Ooooh - sour grapes Mr Waterman??!! - TV Programmes

Gill4 · 05-11-2009, 16:24

Sounds like someone wants to be part of the X Factor 'specatacle'!!!!

http://entertainment.stv.tv/the-x-fa...tor-spectacle/

Oakwood · 05-11-2009, 18:08

I think Pete is right. Don't get me wrong....X Factor is great entertainment, but it's a circus with the judges taking centre stage and not the talent.
As a talent show, American Idol, is far better.

cyrilsneer · 05-11-2009, 18:40

Petes dead right, and remember he walked off Pop Idol cos the producers made him put Michelle McManus over which pretty much shows who really makes the decisions in these shows.

newda898 · 05-11-2009, 21:24

He's hit the nail on t'head there Mr Waterman.

It was always about the "judges", even down to little details such as placing the judges photo alongside the phone number for the contestant. Why would the public want to know whose act they're voting for when surely they're meant to be voting on the contestant's performance?

Nigel82 · 05-11-2009, 22:17

Maybe it's my memory but didn't he 'walk off' after Michelle McManus was voted winner by the public? Surely if he was making a principled stand he should have walked a long time before that?

05-11-2009, 16:24	#1
Gill4 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 47	Ooooh - sour grapes Mr Waterman??!! Sounds like someone wants to be part of the X Factor 'specatacle'!!!! http://entertainment.stv.tv/the-x-fa...tor-spectacle/

05-11-2009, 18:08	#2
Oakwood Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 212	I think Pete is right. Don't get me wrong....X Factor is great entertainment, but it's a circus with the judges taking centre stage and not the talent. As a talent show, American Idol, is far better.

05-11-2009, 18:40	#3
cyrilsneer Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 237	Petes dead right, and remember he walked off Pop Idol cos the producers made him put Michelle McManus over which pretty much shows who really makes the decisions in these shows.

05-11-2009, 21:24	#4
newda898 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,143	He's hit the nail on t'head there Mr Waterman. It was always about the "judges", even down to little details such as placing the judges photo alongside the phone number for the contestant. Why would the public want to know whose act they're voting for when surely they're meant to be voting on the contestant's performance?

05-11-2009, 22:17	#5
Nigel82 Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 125	Maybe it's my memory but didn't he 'walk off' after Michelle McManus was voted winner by the public? Surely if he was making a principled stand he should have walked a long time before that?