[James]

The trouble with reality music shows is they aren't very good anymore at finding artists that can sell large amounts of records and stick around for a bit.

I think the problem, increasingly, is that the producers are going for short-term gimmicks to get ratings. You can almost guarantee that the X-Factor won't find a star, for instance.

Only Will Young, Girls Aloud and Lemar have been really successful out of these shows. Lemar one a few awards at the MOBOs just there.