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[rquote=2569813&tid=147625&author=InOne][rquote=2569806&tid=147625&author=Niamhxo][rquote=2569798&tid=147625&author=InOne][rquote=2569792&tid=147625&author=Niamhxo][rquote=2569790&tid=147625&author=InOne][rquote=2569786&tid=147625&author=Niamhxo]The X-Factor still holds the title for annoying sob-stories though![/rquote]


Yeah true, very very cringe worthy, put me off it a few years ago. The X-Factor is basically for Nuclear Families, who have 2.4 kids and a dog.[/rquote]

LOL, that's me then hehe except I have 2 kids and 2 dogs!![/rquote]


Exactly lol not that it's a bad thing just I think that is pretty much their target audience.[/rquote]

You may have a point there, my 9 year old daughter loves it. I usually feel like throwing the TV out the window when they do their sob-stories or start crying. Alexandria was the worst, she was embaressing, especially when Beyonce sang with her! She did have a great voice though[/rquote]

Yeah, I know a few families like that and the kids are mad for it. I watched it one week where a guy's brother had died and the his nephew came running on the stage after he had finished. Was just sooo cringeworthy and clearly staged. Also on these shows you have be be beautiful to not get the p**s taken out of you, if it's a fat person they usually play that flumps music or something. They like nice shiny people to do well in it, makes me sick.[/rquote]

Thats sadly the way of it though, you can't have an ugly person as they are not so promotable, even the one offs (Michelle McManus) die out fairly quickly as their sales will never match the more sexier ones no matter how good they are at singing.

Its made worse by the disneyfication and force feeding kids music - S Club 7 was a TV program and a band (advertising on the BBC - self promotion) and they are all clean cut, attractive people.

Sex sells but they are selling it to kids.

Why is this not considered wrong!?