I can agree with your comments up to a point. My problem with the programme is that vying for a record contract on offer is all well and good, but I have yet to see one singer that truthfully has to offer what the programme wants........the X-Factor (that magic something that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up) coupled with the right image to be a successful recording artist capable of selling vast amounts of cds.

As far as I can tell they don't have anyone on there that is going to qualify in those areas at all. All of the singers have good competant voices, but that's just about the size of it.
But where's the X-Factor?

BBC2!!!. Featuring Pompey one of Sulla's minions

That's fine thankyou. I thought the thread title was self explanatory

Thanks, I'd have figured it out eventually!

Couldn't agree more. The minute Slime bags gets voted off will be the beginning of the real X Factor. Chico should NOT have made it past the first round - he's an out and out CON man! Until Chico gets voted out the X Factor will remain a farce.

That is exactly the question my 9 year old son asked me on saturday!

theres a poll in the mirror today and 97% of their readers said simon made the wrong choice in keeping chico in. If simon reads that i have a feeling he wont be keeping chico in again this week.
i perosnally like chico i think hes a nice anyway

Glad you like him he's cool

I wonder though if they have a poll in other newspapers whether the results will be the same

hmm i dunno. I do think chicos a nice guy and i feel sorry for him with the bad press but i think it would have been the same result in other newpapers .
IMO he should be brave and sing a different type of song. He needs to show he can do more than just cheesy no.s then he may get more votes.

I'm very sceptical about newspaper polls, especially tabloids. Perhaps the Mirror needed to somehow pacify their Northern Irish readership, and so pulled a poll out of thin air to pad their X-Factor story out. As I say, it's the soap opera element of X that's played out in the wider media.

Yeah maybe

He might be better at ballads hopefully we'll find out

But needing to do it and being able to do it are two different things. Expect more of the same. It worked for Gary Glitter.

My first thought on reading the post about the Mirror poll is, are they supporting one of the artists in their pages already.

I ask this because I can recall one of the tabloids at the time of the first Pop Idol series was plugging Gareth Gates to the hilt and made sure that negative articles appeared about other contestants.

well last week they had a poll and 2/3 of the people said sharon made the right choice in keeping chenai in the 1/3 consisted of people slating louis.
im not sure if the mirror are backing anyone but polly (who writes a column in it) is VERY pro shayne/maria and she hates chico

Well, that may have a bearing then.

Not that I am saying the tabloids don't always tell the truth.........heaven forbid that should be so!

I was think that too, how the poll could have been so biased, and seemingly our little Chico isn't as unpopular as people would like to think, according to the poll on This Morning!

I don't know about that, what was the vote for Chico?

I didn't actually see it but I have read it on here today that he was 3rd from bottom above Chenai and Conway Sisters

Thanks for letting me know Mel.

Well, not all bad then. Thing is we all know that he will have a limited time on the show, but fingers crossed we shall get to see him at least a couple more times before he goes.

Like someone said on one of the threads, for anyone going to see the tour, they need him on it to make the show go with a swing! It would surely be boring without him.

newspaper and tv polls are a useless way of knowing public opinion as they only ever give a percentage figure - not clarifying how many people have voted. for example - They could say 90% of people voted for chico and only 10% for philip...they could get these figures if only 10 people voted and 9 of those voted for chico and 1 for philip. It is not a true representation without actual figures.

I read the Mirror regularly (ducks from eggs being thrown) but Polly is possibly the worst columnist I've ever come across and I'd take anyone from DS's views far more seriously than hers. They might as well have Karl Marks do it, it'd be more interesting!

Polls are only accurate if they reflect your personal opinion.
if they dont then they are somehow 'fixed' or suspect.

I could say, look at the DS poll on 'who do you want to win' and 'who do you want out next'.
but that would only be because they agree with my opinion of Chico

Which is, Nice guy, but should'nt be in a show like this.

Just managed to catch up with a recording of Saturday's X Factor. My what an embarrassment Chico has become. His impersonation of Ricky Martin was the worst thing I've seen on the tele for a long time. Then I looked at the date, of course, it was Halloween and I was watching a horror story.
Whoever told Chico he could double for Ricky Martin was having a laugh. Mind you the three backing singers gave a good rendition of "livin la vida loca". Perhaps they should go through!
Who told him he could dance. I know many dancers, both classical and modern. They would agree with me when I say, Chico CANNOT dance. He moves around the stage - that is all!! There is no passion in his movements.
Simon said, that the public would want Chico back. Well he didn't ask me. Chico OUT Chico OUT!! He's only in the competition becaused he sucked up to Sharon O.