I do feel for him, after all thay hype, now he is back where he started, playing in smelly pubs again. Current X factor stars beware................................................

He never stood a chance....he needed an album of original material and what did he get??
Don't get me wrong though, i can't stand him and i'm glad he no longer pollutes our airwaves.....

It'll be the same with this years winner. That's why I'm praying Brenda doesnt win.

I never thought Steve should have won - if he had been good enough he would have made it imo.

I hope you're not referring to his gig at The Bedford.

That is hardly just a pub. It's hosted gigs by very big names.

Wherever he will perform, I am sure he will get paid loads more then before x-factor.

I know he still has fans waiting to hear more from him...well at least one ...my mam!!

You don't need to feel sorry for Steve - he is writing songs, will bring out an album next near, is appearing at The Bedford and at Butlins (not as bad as it sounds as Girls Aloud and others are appearing as well) in November and has been writing for and is producing his girlfriend's album which will also come out next year - what is more important he seems to be much happier than he has been all year, now that he is in charge of his own life again.
And as Absolutely says I'm sure he will get more money and will be more in demand even if he were to go back to his old 'job'.

HA HA HA HA omg i cant stop laughing so hard. Its so funny, man i love this sort of news. Poor steve back in the pubs LOL so hilarious . I am not being sarcastic by the way. I cant believe it, any chance do you know if his mum goes to the pubs with him?

Soon Chico, Nicholas & 4 tune will be doing the same thing, LOL here i go again laughing so hard.

Thanks kathmandu for cheering me up, i feel much better now

Liz, I wouldn't be drawn into this thread and rise to the bait if I was you

Let the Steve loathers have their fun if it makes them happy. We as Steve fans know how Steve is doing. I don't believe this thread is worth bothering with

Susan x

Isn't it stange when the going gets tough the tough get going.. what is about Steve's fans that they cannot accept any cricital views about him.. always the same.. I would not sceam too loudly about Girls Aloud either.. they cannot sing too well live.. and YES I have had the displeasure of seeing them. I am pleased Steve is happy, what you cannot get your heads round is it has a made a mockery of this show, the winner last year is now back in pubs AND he is.. Butlins is not a bad venue, I know I have been. He may be making an album who is going to pay to get it into the shops. We can hope someone will. I can also see why people are saying they do not want their favs to win as the runners up from last year HAVE done much better and no one not even a Steve fan can deny that. That is maybe not Steves fault.. but who do you blame, certainly not Louis Walsh he has come up trumps with G4 and I think the new album will prove that point as well. Someone let Steve down as someone let Michelle McManus down.. or were they just not right for the market out there today as you have to consider that look at the charts..

GG

That someone is Simon Cowell.

Could not agree more it is Simon Cowell about to nip off back to the States for his new show... see news on

www.the-x-factor.co.uk

I just read it and thought bloody typical.

GG

A very good post GG. Unfortunately, there is a tendency for the television voters to be completely different from the music buying public. Although there have been notable exceptions, such as Will Young and the not very nice Girls Aloud, the average television viewer very often picks someone who is safe 'middle of the road' because it fits into their comfort zone of what they understand and know. This is very probably why the emphasis in this series is on singers that fall into that category.

As has often been said by many before me, the voters that get involved in the programme plus many who just watch and don't vote are only interested in the show on their screen on a Saturday night. There may be a knock on effect of people wanting to see the tour but the true reality of these shows is that, more often than not, once the show and the tour has finished so has their interest in the winner.

If the people who profess to be supporting their favourite don't bother to hand money over the counter to buy CDs then ultimately what has happened to Steve and Michelle etc., will be true of every winner of a programme of this type

ready2watch just so you don't make a fool of yourself again with inaccuracies, The Bedford is a well respected music venue that for instance had Pete Townsend playing last month

I wish people would stop making derogatory comments about Butlins, Pontins, etc. It's been a while since these places have booked hopeful unknowns. They still have their quota of employees who double-up as entertainers but they're only used as warm-up or wind-down artists for the main event.

These days they only book chart stars as the main entertainment for their guests, such as the Sugababes and Jamelia. I've heard they don't pay them badly either.

Simon made a comment a couple of weeks ago about someone playing at Butlins and I thought it was very ignorant for someone so high up in the industry. But I suppose he thought that as most people would still have the old image of a holiday camp they would find it funny.

Dress it up as much as you want darling, but the reality is he ain't selling records, he isn't featured in any music news apart from stories that relate to his failure, and the only chance he has of being in the TOTP studios is if he's scrubbing the floors.

I bet he regrets giving the money from this first and only single to charity - he probably needs it now.

Poor Steve, against all odds was such a prophetic choice of song don't you think?

That's absolute rubbish because i went to Pontins during the summer and the only famous acts they had on were Timmy Mallet and Keith Harris and Orville.
Plus the only live music they had on was tribute acts and unknown bands.....and that was over the whole summer season.....

I do feel sorry for you. You're obviously a very sad person. I imagine you thought Katrina was quite funny too???

Karen

Well said Spiv but you can't expect some people to have heard of such a classy and well-run venue where you are made to feel almost exclusive not just by playing there but just by sitting in the audience.

Oh how cutting!

I am actually finding this thread quite funny to read, Karen, with all the Steve loather's believing they know what Steve is up to

And Spiv got called darling by one of them How come I never get called darling by them Spiv favouritism methinks

Susan x

Now that is disgusting, you placing the destruction of Hurricane Katrina in the same context as a talentless hack losing his 15 minutes of fame.

You seem really angry Illyria82, come on now, cheer up