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ZEE Said:

It doesn't matter how great a singer you may or may not be, you need to have that 'x' factor that makes you better than everyone else, and I think the show is pushing Jahmene to be that person because it's a better alternative than Chris Maloney, whom they are sabotaging for that precise reason. They don't want to be tied into a recording contract with Christopher who they can't market to little kids, their target demographic. It's just good business sense.

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I like reading what you have to say and although I'd don't agree with most of it - you are always interesting and articulate.

You can’t ‘push’ a person to have the X Factor – they either have it or they don’t. You say you don’t think Jahmene has anything going for him and even his vocal ability isn’t that great so why then do you insist he is the X Factors big guns chosen one? If they are sabotaging Chris because he hasn’t been in the bottom 2, they could do the same with jahmene. If he hits wrong notes all over the place and screeches like Johnny Robinson as you insist he does why would they even want him to win? Why wouldn't they criticize him and use that to sabotage him to make sure Union J or James wins?
They seem a better bet for chart success anyway. Jahmene is cute, but he isn’t the sort of boy young girls really go for – Union J fits the bill here according to your reasoning. Do you really think their ‘target audience of young girls’ are going to be swooning over Jahmene and buying his records in their thousands/millions? Really? Pop music isn't his forte.

I believe they simply hear what I hear and what many viewers hear and think he’s a great singer who isn’t the usual pop act the show churns out but has a future selling albums to a niche audience. Even I suspect that Jahmene isn’t going to be setting the current charts alight for the next 5 years. That is where we differ in our opinions. When I watch the X Factor I’m not looking for a fluffy pop act like Little Mix. I do enjoy them and I love many different types of music and I find the show entertaining but ultimately I’m hoping for someone with a VOICE – a person who makes my spine tingle and who has depth and a long time career that doesn’t rely on getting into the Top 20 to be seen as ‘successful’.

Leona Lewis will be around long after Little Mix and Cheryl Cole have called it a day. Can you see them making pop records in 10 years time? Leona could well still be around, Joe McElderry even could still be around, Jahmene could still be around because they have a VOICE and that is their strength. They could be selling albums pretty steadily for a long time to come because they are unique AND have good voices and don't rely on the fleeting whims of teenyboppers.
They won’t be making their label a fortune, but how many do these days? Joe was dropped by the label, so they aren’t ‘stuck’ with any winner long term but another label snapped him up and he has a good fan base of ‘older fans’ who love his voice.

The X factor ideally want to discover acts who will make them a lot of money short term in an industry that is fickle and ever changing. It’s not a disaster if their fav doesn’t win -– they make their bucks anyway. One Direction, Olly Murs, JLS didn’t win but they are more successful than the winners apart from Leona and to a lesser extent Alexandra. Cher Lloyd, Rebecca Ferguson, Misha B, Amelia Lily didn’t win but are doing well.
For those reasons I never stress over who actually wins.

They didn’t set out to destroy the reputation of anyone before regardless of who they wanted as their winner. Every business uses the press but to say that X Factor bosses seek out people and pay them dirty money to deliberately bring down the reputation of decent people just because they want a particular winner is just too farfetched. If Chris wins and they want rid of him they will have him release an album and if it doesn't do well they can get shot of him like they did with Joe. If he won't go quietly they can do like they did with Shayne Ward and keep putting off working on his next release until everyone forgets about him anyway.

I don't believe it matters so much to them who the winner is that they are willing to destroy someone’s reputation and possible future employment prospects.