On a serious note, I believe it's a combination of the teen girl vote (which gets transferred from Matt), the Scottish vote (transferred from Emily) and a small group of voters who actually like his style over theatrical acts like Saara, belters like Relley or bland girl bands.
His being in the finals is a bit of a farce. No doubt the producers brought him back thinking his relationship with Emily would be interesting… which was misguided.
Ryan will continue getting through like this until the producers get bored of this lifeline vote (like they did of that weird vote freeze thing a couple of years ago).
When will people realise that the 'Scottish/Welsh' was cooked up by that halfwit at the end of the desk. Its almost become English paranoia. I have never heard of the 'Scottish vote' being used in any other type of contest. Just XF.
Well after he has come in the bottom 3 the audience are invited again to vote and so choose who out of the 3 to save. Wouldn't it be the same issue whoever was saved IE they are in the bottom 3 and are then saved
They seriously need to abandon this though as I can see Ryan getting through to the final after being in every bottom 3 In fact why do we have this mess of a show would be a more pertinent question
Originally Posted by Purple Mango: “When will people realise that the 'Scottish/Welsh' was cooked up by that halfwit at the end of the desk. Its almost become English paranoia. I have never heard of the 'Scottish vote' being used in any other type of contest. Just XF.”
Exactly there are 6 million people in Scotland if a Scottish vote existed surely they should be doing better in these shows .
A lot of people who live in Scotland aren't Scottish
Originally Posted by Purple Mango: “When will people realise that the 'Scottish/Welsh' was cooked up by that halfwit at the end of the desk. Its almost become English paranoia. I have never heard of the 'Scottish vote' being used in any other type of contest. Just XF.”
I agree. It's a little offensive. By that logic it's purely Englands fault Honey G is still in.
The girl votes all go to him, I do wonder if he was bottom of the voting as well which makes it even more frustrating. Two weeks in bottom3 makes me think it is likely he was actually in the bottom 2
Originally Posted by Purple Mango: “When will people realise that the 'Scottish/Welsh' was cooked up by that halfwit at the end of the desk. Its almost become English paranoia. I have never heard of the 'Scottish vote' being used in any other type of contest. Just XF.”
There were people on here during the Leon era who openly admitted to supporting him as he was a fellow Scot. It caused a lot of rows. Plus that year, the judges kept banging on about the whole of Scotland voting for him. The final was even made into Wales v Scotland v England
Originally Posted by stash22: “There were people on here during the Leon era who openly admitted to supporting him as he was a fellow Scot. It caused a lot of rows. Plus that year, the judges kept banging on about the whole of Scotland voting for him. The final was even made into Wales v Scotland v England”
I don't remember that at all. I remember people complaining about 'the Scottish vote' even back then, but not anyone saying they were voting for him based on where he was from.