X-Factor 2012

krooton said:
I'm homeless, boohoo.
I'm the "producer" and third wheel in our group, boohoo.
I'm a single father, boohoo.
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Its the tears that get me.

If these people are giving their life savings to charity or are giving their body parts away to help other people live, I could well understand the emotion. But these are single for crying out loud. They are hungry/greedy for the celebrity lifestyle.

There are plenty of people who are single fathers...this does not warrant tears and I think that that guy needs to "man up". The guy who was the producer took it like a man - there were no tears and he knew what he had to do.

Perhaps singers are more emotional than the average human being. It amazes me how these people make it out of the door in the morning without crying and feeling sorry for themselves.
 
I also swear they play the same damn tunes for incidental music, same every year. Plus it seems the ad breaks get longer and longer and there are more of them.

Personally would rather see more of the good auditions than the highly pretictable "haha, this guy/girl is going to suck, this is totally hilarious and we've never seen this routine before".

Oh and I think Simon and Cheryl were better than Tulisa and Barlow.
 
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sunama said:
Perhaps singers are more emotional than the average human being. It amazes me how these people make it out of the door in the morning without crying and feeling sorry for themselves.
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Perhaps, but how many entrants are actually singers? ;)
 
Its usually the better singers who make it through, who start crying (for some reason).
They get told they've dione well, then the tears start rolling.
They cry when they are sad. They cry when happy. They cry at the drop of a hat.
 
oldbag said:
Oh and I think Simon and Cheryl were better than Tulisa and Barlow.
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Not even slightly... Gary and Tuleesa are honest, respected artists... and they don't let anyone through that they think is crap. I much prefer those two to Simon who has become a caricature of himself, and Cheryl who has all the personality and character of a squashed apricot.

sunama said:
Its usually the better singers who make it through, who start crying (for some reason).
They get told they've dione well, then the tears start rolling.
They cry when they are sad. They cry when happy. They cry at the drop of a hat.
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Yeah, because I bet it's not really an emotional experience, getting a chance at being famous for something you love and have always dreamed of doing... right? Ahem.
 
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What's the crack with homeless guy anyway? Is he actually "missing"? Or just "not found" due to the fact he doesn't have an address? (i.e. are the tabloids just making a story out of nothing?)
 
....Tuleesa are honest, respected artists.....
This is what grinds my gears the most about the xfactor, the judges. How the likes of tuleesa, nicole and cole get to be judges?
 
hyperst said:
What I find annoying is that Britain's Got talent turns into X-Factor, way too many singers go through.
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Lol, I got flamed to hell and back for even suggesting that this was true, although I think BGT turns into singers and dancers in the end.

Of course, the dog act broke that pattern last time, but it wouldn't surprise me if next year it was back to the same old pattern.

As for X-Factor, I think it really misses Cowell.
 
Richdog said:
Yeah, because I bet it's not really an emotional experience, getting a chance at being famous for something you love and have always dreamed of doing... right? Ahem.
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There are people who have studied at college/uni for many years. They have spend £1000s on their education. They have got themselves into debt. In some cases, their parents have got themselves into serious debt. Now THAT is commitment.

When some 18 year old kid comes along and sings, then starts crying - I'm sorry, but that really isn't commitment. Most of the xFactor contestants crave Celebrity. Unfortunately, this is the World we live in today.

Sure, there are many things that we want in life - it does not mean we start crying when we get or don't get them. I mean seriously, when you fail or pass a job interview, do you start crying? 'cuz I don't...no matter how badly I want the job or have invested into getting that job.

I'd love to be porn-star, but just because I get the opportunity to have sex with 3 women in front of camera, it doesn't mean that I will shed a tear.

When these people save someone's life or make a massive sacrifice for somebody else (not themselves), then I will understand why a tear was shed. But to shed a tear in the first round of a singing competition ... give me a break.
 
sunama said:
There are people who have studied at college/uni for many years. They have spend £1000s on their education. They have got themselves into debt. In some cases, their parents have got themselves into serious debt. Now THAT is commitment.

When some 18 year old kid comes along and sings, then starts crying - I'm sorry, but that really isn't commitment. Most of the xFactor contestants crave Celebrity. Unfortunately, this is the World we live in today.

Sure, there are many things that we want in life - it does not mean we start crying when we get or don't get them. I mean seriously, when you fail or pass a job interview, do you start crying? 'cuz I don't...no matter how badly I want the job or have invested into getting that job.

I'd love to be porn-star, but just because I get the opportunity to have sex with 3 women in front of camera, it doesn't mean that I will shed a tear.

When these people save someone's life or make a massive sacrifice for somebody else (not themselves), then I will understand why a tear was shed. But to shed a tear in the first round of a singing competition ... give me a break.
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Thanks for the amusingly quasi-noble rhetoric (the porn star example was the clincher, but ill be nice and won't go there), however lets just politely agree to disagree on the psychology of that kind of situation.
 
Richdog said:
Not even slightly... Gary and Tuleesa are honest, respected artists... and they don't let anyone through that they think is crap. I much prefer those two to Simon who has become a caricature of himself, and Cheryl who has all the personality and character of a squashed apricot.



Yeah, because I bet it's not really an emotional experience, getting a chance at being famous for something you love and have always dreamed of doing... right? Ahem.
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Couldn't help but laugh at this! Then I facepalmed.
 
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