It is a travesty that Geri holds this record to begin with, utterly talentless, she did have determination in bucket loads but talent was something she never possessed especially in the vocal department. From the artists listed i voted Alexandra Burke but i wouldnt rule out Leona Lewis or Pixie Lott doing it either. I would rather any of them on the list to take the record from Geri Halliwel.

 

and Pixie Lott has more talent in your opinion :lol: ????

and please can you all STOP voting in this thread and move to the other one....

 

Which UK Female Will Tie Geri Haliwell's record first?, Final Voting After First Eliminations. Five Final Contenders. Prizes.

Edited March 28, 201213 yr by Big Mistake

Geri IS a gay icon whether we admit it or not... he music is 100 % campish & gayish , her videos are gay friendly & themed ('Mi chico Latino', 'Bag it up' 'Look at me' , Desire'.....) , her lyrics are even gayer ( such as 'Queer Funkin' on 'Look at me') , she even has a song called G-A-Y for God's Sake.... she was more of a gay icon than any of today's female stars 'pretend' to be, she even did her version of the ultimate gay theme 'It's raining men'... i'm sure she didn't know about the Margaret Thatcher comments.....

 

 

Trying to be a gay icon is one thing, actually being so may well be quite another thing.

Geri IS a gay icon whether we admit it or not... he music is 100 % campish & gayish , her videos are gay friendly & themed ('Mi chico Latino', 'Bag it up' 'Look at me' , Desire'.....) , her lyrics are even gayer ( such as 'Queer Funkin' on 'Look at me') , she even has a song called G-A-Y for God's Sake.... she was more of a gay icon than any of today's female stars 'pretend' to be, she even did her version of the ultimate gay theme 'It's raining men'... i'm sure she didn't know about the Margaret Thatcher comments.....

 

fchd is SPOT ON..... you can try to be a gay icon..... but true 'icons' are ones who fight for their cause, not ones who desperately court it. Geri isn't sassy, classy or ballsy enough to be a gay icon - period.

 

And she 'didn't know about Margaret Thatcher's comments'? They weren't some throwaway comment - it was a whole bill that rocked the gay community in the late 80s called Section 28, which was an incredibly homophobic and fascistic policy that basically criminalised the promotion of homosexuality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28). The tabloids championed it at the time saying it stopped schools promoting homosexuality (which middle England and Daily hate Mail readers absolutely lapped up)- however, the main body odf the bill was the complete cutting off of funding for any theatre productions with a whiff of a gay theme, gay bars and clubs were not allowed to publicise their events anywhere, many gay charities were cut down and funding ceased..... it was an incredibly damaging and cruel bill that Cameron has since apologised for... and one that was spearheaded by none other than Geri's 'heroine' Margaet Thatcher - and one she knew absolutely full well about unless she was living under a rock in the 80s.

Oh dear this thread has gone all political again! Back on topic Geri is most definitely not a gay icon. Far too desperate to get her slice of the pink pound. Gay icons trend to be born entirely by accident and normally through tragedy though not always. She used gay culture to her advantage and knew the right things to say and reference. I don't mind a bit of geri myself but she's no icon.