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Originally Posted by Dezzy
He had the misfortune of winning before Leona, after she won the way the winners were treated was different. He's only really had one album as his first was a covers album and his second did decently but he had to compete with Leona which made him look worse.
I don't feel sorry for him as he still has an album coming out and a record contract but he must be a bit bitter over it all.
The thing with the female singers is probably to do with the fact that for the past few years the ladies have been doing well in the industry, plus Leona and Alex both had a niche that was really prominent so it made it easier to choose a direction for them and market them as such.
If we look at the male winners with the exception of 1 or 2, none of them really have a direction. Steve was generic, Shayne did repetitive pop/R'n'B and whatever was the flavour of the month. Leon had a direction but they tried to make his swing style into something that would be successful in the singles charts which it would never be as it's not compatible with most of the main audience that buys singles (I.E teenagers/young people). Joe's gonna be interesting and I can see why Simon wants to take him to America as they'd eat up a 'disney'-esque star or whatever he wants to do with Joe. It'll be intriguing to see if he's a success here though, considering the size of the audience that watched the final and the number of votes I'd probably say so.
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His second album did very well IMO, he got to #2 just behind Leona, who has just previously won, so it was obvious she was going to beat him.
But TBH, I see loads of people are waiting for this album, and if its good, it will sell very well. Would be brilliant to get to #1 to show that he is still got that ability.
A head to head with him and Leona and him wining would be the best thing. They do treat him like crap.
And Harry he isnt poorly recieved, on the forums i have read that people think he is the best winner and the most likeable. And I said before everytime a song of his comes out, its always requested and always plays on the music channels, which tells us that people do like to hear from him. He was doing so well before Leona won her year and pipped him to #1 (but that was obvious), but even after, he did come up with 3 more Top 10 songs after Leona won.