theory doesn't hold water, this years contestants aren't the best looking bunch, James Arthur, Lucy, Kye, none of them are 'media defined goodlooking', but they do all have some modicum of talent, therefore looks are irrelevant, and I find if you like a person for who they are, you find them appealing anyway
The most goodlooking people can completely leave me cold, because they are horrors inside. Prime example...Chezza Cole.