Was 8.50pm last night the moment that The X Factor stopped being a talent show?
In what was possibly the show’s biggest upset ever, Simon Cowell decided against saving Lucie Jones and forced the vote to dead lock. This saw the decision revert to the earlier public vote in which John and Edward had received more support than their rival, keeping the controversial duo in the show.
Lucie’s exit followed a flawless version of Whitney Houston’s One Moment In Time in the sing-off, while John and Edward performed a cover of Robbie Williams’ Rock DJ which sounded like something you’d hear at closing time at the local karaoke bar. In fairness to the boys, it was their best vocal performance to date – though that’s not saying much.
Simon Cowell defended his decision by saying that he felt neither act could go on to win the show but that John and Edward was the act he would most like to see again. He also said that the public should have picked up the phone and voted for Lucie if they wanted her to stay in the show.
Arguably The X Factor has always been more about the entertainment factor rather than being a true search for the next music superstar. However, we can’t forget that this is the same show that discovered Leona Lewis as well as the likes of last year’s winner Alexandra Burke.
John and Edward are the most talked about act on this year’s show and the live shows would be much duller without them in it. But do they really deserve to stay in the show at the expense of talented vocalists?
Also, Simon’s decision to take the vote to dead lock over the past couple of weeks has seen two of the show’s most talented singers – Rachel and Lucie – leave the competition. Their departure comes while all three of his acts remain safe – is he using these tactics to help his own acts win?
The show’s credibility has been blown, it is no longer a talent show, how cant it be when Cowell has saved possibly one of the worst acts in the series? The blame however cannot solely rest on his shoulders, it started with Louis Walsh when he chose John & Edward to join his Groups section, Louis has clearly lost touch with what is talent and what isnt.
The British public is also to blame, the people that are constantly voting to keep John & Edward in week after week, yes we do like the underdog and like to see them surpass all but come on, the twin are untalented and at best a novelty record at Christmas duo that will whither and disappear come this time next year.
Then we come to Simon Cowell, you cant bang on about how crap an act is, how they dont deserve to be in the show at all then when a talented young woman who could possibly be seen as a threat to your acts comes along and finds herself in the bottom two with the Terrible Twins, you come out with rubbish and say that she could never win the show and how she has now hit the ceiling where her talent is concerned.
Convaluted rubbish from a man I once respected, in essence he is telling us that John and Edward have more talent than she does, bollocks!
The X Factor stopped being a talent show last night, a show that gave us Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, JLS etc. Yes it had some unworthy winners too but come on, people stop voting to keep these talentless idiots in, this is not what the show is all about!
