Before
you read this and think, “I hate the bloody Xfactor, it's criminal
TV and typifies everything that is wrong with Britain nowadays”,
hang on a second and carry on reading.
It's
an annoyance of mine that I'm going to share, and something that
winds me up, without fail every Sunday night. My Facebook and Twitter
feed crams full of people talking about the Xfactor results, which is
their right, if they want to watch the Xfactor (any plenty do) then
that's their choice, I'm nobody to say whether you should or
shouldn't. BUT year on year, and week after week I hear the same
things.
“It's
a fix” is the usual one, topical after tonight's sing off between
two of the favourites or the “he/she has only done that because
it's a publicity stunt”. If you think it's a fix then why do you
keep watching it?
Do
you ring up and vote? Probably not. So firstly you aren't really in a
position to say whether it's a fix or not. Will you be watching again
next week after whinging this weekend that it's all a fix and a
person is out who could have won? Probably yes.
If
you are one of the above, you are all part of Simon Cowell's
merry-go-round, and you keep falling for it. If you ring up and vote,
you're handing money to Simon Cowell, if you carry on watching you
are handing money to Simon Cowell.
Every
person who tunes in on Saturday and Sunday nights are increasing the
viewing figures for Xfactor, and therefore the adverts between the
programmes are more expensive. Why are adverts more expensive during
the Superbowl? Because, millions and millions of people are watching.
The more people that watch Xfactor the more money he makes.
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| You probably contributed to that in one way or another! |
But
if you do choose to watch, and don't want your favourite to go, you
have to vote, handing yet more money to Mr Cowell. But will you tune
in again next week, probably.
Do
you really think Gary Barlow et al think that these 'fun' acts like
Jedward and Rylan are ever going to win the competition? Course not.
Do people go out in the earlier stages who are better singers? Course
they do. But these people get through because they make
'entertaining' TV, and they provide another storyline to gain the
Xfactor publicity. They are as much to blame as anyone. Like any
entertainment, be it Coronation Street or a film, it needs different
characters playing different roles. Xfactor is no different and
that's why people like Frankie Cocozza are voted through to the live
shows. If everyone was good, pretty plain and were nice to each
other, it wouldn't make entertaining tele, it would however do what
the show is supposed to and be a singing contest.
Add
to that the fact that some people are actually ringing up to vote for
these people, makes it even more of a joke.
They
judges sit there every week and make a decision on who they want
through out of the two acts in the final sing off. But what is the
point? Each judge has it's own act in the final two usually, so that
means that two votes are null and void. Each judge is going to vote
for their own act, so it becomes a 1v1 vote off between the other two
judges.
Any
sports fan knows you can't have a decider in an even amount of games.
Same with this, you are likely to get a draw in a 1v1 vote. They are
paid to decide who is the better signer, so let them do that, not
decide who is their act and then let the rest have it go to the
public vote, oh which makes it more important to vote, and more money
for Simon Cowell. There is more competition between the judges than
the actual singers.
Whinge
and cry all you want, but unless you stop watching you'll be adding
to Cowell's very big pot of money. If you do want to watch it, then
that's fine with me but give it a rest of a Sunday afternoon – and
remember, it's all about making money.
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