This year has been really, really bad imo. Every year I've had someone to root for, but not this year, the only person I wanted to do well was Melanie, and she was cut at bootcamp!
The one year I haven't had a favourite :(
Me neither, I liked Rylan, but only for the last 2 weeks.
My favourites so far:
Season 5: Ruth Lorenzo
Season 6: Stacey Solomon
Season 7: TreyC Cohen/Katie Waissel/Cher Lloyd
Season 8: Kitty Brucknell/Amelia Lily/Little Mix
Season 9: None
In seasons 7&8 I had 3 favourites, and in season 9 I didn't even have 1
My favourites so far:
Season 5: Ruth Lorenzo
Season 6: Stacey Solomon
Season 7: TreyC Cohen/Katie Waissel/Cher Lloyd
Season 8: Kitty Brucknell/Amelia Lily/Little Mix
Season 9: None
In seasons 7&8 I had 3 favourites, and in season 9 I didn't even have 1
I know how you feel, OP! Last year, James Michael was my favourite and he was cut in that crap twist!
I feel the same way. I'm not entirely sure why I continue to watch, because I literally have no real interest in any of the remaining contestants, but watch I still do!
Originally Posted by Kyle123:
“I feel the same way. I'm not entirely sure why I continue to watch, because I literally have no real interest in any of the remaining contestants, but watch I still do!”
“I feel the same way. I'm not entirely sure why I continue to watch, because I literally have no real interest in any of the remaining contestants, but watch I still do!”
+1
I was only really watching for Melanie, and then she went, so I liked Jade, then she went.. i'm just passing the time by watching it seems
Originally Posted by Toy_Hero:
“+1
I was only really watching for Melanie, and then she went, so I liked Jade, then she went.. i'm just passing the time by watching it seems”
“+1
I was only really watching for Melanie, and then she went, so I liked Jade, then she went.. i'm just passing the time by watching it seems
”
Same with me !
Originally Posted by Toy_Hero:
“+1
I was only really watching for Melanie, and then she went, so I liked Jade, then she went.. i'm just passing the time by watching it seems”
“+1
I was only really watching for Melanie, and then she went, so I liked Jade, then she went.. i'm just passing the time by watching it seems
”
Melanie McCabe was my favourite too. I think she would do really well if they actually gave her a shot at the live shows, but I guess given the way things went for Ella this year, it's fair to assume that Melanie might have gone the same way.
Originally Posted by Sophisticated:
“This year has been really, really bad imo. Every year I've had someone to root for, but not this year, the only person I wanted to do well was Melanie, and she was cut at bootcamp!”
“This year has been really, really bad imo. Every year I've had someone to root for, but not this year, the only person I wanted to do well was Melanie, and she was cut at bootcamp!”
Every single word of this! The only one I cared this year was Melanie and it's ridiculous she didn't even make the judges houses.
Originally Posted by Kyle123:
“Melanie McCabe was my favourite too. I think she would do really well if they actually gave her a shot at the live shows, but I guess given the way things went for Ella this year, it's fair to assume that Melanie might have gone the same way.”
“Melanie McCabe was my favourite too. I think she would do really well if they actually gave her a shot at the live shows, but I guess given the way things went for Ella this year, it's fair to assume that Melanie might have gone the same way.”
The thing is Melanie is a much better looking girl that actually looks her age, and imo she has a much better voice too.
To be honest I didnt even have a favourite in the final 12.
Ella - frumpy 16 year old stage school
Lucy - more of a comedian than a singer
Jade - interesting voice but not much to her
MK1 - 'urban' act that wouldntve been modern ten years ago
District 3 - mediocre boyband but at least they formed themselves and werent manufactured
Union J - manufactured boyband
Carolynne Poole - shouldve changed her name, too unwieldy. Never saw much of her, very average
Melanie - good voice but she was never going to go far
Maloney - karaoke singer
Kye - pretty average in most respects; looks, voice, presence, and no more than that
Rylan - loud, gradually became my favourite by default as he wasnt as '1D' - one dimensional as the rest
Jahmene - traditional young crooner mold guy who no-one has noticed is a young Johnny Robinson
James - has also grown on me, but still looks like a young nerdy bear rather than a popstar
You get some oddities every year, but normally there are several clear outsiders to the boring mold every year - Matt 'everyman + falsetto' Cardle, Cher 'confident + bratty' Lloyd, Alexandra 'great voice + dancer' Burke, Diana 'no shoes + the claw' Vickers...
Looking back on some of those old acts immediately things about them come to mind. I dont know anything about the acts we have left - theres no ongoing storyline, no evolution, growth, change, necessarily. Theyre still the same people we met at auditions.
Frankly, the show hasnt given me any reason to invest in or care about any of them. Theyre cutout characters, there's nothing to them. Not necessarily the truth, but its all the show has taught us about them and (crucially) why they should be voted to win. The show just hasnt invested in the characters and the audience and this is why people are switching off.
Ella - frumpy 16 year old stage school
Lucy - more of a comedian than a singer
Jade - interesting voice but not much to her
MK1 - 'urban' act that wouldntve been modern ten years ago
District 3 - mediocre boyband but at least they formed themselves and werent manufactured
Union J - manufactured boyband
Carolynne Poole - shouldve changed her name, too unwieldy. Never saw much of her, very average
Melanie - good voice but she was never going to go far
Maloney - karaoke singer
Kye - pretty average in most respects; looks, voice, presence, and no more than that
Rylan - loud, gradually became my favourite by default as he wasnt as '1D' - one dimensional as the rest
Jahmene - traditional young crooner mold guy who no-one has noticed is a young Johnny Robinson
James - has also grown on me, but still looks like a young nerdy bear rather than a popstar
You get some oddities every year, but normally there are several clear outsiders to the boring mold every year - Matt 'everyman + falsetto' Cardle, Cher 'confident + bratty' Lloyd, Alexandra 'great voice + dancer' Burke, Diana 'no shoes + the claw' Vickers...
Looking back on some of those old acts immediately things about them come to mind. I dont know anything about the acts we have left - theres no ongoing storyline, no evolution, growth, change, necessarily. Theyre still the same people we met at auditions.
Frankly, the show hasnt given me any reason to invest in or care about any of them. Theyre cutout characters, there's nothing to them. Not necessarily the truth, but its all the show has taught us about them and (crucially) why they should be voted to win. The show just hasnt invested in the characters and the audience and this is why people are switching off.
