The X-Factor is in its tenth season, but does anyone care anymore? Lina Katwala gives you some reasons why you should
The X Factor. It’s like Marmite, either you love it or you hate it. Most years I have the same feelings towards it as I do towards Marmite: pure hatred.
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However this year, unfortunately, me and my housemates have become completely obsessed with it. For those of you who don’t watch the current season, we’ve passed the stage where delusional folk who think they can sing travel across the country just to be ridiculed on national television, instead, our Saturday nights now consist of a cocktail mixing: live performances by the finalists, public voting and cameos by artists in the charts at the moment (whose album adverts suspiciously appear in the commercial breaks just after they’ve been on). You get the drill.
There are six remaining acts, and the favourites to win are soulful-voiced Sam Bailey and sweet sixteen-year-old Nicolas, however my personal preference is Luke Friend, a college student with a gravelly voice from our very own Devon (yay!)
Others include group Rough Copy, the gorgeous Tamera Foster, and Hannah, who despite having an incredible voice has been placed in the bottom two (the two acts who receive the least votes) twice, possibly due to her incessant sobbing in the first few weeks.
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There are a few reasons why the X Factor hasn’t quite scored top marks: the fact that it’s essentially a popularity contest, the unnecessary stage garnishing, Nicole Sherzinger making up words (such as sha-mazing), and the judges using the same or very similar phrases when describing performances – you may recognise: ‘110%’, ‘the best performer (insert county name) has ever seen’ and ‘you’re like a young (insert singer name)’, but these just mean you can turn watching the X Factor into a drinking game
So overall, yes I will admit it’s got me hooked. If you don’t fancy the Lemmy one Saturday between now and the final (14th December) then I would definitely recommend having a watch.
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