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The filipino lady with the sob story
Is it just me or was she really not that good a singer after all? The audience seemed to go nuts for her but I thought her singing very poor.
She would have been slaughtered at an X Factor audition. I thought the nearest to an honest comment was when Simon said she had picked up some bad habits from singing in the clubs. Presumably he held back from his usual caustic remarks because she was obviously getting such sympathy from the crowd. |
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Holden was in tears - says it all really.
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i thought she had quite a good voice, but the sob story got her through. the show should be called "britain's got sob stories" because it seems to matter more than the talent.
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My Mum couldn't stand her either.
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Is it just me or was she really not that good a singer after all? The audience seemed to go nuts for her but I thought her singing very poor.
She would have been slaughtered at an X Factor audition. I thought the nearest to an honest comment was when Simon said she had picked up some bad habits from singing in the clubs. Presumably he held back from his usual caustic remarks because she was obviously getting such sympathy from the crowd. |
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I thought she was a poor singer, she won't win the show.
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I thought she was good but I fell for her sob story...
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My Mum couldn't stand her either.
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I thought she was good but she won't win the show, there are more talented people than her IMO (Scala, Andrew Jonston, the dog, Bendy Girl etc).
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I thought she was good but I fell for her sob story...
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i thought she was absolute cods wallop, my mate was going on like she was the second christ, i thought she was crap!!!!
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Wonder if she had permission from the visa people to sing and work in the UK.
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I don't think she'll win, in any case.
They seemed to steer clear of overdoing the sob stories this week, didn't they? |
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I think that she was largely helped by her story, because when you watch it again, she's not brilliant. Her "voice explosion" or whatever they call it is very bad. But that could be down to her crying. I don't know.
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sob story or not, i've sang better after a night on the lash..
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sob story or not, i've sang better after a night on the lash..
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I don't see the problem with the sob stories, after all, amidst all the general hilarity of BGT, there are some people who come on under make-or-break situations. Besides, I appreciate knowing a little bit about each act so I can tell them apart, that's what's wrong for me with X Factor, far too many individuals with not enough information about them - so I find it difficult to care.
I love the X factor but even I was getting totally exasperated with the last series as the necessity of the sob story seemed to take over the show. It seemed like every act had to have something to make you feel sorry for them. Daughter and I watch BGT avidly but at the slightest hint of serious music we are both going "Oh no, oh no sob story alert!" IMO they are in danger of ruining the whole format of these shows by this obsession with a sob story. |
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Totally agree with you Claret, last series of X Factor became ridiculous - especially when they even made the smiley smiley girl from Same Difference dredge up a sob story.
By comparison, BGT is quite tame - as I said earlier, they barely had a sob story last night. |
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All Phillipinos can sing, it's a truly incredible ability this race of people have, like the welsh. In the Phillipines, the Robertson Malls, have Kari-o-kee competitions every week, and the talent is mind blowing.
If Simon Cowell went over there, he'd have no reason to look for talent in any other country every again. |
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Wonder if she had permission from the visa people to sing and work in the UK.
![]() Now if she can get some publicity stills of her sat looking forlorn in her detention centre ... now that really would be her trump card!
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I thought she was good but I fell for her sob story...
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