[Smithy]

Simon had a chance to make this show huge, and he has to compete with AI which doing really well and he's managed to **** it up completely.

I actually hope it fails now /patrick

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Simon had a chance to make this show huge, and he has to compete with AI which doing really well and he's managed to **** it up completely.

AI is on the way out. Its real competition is The voice. Which has judges that the US audience actually know and like. And its ratings are hot and rising fast.

Thats the show it will be compared to and, by getting in first, The voice has stolen XFs thunder with the whole mentor thing.

Simon really should have gone for more popular personalities. Im not sure the US audience even want to relive the whole Simon/Paula schtick. Simon clearly thinks they do. Self indulgence.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Zippy

AI is on the way out. Its real competition is The voice. Which has judges that the US audience actually know and like. And its ratings are hot and rising fast.

Thats the show it will be compared to and, by getting in first, The voice has stolen XFs thunder with the whole mentor thing.

Simon really should have gone for more popular personalities. Im not sure the US audience even want to relive the whole Simon/Paula schtick. Simon clearly thinks they do. Self indulgence.

AI isn't on its way out, it's doing well with it's ratings and no doubt it'll continue to do well. The Voice has only been on TV for about 3 weeks so it's not possible to call it competition.

The judges are kinda profile, which is kinda a bad thing, it's not like Adam and Xtina (whose only really on it as a lifeline seeing as bionic flopped) are gonna stick around for more than one series.

But yeah I agree with the last bit

[Callum]

Originally Posted by Zippy

AI is on the way out. Its real competition is The voice. Which has judges that the US audience actually know and like. And its ratings are hot and rising fast.

Thats the show it will be compared to and, by getting in first, The voice has stolen XFs thunder with the whole mentor thing.

Simon really should have gone for more popular personalities. Im not sure the US audience even want to relive the whole Simon/Paula schtick. Simon clearly thinks they do. Self indulgence.

I wouldn't say AI is on the way out at all. Since it's revamp, the ratings have been much better and it's still one of the most watched shows in America. It's responsible for Fox's highest ratings, due to Glee's decline which is now averaging just over 8 million per episode.