I'm not sure if I fancy watching this series all the way through. Once the guest judges are out of the way, we're left with the snoozetastic Nicole Scherzinger, who did nothing last night to convince me that the producers hadn't made a terrible casting choice. Utterly bland.

 

They've obviously hired Nicole to make Tulisa look interesting.

I thought Nicole actually showed rather a lot of personality last night, or at least I enjoyed her as a judge A LOT. Her facial expressions, ridiculous phrases/timing all add up to a very enjoyable judge. I'd take her over the bit of never ending boredom and DOOM that is Gary.

I really enjoyed all of the judges, loved the Louis/Tulisa/Nicole "love triangle" they showed on the Xtra Factor, which was amazing as always! And glad to see Olly is still in the show now and then despite his tour commitments during the auditions!

 

Overnight ratings have been released and they are the lowest since 2006, but still pretty good and what I was expecting with this very hot weather over the last day or two!

 

The ratings were an average 8.09m (39.4%) on ITV1 (with a peak of 9.2m) and 616k (2.9%) on +1.

Although the actual rating is low compared to previous years the actual % of viewers is actually really good and about right. I think the hot weather and festival season will have meant lots of people were not watching tv.

Can anyone guess why it failed to attract viewers last night. ONLY 8 Million!

 

One of the reasons maybe that people are fed up with Tulisa?

Can anyone guess why it failed to attract viewers last night. ONLY 8 Million!

 

One of the reasons maybe that people are fed up with Tulisa?

I highly doubt people are fed up with Tulisa, but then half of your posts are about her, so i understand why you think that.

 

She is by FAR the most interesting person on the panel. Louis (as much as i love him) reads from the same script every year and Gary is a total bore. Too early to judge Nicole yet.

 

Tulisa is THE reason why i'm watching this series.

Tulisa's fine, a good balance between nice and entertaining who speaks her mind. It's Gary who's already run his course, after only one series. He's just far too much like Simon COwell but a much weaker version, he thinks he's sat in Simon's chair so of course he simply must copy him exactly.

 

Nicole is already stealing the show though! I know they wouldn't have done 3 female judges and one male, but I think Mel replacing Gary would've been fabulous (although she obviously couldn't because the Australian version starts tomorrow and will be in live shows at the same time as us). As annoying as Louis can be it would be weird without him.

Edited August 19, 201212 yr by Liаm

Can anyone guess why it failed to attract viewers last night. ONLY 8 Million!

 

One of the reasons maybe that people are fed up with Tulisa?

 

No. I guess it's the good weather and that its the festival season. If you look at the TV share that X Factor got then its very similar to previous years meaning that it must be the good weather and the festival season that is affecting the overall number of people watching any TV channel. Even then, no other show can beat the X Factor even with 'only' an 8 million audience except Corrie every now and again.

Louis is king. Fact.

I love Nicole with her "No baby no"

 

Anyway I'm bored of the sob stories and the "Oh let's get this girl to sing Pink and then get all angry" = more viewers. I'm surprised they even showed the "but you told me to sing Pink" as the producers quite obviously told her to do it

Mel B was f***ing AMAZING. We need a ring old c**t and she does it so well.

 

Also, I have to press the mute button every time shite spews out of Gary's mouth. My god, he's so infuriating.

The Fix Factor artist is back!:

 

 

BIG lol at Donkey Dannii!

Love them!

I only caught the end of it on saturday, but watched the Pink act this morning, what a brat she was :lol:

 

I never thought Sharon would want to be back on the X Factor, but after seeing this tweet, I wonder if they'll bring her back some day?

 

"To everyone who tweeted about @TheXFactor tonight, thank you - I miss you too! Tell Simon to take me back for season 10. #XFactor"

I don't mind the new judging panel... Louis, despite making terrible decisions at times, is the only original judge left, and he's usually quite inoffensive. Tulisa was my favourite last series because she said what she wanted to say quite well and didn't get involved in many of the arguments. It made me laugh out loud when in the introduction, they were like "Tulisa... The judge everyone's talking about" :lol: :lol: Nicole Scherzinger seems alright from the first show as well. She's already much better than Kelly Rowland who REALLY annoyed me with all her "Bless my little cotton socks" and "YOU SIZE SEXY" in a really high voice. Not to mention that she eliminated an act from the competition who later returned and beat all her remaining acts left in the competition. :lol: So I'm glad she's not back. As for Gary, I find him SO boring as a judge and he's like a really inferior boring version to Simon Cowell. There needs to be a judge to bring entertainment and drama to the panel, like Mel B or Sharon Osbourne! :lol:

Edited August 20, 201212 yr by cookie_monster

Mel B is absolutely the pits. She's the Spice Girl I always disliked was the least talented and I dislike her even more now.

 

There's a way of putting people down and her's deffo isn't it.

 

Glad she didn't get the job full time.

 

Not usually into sob stories but Ella was the star of the auditions on Saturday.

Edited August 21, 201212 yr by euro music

Dear me, Mel B haters need to lighten up. If the rest of the panel put together even had an ounce of her personality the show would be amazing.

I know I'm late on this one but we're just watching this after recording it... but I just have to add my praise for MEL B who is absolutely the best thing to hit the X Factor in about 5 years. Every single one of her comments was DESERVED (possible exception of awkward geek fanboy who had a cardboard cutout of her in leopardskin) and it was a refreshing change from the usual saccharin comments we are subjected to.

 

I know I'm late on this one but we're just watching this after recording it... but I just have to add my praise for MEL B who is absolutely the best thing to hit the X Factor in about 5 years. Every single one of her comments was DESERVED (possible exception of awkward geek fanboy who had a cardboard cutout of her in leopardskin) and it was a refreshing change from the usual saccharin comments we are subjected to.

 

She was frigging brilliant! Did you see Dan Sullivan's comment about her in the Sunday Mirror (at least I think it was him) - she totally by-passed the rule that you must be polite to OAP's even if they're crap!

 

I don't like the Spice Girls ... and even if I did like them - Mel B would be my joint least favourite with Ginger - but by god she made last Saturday's show worth watching! Just!

Edited August 20, 201212 yr by Kath

She was frigging brilliant! Did you see Dan Sullivan's comment about her in the Sunday Mirror (at least I think it was him) - she totally by-passed the rule that you must be polite to OAP's even if they're crap!

 

I don't like the Spice Girls ... and even if I did like them - Mel B would be my joint least favourite with Ginger - but by god she made last Saturday's show worth watching! Just!

I came in here to post a very similar thing. Even in regards to the order of the Spice Girls (I'd also put her at the bottom with the other desperate for attention member!) I found her to be thoroughly entertaining! I really hope she's considered for a permanent slot in the main line up whenever it next gets a shake up. She'll surely be one of the main reasons as to why people watch the show.

 

The whole P!nk wannabe was disgustingly handled. I've not seen any editing handled like that before! That poor girl. :(