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Old 28-09-2008, 01:39
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Holly was handed a piece of paper (XTRA FACTOR) and on it Simon Cowell wrote who he predicts the winner to be. He asked Holly not to open it until 3 months time after the winner is announced to see whether he was right!
Any guesses what the name of that piece of paper might be?
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Old 28-09-2008, 01:53
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It's one of these three.... Alexandra, Laura or Rachel.
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Old 28-09-2008, 01:58
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It definitely isn't Diana, cos he siad on Xtra Factor afterwards he'd have to write another, as apparently Diana came out from absolutely nowhere
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Old 28-09-2008, 01:59
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"Me"?
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Old 28-09-2008, 02:16
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Its not up to Simon, its up to us so he may aswell burn that bit of paper ....hes been wrong before....my hubby has picked his winner and is off to the bookies on Monday to put a bet on...but i cant tell you....cos hes always right...and that would spoil it :P
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Old 28-09-2008, 02:16
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I was thinking Rachel.

Hopefully Holly won't forget - I'm dying to know.
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Old 28-09-2008, 04:51
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I was thinking Rachel.

Hopefully Holly won't forget - I'm dying to know.
Probably someone who hasn't even reached the live shows.
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Old 28-09-2008, 09:21
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I'd love to know who he put down and I thought it was interesting how he changed his mind later.

Also, I thought it was interesting that in Leona's year, he actually thought Ashley was the one to beat and if I remember correctly, he was the first 16-24 to be eliminated from the live shows.
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Old 28-09-2008, 11:42
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I'd love to know who he put down and I thought it was interesting how he changed his mind later.

Also, I thought it was interesting that in Leona's year, he actually thought Ashley was the one to beat and if I remember correctly, he was the first 16-24 to be eliminated from the live shows.
I'm glad i'm not the only one who remembers this,
Simon was defnitely pushing Ashley to the forefront ,
moreso than Leona.

Ashley got too cocky for Simon's liking IMO.
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Old 28-09-2008, 13:07
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I think he wrote Rachel down as she seems to be the one he is raving about!
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Old 28-09-2008, 13:21
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I'd say either Austin or Laura. They were the two standouts at bootcamp.

But as its been pointed out, it's funny how quickly the front runners can change once we get to the live shows.
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Old 28-09-2008, 13:38
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Maybe Rachel as he was disappointed with her attitude after her first boot camp audition, which might have reminded him of Ashley. I'd say Rachel's singing's much better than Ashley's anyway, and that she's still a front runner - along with the likes of Austin and Laura.

Simon might not have written anything signifcant down at all - you know what these staged TV moments are like. It might say "Simon Philip Cowell" or a random name he pulled from nowhere when put on the spot - maybe even "Holly Willoughby" or something he could get a gimmick out of at a later date.

Holly won't forget as it's all on camera and she can easily be reminded, but the producers/Simon may drop the story so that we never find out what he wrote down. That would be very frustrating though!
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Old 28-09-2008, 14:15
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I'm glad i'm not the only one who remembers this,
Simon was defnitely pushing Ashley to the forefront ,
moreso than Leona.

Ashley got too cocky for Simon's liking IMO.
Simon admitted it on The Xtra Factor last night.

I don't think Leona was even a contender in my mind until the live shows. She completely blew everyone away with Summertime and that changed everything.
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Old 28-09-2008, 14:16
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In series three I always thought Nikitta was the one to beat before the live shows. Then she got screwed over by Simon and she was a goner :\
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Old 28-09-2008, 14:17
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In series three I always thought Nikitta was the one to beat before the live shows. Then she got screwed over by Simon and she was a goner :\

Really? I didn't think she was amazing but to be fair she was always given crap songs wasn't she?
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Old 28-09-2008, 14:20
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Yeah she was. It annoyed me how on "Love" week, Simon gave her last bloody dance! She could have brought the house down that week :\\\
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Old 28-09-2008, 14:46
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In series three I always thought Nikitta was the one to beat before the live shows. Then she got screwed over by Simon and she was a goner :\
Absobloodylutely,
frumpy ball gowns and non stop ballads i was livid

I was going to mention her on my previous post but to my shame her name escaped me.
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Old 28-09-2008, 14:51
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Simon admitted it on The Xtra Factor last night.

I don't think Leona was even a contender in my mind until the live shows. She completely blew everyone away with Summertime and that changed everything.
Yep ,
I agree that was the first time she stood out for me,
I had her down as a better than average voice and a pretty face.
I could nt remember the song but knew it was from Porgy and Bess ,
this was my first goosepimple moment from last series.
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Old 30-09-2008, 09:49
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Simon admitted it on The Xtra Factor last night.

I don't think Leona was even a contender in my mind until the live shows. She completely blew everyone away with Summertime and that changed everything.
Well that certainly closes any more thoughts as to whether Simon has it right then, as all down to the actual performances on the live shows. Thanks for that.
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Old 30-09-2008, 10:20
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I'm glad i'm not the only one who remembers this, Simon was defnitely pushing Ashley to the forefront, more so than Leona.

Ashley got too cocky for Simon's liking IMO.
You also have to remember you only see what they want you to see - after Leona won extra pieces of footage were used on the likes of the Winners Story which revealed that Cowell was absolutely blown away by Leona's performances at bootcamp and the judge's "house".

I think it paid for them to be selective in how they portrayed her, given previous experience of the voting patterns on reality shows in the UK which have never favoured "young, pretty girls with talent". The underdog tag suited her at that stage and he still kept trying to play it despite it being pretty obvious from her live performances (particularly Summertime onwards) that she was anything but.

Other artists are played differently - Cowell talks them up on camera before the live shows, partly to get the buzz going and maybe partly to improve their confidence. I think Ashley was a classic example of this.
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Old 30-09-2008, 10:43
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Ashley was never on my radar or that of anyone I know who watches the show and if Simon and Louis (and Sharon) thought that he would appeal to the public in any great number, it says more about them than anything else.
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Old 30-09-2008, 10:49
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The trouble is IMO the themed nights; it completely knocks anyone with a niche for one type of music. If you want to launch an act you pick a genre and usually stick to it in order to gain a stable fanbase etc. The theme nights completely knock this out of the water and underlines the weaknesses of the acts.

IMO it was much better when the judges chose songs for the acts to sing; admitedley some don't take too much risks; but that is what you do with artists; you play to their strengths
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Old 30-09-2008, 10:50
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simon cowell probably wrote his own name on that piece of paper
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Old 30-09-2008, 10:54
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The trouble is IMO the themed nights; it completely knocks anyone with a niche for one type of music. If you want to launch an act you pick a genre and usually stick to it in order to gain a stable fanbase etc. The theme nights completely knock this out of the water and underlines the weaknesses of the acts.

IMO it was much better when the judges chose songs for the acts to sing; admitedley some don't take too much risks; but that is what you do with artists; you play to their strengths
i like the themed weeks (though some of the themes are awful) it forces the acts to take risks.
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:04
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i like the themed weeks (though some of the themes are awful) it forces the acts to take risks.
I think it also separates the best from the rest.
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