Apparently Ricky Martin, Mel B and Robbie Williams are all in line! I could see any of them being true, Mel is fab on AGT (and was fab on both UK and Aus X Factor) and seems to get on well with Simon, Ricky has worked with Simon for La Banda in America and he was a judge on The Voice in Australia so has experience, and Robbie always seems to be rumoured :lol: I'd love Mel and Ricky but Robbie can stay away tbh.

 

If there's all those 3 then my Sharon as wildcard theory may be wrong lmao and perhaps she's just an impartial 5th judge to keep it out of deadlock (surely they'll go back to that format after last year was a bit muted without it) or something? She never seemed to really bother with or care about mentoring so it's not like it'd be a huge loss if she was just an extra impartial judge.

As if this is back on in 2 months :’)

There seems to be very little hype, I really think its ratings are only going to sink lower. It's going to have to do a lot to improve again for me.

I think the show just needs to maintain some consistency. Get a current, modern judging panel and stick with them for a couple of years at the very least. Encourage contestants to write and perform original material again, as that really felt refreshing last year, but otherwise keep the format to the traditional 12 acts (and maybe wildcards) with one leaving a week. Keep bootcamp, six chairs and judges' houses as short as possible as they're the more tedious parts of the competition. And don't muck the format around the following year! All Simon has to do is look at BGT and how stable that has been over the years. It's still getting impressive ratings. Speaks volumes!

they really need to cut down on the auditions/bootcamp, that really dragged last year.

 

and please no flash votes or prize fights.

Exactly, they fiddle around with it so much (the shortened format in 2015 for example and then whatever on earth last year was) that they lose the heart of the show. Last year was the worst yet, a decent bunch of acts really but the prize fights were horrendously dull, especially when we'd seen who went at that point and then at the end they tried to make the prize fights a thing :') They don't need all these stupid twists and stunts and showy bits, one of the best things about X Factor was that you'd settle down to watch the results on a Sunday and it'd be a huge event, the sing-off would be really tense and then it'd go to deadlock and there'd be a shock and it'd be all the nation talked about the next day.

they really need to cut down on the auditions/bootcamp, that really dragged last year.

 

and please no flash votes or prize fights.

I can see why they introduced the prize fight, it's a new idea and ends the week on a more positive note, but it just didn't work in execution and *has* to go this year. Bottom 2 and judges' vote has to return, it's a classic part of the X Factor format and often the most talked-about part of the show!

 

Bootcamp in particular really drags out I think, it's a pretty pointless part of the show and honestly I think they could simply do a BGT and have 15 minutes at the end of the last auditions episode, where the judges' cut the longlist down for six chairs.

I'm sure cheryl will be returning - I think her and Louis hate each other so another reason why he was fired, I mean left......

Kylie would be fantastic

 

Louis Tomlinson Zzzzzzzz.

I'm probably going to do the same as I did last year and skip the auditions - you see enough clips of them throughout the rest of it anyway :lol:

I'm probably going to do the same as I did last year and skip the auditions - you see enough clips of them throughout the rest of it anyway :lol:

 

 

I like the auditions. I think the live rounds were too short last year - over too early although it was good that it finished way before christmas. They should finish two weeks before christmas and then (prerecord?) a christmas special to play out xmas day with all the contestants from the series.

Edited June 9, 20186 yr by juicemore

I think they should just end it and try a new show that attracts viewers. This is never going to do well again, and with good reason, it's trash now!

I think they should just end it and try a new show that attracts viewers. This is never going to do well again, and with good reason, it's trash now!

 

One man's trash is another man's treasure ;)

 

Except Love Island natch. That's just trash.

 

 

I think they should just end it and try a new show that attracts viewers. This is never going to do well again, and with good reason, it's trash now!

I agree tbh, it was getting beaten in the ratings by Pointless Celebrities and the 6 o’clock news in the ratings last year :’) they could always bring it back in a few years like Dancing On Ice.

The thing is, when ITV axed Dancing On Ice, it was underperforming by its own standards. They soon realised though that it was still getting relatively good ratings as nothing else lived up to it to fill the Sunday prime-time slot at the start of the year, hence why they've just brought it back. X Factor would likely be the same - unless they have a surefire smash hit replacement show for winter weekend prime-time, there's no point cancelling X Factor which still does decently, if nowhere near as well as it used to.

The thing is, when ITV axed Dancing On Ice, it was underperforming by its own standards. They soon realised though that it was still getting relatively good ratings as nothing else lived up to it to fill the Sunday prime-time slot at the start of the year, hence why they've just brought it back. X Factor would likely be the same - unless they have a surefire smash hit replacement show for winter weekend prime-time, there's no point cancelling X Factor which still does decently, if nowhere near as well as it used to.

The live shows were getting 4.5m viewers last year, which is stretching to the limits of what can be called a hit at that time of year, when ratings are highest in winter. I’m pretty if they moved Celebrity Chase an hour later it could get the same :kink: I’m sure they could find something at those levels on a Saturday night. On Sunday they could even move the Thursday 8pm Emmerdale and Wednesday 8.30pm Corrie, with a drama and have a pretty solid schedule I guess.

 

 

I hope this continues. It is pretty trashy but I still get some enjoyment out of it.

I do honestly think if they cancel X Factor and wait a year or so and have a new show with a new exciting format, it could do well. I think that is their best bet at this point.

I think they should just end it and try a new show that attracts viewers. This is never going to do well again, and with good reason, it's trash now!

 

This.

 

Absolute trash.

 

It is so manufactured and fixed too. Remember them pushing Rak Su and sabotaging Grace at every turn? Awful show.