I forgot to record Xtra Factor. Can anyone tell me what act each judge and presenter predicted as the winner in the envelope reveal please. Thanks
What did the judges and presenters predict?
Originally Posted by vagbreath:
“Gary thought Kye would win? That's hilarious.”
“Gary thought Kye would win? That's hilarious.”
He thought Frankie would win last year. No surprises there.
Louis' prediction is basically always just the producers' 'plan A'.
Gotta laugh at Caroline's prediction though... I do think Times Red would've done quite well if they'd been put through to lives.
Gotta laugh at Caroline's prediction though... I do think Times Red would've done quite well if they'd been put through to lives.
I'd wanted Times Red to win the wildcard, or Adam. Not sure I'd have had them down as winners though. Perhaps Caroline was engaging in a different kind of 'talent' spotting.
Originally Posted by Vol:
“Louis' prediction is basically always just the producers' 'plan A'.
Gotta laugh at Caroline's prediction though... I do think Times Red would've done quite well if they'd been put through to lives.”
“Louis' prediction is basically always just the producers' 'plan A'.
Gotta laugh at Caroline's prediction though... I do think Times Red would've done quite well if they'd been put through to lives.”
Times Red is too old-looking. They would suffer the same fate as The Risk
Originally Posted by earldbest:
“Times Red is too old-looking. They would suffer the same fate as The Risk”
“Times Red is too old-looking. They would suffer the same fate as The Risk”
Yet one of them was younger than JJ and Jaymi from Union J
I know they're not part of the XF Team but Holly and Phil did the same on This Morning. Their predictions were after judges houses. Holly picked Kye and Phil picked James.
Originally Posted by Nobby Burton:
“Yet one of them was younger than JJ and Jaymi from Union J”
“Yet one of them was younger than JJ and Jaymi from Union J”
Union J got the teen vote because of George, which makes up for his (almost) non-participation in singing.
Originally Posted by ribtickle:
“I'd wanted Times Red to win the wildcard, or Adam. Not sure I'd have had them down as winners though. Perhaps Caroline was engaging in a different kind of 'talent' spotting.”
“I'd wanted Times Red to win the wildcard, or Adam. Not sure I'd have had them down as winners though. Perhaps Caroline was engaging in a different kind of 'talent' spotting.”
I would've rathered either of those acts winning the Wild Card too. I bet Simon won't be bringing that twist back next year!
I think the most unrealistic choice was Tulisa, Lucy was already showing a lot of unpopularity, she was way to repetitive week on week and had a poor singing voice. Pam Ayres went out of fashion a long time ago , i think Gary was the next most unrealistic person, but both judges predictably chose their own acts. It even went to prove that Tulisa did not in fact believe in Ella as much as she did Lucy
When the stories hit the press about Tulisa getting told to wind her neck in by producers with the after show parties etc, one of the things also mentioned was that Tulisa had been told her commitment to her contestants was not good enough , she was turning up late to a lot of Ella's rehearsals and it was not minutes, it was hours, on one occasion she apparently never turned up at all, this was the same warning she was given by producers that she then went on to twitter to rant about
Originally Posted by vagbreath:
“Gary thought Kye would win? That's hilarious.”
“Gary thought Kye would win? That's hilarious.”
A lot of people picked Kye. He had a great first audition, he was a nice guy plus he had a great backstory - he's a loveable chimney sweep - well, it worked for Dick Van Dyke back in the day.
However, he faded on the big stage. He should have come up with a much more horrific backstory such as a totally dysfunctional family background, that he was living independently in a northern bedsit or, worst of all, that he was doing it for his nan, an old woman reduced by circumstances to serving shop bought chocolate eclairs to Gary Barlow who can't eat them because he's prone to fat.
It's the backstory that nails it. Watching the final was like watching a charity telethon, where the performances are interrupted by Mike Leigh-directed grim underclass documentaries about the personal horrors that the money raised will put to rights.
Tulisa's unrealistic prediction for the winner is hardly a surprise. Last year she thought that awful boyband Nu Vibe were going to win.
Originally Posted by Daisybelle:
“I think the most unrealistic choice was Tulisa, Lucy was already showing a lot of unpopularity, she was way to repetitive week on week and had a poor singing voice. Pam Ayres went out of fashion a long time ago , i think Gary was the next most unrealistic person, but both judges predictably chose their own acts. It even went to prove that Tulisa did not in fact believe in Ella as much as she did Lucy”
“I think the most unrealistic choice was Tulisa, Lucy was already showing a lot of unpopularity, she was way to repetitive week on week and had a poor singing voice. Pam Ayres went out of fashion a long time ago , i think Gary was the next most unrealistic person, but both judges predictably chose their own acts. It even went to prove that Tulisa did not in fact believe in Ella as much as she did Lucy”
They did this at bootcamp didn't they? At that stage Lucy's album had rocketed up the i tunes chart and she had only done 3 performances max- 2 of those being catchy originals! I think she was looking good for the final at that stage. She was also ahead of Kye each week that she was in the competition so I would say that Gary's prediction was more unrealistic. Kye finished 7th, 8th, 10th, 5th and then bottom when he was eliminated. Lucy finished 5th, 5th and 7th.
