X factor

lost_in_thought
lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
edited December 2010 in Commuting chat
I'm watching it this year...

Who's it going to be?
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  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    Simon Cowell, again.
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Your mate, Lit, natch*.

    * I don't know,really. Of all the entrants he's the only one I've seen performing and that was a youtube clip you posted
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  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    At a wild guess, whoever Simon Cowell thinks will make him the most money through singing (allegedly) the usual mass production pop pigswill to an undiscerning public.
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Coincidentally the text on the front of the t-shirt I'm wearing right now says: "No I didn't see the X-factor because I'm not a fucking moron"

    I stand by that sentiment.
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  • stewyb
    stewyb Posts: 20
    Asprilla wrote:
    Coincidentally the text on the front of the t-shirt I'm wearing right now says: "No I didn't see the X-factor because I'm not a farking moron"

    I stand by that sentiment.


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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Oh LiT, say it ain't so.....
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,355
    Whoever a million Facebook sheep decide to flock around to make a statement.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,355
    Asprilla wrote:
    Coincidentally the text on the front of the t-shirt I'm wearing right now says: "No I didn't see the X-factor because I'm not a farking moron"

    I stand by that sentiment.


    However you expressed the sentiment by wearing a slogan teeshirt.

    The dress code for the farking moron.
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Asprilla wrote:
    Coincidentally the text on the front of the t-shirt I'm wearing right now says: "No I didn't see the X-factor because I'm not a farking moron"

    I stand by that sentiment.


    However you expressed the sentiment by wearing a slogan teeshirt.

    The dress code for the farking moron.

    Is this another paradox thread in the making?
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  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    With any luck there'll be another RATM-type campaign to keep the 'winner' off the Xmas No 1 slot.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,355
    Asprilla wrote:
    Is this another paradox thread in the making?

    In what way?
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    :lol:

    Ah c'mon.... Yeah, I'm watching it 'cause a guy I've known for 20 years is in the final group. So?
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    X Factor, Jeremy Kyle, Jerry Springer etc: TV for the brain dead.

    Sorry LiT, but its something I've always said and I stand by it.
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  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    :lol:

    Ah c'mon.... Yeah, I'm watching it 'cause a guy I've known for 20 years is in the final group. So?

    You know Wagner...? What's he like?
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Asprilla wrote:
    Is this another paradox thread in the making?

    In what way?

    I didn't see the x-factor because I'm not a fucking moron and yet wearing a t-shirt with a message on it means I am a fucking moron.

    I'm confused, I need a decent venn diagram to show how I can exist in both states at the same time.......
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    :lol:

    Ah c'mon.... Yeah, I'm watching it 'cause a guy I've known for 20 years is in the final group. So?

    Whether it's The X-Factor or not, that's pretty cool. As long as he's not as insipid as Joe McElderry.
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    :lol:

    Ah c'mon.... Yeah, I'm watching it 'cause a guy I've known for 20 years is in the final group. So?

    Oh alright, You have an excuse. Just this once and only until your friend either wins or gets knocked out though mind. :)
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    SimonAH wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    :lol:

    Ah c'mon.... Yeah, I'm watching it 'cause a guy I've known for 20 years is in the final group. So?

    Oh alright, You have an excuse. Just this once and only until your friend either wins or gets knocked out though mind. :)

    Yeah, I let you off. I suppose if a mate was in it I'd have to watch too. It would be under protest though.
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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    edited October 2010
    Not watching it, never have never will but I am enjoying the way the Daily Mail's approaching the Gamu story.

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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Saw 15mins of it this morning (girlfriend watching TV, honest). Didn't think much of any of them to be honest apart from the one that was your mate LiT, of course, I thought whichever one that was was great.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    :lol:

    I gather my mate's still in it. I'm not doing very well at watching it, although I did remember to vote!
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I gather my mate's still in it.

    Did you say who it is, or is it top sekrit so we don't pick on him? 'Cause if you did I missed it.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    <Q>Oh, do pay attention 057:

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... t#16503391
    </Q>
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  • garrynolan
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    Mary Byrne - she's a neighbour in Ballyfermot in Dublin, where my wife is from. Also - she's pretty damn good, to be fair.
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    JonGinge wrote:
    <Q>Oh, do pay attention 057:

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... t#16503391
    </Q>

    /o\

    I think he's got a chance - certainly one of the better ones I reckon (although that's not saying much where some of them are concerned). I don't really watch it though. I mostly fast-forward to where the judges slag people off. The Daily Wail claim he dumped his girlfriend because X-Factor producers thought he'd have a better change of winning if he were single. Clearly, being a story in the Wail, it has to be taken with a very large dose of salt.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Agent57 wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    <Q>Oh, do pay attention 057:

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... t#16503391
    </Q>

    /o\

    I think he's got a chance - certainly one of the better ones I reckon (although that's not saying much where some of them are concerned). I don't really watch it though. I mostly fast-forward to where the judges slag people off. The Daily Wail claim he dumped his girlfriend because X-Factor producers thought he'd have a better change of winning if he were single. Clearly, being a story in the Wail, it has to be taken with a very large dose of salt.

    Yeah. It was a mutual thing, initiated by her. Sadly his ex's dad is a nutter.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I wanna see Rebecca Ferguson, John Adeleye and Paige in the Final. Followed closely by One Direction (who are good).
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  • Zombie_donkey
    Zombie_donkey Posts: 359
    I want ITV to stop getting their accountants to make up the schedules and start producing some original, intelligent TV whilst also avoiding crappy crime and period dramas.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Yeah! TV is now suddenly used for entertainment, which is EVIL....

    Lit, that Matt guy is kinda dope. (dope = good)

    Also I did say there was nothing wrong with Ja'VonDre as a name. But Treyc does not spell Tracy/Tracey.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,355
    With the exception of L-i-t's mate and John Adeleye the standard of this years contestants is apallingly bad.

    I also suspect that more than one act was miming tonight.
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