Originally Posted by danielleh:
“Fleur was incredibly lucky that Mark Ronson didn't release Uptown Funk a week later, she's probably still riding a bit of a wave from her performance. Whilst she probably would still have come second without it, it's become somewhat associated with her.
She has a fine voice, but she's almost become a caricature with the incessant promotion she was getting and Sax being played on X Factor/BGT almost every week. Fleur also got the overbearing backing track treatment, which doesn't help quell the criticisms of her voice.”
She was doing fine on the show before Uptown Funk, so she would have still made the final imo. And had Mark Ronson released Uptown Funk a week earlier, then Fleur would've performed her version a week earlier too. It wasn't "lucky"; the whole intention was for Fleur to perform that track before it got released so as to give the performance as big an impact as possible - Simon knew exactly what he was doing, and it's a tactic he's attempted to replicate since regarding unreleased songs getting performed. And in Fleur's case, it worked incredibly well, as it wasn't just the public who responded positively to the performance, but the mainstream media as well. It was the only real "moment" of that series - whether you like Fleur or not, that can't really be denied.
Sax, I agree, was overpromoted, and still is (although she's not the only Syco act that's overpromoted). I don't agree that she's a caricature of herself, as most people probably haven't picked up on Syco's slight obsession with her. It's mentioned a lot on this forum, but on the Fleur threads on the likes of popjustice and buzzjack, it's never mentioned. Considering it's two years since she's been on the show, and that she's only had one hit single since, I'd say a lot of people wouldn't remember who she is. She's not famous enough to be a cariacature of anything.
