Well, if you ever needed proof that the Xfactor is about the telly (and the advertising) rather than the search for new musical talent, Simon Cowell not voting out JEdward on Sunday gave it in spades. Their central conceit; that they could win, despite not being able to sing, and that Simon would absolutely hate it, has been destroyed.
JEdward were so immensely watchable because of the sense of jeopardy; as they flung themselves about frenetically we knew that we were the only ones who could save them. Even though I was furiously tweeting that I wouldn't watch it without them (do you reckon Simon Cowell gets a twitter feed live on air? I wouldn't put it past him,) the illusion has been shattered for me by Simon leaving it to the public vote when he had the chance to get rid of them.
(but yes, I will be watching again this Saturday. Curse you Cowell!)
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lol! Media politics and Simon playing mind games with people...
ReplyDeleteHi Her Royal Poshness - I suppose we should all be grateful that Simon Cowell is in entertainment, rather than real politics!
ReplyDeleteI saw it and thought......it is Simon's show afterall!! He does plays his hand for £££ and media attention........I was silly to think that he may just an ounce of integrity left in a forgotten corner of his soul. Mind tricks.
ReplyDeleteHi Old Cow - funnily, that's almost exactly what Mr L said too - "If he has any integrity, he'll vote them out.....oh. He doesn't then."
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