The X Factor loses its, er, x factor
Saturday saw the third instalment of this
year's X Factor, attracting a whopping 52% of the television
viewing audience with 11.8m tuning in.
I, therefore, felt a little like the odd one out having not watched
it, especially since I've been an X Factor devotee since the
first series.
But this year's run received a mixed response from many viewers
when it debuted a new format where the wannabes audition not only
in front of the stony-faced judging panel but an audience of 2,000.
The X Factor's unique selling point when it started was that it
was a largely positive affair, with viewers voting for their
favourite singer, nothing more and nothing less. A nice antidote to
the bullying and humiliation of Big Brother.
But it has slowly morphed - as with most reality TV - into a parade
of freaks and misfits, put in front of Simon Cowell et al to be
insulted.
The addition of the live audience has only heightened this and, for
me at least, made very uncomfortable viewing.
There is nothing enjoyable or entertaining about watching anyone -
no matter how off-key their Mariah Carey impersonation may be -
being reduced to tears in front of an audience of booing and
jeering idiots.
Hopefully the live-shows will return the programme
to its former glory, but until then they have lost me as a
viewer.
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