X factor

[El Pibe]

Panto, not pants, damn you auto correct.

Not to mention that's twatted not twitted, DYAC!

[DJKillaQueen]

I think x factor is awful this year. Jahmene and James stand out but I can't see Jahmene selling too many records. James has more of a chance. He should find a market in the 'Plan B' following.

I really can't make my mind up about Ella. I don't think she's anywhere near Adele as a vocalist, but I think she may do well with her own songs.

The rest I couldn't give two figs about, and I think the mentoring has been below par. Some of the song choices and styling has been just woeful. Totally agree with the above regarding a nasty side to Gary Barlow.

[aquarius moon]

I actually thought Gary Barlow was showing a nasty side last year, running down all the other acts, just to keep his own in.

I was surprised that he got to do another series.

[Otta]

He did do that last year, but not in quite as openly nasty a way IMO.

Lucy / Kate Nash. Totally agree, Nash was the person I immediately thought of, and yes her career seems to have faltered somewhat. I kind of like Lucy's cheekyness in her songs though, and think she's a better story teller.

[Moos]

I think The Voice format is better, or at least fresher.

[csaddleton]

Nah the voice was shit. I used to love xfactor, I can't stand it now. Christopher, good god people must be voting as a joke. Actually, everyone should vote for him, he wins, that would be hilarious...

[Otta]

I liked the idea of the blind auditions on The Voice, but wasn't at all keen on the "duel" week. After that it was cool, but the 2 really talented singers got voted off with a week to go, so it was still won by a boring female ballad singer.

[*Bob*]

I prefer ITV's 'we're shit and we know we are' attitude to talent shows to BBC's efforts, which always carry the foul stench of worthiness. (See 'Fame Academy' also.. bleugh!). Spinning chairs and the frozen grin of a Welsh corpse weren't doing much for me.

X Factor is always 'the best year yet' during the first few weeks, 'not as good as previous years' halfway through the live shows and then 'the worst year yet' as it gets towards the close. In other words, it's exactly the same as last year, and the year before that.

It's like having a kebab. By the end of it you feel used and dirty, but you know you'll be back for more next time - and feeling more wretched than ever.

[maxxi]

Is anyone really entertained by listening to apprentice singers though? Take them away and train the little sods then unleash them when they don't need a bucket to carry a tune. We like the heightened emotion of the thumbs up/down aspect of the early rounds in whichever show.

Personally preferred the old style X-F auditions; the soulless empty room with four people behind a trestle table, a cardboard backdrop, a fat bouncer and relatives listening outside in the corridor*. No backing track, no screaming crowd going into paroxysms of delight when a note is hit, every cracked note and awkward 'dance' move caught in close-up under unforgiving strip lighting.

They seemed to get through a lot more 'hopefuls' then too, before the rot set in.

*Especially heart-warming when some delusional in-breds burst back into the room yelling "You don't know what yer doin', our Shel's a brilliant singer!"

[*Bob*]

It is a shame about the auditions stage.

I was angry at hurt at first when I saw the format change, but I soon accepted that - in real terms - it's only like finding dog shit in the tread of both trainers.. as opposed to just the one.

[El Pibe]

I don't think it's necessarily getting worse bob, I think it's just getting tired, the more those same plinths and flames things and the same pants gets played out, the more you just see the strings rather than the dazzle, even for those of us who were willingly suspending disbelief to begin with.

[*Bob*]

It's the same every year, no better, no worse!

At the end of summer, as the last shred of solar warmth pisses off for another six months and Christmas is but a shadow at the end of a line in the sand, you scamper to the gogglebox at the prospect of a few cheap laughs, some massaged human-interest stories and a preposterously over-lit set.

Enjoyment levels peak around judges houses and the first few live shows, then it's the slow, steady descent into banality and self-loathing as you see it through to the bitter end.

At the close, you want to kill everyone and everything at ITV.

Looking forward to 2013 though.

[Otta]

What *bob* said!

[Pickle]

Loved James again last night, he's very talented. I thought Jahmain was terrible, then he got rave reviews from the judges, maybe something was lost in transmission? Ella, meh. Rylan really should go tonight, admittedly it was fun but god awful singing.

Nice to see a few of them playing musical instruments.

I'm really sick of Louis Walsh, they may as well just record his standard responses

... I tink you've got star quality

... I tink we have found the next big recording artist

Blah blah blah.

[Otta]

I don't like James (pained voice), but he was the best last night followed by Ella IMO.

Since Lucy left I've reached the point *bob* describes where you stop enjoying it, but put yourself through it anyway.

I just hate Christopher!

[Pickle]

Yes, that point has been reached in our house too!

[aquarius moon]

Jahmene was my favourite this week.

Hope Rylan is finally gone tonight, but don't think Christopher will be far behind.

[Otta]

I'm with Pickle regarding Jahmene. Just wasn't feeling it last night.

[aquarius moon]

Any credibility is being lost as the weeks go by.

It was mentioned yesterday that there was not enough space for 2 boybands & lo & behold, both were in the bottom two.

Apparently they were so, so popular with the teens, yet still ended up in the vote off?!

And Rylan & Christopher are still there!

What a joke....! What a FIX ...!

[????]

Anyone else hear the sounds of pennies finally dropping?

[aquarius moon]

???? Wrote:

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> Anyone else hear the sounds of pennies finally

> dropping?

The penny probably dropped years ago, but some of us try to cling to on til the last minute!

[DulwichFox]

And Rylan & Christopher are still there because they have NO Real chance of winning.

James has been selected to win. and any real competition needs to be iliminated.

The whole show is a farce. Same every year.

Foxy.

[DJKillaQueen]

Apparently though, Christopher is getting the most public votes each week, and getting twice as many as the nearest to him. Cowell is not happy about it.

[DulwichFox]

DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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> Apparently though, Christopher is getting the most

> public votes each week, and getting twice as many

> as the nearest to him. Cowell is not happy about

> it.

Telephone Networks have to protect their integrity to insure the system does not get overloaded.

When A mass call-in happens, numbers are Call Gapped This is a proccedure which limits

the amount of Telephone Traffic to any Number. Without Call Gapping the network would come to a grinding halt.

and calls to other numbers in the same area would not be able to get through.

Call gapping can be set up on individual line numbers but in the case of X-Factor may be set up

on a block of numbers.

This would mean that All contestants are likely to recieve a similar number of votes.

It would also depend if there were a rush of votes or votes were over a longer period of time.

Gapping would only be applied if the integrity of the Network was in jeopardy.

Votes could be 'Adjusted' to fit in with predicted outcome..

Fox.

[Jeremy]

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