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Unlike the three who went through? I notice people keep talking about her blandness and lack of star quality and yet don't seem to have any opinion on whether Tamera, Hannah and Abi have star quality and charisma in abundance or not.
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Hannah's got soul, bags of it, that's why she went through.
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Absolutely and she kinda reminded me of Mary J Blige - which is probably why MJB got quite emaotional. I can imagine her singing I'm Going Down
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Hannah is not very likeable. Give her a bad song and she's gone. She will be the easiest of the girls to get rid of.
Abi will have a bigger fan base but still not difficult to shift. |
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So why set up a thread about this topic & call everyone who doesn't agree with you 'idiots'? As much as I don't rate Abi, clearly they saw something in her that they didn't see in Melanie. The latter just wasn't good enough- too bland & doesn't stick in the memory for long IMO.
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When Mary J. Blige spoke to Caroline and Matt on Xtra Factor she said she loved Hannah because she knew where she was coming from, because she (Mary) had been that girl herself once.
BUT I can see Hannah doing a MJB track on live shows
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Unlike the three who went through? I notice people keep talking about her blandness and lack of star quality and yet don't seem to have any opinion on whether Tamera, Hannah and Abi have star quality and charisma in abundance or not.
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I know....if you read MJB's background, you will appreciate the struggles that she went through to get to where she is today...she is an absolute legend and still making quality music today.
BUT I can see Hannah doing a MJB track on live shows ![]() I thought it was somewhat brave of Tamera to sing a MJB song at Judges' Houses, in front of her. |
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Yes they have and the competition can help them grow into stars. Melanie has peaked and that peak isn't very high.
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No need, I know plenty about Mary.
I thought it was somewhat brave of Tamera to sing a MJB song at Judges' Houses, in front of her.
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I thought it was brave as well but she did OK....can't beat the original though
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Not one of them would touch Mary B. amazing singer.
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Let's wait and see what Tamera, Hannah and Abi's peak on the live shows is. If they're all vastly superior to Melanie and have room to improve, they're all certs for the top 4/5 right?
If they do make it far, they will do better than Melanie will had she made it and gone as far. Think of it this way, had Mary Byrne been in the final instead of Cher Lloyd, would she have as far of a reach as Cher does now? Didn't think so. |
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No need, I know plenty about Mary.
I thought it was somewhat brave of Tamera to sing a MJB song at Judges' Houses, in front of her. |
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Simple, because she was'nt good enough.
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Yeah and us same few created 40,000 twitter accounts to follow her with.
Twitter was going crazy about Melanie tonight. She was trending before the cut and above all the other girls. Just because you don't like her, doesn't mean she's not popular. She clearly is! But, and its a massive but, the fans they do have are extremely vocal and loyal, and so they are a massive commercial success. To bring it back to this thread, personally I don't think Melanie was that good or anything special, but as you say you can't deny her popularity and over the course of the series that would've translated into votes and ultimately, record sales. I'd be interested to see what would happen if she went on The Voice, where she would be a dead cert for the finals. |
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The star quality critique keeps being given to Melanie a lot. Out of all of the final 12 how many of them have star quality?
Some of these arguments are really weak. Most posters are trying to insinuate every act to have made the live shows has star quality. |
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And for those of you going on and on about lack of star quality, then why did they invite her back? Surely if in their opinion she lacked it, why invite her back?
Does Adele have star quality? I'd say absolutely not. But she's incredible. Melanie would have done well, I have no doubt. |
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She's just naff. Loads of people sell cd's just because of their voice and she could do that, but she'd never be cool. I think the X Factor try to find acts that can be cool, despite acts like Nicholas Mcdonald and what's his name Malibu Ken that Louis chose, but Louis always makes TERRIBLE decisions.
Gary made good decisions except for the tired formula of the boyband but he was probably forced to make that decision. Sharon's choices have been a wreck right from bootcamp I'm not interested at all in any of her acts. Hannah is the best singer but I doubt she'll win as she doesn't fit the pre-printed X Factor design. I'd predict rough copy as winners if it weren't for the likelihood that they'll inevitably be sacrificed for Boring street or whatever they're called. |
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The star quality critique keeps being given to Melanie a lot. Out of all of the final 12 how many of them have star quality?
Some of these arguments are really weak. Most posters are trying to insinuate every act to have made the live shows has star quality. |
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Saying she wasn't picked because she has no star quality or personality and yet they picked Abi. So this is a non point.
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One Direction aren't actually that popular in the UK, they had a TV show in a good slot on Channel 4 a while back and it performed well below the slot average. They finished third on X Factor as well, with other third place contestants getting a higher percentage of the votes than them.
But, and its a massive but, the fans they do have are extremely vocal and loyal, and so they are a massive commercial success. To bring it back to this thread, personally I don't think Melanie was that good or anything special, but as you say you can't deny her popularity and over the course of the series that would've translated into votes and ultimately, record sales. I'd be interested to see what would happen if she went on The Voice, where she would be a dead cert for the finals. |
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Saying she wasn't picked because she has no star quality or personality and yet they picked Abi. So this is a non point.
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Like her or not, Abi has a great deal more star quality.
Luck can play a very important role in these things. Timing is also important. This year there doesn't seem to be any big character like Rylan or Jedward or Wagner. Perhaps one will develop on the series like Christopher did but if Rylan auditioned this series, would he have made it through? |
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I don't see much difference between them. But Abi is certainly not the life and soul of the party from what I saw.
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Luck can play a very important role in these things. Timing is also important.
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This year there doesn't seem to be any big character like Rylan or Jedward or Wagner. Perhaps one will develop on the series like Christopher did but if Rylan auditioned this series, would he have made it through?
Yes, it's a mistake not to have at least one fun contestant.
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