British folk singer Richard Thompson has criticised The X Factor, claiming its stars like Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke can’t sing and ‘lack musical intelligence’. Speaking to BBC’s Hardtalk programme, Thompson said X Factor contestants couldn’t actually sing songs, despite having good voices.
Who need’s shiny BAFTAs or National Television Awards when you can claim the title of “Most Complained About Show Of The Year”? The X Factor takes the prize for 2009 with over 5,900 complaints to date with 4,000 complaints alone regarding Dannii’s comments to Danyl Johnson during the first live show.
Rachel Hylton (remember her?) from X Factor 2008 has hit out at her then mentor Dannii Minogue for not supporting her and favouring Ruth Lorenzo. The 28-year-old has revealed that Dannii “didn’t know what to do” with her and that she is “gutted” for herself.
Pop Idol and Popstars judge Pete Waterman has hit out (again) at The X Factor, saying that “The cheating has taken over” and that it is no longer the show he was a judge on.
X Factor 2007 runner up Rhydian Roberts is not impressed with the talent on this year’s show, saying that the standards aren’t very good and that the show is not about singers anymore.
X Factor 2006 winner Leona Lewis has revealed she doesn’t think the show is about singing anymore, just entertainment. Speaking to News Of The World, Lewis complained talented vocalists had left the competition over poorer singers.
Danyl’s mum, Maria Burgess, has revealed she believes Simon Cowell is sidelining her son and focusing on bookies favourite Olly Murs instead. Speaking to The Mirror, Maria said that she didn’t think Simon was giving Danyl a fair chance.
Lloyd Daniels’ mum has accused X Factor Judge Simon Cowell of being ‘anti-Welsh’ after he criticised her son’s performances on the live shows and voted out fellow Welsh contestant Lucie Jones in a controversial decision.
X Factor bosses face claims of a fix this morning as it’s reported that sound engineers were told to lower the microphone levels of John and Edward so that the backing sings drowned out their poor vocals. The pair survived the bottom two this week after singing Queen’s Under Pressured mixed with Ice Ice Baby.
British singer Sting has called The X Factor both ‘preposterous’ and ‘appalling’, saying that this year’s contestants are not going to go anywhere. The rocker added that the judges have no talent other than to promote themselves.
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