I thought Listen would have a bigger impact tbh!

 

It did, the first time it was sung (by the same person IIRC).

 

The XF effect in general seems very muted this year. I wonder if this might be another possible factor in the recent drop in singles sales. Probably not.

Are the viewing figures for X-Factor down again this year?

It doesn't help that the same old songs keep getting wheeled out every year. All of those songs have had enough exposure before to the extent that if they were going to have a chart resurgence, they would have done before now (although COME ON Angel, it needs a much better peak than #36!). I'm not sure why the themes are so dated this year, look back at 2010 when people were performing things like Barbra Streisand and Cooler Than Me on the show (i.e. songs in the charts at the time). This series seems stuck in a timewarp musically, like the X Factor of 2004-7.

 

I agree the song choices and themes are the almost the same every year, listen is a prime example, how many times has it been performed on x factor now so the sales boost will be lower every year.

 

I do like the x factor but i feel its lacking this year. I really expected the themes to change, they have loads and loads of stuff to choose from so there is no reason for the same songs to be performed year in year out.

 

Tonights show felt extremely dated and i found it boring in many parts, i realy hope they up the ante when it comes to themes.

New thread yay etc.