As the days rapidly approach towards Christmas I once again get to see and read in the newspaper about the X-Factor. This is a show where singers get the chance to win a talent show and then become a “star”.
I find the whole format of the show just so tedious and tiresome and, like a gone off Chicken, is well past it’s sell by date. Every year singer’s dreams are left in tattered ruins by the panel of “experts” that can make or break their dreams in an instant.
Of all the judges I only really have respect for Simon Cowell. The others I questions their credibility:-
- Louis Walsh – A man who gave us Boyzone & Westlife (Enough Said), he still thinks that boy bands are the thing of the future.
- Cheryl Cole – A member of the band Girls Aloud. Surely she should be concentrating on her own career and not wasting time on a show like this.
- Danni Minouge – She advises on a person’s talent. This is a woman whose best selling album in the UK peaked at number 42, whose follow up album failed to make the top 50. Being advised by Danni Minouge on singing is like being advised on acting talent by Paris Hilton.
It also seems that every contestant has some sort of sob story, raining from an incurable illness to a pet passing away, all in the name of drumming up more votes. Then just before Christmas the winner is announced and the UK public are forced to hear the song every time the radio is turned on.
If the format of this show is going to work then why not have a show for bands rather than individual singers. There are some great bands out there, unsigned, who with the right backing and management can provide us with the music that the majority want to listen to, not the solitary warbling cover versions that we have been subjected to.