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Old 17-12-2007, 07:45
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He's just been on singing that awful dirge. Please tell me it was live as it was sooooooo out of tune. If he was miming that means even the studio engineers couldn't improve it. Also back to the "rabbit in headlights" look so much so that the presenter said at the end "you can cheer up now, it's over". Apparently he has had about 3 hours' sleep but while that's not ideal and singing early in the morning isn't easy, it's not exactly a great start.

Oh dear.
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Old 17-12-2007, 07:50
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omg so glad someone else saw this, he went completely off key doing the high note, if you've just been offered a million pound contract you should be able to hold a tune, the interview was dire aswell!!! and people wonder why we are upset!
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Old 17-12-2007, 07:51
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I'm sure you know it was live. It wasn't out of tune, he was just a bit hoarse.
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Old 17-12-2007, 07:53
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It only reinforces my belief that Rhydian was robbed I`m trying to be constructive and maybe tiredness was to blame...........but that performance was dire - out of tune, he was constantly staring at the camera like a rabbit caught in the headlights His interview was painful at times - Andrew Castle was struggling to try and get any response from him.
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Old 17-12-2007, 07:55
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I'm sure you know it was live. It wasn't out of tune, he was just a bit hoarse.
I know you are a fan but you cannot have failed to have noticed that he WAS out of tune, and badly at that. Even the presenters told him to cheer up at the end
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Old 17-12-2007, 07:56
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I'm sure you know it was live. It wasn't out of tune, he was just a bit hoarse.
He actually did OK for live at that time in the morning . But I was just willing him to get throught it without making a complete dick of himself.
Sorry to Leon fans, but he sings that song like it's a funeral march, it's all so h-e-a-v-y and dull.
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Old 17-12-2007, 07:58
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Thanks Leon for giving me the laugh I always need on a Monday morning.

What a shambles of an interview and what an awful performance. The tiny kids singing carols are better and I'm sure they would have more personality if they interviewed.

What a joke. A great laugh. I loved it. What an amazing start.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:01
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I'm sure you know it was live. It wasn't out of tune, he was just a bit hoarse.
Oh I see well that explans it then.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:13
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This reminds me of a load of vultures just waiting for someone to die so they can rip them to pieces. Only difference being, you're ripping the poor guy to pieces already.

If he'd mimed, that would have been wrong too.

OK, so he's not as perfect as Rhydian obviously is, but who wants perfect. He started the song unsteady, and improved as he got into it. He's still a bundle of nerves and overwhelmed, you can see that.

Be charitable for goodness sake - I think Rhydian would despise the way some of you are acting, and if not, then I'm glad he didn't win.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:14
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The GMTV performance was dire - very out of tune. Was it live? He couldn't seem to hold some of the notes properly so instead of a smooth "When you.. beli-eeeeeeve" it sounded like "bel-ee-ee-ee-eeve" or something, as if he didnt have enough breath. He did look scared as well.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:15
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The interview and performance was sad and funny at the same time.

I wonder what Rhydian would have been like, vocally and personality wise, at 7.30am after three hours sleep.

There's no excuse for it and no reason other than a lack of personality and talent in general.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:16
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Thanks Leon for giving me the laugh I always need on a Monday morning.

What a shambles of an interview and what an awful performance. The tiny kids singing carols are better and I'm sure they would have more personality if they interviewed.

What a joke. A great laugh. I loved it. What an amazing start.

lol I (almost) wish I'd watched now, would have cheered me up but I switched over in disgust when they announced he'd be on
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:17
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OK, so he's not as perfect as Rhydian obviously is, but who wants perfect.
Nobody's perfect but a talent show winner should have more talent than the average karaoke singer and the winner of something called The X Factor should have a bit more oomph than the average teenager at the school gates.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:17
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To be fair, as Rosie said - Leon is a young kid just starting out who has never sung professionally. Compared to him Rhydian is a verteran, its not really fair. The song isn't that great anyway IMO.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:18
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I realy felt sorry for him..He is clearly not ready for this..Making him the xfactor winner will do him more harm than good..
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:20
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To be fair, as Rosie said - Leon is a young kid just starting out who has never sung professionally. Compared to him Rhydian is a verteran, its not really fair. The song isn't that great anyway IMO.
I couldn't care less about experience or training. If Leon had been the best singer or the best performer or the most sparkling personality, or anywhere near it, his victory would have been deserved whatever the circumstances. But he wasn't on any count and that is what leaves a bitter taste.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:21
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Maybe Leon isn't ready, I don't know. But I do know that the people who are just waiting for him to fall, and gloating because of it, are not the kind of people most of us would want to know - it's just nastiness, pure and simple, and the equivalent of the playground bully.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:25
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lol I (almost) wish I'd watched now, would have cheered me up but I switched over in disgust when they announced he'd be on
You should have.

I don't know who I felt more sorry for. This poor kid who has been put in a situation that he's neither ready for or deserves (and those who think people on here and other sites are being harsh really need to think about what the media is going to make if he doesn't sharpen up soon, vultures don't come into it) or for Simon, and I never thought I'd live to see the day I said that, for having to solve a problem like Leon.

By the way, I was pleased that GMTV mentioned that Leon won by a very narrow margin because it was.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:27
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I realy felt sorry for him..He is clearly not ready for this..Making him the xfactor winner will do him more harm than good..
I was just going to post the exact same sentiment. It's a shame for him because he seems like a decent lad, but he's got a lot to overcome and is going to have to work his socks off in order to make the best of the poisoned chalice he's been handed.

Sorry if that sounds a bit melodramatic. I know it's still very early days, but first impressions are important in the media world.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:34
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I couldn't care less about experience or training. If Leon had been the best singer or the best performer or the most sparkling personality, or anywhere near it, his victory would have been deserved whatever the circumstances. But he wasn't on any count and that is what leaves a bitter taste.
Hey, I'd be the first person to say I'm upset at Rhydian not winning the show - he deserved to win. And no, Leon isn't the best singer. But as unpalatable to many of us as Leon's win is - making fun of him isnt going to change things.
Like Rhydian himself, we should be gracious in defeat
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:39
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Do my eyes deceive me, or is this another Rhydian appreciation thread??
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:44
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I just saw Leon's performance on GMTV. I thought he looked unwell. It is rather an early time to expect any performer to be at their best but it has to be said that he sounded terrible.

I don't think Leona sounded as bad last year when she made the same appearance?

I wonder who will win the poll......Leon or the kiddy choir!
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:45
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To be fair, as Rosie said - Leon is a young kid just starting out who has never sung professionally. Compared to him Rhydian is a verteran, its not really fair. The song isn't that great anyway IMO.
I'm sure Leon will improve - once the single promotion is out of the way, they can take him out of the public eye and work on him a bit.
But it isn't fair to call Rhydian a veteran. He had just finished university, had no experience singing popular songs or singing alone on stage - he has a complex about being filmed on camera and he was a bag of nerves every week which could be seen by his shaking microphone-holding hand.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:45
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Well - I do admire him for singing such a difficult song live at that time of the morning. Shayne Ward hardly ever sings live, and he has a far more reliable voice.

Poor Leon - even Louis Walsh on Radio One just now was admitting Rhydian is the one who will have long term success.
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Old 17-12-2007, 08:46
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Such nasty people in this forum over a singing competition.

Good on you Leon, I for one enjoyed it.
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