I was all set to reply to your comment to my comment in your other entry... but then you wrote this one and now I have to comment again on new stuff instead! Damn you!!
Herein lay ranting.....
So many levels of AMEN to your XFactor rant. I didn't even bother with the results show this week, though that didn't stop my brother phoning me every ten seconds to say what was happening. I did have Saturday's show on in the background while trying to do some work, and that was bad enough... but yea, way way way more than Louis, Simon's made me utterly blind with rage this year. He's been a complete and utter hypocrite this season, more so than Louis because at least Louis is ALWAYS a hypocrite. Simon's supposed to be the sensible one. We've lost two decent singers because of him, and then he has the gall to say he doesn't take his position for granted. Jackass.
That said, I am fast coming to adore Dannii. I really really hate Stacey (I know she's about the only good singer left in the competition, but her damn Essex-ness makes me want to scream), but at this point, I kinda want her to win just so Dannii gets to gloat, since she seems to be the only judge at the moment with her head at least vaguely glued on. I didn't see the results, but I was led to believe hers was less a "let's go to deadlock" deadlock, and more a "there's no way in hell I'm gonna be saving Lloyd" deadlock, so she totally gets a pass.
On the whole, though, you're SO right about the deadlock thing. Especially when at least two of them should've been no-brainers. Effing Simon.
Not sure I buy Lloyd having it in the bag; he's been bottom two twice, which means he's ultimately not gonna have the popularity to pull off a win when pitted against Stacey, Olly, or Joe, none of whom have been bottom two once yet. I wouldn't be surprised, actually, if Joe's pulling the tween vote this year, a la Ray Quinn the year Leona won it. Which I don't mind; I quite like Joe and at least he can (mostly) sing.
But yea, you're right. This year is actually physically painful to watch and I'm ecstatically glad BBC4 are repeating Cranford on Saturday night because it's just the perfect excuse not to watch XFactor.
/rant.
Completely unrelated -- totally no worries about not having the time to see me pre-Christmas; I figured when you said you'd had a week off for being ill that it was probably gonna be a no-go, since that sort of thing really throws one's schedule off so totally no worries. Stuff happens, and I'm sure I'll catch you at some less hectic time. ;)
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Date: 2009-11-17 02:32 pm (UTC)Herein lay ranting.....
So many levels of AMEN to your XFactor rant. I didn't even bother with the results show this week, though that didn't stop my brother phoning me every ten seconds to say what was happening. I did have Saturday's show on in the background while trying to do some work, and that was bad enough... but yea, way way way more than Louis, Simon's made me utterly blind with rage this year. He's been a complete and utter hypocrite this season, more so than Louis because at least Louis is ALWAYS a hypocrite. Simon's supposed to be the sensible one. We've lost two decent singers because of him, and then he has the gall to say he doesn't take his position for granted. Jackass.
That said, I am fast coming to adore Dannii. I really really hate Stacey (I know she's about the only good singer left in the competition, but her damn Essex-ness makes me want to scream), but at this point, I kinda want her to win just so Dannii gets to gloat, since she seems to be the only judge at the moment with her head at least vaguely glued on. I didn't see the results, but I was led to believe hers was less a "let's go to deadlock" deadlock, and more a "there's no way in hell I'm gonna be saving Lloyd" deadlock, so she totally gets a pass.
On the whole, though, you're SO right about the deadlock thing. Especially when at least two of them should've been no-brainers. Effing Simon.
Not sure I buy Lloyd having it in the bag; he's been bottom two twice, which means he's ultimately not gonna have the popularity to pull off a win when pitted against Stacey, Olly, or Joe, none of whom have been bottom two once yet. I wouldn't be surprised, actually, if Joe's pulling the tween vote this year, a la Ray Quinn the year Leona won it. Which I don't mind; I quite like Joe and at least he can (mostly) sing.
But yea, you're right. This year is actually physically painful to watch and I'm ecstatically glad BBC4 are repeating Cranford on Saturday night because it's just the perfect excuse not to watch XFactor.
/rant.
Completely unrelated -- totally no worries about not having the time to see me pre-Christmas; I figured when you said you'd had a week off for being ill that it was probably gonna be a no-go, since that sort of thing really throws one's schedule off so totally no worries. Stuff happens, and I'm sure I'll catch you at some less hectic time. ;)