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Title: is anyone (like me) really f*****d off with.......
Post by: Webby the Bear on 06 October 2010, 18:49:09
..... the x factor???

these freaking idiots (cowell, cole and walsh) put thesepeople thru saying they're amazing?????????????

absolute effing rubbish.

passable pub singers but the best in the music biz are the people with longevity.... the who, ac/dc, tull, beatles etc

sorry just had to rant :)
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Post by: Auto Addict on 06 October 2010, 18:50:02
Simple, don't watch it ;)
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Post by: Webby the Bear on 06 October 2010, 18:53:06
lol mate, i work with women and my bird watches it!
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Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 06 October 2010, 18:53:31
It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As AA rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)
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Post by: Webby the Bear on 06 October 2010, 18:56:31
i wish i cud get away from it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Auto Addict on 06 October 2010, 18:56:43
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

????? :-?
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Post by: Taxi_Driver on 06 October 2010, 18:57:15
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

Hmmm...will AA nobble Lizzie's post count for getting his name wrong!  ;D ;D :D
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Post by: Welung666 on 06 October 2010, 18:58:17
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

????? :-?

Don't worry Brian, we all know your name ;) :y ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Dishevelled Den on 06 October 2010, 18:59:45
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..... the x factor???

these freaking idiots (cowell, cole and walsh) put thesepeople thru saying they're amazing?????????????

absolute effing rubbish.

passable pub singers but the best in the music biz are the people with longevity.... the who, ac/dc, tull, beatles etc

sorry just had to rant :)


I hope you feel better for having had the rant Web :y

I certainly feel the better for never having watched this show or any other like it. :y
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Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 06 October 2010, 19:00:16
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

????? :-?


Sorry AA!! :-[ :-[ :-[  Now altered! ;) ;)

Got a stinking headache at the mo, and not seeing right!! ::) ::) ::) :)
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Post by: Auto Addict on 06 October 2010, 19:03:41
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

????? :-?


Sorry AA!! :-[ :-[ :-[  Now altered! ;) ;)

Got a stinking headache at the mo, and not seeing right!! ::) ::) ::) :)

Sorry about your headache, nothing worse.
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Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 06 October 2010, 19:05:01
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

Hmmm...will AA nobble Lizzie's post count for getting his name wrong!  ;D ;D :D


.......and you TD stop stiring it! ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D

I'm a good girl I am! :D :D :D :D ;) ;)

.........and I have just put peper all over my home cooked fish & chips instead of salt!!! >:( >:( >:(  This bloody headache!! >:( >:(
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Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 06 October 2010, 19:08:22
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

????? :-?


Sorry AA!! :-[ :-[ :-[  Now altered! ;) ;)

Got a stinking headache at the mo, and not seeing right!! ::) ::) ::) :)

Sorry about your headache, nothing worse.

Thanks AA :y :y
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Post by: Auto Addict on 06 October 2010, 19:11:53
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

Hmmm...will AA nobble Lizzie's post count for getting his name wrong!  ;D ;D :D


.......and you TD stop stiring it! ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D

I'm a good girl I am! :D :D :D :D ;) ;)

.........and I have just put pepper all over my home cooked fish & chips instead of salt!!! >:( >:( >:(  This bloody headache!! >:( >:(

Reminds me of when we were in Belgium, a few years back, we ordered Steak & Chips, my mate sprinkled the sugar shaker all over his chips, we all fell about laughing, then the waiter came over and said 'You taking the piss out of me', which made us even worse.
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Post by: waspy on 06 October 2010, 19:31:39
What's the X Factor :-? ;D
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Post by: Richie London on 06 October 2010, 19:35:02
kiddies pop, computer enhanced voices and lots of money for simon cowell. and childish judges who are severe drama queens.
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Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 06 October 2010, 19:42:19
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What's the X Factor :-? ;D


Total crap .....that appeals to the lowest common denominator...... :-/
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Post by: unclelicklug on 06 October 2010, 19:45:40
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As AA rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

That's it in a nutshell - couldn't have put it better...
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Post by: Mysteryman on 06 October 2010, 20:24:53
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

????? :-?


Sorry AA!! :-[ :-[ :-[  Now altered! ;) ;)

Got a stinking headache at the mo, and not seeing right!! ::) ::) ::) :)

Sorry about your headache, nothing worse.


Mate of mine stuck his hand in a vat of acid, that was well worse. ::)
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Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 06 October 2010, 20:32:50
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

????? :-?


Sorry AA!! :-[ :-[ :-[  Now altered! ;) ;)

Got a stinking headache at the mo, and not seeing right!! ::) ::) ::) :)

Sorry about your headache, nothing worse.


Mate of mine stuck his hand in a vat of acid, that was well worse. ::)


Did his headache go?


 :D :D :D :D :D ;) ;)
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Post by: jereboam on 06 October 2010, 20:33:06
I often see people complaining about being badgered by telephone cold callers.  I can't imagine why that should be.  If you don't want to listen to them, just say you're not interested and put the phone down.

For years now, I've found that exactly the same technique works when anyone attempts to engage me in a conversation about Big Brother, X Factor or Strictly Come Dancing.  It even works when there is no telephone involved: the modified technique is to let your eyes glaze over and then pick up the nearest piece of printed matter and glance vaguely at it, even if it's a Mills & Boon.

To be honest, I can't be bothered with any of these reality shows.   :(

I'm off to get a snack, the I'm going to settle down and watch The Apprentice - oops...  :) :) :)
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Post by: Mysteryman on 06 October 2010, 20:35:30
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I often see people complaining about being badgered by telephone cold callers.  I can't imagine why that should be.  If you don't want to listen to them, just say you're not interested and put the phone down.

For years now, I've found that exactly the same technique works when anyone attempts to engage me in a conversation about Big Brother, X Factor or Strictly Come Dancing.  It even works when there is no telephone involved: the modified technique is to let your eyes glaze over and then pick up the nearest piece of printed matter and glance vaguely at it, even if it's a Mills & Boon.

To be honest, I can't be bothered with any of these reality shows.   :(

I'm off to get a snack, the I'm going to settle down and watch The Apprentice - oops...  :) :) :)


Sausages tonight.
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Post by: bluey on 06 October 2010, 20:40:39
I read somewhere that the top 40 charts is almost strangled by Cowell these days and most of the artists are pimped managed by him.
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Post by: Mysteryman on 06 October 2010, 20:42:48
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I read somewhere that the top 40 charts is almost strangled by Cowell these days and most of the artists are pimped managed by him.


I'm very proud to say that I couldn't name one top 40 artist. :y
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Post by: jereboam on 06 October 2010, 20:45:39
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I often see people complaining about being badgered by telephone cold callers.  I can't imagine why that should be.  If you don't want to listen to them, just say you're not interested and put the phone down.

For years now, I've found that exactly the same technique works when anyone attempts to engage me in a conversation about Big Brother, X Factor or Strictly Come Dancing.  It even works when there is no telephone involved: the modified technique is to let your eyes glaze over and then pick up the nearest piece of printed matter and glance vaguely at it, even if it's a Mills & Boon.

To be honest, I can't be bothered with any of these reality shows.   :(

I'm off to get a snack, the I'm going to settle down and watch The Apprentice - oops...  :) :) :)


Sausages tonight.

Funnily enough, I've got a couple of cold sausages in the fridge that I was contemplating putting in a sandwich for my supper.  But now you've reminded me of what tonights episode is about, I think I'll give that a miss.  Cheese and tomato would be better. :)
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Post by: dbug on 06 October 2010, 22:30:26
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It really is simple; BIG money to be made, ready and keen audience going on to more massive money to be made from all the wonderful publicity from each "crisis" and "event".

Wonderful showbusiness making a few a lot of money.

As Mark rightly says, if you don't like it don't watch it!! ::) ::) :D :D ;)

????? :-?


Sorry AA!! :-[ :-[ :-[  Now altered! ;) ;)

Got a stinking headache at the mo, and not seeing right!! ::) ::) ::) :)

Sorry to hear that Lizzie - but I wasn't offering  :) :) ;) (Sorry couldn't resist that one)
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Post by: Del Boy on 06 October 2010, 22:37:10
Not all of them are terrible  :-[
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Post by: Amigo on 06 October 2010, 22:53:06
I've got no problem with the Apprentice, Dragons Den etc. There is a point to it & it can be entertaining viewing...(if i happen to catch a repeat on a weekend duvet day) but i would'nt mong out on the settee & watch it after work.
   As for Pap ego idol/can't believe i'm not famous & all the related bilge, i admit to enjoying the first auditions where the deluded are binned off with bags of abuse to thier sobbing stupid families. Worst thing is those who've won have had thier brief 15 mins of fame & are still talentless are an insult to real music & will soon be forgotten. Cowell & Walsh are simply pathetic & thier whole existance is pointless as are those who sit down & actually watch such drivel. You must be sadly lacking something in life.
    I might show a modicum of interest if Holden, cole & minogue were to decide any Stewards enquiry with a bikini wrestle in baby oil. Maybe the first thing worth watching? ::)
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 06 October 2010, 23:03:54
My local papers web site has gone mad over a useless girl on Xcraptor, noone likes her and the web site is getting slagged off!


I can't be bothered to watch much TV - rather do gaming.
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Post by: albitz on 07 October 2010, 05:11:12
I had little choice but to be in the room when it was on last weekend. I had forgotten how appalling it is. The day Cowell was born - The day the music died.
Not a shred of artistry or genuine talent between the lot of them. Mummy and daddy spent a few quid on sending them to stage school, which gives them some sense of entitlement to be a living legend by Christmas.
Buy a Transit van, travel the length and breadth of the country gigging in the pubs and clubs for 5 years, learn your craft, find out if you have any real talent - then think about making your first album.

Rant over. ::)
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Post by: Banjax on 07 October 2010, 07:51:06
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I had little choice but to be in the room when it was on last weekend. I had forgotten how appalling it is. The day Cowell was born - The day the music died.
Not a shred of artistry or genuine talent between the lot of them. Mummy and daddy spent a few quid on sending them to stage school, which gives them some sense of entitlement to be a living legend by Christmas.
Buy a Transit van, travel the length and breadth of the country gigging in the pubs and clubs for 5 years, learn your craft, find out if you have any real talent - then think about making your first album.

Rant over. ::)

totally agree Albs  :y what I find ironic is that X-Factor is stifling talent not finding it, it says "don't write songs, don't learn an instrument, don't be creative in anyway - just let us mould you into some identikit popster that we can package and sell to the gormless masses like a block of processed cheese" and all these songs the acts use....where does Cowell et al think they come from I wonder?  :(
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Post by: Dishevelled Den on 07 October 2010, 09:05:29
<Crusty old get better left in a darkened room and prodded with a stick every now and again mode On>

Television programmes like this simply use the lowest common denominator in their quest for ratings success - and that is to provide cheap and uninvolved entertainment that doesn't require much thinking from the viewer.

It allows the legion of brain-dead, glued to their televisions, to experience (vicariously) a world made supposedly important by those wasters more intent with making money and accruing 'fame' than anything else.

Bah!!

<Off>

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Post by: bob.dent on 07 October 2010, 09:30:25
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What's the X Factor :-? ;D

It's another word for "Simon Cowell's cash cow"
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Post by: Entwood on 07 October 2010, 10:08:33
I'm amazed that so many folks who "hate" the show know so much about it !  I cannot comment as I don't watch it ....


Oh Ef Ef switch .. seemples ...  :)
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Post by: bob.dent on 07 October 2010, 10:27:41
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I'm amazed that so many folks who "hate" the show know so much about it !  I cannot comment as I don't watch it ....


Of Ef Ef switch .. seemples ...  :)

Personally Nige, I'm one of those who do hate it but you can't help knowing so much about it because the media are forever throwing down your throat. For christ sake it even makes the front page of The Sun on occassions!! ::)
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Post by: Omega_Dan on 07 October 2010, 10:33:44
My missus is hooked on it. if its on im outa there! ;)
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Post by: FoxyV6 on 07 October 2010, 10:54:15
this is the joys of being single and having the tv all to myself, i dont have to watch crap like the x factor or any other of these awful reality / entertainment tv shows :y :y
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Post by: Kevin Wood on 07 October 2010, 11:03:26
There were even talking about it on Radio 4 the other day. >:(

Don't watch it myself but according to the report I heard apparently they have decided to dredge up some of the acts rejected in previous shows. Sounds like a desperate measure to dangle another carrot in front of the audience to prop up a (hopefully) dying format fro another couple of episodes.

Load of drivel.

Kevin
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Post by: Dishevelled Den on 07 October 2010, 13:55:40
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I'm amazed that so many folks who "hate" the show know so much about it !  I cannot comment as I don't watch it ....


Oh Ef Ef switch .. seemples ...  :)

From what I've gleaned - by not watching this tripe - I can tell you that, by not watching this tripe, you have preserved your sanity and have rendered yourself unsullied by it. :y
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Post by: bluey on 07 October 2010, 14:19:27
Without wanting to play devil's advocate too much but I think there's a place for talent shows.  They do sometimes unearth some brilliant singers who may otherwise have never become well-known because they were simply unable to do the years of gigging round pubs & clubs etc.  It's the relentless load of vacuous guff that is shoved in your face when that strange Cowell bloke fires up the PR machine to get the viewing figures going and his premium rate numbers coining it in.  Besides, I don't like that Cole woman.  Eats cheese & onion crisps in bed and blows off like the Queen Mary coming into dock. I mean, it's bad enough when yer nan does it but at least you can blame the dog.

I do quite like it when the person/band that doesn't win goes on to have a better career though.  ;)
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Post by: Mysteryman on 07 October 2010, 16:49:46
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Without wanting to play devil's advocate too much but I think there's a place for talent shows.  They do sometimes unearth some brilliant singers who may otherwise have never become well-known because they were simply unable to do the years of gigging round pubs & clubs etc.  It's the relentless load of vacuous guff that is shoved in your face when that strange Cowell bloke fires up the PR machine to get the viewing figures going and his premium rate numbers coining it in.  Besides, I don't like that Cole woman.  Eats cheese & onion crisps in bed and blows off like the Queen Mary coming into dock. I mean, it's bad enough when yer nan does it but at least you can blame the dog.

I do quite like it when the person/band that doesn't win goes on to have a better career though.  ;)

Cheese & onion? How uncivilised.