Fact is, that X-Factor saw a gap in the market (there's a reason why it's the time it is) and they exploit it. It is a very popular programme and pretty much whoever wins would have a good following. I myself have just auditioned for BGT, and i just find it stinks. It's a TV show, not a talent show.
What i really don't like is the way X-Factor dumbs down the whole concept of the show. The idea is to give a talented singer/band/group a shot at the bigtime.
The problem is, that instead of having an original song released on it's own merits, they just select a song they think is suitable, have it recorded near the end of the show, regardless of who wins off the back of the show. Yeah, cos that's going to help them. They are given the sodding CD single as a prize ffs!
I have nothing against Joe. Seems a nice kid. He can sing. I can't blame him for taking the megabucks as he will be used as much as he uses, but he is a puppet, like all the other carbon copies. I don't really love RATM, and i don't think the song is really that good.. but that's not the point.. it just seems that the usual apathetic UK public have just completely forgotten what the charts used to mean. They are completely unrelated to the quality of music produced. Quite frankly, Robbie Williams could release a single of his weekly farts, and it'd chart at #1. No-one cares about charts. They mean nothing.
If Joe gets #1, it will be a token hit.. not of his own merit and hardwork. That's the sad thing for me. It is so manufactured, like the equivalent of your mechanically reclaimed chicken nuggets. So you might as well have RATM there swearing. Lets see how his next cover does.. in 6 months, he won't even be a Leon Jackson.
It does annoy me that X-Factor has the Christmas #1 sown up as a forgone conclusion. The seems to be something about it like it is taking away peoples freedom of thought and choice. The songs aren't always bad, it's just very unhealthy to have no competition and a monopoly in anything, whether it be rugby, christmas #1 or stripey hippoes.
Put it this way, if x-factor had a rival, it'd be shown up for the pile of **** it is.
