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Yeah, that's the one. In the Australian jungle. Getting crawled over by spiders and eating live grubs. :puke2:
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Not sure, they have to do boot camp thing first, perhaps that's Saturday and judges houses on Sunday.

 

Then we get to see Robbie :w00t:

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DAPPY ISSUES WARNING TO COWELL

 

Dino "Dappy" Contostavios at V Festival (Pic:Brandon/Redferns)

 

Dappy was banned from the X Factor - and he doesn't plan on letting Simon Cowell forget it any time soon.

 

New judge Tulisa personally requested her N-Dubz bandmates Dappy and Fazer as guest mentors at the judges' houses stage.

 

But Cowell vetoed the move and Dappy ain't happy.

 

He said: "We wanted to go on the X Factor to be with Tulisa on judges' houses but the people who own it thought we were too much of a gamble, that we wasn't right.

 

"Gary Barlow chose Robbie Williams and he got Robbie Williams. Tulisa wanted me and Fazer but didn't get me and Fazer. It's a joke.

 

"Instead Tulisa's been given Jessie J. That's cool too. Jessie is amazing, she's great, and we love that. But still the whole thing is wrong. I'm devastated they don't think we're capable of going on there and helping her.

 

"Simon, I'm coming for you, bro. I don't care, I don't give two s**** - you've made a big mistake, man. Watch your back, Simon!"

 

But don't worry Si - Dappy isn't up for violence. Instead, he plans to let his chart positions do the talking. The dad-of-two, currently promoting brilliant debut solo single, No Regrets, said: "I'm gonna get hits and No1 singles and show you."

 

On Sunday night he celebrated the news of his iTunes download chart No1, treating me to a couple of shots of Ouzo in his favourite Greek restaurant.

 

Cheryl Cole also yesterday tweeted her support of his single, posting: "Loving @ TheDappy no regrets...".

 

The Camden-born star seems to be a changed man these days - no more out-of-control boozy nights and no more fights.

 

He credits fatherhood for making him "grow up", adding: "It has made me a bit soppy... as in [speaking] baby language, being silly and playful.

 

"But I'm pretty strict as a parent - you need to discipline your kids, today more so than ever, I think.

 

"If my son is rude or says a swear word, then I put black pepper in his mouth - on the tip of his tongue - and slap his wrist. That's what my mum did to me. "And I try to be healthy - on an average Dappy day, I get up at 12-ish, do 30 sit-ups, maybe a couple of little press-ups, get three eggs down me - some protein, man - and then have some Vitamin C."

 

The 24-year-old is deeply proud of his cousin Tulisa, who has been a revelation on X Factor. He said: "Tulisa's amazing on the show, absolutely amazing.

 

"She's really good at what she does - she's an amazing singer and a great musician so what she says makes sense."

 

As opposed to Simon Cowell !

 

 

The Mirror UK

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Not sure, they have to do boot camp thing first, perhaps that's Saturday and judges houses on Sunday.

 

Then we get to see Robbie :w00t:

 

 

So we get to see Robbie THIS SUNDAY :unsure:

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Mental health charity accuses X Factor of exploitation

 

Rethink Mental Illness says Ceri Rees is vulnerable

 

By Ian Birch

 

The mental health charity Rethink has joined critics of ITV's X Factor, and accused the show's producers of exploiting 54 year old Ceri Rees, from Bridgend in South Wales, after featuring the tone-deaf singer, in her fourth series, at the weekend.

 

Producers devoted no fewer than 7.5 minutes of prime time TV to the vulnerable adult, who would have had to get through four rounds of pre-auditions each time before being televised.

 

Is it time we all boycotted the X Factor? I have personally never watched anything other than the live finals, and was highly distressed watching Ceri Rees on YouTube - a link to which we won't be posting in order to spare her further humiliation.

 

According to the Daily Mail, Ceri was befriended by a singing tutor a couple of years ago -- as an act of friendship and compassion, not exploitation -- and researchers at the X Factor had made a half-hour aggressive and intimidating phone call to her singing tutor and friend when she objected to Ceri being featured in this year's show.

 

Ceri had had a bit of a makeover with shorter, lighter hair and a set of dentures and is clearly extremely vulnerable. I wouldn't like to speculate as to whether she has a mental health problem, and as Rethink told me, it's important that people with mental health difficulties are able to participate fully in TV and radio when they are well enough to do so.

 

But this was pure and simple gratuitous exploitation and there can be no excuses for this -- 11 million viewers tuned in, in the UK alone, to watch Ceri's "performance" at the weekend.

 

Mark Davies, Director of Communications at Rethink Mental Illness said: “While we can’t speculate on the state of Ceri’s mental health, she does appear vulnerable and it was clear she had been set up to fail.

 

“With the right support, there is no reason why people with mental health problems shouldn’t be allowed to appear on shows like this – after all some of our most talented stars have been affected by mental health problems, such as Robbie Williams and Catherine Zeta Jones.

“However, if someone appears vulnerable as Ceri did, to put them in the spotlight in this context is exploitative. We hope the public outcry over this incident will prompt X Factor bosses to be more sensitive in the way they handle similar contestants in future.

 

“Regardless of mental health issues, I think most people watching would have regarded this episode as gratuitous and cruel.”

 

An AOL Celebrity poll last night showed that 60.4% of the public agreed with Rethink that Ceri was exploited by Simon Cowell's producers. This is a very high figure for a self-selecting internet poll and shows the depth of public revulsion at Ceri's exploitation on primetime ITV1.

 

I hope that by journalists like me piling pressure on TV bosses that they will one day alter the format of X Factor so that only contestants with a genuine possbility of reaching the live finals will be featured on TV. I have a mentally ill friend who reached bootcamp and whilst he told me his story in confidence and I can't repeat it here, it was certainly an eye-opener. So for me this is personal. There are reports today that Ceri has left her flat and gone into hiding to avoid the media - she is so embarrassed.

 

Simon Cowell - it's time for your personal intervention or maybe it's time we "called time" on the hit TV format?

 

Mentalhealth.co.uk

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...ary-Barlow.html

 

GOBBY :rolleyes: Robbie Williams warns Gary Barlow they'll fall out again if he doesn't put through one hopeful on this weekend's X Factor.

 

The pair endured a decade-long feud after Robbie quit Take That for a solo singing career and Robbie, 37, explains it could start up again if he doesn't get his way over one of the reality show's contestants.

 

Robbie tells 40-year-old X Factor star Gary he'll be back in the bad books if he doesn't give wannabe Craig Colton good marks during his judges' houses performance.

 

The tongue-in-cheek swipe comes after Robbie and Gary watch Liverpool lad Craig, 22, belt out his own version of Beyonce's Halo.

 

Rudebox singer Robbie tells Gary: "I'll fall out with you if you don't give him [Craig] good grades."

 

 

 

:lol: I didn't watch the clip, it's quite funny.

 

Could be his pool I guess, they all have pools in LA

Hmmmm. If it is it looks really pretty. I see no dogs though. :unsure:
Hmmmm. If it is it looks really pretty. I see no dogs though. :unsure:

 

I'm sure it was just a rented house.

 

I was glad Rob has (allegedly) stood up for Craig Colton - he was one of my early favourites - although now he has become one of those singers that 'over-sings' everything. Still ANYONE has got to be better than that Frankie Git!

 

Kath

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I know. I can't bloomin stand that boy.

 

I loved how Gary said last week 'If there was one thing I wish he had it would be a better voice'. Indeed. -_-

I know. I can't bloomin stand that boy.

 

I loved how Gary said last week 'If there was one thing I wish he had it would be a better voice'. Indeed. -_-

 

Although as much as Frankie is a bit of a w*n**r and his voice is truly dodgy to say the least - there is something refreshing about someone who admits that they're in it for the money and the women!

 

Kath

:lol:

 

 

Not as bad as I feared!

 

 

Love the socks.... :D

I enjoyed the comedy banter between Gary and Robbie tonight.

 

Gary 'He's like a singer from the 90s'

 

Robbie 'That's what we are' :P

 

 

Still think Robbie would have been great on the X Factor. Pity he's such a work shy lazy b*gger. :(

Gary 'It's an easy song to sing though. Not much range. Only about 5 notes'

 

 

Robbie 'I should cover it then'

 

:lol:

He wore his brown shoes again -_-

 

 

There was loads more Rob n Gaz stuff on the Xtra Factor for anyone who wants to watch the repeat tomorrow :D

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