I watched some of the show (from behind the sofa) and was struck by the similarity to Bjork's Oh So Quiet and Kitty's version of Oh So Quiet. Spookily so...

Is anybody watching the American X Factor? (Broadcast on ITV2)

If not, have a search on a popular video sharing site for Marcus Canty, specifically his judges house audition. The guy has a fantastic voice and looks to be a genuine talent. In fact, the American version has several singers that are all superb. It really does put the UK version to shame, this year's group of hopefuls are probably the worst the show has ever seen (with the exception of Misha, who I could see doing quite well out of the show).

It's like what you would get if they ran a Rugby League X factor in the UK and then took the concept to Australia, the gulf in class given the difference in potential talent pools would be huge.

I'd actually quite like a Rugby League X factor you could just run it for unsigned players who turn up for trials and then get split into different categories like forwards, backs, halfbacks and so on and get them being mentored by Phil Clarke, Ian Millward and Gary Schofield. Eddie Hemmings could present the show and deal with the kids scriking because Schofield had told them they were s--t.

Clarke would put through some lad from Wigan completely out of his depth and go "d'ya know Eddeh, this lad's the complete package, he's the future of rugby league". Millward would be like Louis Walsh putting the joke acts through and Schofield would be like Simon Cowell the badass alpha male character that was hardest to impress. I reckon I'm onto a winner with this concept.

Didn't Quins once do that to try and find a prop forward? They called it prop idol hehe

I think we should have a game of X-factor buzz words bingo.
Eyes down, look in. For a line........
'You made that song your own'... 'you absolutely nailed that one' ...'that song was made for you' ... 'you owned that song' ... 'you were born to sing' ...HERE!!!!!!!

'When I look up at that stage, I don't see a contestant on this show. I see someone who looks like they've been performing in the business for 10 years!'

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[url=http://p.twimg.com/AbUkyjTCIAAOFIr.jpgLouis in Catchphrase Bingo[/url

[url=http://p.twimg.com/AayMX7kCAAAP6b6.jpgThe making of The Risk[/url

Kelly .... 'Janet when you are up there on the stage singing, we could hear a pin drop'.

Well get Janet to fooking sing louder then Kelly!

I think Louis/Tulisa/Kelly/Gary* chose the wrong song for you

*delete as appropriate

Tulisa - "I'm so proud of you for doing this for women's rights, you're standing up for women against patriachy and oppression well done girls"

Louis - "I want everybody in Ireland/Liverpool/wherever the contestant is from to pick up the phone and vote for you tonight!"

Kelly - "I'd just like to hear your vocals/harmonies get a little bit tighter" (ie you are crap)

as for Gary whatever he says is in that Slow.Deliberate.Way.Of.Spea.King. like Paul Cullen on Sky.

Whatever he says, you can see his brain thinking, "Why am I doing this? I'm loaded, I shouldn't have to be putting up with this toss and getting grief from the leprechaun, some stroppy madam riding on Dappy's coat tails and Beyonce's cast off."

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They are good. Who does them?
I feel like I have a skill deficiency.
All my posts could be in that format.

Is it you?
Are you the man?
Teach me, teach me!

after a bit of googling I found they are FixFactorComic, if you look for them on twitter or facebook you will find all of the cartoons, some are pretty funny

Don't do twitter or facebook.
This is bad enough.
I can't be @rsed with unwanted friends.

Yes, they are on Twitter and Facebook. Luckily you can view them without joining. I don't see the point in Twitter either. Looked at Gary Barlow's, all he seems to do is post photos of his brew. Riveting stuff, shows me exactly why I haven't even bothered to create an account. Besides, "Fishsta" is already gone, someone called "Mpho Matsimela", who honestly looks nothing like me.

Anyway, if you go here:
[urlhttp://twitter.com/#!/fixfactorcomic[/url

There's a link on the bottom right, "View Images".

Much obliged Fishsta.

Quote ="Stand-Offish"Don't do twitter or facebook. This is bad enough. I can't be @rsed with unwanted friends. '" Twitter is perfect for people that just want a wide anonymous audience to hear every thought and opinion that comes out of their head. twitter.com/#!/GarrySchofield6

Quote ="Stand-Offish"Don't do twitter or facebook. This is bad enough. I can't be @rsed with unwanted friends. '" Twitter is perfect for people that just want a wide anonymous audience to hear every thought and opinion that comes out of their head. twitter.com/#!/GarrySchofield6

I read today that N Gallagher turned down Cowell's coin to be a Fix Factor judge... can't imagine him ever lowering himself that far like Barlow has. I'll never understand Barlow's decision to do that show, did he REALLY need it....?

Didn't Gallagher only turn it down because of some one sided feud with one of the judges after they claimed to know him well, when Gallagher said he'd never even met them?

Anyway Frankie is still in, so all is well with the world.
Despite Barlow saying that he lied the previous week and thought Frankie's performance stank and commented that this week was better, but not remarkably so.
Upshot ... Gary lies and Frankie is shoite. Wow such revelations!

Yeh, Gallagher said it on Jonathan Ross on Saturday. He said he was offered the position to replace Cowell because he wanted somebody similar to replace him. Noel replied by saying, "If I did do it, I'd probably just put a load of fat people through".

Its about time Louis Walsh had the balls to stand up and demand to be told why he gets the shoite acts every year, surely he's noticed ?

To be fair, it's because he picks them.

There were acts in his category this year better than those he took through as his final four, yet he cast them aside in favour of dragging a freakshow with him (don't forget, the cruise ship singer that got kicked off last night was only a late replacement for the mad Chinese woman).

Funnily enough though, it appears to be his acts that copped the backlash for the whole "let's take a pop at Misha" episode on Saturday's show rather than Tulisa's. You can always tell when one act is starting to look like they're head and shoulders above anyone else, the other three judges take every opportunity they can to slag them off for anything other than their performance.

Anyone else think it was a little ironic to stand a young woman out on stage on her own, in front of a national television audience and a massive in-house crowd, then proceed to assassinate her character because she's supposedly a "bully", without giving her the right to reply and defend herself?