Strictly Come Dancing may be winning the rating wars, but after this weekend (18th November 2012, X-Factor is the show that everyone's talking about.
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| Denise Van Outen headed the leaderboard with her Egyptian performance |
Strictly came live from Wembley Arena
this weekend and the usual favourites, Denise Van Outen, Lisa Riley,
Dani Harmer and Kimberley Walsh all dazzled on the dance floor, with
Denise bagging the first 10 points of the series from three of the
judges. Nicky Byrne also made a great effort this week but fell into the
bottom two with Daybreak TV reporter, Richard Arnold. Richard
rightly left the competition, but for a man who'd never danced before
and with the Daybreak celebrities history (Kate Garraway, Fiona
Phillips), he did himself proud.
I'm still struggling to understand why
Victoria Pendleton is still in the competition. She can't dance!
Simple. However, looking at the way the public vote in these TV
programmes (see X-Factor below), its clear to see people are voting
for personalities and TV entertainment, rather than the talent.
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| Lisa Riley after her heavy landing |
Loving Lisa Riley in Strictly, but that
splits landing at the end of her performance on Saturday evening, was
neither pleasant or ladylike. I was shocked she got back up.
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| Ella performed "You're The One That I Want" |
Over to the X-Factor, Guilty Pleasures
was the theme this weekend. The stand out performers were Ella
Henderson, Jahmene Douglas and James Arthur, real talented singers
with bags of potential, yet Ella and James ended up in the bottom
two. Viewers and judges were equally shocked. I was surprised with
James being in the bottom two but had a feeling Ella was in danger
and the fault laid in the hands of her mentor, Tulisa.
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| Did the public opinion of Tulisa cost Ella Henderson votes? |
Tulisa has been getting a load of bad
press recently, the latest being romantically involved with a
footballer with a pregnant ex. This possibly turned viewers off
voting for her last remaining act, Ella, the only girl left in the
competition. Also, since the live shows have started, Tulisa has
been encouraging people to keep the most talentless act, Rylan Clark,
in the competition because he's an “amazing performer”, although
he can't sing. He can't dance very well either in my opinion but if
you give a dog a bone... As a mentor and judge, Tulisa can't expect
people to support her acts if she's praising the rival. Ella, a
fabulous singer for a young 16 year old, doesn't get the props and
flamboyance on stage that Rylan has every week. She doesn't need it,
her voice is her weapon but if you go by Tulisa's judgement, people
want to be entertained with wackiness and wildness, it doesn't matter
whether they are good singers or not. Since she knows the magic
formula, why didn't she jazz up Ella's performances? Viewers
patience is running thin with Tulisa and I'll be very shocked if
she's on the judging panel next year.
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| Rylan Clark safely through to another week |
Viewers aren't voting for the talent
because they know the good singers will gain a recording career on
the back off the show and winning The X-Factor hasn't always proved a
huge success. Think back to Joe McElderry and Matt McArdle amongst
others. For years its become apparent that the show is more about
the judges than the contestants and its own X-Factorness has well
passed its sell-by-date. You don't believe me? Take a look at the
passion and production put into X-Factor USA and compare the two.
Rylan and Christopher Maloney should
not be on the stage, better singers have left. Christopher, I should
say, does have a good voice but the people voting for him will not
buy his records. Simon Cowell seriously needs to revamp the show before it
becomes a joke – if it hasn't already – so that viewers will
enjoy watching it for the talent and not for the sake of the judges
shenanigans.
Who'll suffer the fate of the public
next week? Also, Louis Walsh opted to send home James last night.
Was that his own choice or is his head stuck so far up Tulisa's bum
that he voted to help out a friend? Something smells fishy.
Agree with my opinion or strongly disagree... Comments greatly appreciated or have your say @lady6x on Twitter.
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