[Redmond]

Opera sells a lot, it's not my personal taste but I don't see why X Factor shouldn't cater for that taste. It's boring X-Factor because most of the acts are too similar, all singing safe songs, all have their half-arsed sob stories and fall nicely into that 'pop music' category which is just plain dull, that's why I've never watched this show fully before, but Rhydian is something different, he definitely can sing but also he's an all round showman, he can put on a great performance as well as sing. Nikki has a good voice but what else? A stupid sob story, I don't see how you could market her, Rhydian falls right into a specific market one that X Factor doesn't usually cater for so he would be an interesting winner. And then the only other good singer is Beverly.

The rest are crap really, they're the type of singers that if you saw in a pub on the karaoke machine you'd probably say "they have an alright voice"..but you wouldn't say "I NEED to hear more of this person, they NEED to make albums!". They're just alright singers, nothing special to them.