Let’s just skip the actual singing part (which was really
boring and full of naff, predictable and cliché song choices) and get right
down to the vote off. In the bottom two were Rylan Clark, whose remixed rendition
of Spandau Ballet’s ‘Gold’ was actually quite entertaining and Carolynne Poole,
who apparently did a country version of Nicki Minaj’s 'Starships'- but I missed
this because I went to make a cup of tea. Now, unless you’ve been on another
planet (or you just don’t watch The X Factor) you’ll know that Rylan has been
receiving a lot of stick over the fact he is still in the competition (because
he can’t actually sing) and also that Carolynne is a perfectly good singer who
just missed out on the live shows last year.
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| Judgement day: Rylan and Carolynne |
So bearing this and their final ‘sing-off’ performances in mind, when it
came down to Louis, who had the deciding vote (and was also the judge who
eliminated Carolynne from the competition the previous year), it should have
been a straight forward bye-bye to Rylan, right? Wrong! Cue the drama and
controversy:
- Louis ‘toing’ and ‘froing’ apparently facing the hardest decision of his life (even though he goes through this same sh*t every year
- Dermot shouting at Louis to hurry up and choos
- Nicole and Gary both urging Louis to save their acts
- Tulisa hounding Louis to just pick one while Louis pulls his hair out in anguis
- A silent, unknown figure crouching down to have a quiet word in Louis ear
- Louis then saving Carolynne, but immediately changing his mind and taking it to deadlock
- The gasps of horror when Dermot reveals that it was in fact Carolynne who got the lowest number of votes and will be going home
- The boos from the crowd as a shocked Rylan hugs a distraught Carolynne
- An outraged Gary storming off stage
My oh my! You see, it’s not me making it exciting, this
actually happened and that is EXACTLY what the producers wanted. All last night
and throughout the day, it wasn’t strictly that everyone was tweeting about, it
was The X Factor. Everyone was declaring- it’s The Fix Factor! And they are
probably right. Don’t you see people,
the x factor is no longer just a singing competition, it’s an entertainment
show. It relies on outlandish characters, controversies, name-changes, romances
and scandal to keep it alive. No longer are the days when raw singing talent
are enough to satiate the ever demanding audiences- that’s what The Voice is
for, and look how that compared. We must learn to accept that the X Factor has
lost its sparkle and is in reality Eastenders with music and make-over’s. So let’s
stop debating, stop arguing, stop voting (coz you’re wasting your time and
money) and sit back and enjoy the ride, or as they like to say; the ‘emotional
rollercoaster’.
Who would you have saved? Take a look at their performances below:
Who would you have saved? Take a look at their performances below:
