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Old 19-12-2016, 17:07
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This year it was probably Relley, Ryan and Sam, who were all thrown under bus when convenient. Saara's treatment was particularly nasty for the first few weeks from 6cc, but they appeared to change tact.
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Old 19-12-2016, 17:15
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Lauren Platt in Season 11 definitely. Constantly criticised by Simon Cowell and co for just doing slow songs and being boring and that she should dance more.

Then this season when everyone criticised Emily Middlemas for doing the same, simon cowell steps in to defend her with SHES NOT A DANCER.

Where were you 2 years ago simon saying the same thing to defend lauren. Oh yeah you were one of her critiques saying she should dance even though she did a lot more upbeat songs than emily with dancing
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Old 19-12-2016, 17:47
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This is a really difficult one to call....

Without knowing any artist pre XF how can you judge if what you are or were seeing is really them? And how can you tell how much XF has changed them for the better or more often than not for worse?

One thing I've learnt from this years XF is to check out each acts pre XF You Tube stuff before judging!
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Old 19-12-2016, 17:54
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2016 - Ryan. Poor guy was like a punching bag on national television when he was really quite good IMO.

2015 - Anton. They stitched him up week 2 in an unprecedented manner, and Nick kept making snide, unnecessary remarks - remember the whole "something about you is fake" thing?

2014 - Overload Generation. Don't quite know why they were as ripped apart in the first live show, probably since they were as competition for SK. Paul Akister and Jay James are the runners-up here.

2013 - Hard to say. Nicky Blue-Eyes was treated pretty poorly by Gary and in song choices (in the later weeks only). Sam C was also slated consistently but that was pretty warranted in my view.

Have only watched since 2013 so I'll leave it there.
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Old 19-12-2016, 18:19
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2014 - Overload Generation. Don't quite know why they were as ripped apart in the first live show, probably since they were as competition for SK. Paul Akister and Jay James are the runners-up here.
I thought their comments were pretty fair. For me they didn't seem to be offering anything new to the boyband market. Not that I think Stereo Kicks were much better.

I'll agree with you on Paul. Showing him in a bad light complaining about his song in week 4 wasn't necessary. I think it was actually a good song choice too. Week 5 was all wrong - Don't Stop Me Now with a dubstep beat? I mean, nothing against the song itself but it and the arrangement was all wrong for Paul.

As for Jay, I think he generally had a good run, although I didn't like his arrangement of Mad World. His Frank Sinatra impersonation in week 6 didn't help matters either.

2013 - Hard to say. Nicky Blue-Eyes was treated pretty poorly by Gary and in song choices (in the later weeks only). Sam C was also slated consistently but that was pretty warranted in my view.
Some of the later song choices were definitely uninspiring. The Climb? I know it was an X Factor themed show but surely there was something better to showcase his voice? And I say that as someone who likes Joe McElderry's version, although I know I'm not one of many!

His performance of Halo was slated on here, largely because of that crack on the high note, but generally I don't think it was that bad. Emotion came over him and that's why he cracked. The worst one though was Candy in the final. In the final? That song? It definitely came across as a stitch-up.

Lauren Platt in Season 11 definitely. Constantly criticised by Simon Cowell and co for just doing slow songs and being boring and that she should dance more.

Then this season when everyone criticised Emily Middlemas for doing the same, simon cowell steps in to defend her with SHES NOT A DANCER.

Where were you 2 years ago simon saying the same thing to defend lauren. Oh yeah you were one of her critiques saying she should dance even though she did a lot more upbeat songs than emily with dancing
I wouldn't go that far. Mel thought in week 3 (Let it Go) she could have taken a few more chances which I thought was quite fair.

Simon said her performance in week 6 (Smile) was boring - I suppose he had a point but that's not her fault. Mel and Simon didn't think she was enjoying her performance in week 8 (Clarity) where she did have to dance but they enjoyed her performance the week before (How Will I Know). So from where I'm standing (plus, having watched them back) the criticisms, certainly towards the end, weren't that she "should dance more" but more to do with her lacking a bit of confidence. Plus her vocal was suffering a bit because of the lack of confidence.

Simon is bound to defend his own act more than anothers and I think he was fair on Lauren for the most part. It's probably because he saw Lauren as more of a commercially viable act, and she had a strong vocal, hence he wanted her to have more stage presence. I don't see the issue with that.

Before you strike at me, I liked Lauren on the show and it's a shame she's not done much in the way of music since the show finished.
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Old 20-12-2016, 04:26
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This year it was probably Relley, Ryan and Sam, who were all thrown under bus when convenient. Saara's treatment was particularly nasty for the first few weeks from 6cc, but they appeared to change tact.
Those three and I'd add Freddy aswell who was told to drop the Piano playing which was apart of his style and what his fans liked.
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Old 20-12-2016, 16:52
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The only 2 Were Misha being accused of bullying. And Daniel who was always critised for being arrogant.
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Old 20-12-2016, 19:49
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The only 2 Were Misha being accused of bullying. And Daniel who was always critised for being arrogant.
We've had a few Daniels (Evans, DeBourg) - I take it you mean Danyl

I thought it was awful when they cheated Mary out of her rightful place in the Final. I think everyone guessed Cher had the least number of votes.
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Old 21-12-2016, 02:19
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Miss Dynamix; they had so much potential at Judges Houses, their version of pure shores was amazing! but the second the girl announced she was pregnant, they gave them awful songs, tacky costumes and threw them under a bus.

Also Relley C and Stephanie Nala both in my eyes great, but both given almost no airtime prior to the live shows, which meant that the public chose other favourites.
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Old 21-12-2016, 13:32
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Didnt those contestants you mentioned get through on their own merit though and because they had a fan-base? its about more than just vocals, just standing there singing isn't going to cut it week after week, this is not the voice! Also putting Fleur in same bracket as Stevie please, I know some of her vocals were a little shaky with some notes but she more than made up for that with her stage presence and all round popstar potential, You know the girl hits whistle notes these days, Eoghan and JLS? come on....

Contestants treated most unfairly IMO, no particular order...

Rachel Hylton
Tamera Foster
Paul Akister
Paige
Lauren Murray
TreyC
Jade Ellis
Andrea Faustini
Luke Friend
Amelia Lily
Misha B
Ella Henderson
Chenai
Ashley Mckenzie
Tamera was never treated unfairly, to be honest it was a joke she survived so long forgetting her words on three separate occasions and she only had to remember the words to bits of it as she mimed the rest . I actually think she was the most overrated act to ever appear on the show
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Old 21-12-2016, 16:38
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If we're talking unfairly positively, 5 After Midnight being allowed to mime every week to a backing track surely must be up there?!

Emily was served poorly this year by being made to sing waifish ballads every week when she auditioned with a guitar singing folk and pop rock, and for the fact no attention was drawn to her throat infection by any of the judges, when previous acts who were ill had symapthy-filled VTs, explicit judge callouts, and sometimes even allowed to skip a week into the next week.
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Old 21-12-2016, 16:54
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If we're talking unfairly positively, 5 After Midnight being allowed to mime every week to a backing track surely must be up there?!

Emily was served poorly this year by being made to sing waifish ballads every week when she auditioned with a guitar singing folk and pop rock, and for the fact no attention was drawn to her throat infection by any of the judges, when previous acts who were ill had symapthy-filled VTs, explicit judge callouts, and sometimes even allowed to skip a week into the next week.
You know, I do kind of agree with you on this. I wasn't a huge fan of Emily, in fact I was hoping she'd just leave by around Week 6 but from Week 6 to Week 9 you could hear in her voice she was unwell and even despite that I thought she gave a better sing-off performance than Matt when she was eliminated.

For me, I'm gonna have to say Janet Devlin. Especially around Week 5/6 you could feel the shift in the way they were determined to get rid of her. They couldn't wait to get her into a sing-off to get rid of her, I don't think she even needed to sing in Week 8's sing-off, they'd already decided she was going despite the fact she had recieved more votes than Misha B. The most annoying part was how Tulisa and Gary have both claimed at some point in their time on the show that the judges elimination votes should be based solely on the sing-off yet the reasons for getting rid of Janet were "you had a bad night last night", completely ignoring her save me song. To top it all off, Kelly refused to even try and save her even though she knew not voting meant she'd be going anyway. Disgusting treatment that week.

That leads into another disgraceful sing-off. Katie Waissel vs TreyC. I'm sorry but when someone just gives up mid-way through a performance and STILL gets through, its an asbolute joke. They were awful to TreyC and you could blatantly tell they had already decided she was going before the sing-off took place too.
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Old 21-12-2016, 22:12
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Some of the comments on here are more about their favourites not winning or getting far . Now I'm not a fan of hers or the type of music she sang but no one ever on this show was shafted more than Tesco Mary
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Old 22-12-2016, 00:13
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Looking at her voting percentages in the first few weeks it's likely poor Janet Devlin would have easily made the final and been a strong contender to win if it wasn't for the all out assault on her by producers. Giving her Mmmbop has to go down as one of the most blatant pieces of manipulation in X Factor history.
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Old 22-12-2016, 13:38
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For me, the most harshly treated act has to be Chris Maloney. He got the dodgy song choices (Fernando by Abba!), dodgy staging (Total Eclipse Of The Heart, with giant Chris head which had laser beams shooting from the eyes!) and negative stories conveniently leaked to the tabloids (I recall one in which a woman claimed that Chris had attempted to strangle her!),which we have come to expect on XF, when they want rid of an act. However, what took it to another level was the judges' barely disguised disgust during judges' comments. Anyone would think the XF PTB wanted the public to think he was, in some way, dodgy/unpleasant! *rolleyes*

I think what made it worse was that Chris kept avoiding the sing-off, so the treatment want on and on, with increasing desperation (if memory serves, the 'attempted strangulation' story appeared in the week leading up to the Quarter or Semi-final)! I suspect TPTB realised they'd crossed a line, because they did seem to dial it back a bit in subsequent series!

I'd also agree that both Misha B (bully-gate) and Janet Devlin (panicked deramping when it became apparent that she was doing too well) were treated badly. Also Andrea Faustini (another example of someone being portrayed as 'odd' because he wasn't a teenage pretty boy), Kitty Brucknell (forced into being a 'joke act') and Tesco Mary (that last-minute Semi-final sing-off).

Conversely, I think TPTB did Danyl Johnson a disservice by making him believe he was the best thing since sliced bread, instead of being honest about his shortcomings and helping him try to overcome them. I remember his reaction when a guest on Xtra Factor mentioned his pitching issues (which were evident from the first live shows, and could have been worked on, but which he was clearly unaware of, thanks to the judges not mentioning them). Coincidentally, he was deramped after that!
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Old 22-12-2016, 19:12
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[b]Tamera was never treated unfairly, to be honest it was a joke she survived so long forgetting her words on three separate occasions and she only had to remember the words to bits of it as she mimed the rest . I actually think she was the most overrated act to ever appear on the show
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BIB Totally agree with this I'm somewhat baffled how anyone can consider Tamera's treatment to be unfair in any way!!
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Old 22-12-2016, 19:27
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For me, the most harshly treated act has to be Chris Maloney. He got the dodgy song choices (Fernando by Abba!), dodgy staging (Total Eclipse Of The Heart, with giant Chris head which had laser beams shooting from the eyes!) and negative stories conveniently leaked to the tabloids (I recall one in which a woman claimed that Chris had attempted to strangle her!),which we have come to expect on XF, when they want rid of an act. However, what took it to another level was the judges' barely disguised disgust during judges' comments. Anyone would think the XF PTB wanted the public to think he was, in some way, dodgy/unpleasant! *rolleyes*

I think what made it worse was that Chris kept avoiding the sing-off, so the treatment want on and on, with increasing desperation (if memory serves, the 'attempted strangulation' story appeared in the week leading up to the Quarter or Semi-final)! I suspect TPTB realised they'd crossed a line, because they did seem to dial it back a bit in subsequent series!
that!
It backfired on them that year with the Wild Card twist - I bet there were panic stations when he constantly topped the vote, even with their best efforts to dislodge him

If I remember right, during the results they left Chris, Ella and James till last, just for the shock effect when Chris was called safe.

Just noticed the Santa smiley
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Old 22-12-2016, 20:18
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BIB Totally agree with this I'm somewhat baffled how anyone can consider Tamera's treatment to be unfair in any way!!
What's even more baffling is that she was the choosen one that year at the start of the lives until they realised they were flogging a dead horse . Dear me what were the TPTB thinking then .
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Old 22-12-2016, 20:28
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What's even more baffling is that she was the choosen one that year at the start of the lives until they realised they were flogging a dead horse . Dear me what were the TPTB thinking then .
It didn't feel like to me that she was the chosen one. I think they wanted a Sam Bailey win that year.
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Old 22-12-2016, 20:39
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It didn't feel like to me that she was the chosen one. I think they wanted a Sam Bailey win that year.
Only when they learned how poor tamera was
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Old 22-12-2016, 23:27
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You know, I do kind of agree with you on this. I wasn't a huge fan of Emily, in fact I was hoping she'd just leave by around Week 6 but from Week 6 to Week 9 you could hear in her voice she was unwell and even despite that I thought she gave a better sing-off performance than Matt when she was eliminated.

For me, I'm gonna have to say Janet Devlin. Especially around Week 5/6 you could feel the shift in the way they were determined to get rid of her. They couldn't wait to get her into a sing-off to get rid of her, I don't think she even needed to sing in Week 8's sing-off, they'd already decided she was going despite the fact she had recieved more votes than Misha B. The most annoying part was how Tulisa and Gary have both claimed at some point in their time on the show that the judges elimination votes should be based solely on the sing-off yet the reasons for getting rid of Janet were "you had a bad night last night", completely ignoring her save me song. To top it all off, Kelly refused to even try and save her even though she knew not voting meant she'd be going anyway. Disgusting treatment that week.

That leads into another disgraceful sing-off. Katie Waissel vs TreyC. I'm sorry but when someone just gives up mid-way through a performance and STILL gets through, its an asbolute joke. They were awful to TreyC and you could blatantly tell they had already decided she was going before the sing-off took place too.
Actually I firmly believe that every sing off is just "going through the motions" and that each judge has been instructed on who to send home before a single sing off note has been sung on EVERY occasion!
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Old 23-12-2016, 12:12
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Only when they learned how poor tamera was
Indeed. I think Sam Bailey was definitely the Plan B when ever act they were pimping turned out to be a car crash, Tamera especially.
Sam wasn't there (or my) cup of tea but she was the only act that year who sang in tune, remembered her lyrics and put on a performance week in week out.
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Old 23-12-2016, 12:25
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What's even more baffling is that she was the choosen one that year at the start of the lives until they realised they were flogging a dead horse . Dear me what were the TPTB thinking then .
Sam Bailey was always the chosen one (hence the 70's and 80's themes) however I do think that Tamera was planned for third place initially as the "different one" to Sam and Nicholas which Luke took her spot once she kept fluffing the lyrics.
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Old 23-12-2016, 13:24
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Sam Bailey was always the chosen one (hence the 70's and 80's themes) however I do think that Tamera was planned for third place initially as the "different one" to Sam and Nicholas which Luke took her spot once she kept fluffing the lyrics.
I don't agree. Tamera had ridiculous amounts of airtime from the get go. The first couple of weeks of the lives they were positive about Sam but the all-out pimping only really kicked in once it was clear Tamera was never going to fly. They also started to pimp Luke like crazy about half-way through the lives, presumably to try and eat into Nicholas's votes and help assure her victory.

Everything about that series screamed 'CHANGE OF PLAN CHANGE OF PLAN'
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Old 23-12-2016, 18:15
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I don't agree. Tamera had ridiculous amounts of airtime from the get go. The first couple of weeks of the lives they were positive about Sam but the all-out pimping only really kicked in once it was clear Tamera was never going to fly. They also started to pimp Luke like crazy about half-way through the lives, presumably to try and eat into Nicholas's votes and help assure her victory.

Everything about that series screamed 'CHANGE OF PLAN CHANGE OF PLAN'
If the show really wanted Tamera to win then she would have imo, I mean I've seen the show push less talented acts than Tamera to go further than 5th before.
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