Originally Posted by scratchy23:
“I just cannot fathom the sheer retardedness of people who believe it was a set up purely to boost ratings, when it happened in the LAST EPISODE OF THE SERIES, what is wrong with you?! Surely if they were to pull a publicity stunt they'd do it during the semi finals?”
I view Simon Cowell the person and his world with great scepticism. You only have to go into the 'is he or isn't he' thread in showbiz to see some of my comments.
But even I would draw the line to say that this is a publicity stunt. It wasn't. Imagine the fallback when the tabloids find out it was a set up? Cowell would pretty much be finished here in the uk if that was the case,
So no, this wasn't a PR stunt. Cowell is shrewd. But not stupid. There's no way he would jeopardise two performers on stage by trying to ruin their act to better his own profile.
His own PR stunts usually involve him, and a beard (mezghan hussainy or another flavour of the month). Absolutely no way would he risk the fallback by doing something as stupid as this,
Get over it people. It was not a pr stunt.