Originally Posted by teresagreen:
“British people enter talent contests in other countries don't they? There was a recent Brtish winner in Japan or somewhere. IMO Attraction were the best act ( I haven't watched it this series until last night's fnal) but if the final produed the best we can come up with then it's our own doing.”
They were residents in the particular countries at that time. I remember the X Factor contestant interviewed and they were a student out there at the time.
The only issues are that:
a) theoretically somebody could fly into the uk, do an act fly home and never set foot again and win a show - or any of us as a Briton do likewise abroad, which seems a little peculiar.
b) only about 1/7 of the worlds countries are actually able to do that and the other 6/7 (Brazillians, Australians, Chinese etc) cannot, although that's presumably out of the hands of the show?