I can't help but enjoy it. It adds a glow of absurdity to Winter viewing and it's bloody well put together. Of course many get gobbled up in its monster, though in the end who-cares-who-wins, I just like the drama. I've not purchased a single-record-cd-download (yet) since it started. But I still love it, so what if it manipulates the wannabe's to the nth degree, it's not exactly hiding that strategy. And to win this year ? That young girl who can sing, Ella Henderson. After the final, I couldn't give a fig.