[joeysteele]

The thing is, for so many acts on X Factor,they get really built up and told they are 'extra special' when they are not really.

This is why I think X Factor is going downhill,it is usually all about the winners and they get the investment but often they are not particularly special in any way.
Obviously some whohave been on X Factor got good worthwhile careers,such as LJS,One Direction and Ollie Murs, none of whom were the einners of the series.

Unless acts can get a really good investment into them that will throw and keep them in the public eye then most are doomed to have a little success initially and then disappear.
They used to talk about 5 minutes of fame,well that is often all you get now from X Factor,it is time the show prepared people for failure as much as build them up too.

It is odd, that the 'novelty' acts, (I use the word loosely), have gone on in a more versatile stream of show business and stay around for years like Jedward and Rylan.
While these so called world class performers, as Nicholas was once described as on the show,fall well short of any lasting success.
Left without any means,from X Factor or other showbusiness guru to rescue their careers either.