[MrGaryy]

Originally Posted by Billy

To be fair, although I agree with the majority of your post, the acts you mentioned are all the wrong ones IMO. Rachel, Lloyd and Rikki did all have potential, but (and Dannii and Cheryl fans will hate me for this) they were just managed badly. Rachel didn't find her way till it was too late, Lloyd was a massive victim of themed weeks, and Rikki doing RESPECT? WTF! The real dead weight in the show are Jamie (like you said), Kandy Rain, Jedward, Miss Frank, Lucie, and I'd go as far as saying that Joe doesn't have much chance of being a successfull recording artist after the show. None of them actually had any appeal or any market

The only reason I mentioned Rachel was because Alexandra won last year, she never stood a chance this year. Ricki, you're right could have gone further, but Lloyd never had what it took, he simply was not a particularly good singer. I think Lucie could have done well had she lasted longer and Joe doesn't stand a chance of a career past album 1.