I know no-one who is voting for him in Liverpool and I live there!
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Er ... no! I know no-one who is voting for him in Liverpool and I live there!
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The Liverpool vote is very strong for Chris. He is the peoples champion.
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The Liverpool vote is very strong for Chris. He is the peoples champion.
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I'd say it's more like a city simply backing its own rather than anything to do with Hilsborough
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He is there because he is being voted for.. And no other reason .. And we haven't had justice YET .. just been proven to of told the truth for 23 yrs
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It's obvious that most of Londoners have switched to Strictly this year.
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Really ?!? How come I've not heard of any peeps voting for him ?!?
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Then to come top of the votes as he has allegedly been doing then he must have more closet fans than just nans & Scousers! (I voted for Jahmene this week esp in view of twitter rumours that he was bottom 2 with Rylan earlier in the day)
Back to the original post - am not convinced of a Hillsborough effect! Maybe a protest vote but certainly the impression I have from work & home, Liverpool is not voting in droves for Chris, although I am sure he must have some local support like all acts! |
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Then to come top of the votes as he has allegedly been doing then he must have more closet fans than just nans & Scousers! (I voted for Jahmene this week esp in view of twitter rumours that he was bottom 2 with Rylan earlier in the day)
Back to the original post - am not convinced of a Hillsborough effect! Maybe a protest vote but certainly the impression I have from work & home, Liverpool is not voting in droves for Chris, although I am sure he must have some local support like all acts! |
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I can't name one person who has voted for Chris from Liverpool, everyone I speak to wanted him off after week 1!
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I can't name one person who has voted for Chris from Liverpool, everyone I speak to wanted him off after week 1!
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Er ... no! I know no-one who is voting for him in Liverpool and I live there!
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People forget that Christopher has been a professional singer for years, and although some trash the idea of cruise singers, those companies customers pay thousands for their cruises and the entertainment has to be a high standard, he has obviously been popular to keep being re-booked, so he has come to the show with probably a lot of people having seen him and enjoyed what he did.
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Really ?!? How come I've not heard of any peeps voting for him ?!?
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Of course there is a modicum of regional support whenever an X Factor (or any reality TV contestant really) reaches the finals. I remember 'Gareth (Gates) to Win' posters up in the shops when I lived in Bradford, though no-one I knew actually voted for him.
Maybe, just maybe people vote for him because they think he has a good voice? He's middle of the road, which is almost a genre in itself these days - look at Michael Buble. Maybe people don't want twiddly notes or crazy outfits, dubstep or 'interpretations' - maybe some people want a nice song sung well. What's wrong with that? Yeah he can be a bit cheesy, but he's safe and people get fed up with one trick ponies and novelty acts. |
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Really.. Not what I've seen or heard .. A few people have posters in their windows saying Vote for Chris..
Most of the posters up around the city centre of him have been vandalised by people writing not so supportive messages on them. Of course he's going to have some support from Liverpool, some people can't help but 'support their own' but if you compare it to previous years such as Rebecca and Marcus (who I personally couldn't stand) then his support just doesn't compare in the slightest. |
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I'd suggest the OP is trivialising a tragedy in trying to link it with Christopher's popularity on XF.
Chris has lots of support in Liverpool and beyond and would love to see him in the final. |
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Just wait until he sings "You'll Never Walk Alone".
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The Liverpool vote is very strong for Chris. He is the peoples champion.
All that said I don't see any kind of "Hillsborough" link when it comes to Chris and to suggest so is in bad taste. |
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Yes and Leon comes across as humble and a genuinely nice lad.
Christopher on the other hand.... |
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