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Originally Posted by setanta

It's plastic pop, that's all: you have to accept that the more unique ones usually wont be given a chance and if by sheer luck they do manage to get through, they'll be usually remodelled in an attempt to make them more palatable to the public, and usually at the expense of what made them real and authentic in the first place. The two Rachel's in both series' were a case in point for me.

Do you remember a young black guy maybe 2 years ago that got to the judges' house but didn't make it through? He had a kinda afro and sounded a bit like Paul Young but was very rough around the edges? I bloody loved him but knew he wouldn't be able to jump through all the hoops that they place in front of you on the live shows. It's conveyor belt stuff.

Yeah I remember the dude. Really young. I think he was called Liam. INstead,they let Eoghan and those other clowns through.
And for your first point, I think thats what happened to Austin on the live shows.