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X Factor And American Idol. Why The Difference In Talent?
In response to one of my earlier posts a very good point was made. Why is the talent SO much better in America than here in the UK?
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Much larger population?
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because theres about 50 gazillon more people in the US than the UK
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In response to one of my earlier posts a very good point was made. Why is the talent SO much better in America than here in the UK?
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but what does the size of the country have to do with the quality of the talent?
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The last two series of AI I've felt have been extremely short talentwise considering the size of the country.
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The last two series of AI I've felt have been extremely short talentwise considering the size of the country.
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The finalists from the previous 2 series of American Idol were really quite naff imo.
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but what does the size of the country have to do with the quality of the talent?
The larger the group of people you look at, the greater than chances that a great singer will be among them. |
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AI doesnt have that much talent really (sanjaya and haley although i had a soft spot for Haley)
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Even this year's AI was overall better than the overall best season (Series 2) of X Factor!
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AI doesnt have that much talent really (sanjaya and haley although i had a soft spot for Haley)
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I think the talent level is pretty much the same. Where the difference lies is that AI is boring & safe. All the acts are the same & there's never any individuality. We produce much more eclectic, exciting acts in our talent competitions.
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but what does the size of the country have to do with the quality of the talent?
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I think the talent level is pretty much the same. Where the difference lies is that AI is boring & safe. All the acts are the same & there's never any individuality. We produce much more eclectic, exciting acts in our talent competitions.
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There's more people and the Americans acutally vote based on singing talent.
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There's more people and the Americans acutally vote based on singing talent.
AI has had 4 female winners and 2 male winners. If it was in Britain the figures would be switched automatically. |
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but what does the size of the country have to do with the quality of the talent?
What are the chances of getting a decent show out of them?
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Well lets suppose that the queue at the nearest bus stop to you,with ten people or more waiting, decided to declare itself as an independabt country.
What are the chances of getting a decent show out of them? ![]() |
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There's more people and the Americans acutally vote based on singing talent.
Obviously the size of the country is largely responsible, but there is also more emphasis on singing in the US, iMO. Alot of the girls in the top 12's were formerly members of gospel choirs. Also, alot of them have spoken of singing the national anthem before school football matches. In the US, this must be done before every sporting match and is seen as a great honour. Imagine having some 16 year old girl singing "God Save The Queen" before a local schools football match?! So I think there is a cultural difference as well that helps. Mainly, it's the size. |
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well by your logic china and india should have the best singers, or the best football players etc.
not true the US and UK have very similar charts and culture re singing. I don't know the population of China or India, but whatever it is they don't have the same songs. I'm sure they would think that they have the best singers of songs popular there. Having a big enough pool to chose from is one of the key factors in any talent contest. |
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AI has had 4 female winners and 2 male winners.
If it was in Britain the figures would be switched automatically. |
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because theres about 50 gazillon more people in the US than the UK
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I think the talent level is pretty much the same. Where the difference lies is that AI is boring & safe. All the acts are the same & there's never any individuality. We produce much more eclectic, exciting acts in our talent competitions.
A POV repeated many times in the comments section when Perez links to Rhydian's performances on XFactor (especially the so-called camp ones). You just wouldn't get stuff like that on AI, they say (I wouldn't know as I've never watched it) |
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Lol at this question. Some people..............
Simple answer 6 times bigger population thus almost 300 million more people that could be great singers. Also just a small point there has been 8 Pop Idol/stares/x factor type shows, so after this long the talent pool will dry up. |
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