Originally Posted by LaurieMarlow:
“I would have thought that anyone watching the show would have picked up, by now, the fact that John Barrowman has championed Ben right from the start and has always given him the benefit of the doubt. Again, I feel like I'm defeating my own argument here, but it's pretty clear to me that John prefers Ben to the others and wants him to win.
As for Zoe, as you've all been quick to point out, Ben's vocals have not been the strongest. Zoe has been quite harsh with some of the others who have much stronger voices than Ben. The 'rubbish' comment about Lee springs to mind, and some of her remarks about Daniel. In Maria last year, she tore Abi (who had similar problems to Ben) to bits when she was given the opportunity. She has always gone incredibly easy on Ben, even when he's been pretty bad. Again, for me, it's clear that she has a bit of a soft spot for him.
It's hard to judge Bill, because he's so gooey over all of them. And Denise always seems positive about him (I don't think she's been called on for the last few weeks though).
I think that the fact that only 50% of the panel said he should go on Saturday proves my point. I'm astonished that they all didn't choose him, his performance was pretty bad (though I think the song was really difficult and most of the others would have made a hash of it too).”
“I would have thought that anyone watching the show would have picked up, by now, the fact that John Barrowman has championed Ben right from the start and has always given him the benefit of the doubt. Again, I feel like I'm defeating my own argument here, but it's pretty clear to me that John prefers Ben to the others and wants him to win.
As for Zoe, as you've all been quick to point out, Ben's vocals have not been the strongest. Zoe has been quite harsh with some of the others who have much stronger voices than Ben. The 'rubbish' comment about Lee springs to mind, and some of her remarks about Daniel. In Maria last year, she tore Abi (who had similar problems to Ben) to bits when she was given the opportunity. She has always gone incredibly easy on Ben, even when he's been pretty bad. Again, for me, it's clear that she has a bit of a soft spot for him.
It's hard to judge Bill, because he's so gooey over all of them. And Denise always seems positive about him (I don't think she's been called on for the last few weeks though).
I think that the fact that only 50% of the panel said he should go on Saturday proves my point. I'm astonished that they all didn't choose him, his performance was pretty bad (though I think the song was really difficult and most of the others would have made a hash of it too).”
Yes JB has championed ben, but my point was that that doesn't mean that all of the panel clearly love him, thats all, as other members of the panel have shown no higher a level of love for him than they have other contestants.
You are something more than just critical of Ben. Its like you have a vendetta against the boy. You need to let it go a bit! How about thinking about some of what you like about the show rather than only what you can't stand.
