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The X Factor US: Season 1 - SEASON OVER!
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That show has been over for more than one hour now. I see X-Factor as an improvement over American Idol. It is really a singing-only equivalent to America's Got Talent except that contestants can be as young as 12 for the X-Factor and there does not seem to be lower age limit for AGT.
There were some good singing talent on tonight's show, but I was a bit bored. The only really interesting part was the section where Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid had a string of opposite votes. It appeared that Paula Abdul is going to support Simon almost all the time and Nicole Scherzinger too. So what value do they add to the show? It's certainly not swaying to the music for many of the better performers.
Tonight's show was a consolidation of auditions in Los Angeles (where Cheryl Cole was a judge before being replaced by Nicole and sent back to Scotland) and Seattle. I am not going to waste my time with X-Factor complete recaps, but I do plan to report whatever interests me.
Prophet:
I wish they had kept Cheryl instead of Nicole, I too am not really sure of what she is bringing to the show.
It will definitely be an improvement over AI and I plan to keep up with the season. I am especially looking forward to the later stages as auditions are not hugely interesting to me.
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: Prophet on July 14, 2011, 03:25:42 PM ---Here's an extended preview for the X-Factor US:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlY15RjXRMY
--- End quote ---
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Prophet:
They keep doing that to their old promos. Both of those auditions shown in that video are now available individually along with all the other auditions on their Youtube channel.
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The Miami and Dallas auditions were last night's episodes. There was nothing different in how things happened, although there was one instructive singer who L.A. Reid, Nicole and Paula liked. Once Simon expressed "not ready yet" concerns, they back off and voted NO along with him. I did not appreciate that happening. The key to many singers who they are setting up for future episodes is whether they were given the opportunity to tell their backstory. On a positive note, Simon did allow audience expression of opinion about a singer or group to apparently influence his vote; I'm sure that the same was true for L.A., Nicole and Paula.
Here is some information about how the total X-Factor process will work:
Auditions occurred in six cities in May and June of this year, where the judges (before a live audience) selected contestants to move on to a semifinal round. This boot-camp round, held in Los Angeles, is where the judges, again working in front of a live audience, narrow the pool of hopefuls to 24. From here, the judges get assigned a group of six contestants, each pooled into one of four categories (young guys, young girls, older singers and groups), and begin reducing their own groups to three. This round is called the Judges' Houses round, since they will be taped on location at the judges' (purported) residences. This group of twelve (three from each judge) are the finalists, who then move on to live performance episodes, which are judged by viewers.
That process is exemplified by Simon telling some singers that they would have to "work harder than they ever have in their life" to get the $5 million prize.
This process means that the X-Factor is essentially a repeat of the process used by "The Voice". I know that Simon is copy-catting his British show, but he did so one year too late to be able to claim coaching of competitors by an experienced star as their innovation in the U.S..
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