I know this is a bit late but as much as I was shocked at who Sharon put through (Robert, Dionne and Wheelchair Kerry-if shes going to play the disability card im going to call it-), its pretty much obvious that there is a percieved "winners" group and the rest are there pretty much as collateral to be taken out and to protect these winners.
Some observations
Leona- Yes, shes a good singer but she NEEDED to be bigged up so much on saturday to save her as, as reality TV shows tend to show us, girls go first and she was very similar to the first girl to get booted from X factor. My point is that the judges would have given her praise irrespective of how she performed. I would suggest she is one of the select few winners.
The Unconventionals: Why oh why oh why was the fact that their song didnt work not get picked up by the coaches? Because thats exactly what was meant to happen. Its the same with maria and the conways last year. My theory on that was that they did not expect maria to be as good as she was and her along with Brenda were seen as rivals to shane. Both had to go before they got close to winning. See also JS's song choices in the final. There was a reason why they didnt sing Desperado. Dionne being in the bottom 2 wasnt a surprise either as she was weaker than the other black girl in sharons group and as Mark the coach said- things dont get important until 4 weeks in. They NEED to have weaker acts (or make good acts look weak) to protect who they want in the latter stages. I like Dionne, but she will be gone soon. Why else would they have her "focus" so early on the XTRA factor? The other fodder, like it or not, are 4sure, Robert and Nikkita. Watch this space.
Its pretty apparent that leona, eaton road, ashley (can someone take the orange he has swallowed from his throat) and Ben are seen as potential finalists and must be protected at all costs.
In sum, it does all seem a bit fixed.
Yes, the public vote but the majority ARE influenced with the judges comments. You may ask why i still watch believing this, but thats exactly why I watch it- to see how it works in practice. Gives a much better angle on how it works.
Other observations on the show
-the themes thing is rubbish
- Having lionel ritchie and rod stewart on is just desperation.
-The stage looks terrible and the audience looks tiny
-Kate Thorton gets worse, not better.
Anyway, thats what I think. Anyone agree or disagree?
Some observations
Leona- Yes, shes a good singer but she NEEDED to be bigged up so much on saturday to save her as, as reality TV shows tend to show us, girls go first and she was very similar to the first girl to get booted from X factor. My point is that the judges would have given her praise irrespective of how she performed. I would suggest she is one of the select few winners.
The Unconventionals: Why oh why oh why was the fact that their song didnt work not get picked up by the coaches? Because thats exactly what was meant to happen. Its the same with maria and the conways last year. My theory on that was that they did not expect maria to be as good as she was and her along with Brenda were seen as rivals to shane. Both had to go before they got close to winning. See also JS's song choices in the final. There was a reason why they didnt sing Desperado. Dionne being in the bottom 2 wasnt a surprise either as she was weaker than the other black girl in sharons group and as Mark the coach said- things dont get important until 4 weeks in. They NEED to have weaker acts (or make good acts look weak) to protect who they want in the latter stages. I like Dionne, but she will be gone soon. Why else would they have her "focus" so early on the XTRA factor? The other fodder, like it or not, are 4sure, Robert and Nikkita. Watch this space.
Its pretty apparent that leona, eaton road, ashley (can someone take the orange he has swallowed from his throat) and Ben are seen as potential finalists and must be protected at all costs.
In sum, it does all seem a bit fixed.
Yes, the public vote but the majority ARE influenced with the judges comments. You may ask why i still watch believing this, but thats exactly why I watch it- to see how it works in practice. Gives a much better angle on how it works.
Other observations on the show
-the themes thing is rubbish
- Having lionel ritchie and rod stewart on is just desperation.
-The stage looks terrible and the audience looks tiny
-Kate Thorton gets worse, not better.
Anyway, thats what I think. Anyone agree or disagree?
) I thought from the start that both were charismatic (Pete more so) and if you like both immediately had the 'X Factor' whatever that is, and I thought both probably deserved to win, given the context and format of the shows.
He's gone for what he thinks young girls will like rather than talent!
