that was shit, anyway. it was like a halifax advert
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Ouch!
xp Every morning when he walks into the bathroom he probably shouts "YOU'RE IRISH YOU'RE LOOKING IN A MIRROR"
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
And if you though Little Mix dressed like an explosion in a charity shop, then take a look at their fans.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
Of course it wouldn't be a Little Mix performance if at least one of them didn't fuck up the lyrics.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
the stylists must loathe little mix so much
that wasn't bad! these days whenever i hear that song i am just thankful it's not florence :(
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
a friend had a tenner on Little Mix to win the show at 18-1, so for her sake i'd like them to be the undeserving winners of this farce
― Maybe Bartering Will Help (Julie Lagger), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's going to be Marcus and Amelia.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
haha did they run out of budget for amelia? that was shit though, so strident. xtina is the epitome of subtlety compared to her
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
it's not like singers of Amelia's ilk are particularly popular or chartable at the moment, the only reason she's still there is cos this is a popularity contest not a talent contest.
― Ban (Julie Lagger), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
also she got to skip so many weeks! no way would she be here if she'd had to perform every week.
the tutu ;_;
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
The tutu is at least slightly more practical than Tulisa's Woolworth's lampshade.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
If this next bit isn't 'JLS beat Wand Erection with sticks' then I'm going to be dissapointed.
Zane looking as clueless and disoriented as ever.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
kind of funny how JLS brought out all their snazzy dance moves but 1D were incapable of doing anything except vague arrhythmic skipping
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
lol at Louis sitting there by himself next to three empty chairs
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
he's used to it
― Ban (Julie Lagger), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
#THENEWBORING ALERT
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
ffs why is everything Barlow does so fucking pedestrian?
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
i know, i know!
― Ban (Julie Lagger), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
It was like a musical act on The Two Ronnies circa 1985.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
"connecting with the girls" for Tulisa clearly meant "standing in the middle and having your vocals turned up louder than theirs"
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
robbed of a kitty/louis duet ;_;
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
He said he wanted to duet with Johnny!
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
what actually happens in terms of results? one act gets voted out tonight? then somehow they pad the results over two hours tomorrow night?
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, one act goes tonight.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
Wait a sec, Louis' fucked off stage!
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
And that Kelly/Amelia joint was pretty good.
i actually really fucking love leona's version of that song
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
and i'd forgotten how amazing her voice is, because she hasn't sung a decent song since "bleeding love"
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
"A Roomba for Christmas Day" wtf? Bubbles really fucking up this song.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
Amelolia
― Ban (Julie Lagger), Saturday, 10 December 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
Catching up now. Really, Little Mix can't win because they have the worst name ever. Seriously, Little Mix? Really?
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 December 2011 12:17 (twelve years ago) link
and tulisa keeps pronouncing it lidl mix :(
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
I've noticed that sometimes she does, other times she's careful to pronounce the double-t properly. Because of my accent, I pronounce it Lidl Mix all the time.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
I couldn't call tonight's result though. It's the pensioner vote vs the young teenage girl vote.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
me neither, it also feels weirdly like it doesn't matter at all b/c everyone's too attuned to the contestants' likely post-xf career trajectories and whether they actually win or not is immaterial to those
it keeps crossing my mind that they may have deliberately showcased a lower standard of contestant this year: last year was anomalous in that it gave us three viable long term pop acts (plus the winner lol), and i'd imagine it might be wise to be careful about saturating the market with xf contestants? you kind of want to give everyone a bit of a chance to breathe
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
lol I actually had to look up on Wikipedia who won last year.
This is the first year that everyone (contestants/audience/media/judges - in that order of realisation) has twigged that winning is irrelevant.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
(maybe the order should be audience/contestants/media/judges)
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
Prepare for two hours of tedium followed by one minute of Dermot dragging out a dramatic pause before a moment of excitement more tedium.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
it's almost like this came about b/c last year's edition was SO good - in that 2010 unearthed a real diversity of viable acts who forced upon cowell and co the belated realisation that popularity on the show and popularity outside it were v different things - whereas previously even the best non-winners were cut from much the same cloth as each other.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
coldplay and fucking westlife? why the fuck am i watching this?
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
it keeps crossing my mind that they may have deliberately showcased a lower standard of contestant this year:
I think it's more that they've squashed the individuality out of the contestants much harder this year...
a real diversity of viable acts who forced upon cowell and co
^^^ for this reason
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
weirdly it's actually how limited last year's lot were that makes them such viable pop stars - rebecca/cher/wand basically do what they do and are incapable of doing anything else - and in the pop marketplace that translates into having a rigorous and coherent aesthetic
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
whereas misha is versatile and talented enough that you CAN squash her individuality, if that makes sense
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
bloody hell how many songs are they going to ruin in this group number?
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
"X Factor finest" more like Tesco Basics...
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
i think i've heard kitty do "the edge of glory" more than gaga herself now
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
oh adverts already lol? but nothing happened in that section
I pretty much think nothing is going to happen at all, except padding and then they tell us who wins.
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
sadly it was just 'I'm too old for you' which he kept repeating like Bruce Forsyth does hoping that someone would twig and laugh.
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 December 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
To the tune of the "Friends" theme?
― Jilted John and Marsha (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Sunday, 11 December 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno you lot, moan moan moan
― Jilted John and Marsha (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Monday, 12 December 2011 08:40 (twelve years ago) link
week by week stats - always quite revealing:
The Final ResultsLittle Mix: 48.3%Marcus Collins: 42.8%Amelia Lily (carried over from before the freeze): 8.9%
The Final - vote freezeLittle Mix: 39.0%Marcus Collins: 34.5%Amelia Lily: 26.5%
The Semi FinalLittle Mix: 34.4%Marcus Collins: 24.0%Amelia Lily: 21.4%Misha B: 20.2%
Week 8Amelia Lily: 23.8%Little Mix: 22.4%Marcus Collins: 21.0%Janet Devlin: 18.3%Misha B: 14.5%
Week 7Little Mix: 26.1%Misha B: 22.5%Janet Devlin: 14.8%Marcus Collins: 14.4%Amelia Lily: 11.3%Craig Colton: 10.9%
Week 6Amelia Lily: 27.4%Janet Devlin: 17.4%Little Mix: 15.3%Marcus Collins: 12.9%Craig Colton: 10.6%Kitty Brucknell: 8.4%Misha B: 8.0%
Week 6 vote in:Amelia Lily: 48.8%James Michael: 26.7%JonJo Kerr: 13.2%2 Shoes: 11.3%
Week 5Janet Devlin: 18.0%Marcus Collins: 16.0%Misha B: 12.2%Little Mix: 11.9%Craig Colton: 10.1%Frankie Cocozza: 8.7%Johnny Robinson: 8.3%Kitty Brucknell: 7.6%The Risk: 7.2%
Week 4Janet Devlin: 14.7%Little Mix: 13.7%Craig Colton: 13.0%Kitty Brucknell: 12.9%Johnny Robinson: 12.2%Marcus Collins: 10.1%The Risk: 7.2%Frankie Cocozza: 5.7%Sophie Habibis: 5.4%Misha B: 5.1%Week 3Janet Devlin: 17.2%Johnny Robinson: 17.1%Misha B: 11.8%Marcus Collins: 11.2%The Risk: 8.3%Little Mix: 6.0%Frankie Cocozza: 6.0%Craig Colton: 6.0%Sophie Habibis: 5.8%Sami Brookes: 5.6%Kitty Brucknell: 5.0%
Week 2Janet Devlin: 23.6%The Risk: 10.9%Sophie Habibis: 8.9%Little Mix: 8.7%Misha B: 7.8%Craig Colton: 6.9%Marcus Collins: 6.8%Johnny Robinson: 6.5%Sami Brookes: 6.2%Kitty Brucknell: 5.9%Frankie Cocozza: 5.2%Nu Vibe: 2.6%
Week 1The judges vote out 2 Shoes, Amelia Lily, James Michael and JonJo Kerr
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Monday, 12 December 2011 09:50 (twelve years ago) link
after week 2, misha came either 2nd, 3rd or last every week.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Monday, 12 December 2011 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
Am I right in saying only Craig went from a sing-off when he was bottom, the lowest-placed act was saved every other time?
― ailsa, Monday, 12 December 2011 11:20 (twelve years ago) link
Apart from the one time it went to deadlock?
― Jilted John and Marsha (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Monday, 12 December 2011 12:03 (twelve years ago) link
(xp)The same thing happened to No Vibe in Week 2.The Risk got the lowest number of votes in Week 5, but it was a double elimination week, so they were eliminated entirely on the public's decision.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Monday, 12 December 2011 12:09 (twelve years ago) link
xp and it was Craig who went as a result of that deadlock
― yes this is the real (snoball), Monday, 12 December 2011 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
So apart from No Vibe, the judges never eliminated the act with the lowest number of votes.
Also, the bubble upwards of the FCocoza vote, for the most part!
― Jilted John and Marsha (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Monday, 12 December 2011 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
so misha's placements were:
5th, 3rd, last, 3rd, last, 2nd, last, last.
that 2nd place was the week they really went in on her sob story - her actual performance wasn't notably better or worse than her other ones, it's remarkable how much bullshit like that can have an effect.
i can't remember cher's placements offhand but suddenly her pop career post-xf looks a bit less assured. and bear in mind misha never quite had a lightning bolt moment on the level of cher's "turn my swag on" or "stay".
really quite surprised that little mix were fairly popular right from the start! never even coming close to the bottom two.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Monday, 12 December 2011 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
xp There's no way of knowing this, but maybe after Cokehoser was kicked, the people who voted for him switched their allegiance to Little Mix? It would account for their strong placing in the latter half of the series, after their earlier mid-table results.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Monday, 12 December 2011 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
xp I kind of thins of Cher as being moments of total brilliance, with a baseline of passable, and the occasional dire wreck (SwagJag). Misha is more like a continually applied pressure. But in a way that's a disadvantage. Misha is so confident and assured that she's more reluctant to leave her comfort zone (drink a shot) and take risks the way Cher did. Because of that, I still like Cher more. But with the current play-it-safe music industry, Misha may go further because Syco may be more prepared to put more weight behind an act who - while nevertheless exciting - is less risky.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Monday, 12 December 2011 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
thins = think
I know it's bad to repost external comments, but:
It seems to me that most people seem to be missing an important point ,that is that an average of 11million people have watched Xfactor this series, which is nearly 20% of the UK population, so we are all moorons then!??.
― Jilted John and Marsha (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Monday, 12 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
coldplay forums have been particularly great since they announced they were doing x factor. x factor just aint AUTHENTIC enough for coldplay ya see.
― Lucas: loved by chris, lots and lots (Chris), Monday, 12 December 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno, the audience seemed way more enthusiastic about watching the Colplays than the final acts and the winner and all that.
― Jilted John and Marsha (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Monday, 12 December 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
Two men who poured boiling water over a man's head during a row over last year's X Factor final have been jailed.Brian Wade was badly scalded and part of his ear was bitten off during the attack at his Exeter home in December 2010.Lee Stynes, 28, and Mathew Gannaway-Pitts, 18, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm at an earlier hearing.Gannaway-Pitts was jailed for 16 months and Stynes was jailed indefinitely.Exeter Crown Court was told Mr Wade was attacked after an argument between the three men about who would win the ITV talent show final between Matt Cardle and Rebecca Ferguson.Public protectionStynes and Gannaway-Pitts had been staying at Mr Wade's flat when the assault took place.Although Gannaway-Pitts started the unprovoked attack, it was Stynes who poured the boiling water over the victim and bit off part of his left ear, the court heard.Stynes admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent and Gannaway-Pitts admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm.Stynes, a paranoid schizophrenic with a past history of violence, was jailed indefinitely for public protection.Among his 42 previous convictions, two were for threatening to bite people's noses off and one was for throwing boiling water at someone.Judge Erik Salomonsen told the men: "Regardless of who started it, you have been involved in a horrific attack."Stynes will serve a minimum of three years and four-and-a-half months but will only be released when he is deemed not to be a danger to the public.Gannaway-Pitts was released on licence because he had served almost a year on remand.
Brian Wade was badly scalded and part of his ear was bitten off during the attack at his Exeter home in December 2010.
Lee Stynes, 28, and Mathew Gannaway-Pitts, 18, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm at an earlier hearing.
Gannaway-Pitts was jailed for 16 months and Stynes was jailed indefinitely.
Exeter Crown Court was told Mr Wade was attacked after an argument between the three men about who would win the ITV talent show final between Matt Cardle and Rebecca Ferguson.Public protection
Stynes and Gannaway-Pitts had been staying at Mr Wade's flat when the assault took place.
Although Gannaway-Pitts started the unprovoked attack, it was Stynes who poured the boiling water over the victim and bit off part of his left ear, the court heard.
Stynes admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent and Gannaway-Pitts admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Stynes, a paranoid schizophrenic with a past history of violence, was jailed indefinitely for public protection.
Among his 42 previous convictions, two were for threatening to bite people's noses off and one was for throwing boiling water at someone.
Judge Erik Salomonsen told the men: "Regardless of who started it, you have been involved in a horrific attack."
Stynes will serve a minimum of three years and four-and-a-half months but will only be released when he is deemed not to be a danger to the public.
Gannaway-Pitts was released on licence because he had served almost a year on remand.
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Monday, 12 December 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
i missed the final because i was at atp and then we couldn't get it to stream at 5am :(. though we did instead spend two hours doing louis lines leading towards the kind of depiction of louis' life snoball went for upthread (YEER A TOOTHBRUSH, YEER IN ME MOUTH, YE PREVENT ME FROM GETTING CAVITIES, AND YE DESORVE TA BE IN THE FOINAL!), so it was a good x factor final night nevertheless. aside from the fact that YE DESORVE TA BE IN THE FOINAL has been circulating in my head ever since. YEER PHAROAH SANDERS, YEER PLAYING A SAXOPHONE, YE REMOIND ME OF A YOUNG LENNY HENRY, AND YE DESORVE TA BE IN THE FOINAL!
― m. yeux, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link