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
i'm crossing my fingers that nothing happens instead of coldplayandwestlife tbh. just a blank screen will do
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
Well Marcus sings 'Higher and Higher' again, so Louis can compare him to Jackie Jockey Wilson.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
Coldplay are pretty much a blank screen anyway. And then sometimes Chris Martin pumps his arm in the air. Does anyone know what this 'Westlife's farewell performance' bobbins is?
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
ffs Olly is such a crap TV presenter, even Caroline Flack looks competant compared to him
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
oh another commercial break
Tulisa concentrating so hard on getting her gimmick comedy 'little muffins' accent right that she pronounces their name 'Lidl Mix' again.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
no snark lidl mix's "don't let go" is properly fantastic
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Well it's better than most X Factor groups could have managed - apart from Miss Frank ;_;
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Olly is like a spare tyre on the back of a sleigh for all the use he is.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
kind of embarrassing how shaky marcus' vocals are :/
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
Marcus's performance of 'Last Christmas' is heading for Wet Wet Wet territory. I blame Gary entirely. lol at the cameraman falling over though
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
I bet Denis Norden/Harry Hill will be playing that clip until the Sun burns out.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
"ha ha" (touches corner of glasses) "and here. we. have. a-a-a very funnee clip" (smirks)
No comedy accent Tulisa? What's wrong, blood sugar running low?
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
Or maybe she's just taken a look at the sales for N'Dubz greatest hits album.
what the fuck is this? they could've done mariah!
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
All I Want For Christmas Is You Olly's head on a stick
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Those gold leggings have to be the worst of the worst of the clobber that they've worn. The stylists must have reached the absolute bottom of the hamper they stole from that charity shop.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
kelly should've said her highlight of the series was doing her sick voice
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:25 (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