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Cruelty at X Factor

The X factor machine just keeps pumping regardless of how cruel the outcome. Last weekend we witness the first X Factor six chair challenge after it was revealed Sharon Osbourne had been allocated the Girls Category. One by one the young ladies, some as young as sixteen, took their place on the stage to give the performance of their life.

More often than not they were asked to take a seat and then told to give it up. Why does this section of the show exist? The judges all know who is going to perform and what they sound like. The only reason for this circus is to humiliate the contestants in front of a baying crowd.

We still have to suffer Louis Walsh with the 'Boys', Simon Cowell and the 'Groups' plus Nicole Scherzinger with the 'Overs.' Oh joy!

After this debacle it'll be on to Judges houses. Apparently the lovely Sinita has been dumped by Cowell for Cheryl Tweedy/Cole/Fernandez-Versini and who knows, the future Mrs Liam Payne. These days she just likes to be known as simply Cheryl after changing her name back to Tweedy.

Nicole Scherzinger will be joined by Stormzy at her judges home while Louis has asked Grace Kelly singer Mika to join him.

Allegedly Sharon in her wisdom is steering clear of any well known singing celeb and has plumped for family first. Kelly and Jack Osbourne will be giving their Mother many years of their music wisdom and experience. Really!!

For those who brave the X Factor torture there may be some fame and a little fortune but nothing compared to that of top man Mr Cowell. Contestants should also consider before taking the plunge that a lot of former winners have been dumped by Syco recording company within the first year. Even those that stand the test of time and then want to move on leave under a cloud.

In 2013 Leona Lewis had a Christmas hit with One More Sleep. She wanted to leave Cowell's record company and sign with Universal Island records the next year. In an open letter to fans she wrote "I was threatened with the fact that if I left, it would come out that I had been dropped. That cut deep, but by this time nothing could stop me from walking away." She admitted her journey had left her feeling "extremely depressed".

We sit at home on a weekend night watching the X Factor, shouting at our TV's, commenting on the judges comments without a thought for the people who go through this process. You may say they get what they deserve and you could be right if we were talking about the confident cocky upstart winning but that isn't usually the case. Winners tend to be the Joe and Joanne Blogs in the process as the X Factor is as much about whose personality we like as how well they sing.

The X Factor has changed much since its inception in 2004 and not for the better. One thing that will always stay the same is Simon Cowell making money off the back of youngsters who don't have a clue what they are letting themselves in for.

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X Factor Fans Call for Descendance Mum to Quit

On Sunday night Mother and Daughter duo Descendance auditioned for the X Factor. Stating they had been singing together for 3 years Mum Debye and Daughter Hayley took to the floor.

Debye, although facially looking many years younger than her age and dressed like an older teen on a night out didn't have the vocals or the moves of the young trendy daughter.

Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Nicole Scherzinger all agreed Hayley was great. Simon claimed 'It's quite rare to see someone like you [Hayley]. I think the fact you're happy to do this with your mum makes me like you even more. What are we doing here guys? Without being rude, it doesn't work.'

Sharon said Hayley was 'phenomenal' yet the combination was 'odd' while Louis agreed and stated he was only focused on Hayley saying she was an 'amazing performer.'

Nicole told Hayley she was 'super dope and relevant right now' and suggested Debye still be involved but maybe not front of house.

By this time mum Debye was in tears and sobbing over the judges' comments. Hayley said she wouldn't perform without her Mum.

I'm sure we were all expecting Mum to to be gracious and push her daughter forward instead she stood her ground and the X Factor judges grudgingly put the Mother Daughter combo through to the next round.

Since the show X Factor fans have branded Debye as selfish calling for her to stand down and let Hayley proceed on her own.

Most of us know the X Factor is full of fakery and manipulation and I'm sure this situation is no different, manufactured to up the programs presence. Some time ago I heard from someone who represents youngsters who apply to these types of show, they said one of their young lads was told prior to his audition 'if you act upset and mortified that you haven't been chosen to go through there's a strong possibility you will be chosen for a group'.....and that's exactly what happened.

It would be no surprise if this isn't a similar situation. All will be revealed at X Factor Boot Camp.

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X Factor 2017

The X Factor opened it's doors over the weekend to 6 million viewers, the lowest since the program started in 2004. It was still the most watched Saturday night watched program but a long way from the 10.8 million in it's heyday. I suspect next Saturday BBC's Strictly will be win the war of the ratings.

Simon Cowell has openly suggested X Factor can not compete with Strictly as the audiences are very different. Strictly having an older audience and X Factor catering for the youngsters.

So this year Mr Cowell and the producers of the show have cancelled the sister show, Xtra Factor hosted by Rylan Clark and Matt Edmonson and are focusing on engaging it's young viewers via social media accounts and the X Factor YouTube channel.

Simon has also stated he doesn't want joke acts and it appears we won't be seeing any rubbish auditions from those after their 30 seconds of fame or the totally deluded. Instead the focus will be on serious acts. Shame they haven't cut the sob stories!

This year Simon Cowell has said he will be also looking for original songs to keep the show fresh and over the weekend we witnessed two examples of this. Not sure how this theory will work on Rock Week or Big Band Week!

Just one weekend in and the media are already hunting down negative gossip on contestants. 27 year old Kayleigh Taylor who amazed the judges with her beautiful rendition of My Immortal by Evanescence apparently appeared on Jeremy Kyle 3 years ago when she was accused of stealing her fathers mobile phone. She underwent a lie detector test and failed. Kayleigh told The Sun “I don’t pretend to be perfect. I’m human.

“I’ve made a number of mistakes in the past and I’m now trying to better my life.”

Also according to the media, Grace Davis has a manager, a recording deal and has performed with Olly Murs. Nothing could be further from the truth according to Grace. She claimed she doesn't have a manager and she self released an EP when she was 18.

As for performing with Olly Murs, she was asked to do a private gigg for a friend who happened to book Olly Murs as well. Olly called Grace to the stage and they sang together.

We all know by now the X Factor is fake, we know some artists are asked to audition after being scouted from busking or from social media. We all know people aren't perfect yet the media still want to bring folk down.

Perhaps Kayleigh did make a mistake and is trying to better her life and does it really matter if Grace has sung with Olly Murs. We've never heard of her and maybe the X Factor can take her to the next level. Bookies are already tipping Grace as their early winner of X Factor 2017.

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2016 X Factor Judges Revealed

It's breaking news! X Factor judges for the thirteen series have been confirmed.

There are no new faces on the judging panel but we will see the return of Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, the yoghurt eating Nicole Scherzinger plus old hat and cliché man, Louis Walsh.

It'll be 'You're a ready made little pop star', 'You made that stage your own' and 'you're only sixteen and from Ireland' from the boring and predictable Louis.

No doubt Cowell will be looking to create a replacement for One Direction while being vile to all he deems talentless (can't make any money from).

Sickly sweet Scherzinger will cast her goo wide and spout 'Schermazing' at every opportunity.

Thank goodness for the return of Sharon Osbourne.

The X Factor is a shadow of it's former self with predictable one liners and Cowell manipulation. Each year many of us say we won't be watching the next one yet each year we all tune in. This year will be no different.

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X Factor 4th Power aka The Cercados aka M.I.C.A aka The Gollayan Sisters

Mylene, Irene, Celina and Almira are four sisters from the Philippines who took to the X Factor stage and blew the roof off. We believe we've seen the birth of something fantastic yet all is not as it seems with 4th Power.

The Chinese robots, with their murderous grins, plotting to take the world or at least give Simon Cowell a piece of the Far East are more polished than the Queen's Rolls Royce. They are like an advert for the Duracell bunny. They never stop.

They seem ready for world domination and have tried and tried prior to their X Factor performances. 4th Power previously known as The Cercados, M.I.C.A and The Gollayan Sisters have music on Amazon and iTunes, they got to the semi finals of the South Korean Superstar K 6, have also performed in the US and reportedly have around 5 million views on their YouTube channel.

4th Power are far from novices.

I get a sickly feeling this is a shed load of free publicity for the girls probably incited by Mr Cowell himself who will no doubt make a shed load of money from this venture. What a platform to launch them but once they've had their five minutes of fame it'll be 'here today, gone tomorrow'.

You could probably apply that line to last five winners of the X Factor competition. It took me five minutes to remember last years X Factor winner 'jack the lad' Ben Heanow yet Stevie Richie and Chloe Jasmine are still in the public eye after residing in the latest Celebrity Big Brother house. Jake Quickenden, eliminated in week 3 has also made a name for himself becoming runner-up in I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.

Despite looking like kids, the sisters Almira 27, Irene 25, Mylene 23 and Celina 19 are sure to get though Judges Houses and hit centre stage once again in the X Factor live shows. They will no doubt give rousing performances and end up being the last group standing but will they win?

According to early X Factor odds, no!....Louisa Johnson, Seann Miley Moore, Che Chesterman and Kiera Weathers all have shorter odds for the win.

The X Factor juggernaut rolls on and we love it!

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