Alas, number one with a bullet.

 

Although I'd applaud the bullet.

Will be Number 1 but deserves Number 91

 

A right load of Poo!

 

He even looks like death warmed up

Edited December 20, 200717 yr by Euro Music

Deserves no.11 i think, i think most songs that hit 20-75 deserve their chart position to be halved at least

 

About 1,200 people complained that they couldn't get through on the voting line, when they tried to vote for Rhydian.

 

Many Welsh people are boycotting Leon as a result, and ofcom are investigating.

About 1,200 people complained that they couldn't get through on the voting line, when they tried to vote for Rhydian.

 

Many Welsh people are boycotting Leon as a result, and ofcom are investigating.

 

Yeah and people culdnt get therough for Leon either... its all just sour grapes on behalf of the Rhydian fans.

 

I remember in Pop Idol 1 I tried all night to vote for Will... and managed to get through only a couple of times throughout the whole night of votings; its the same in every competition during peak voting times. UYou just have to be persistant and try again

Yeah and people culdnt get therough for Leon either... its all just sour grapes on behalf of the Rhydian fans.

Exactly, if Rhydian won you'd probably hear of people saying Leon's lines were busy too.

 

Anyway, I'm sure this will be #1 this week.

Hopefully outside top 40, else I just might shoot myself. When you believe miracles happen, if I believe Leon won't get number 1 does that mean it won't happen? Hm...

I wasn't a fan of either of them, but it was patently obvious Rhydian was the more accomplished artist.

 

There's more than a whiff of David Sneddon about Jackson.... and even if this single goes to the top, there's no way on earth he'll ever have another number one. Or even, I imagine, another hit - Jackson's carrer will make Sneddons look like Elvis Presley in comparison.

 

XFactor this year really lost all credibility.... it's gone from the sublime to the ridiculous.

 

You have last years' winner Leona... ok, she did a shoddy hak-baked cover version foisted on her by XFactor as her first single, but her year off, the big-bang promotion of the new single and album and the totally classy way in which her career has been managed was excellent. She's managed to shrug off the naff tag reality show winners are always lumped with and she's emerged as a stellar solo artist to be reckoned with worldwide. Yes, she was shy and personality-free when she won, too - but she had something Jackson doesn't - genuine, bona fide talent.

 

Then you have Leon..... it's painful to hear him mumble his way through the promo he has to do now - it was painful hearing him struggle to sing live on the breakfast telly show he did. With all the management and promotion in the world, he can't possibly have a lasting career. XFactor? He doesn't have a whiff of XFactor - from his voice to his look to his personality. As much as I found Rhydian scary and weird - there's little doubt he had all 3 - the voice, look and charisma.

 

Simon Cowell must be fuming..... he knows his show has suffered a huge knock because of Scotland's block voting and this most unworthy of winners... and it wouldn't surprise me if we saw a Scot-free line-up next year because of this debacle.

 

I seriously hope Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues clamber to number one for Christmas - it surely deserves to - and Jackson is lumbered with number 2 - but the general public are sheep when it comes to things like XFactor - a singing goat could win it with a cover of a Cheeky Girls song and the crazy faithful would flock to buy it.

It was about 1,100 people actualy :), and they prolly did try more than once.

Edited December 19, 200717 yr by Marcus

Deserves top 10- that's it!

I love Mariah and Whitney's version, it's sooooo beautiful, everyone download that if they like the song :D

X factor is so c**p and I am shocked this looser won.

The guy with the white hair should have won.

Can't believe Kylie lowered herself to sing with this looser. :angry:

 

Did you even watch it?

It is rumoured that Simon is 'Signing' the Welsh Guy anyhow.

 

So - if true - why have a Vote to find a 'Winner'? Answer - GREED -

Simon etc. makes loads of cash out of the 'Phone Votes.

 

It's called 'a Mugs Game' - why so many make that Guy even richer, is

beyond those who can see it for what it is - a means to make a fast buck.

 

Simon has no credibility as a 'Music Expert' - he has the taste of a 75 Year

Old Granny. Anyone who is remotely 'different', he has said that he does

not like, or 'get' - Bob Dylan, Kate Bush, David Bowie, & Bruce Springsteen.

 

He has said that he's sorry that he never met Freddie Mercury. Why? Freddie

would never have been given a chance by Simon - Simon would have

said, 'No chance! Not good looking enough! Next!'. It is all hypocrisy on

that Show.....

 

In August 2006, he appeared on 'Desert Island Disks' on Radio 4, &

the BBC Site said that he is the 'Master Mind' behind over 100 UK No.1's.

That his early Acts were gimmicky - Teletubbies, Zig & Zag, Wrestlers etc.

BUT, the BBC Site then said that in the end Simon was 'brought crediblity',

by ROBSON & JEROME, & then WESTLIFE (LOL!!!!)

 

It says it all really - about how much of a 'Master Mind' Simon really is.

He's good at making money - NOT MUSIC!

Edited December 20, 200717 yr by zeus555

Deserves no.11 i think, i think most songs that hit 20-75 deserve their chart position to be halved at least

 

Don't you mean doubled? Halving them would move them *up* the chart...

 

I think people find it too easy to scrutinize something that they would not normally label perfect or the norm. In this case, Leon. Leon firstly has had to follow up to Leona, a fantastic girl we have all seen achieve phenomenal success. But Leona is a girl and naturally vocally very different, so you cant really judge the two, but she herself is a very timid and a quiet person, so I think it is unfair to Leon for people not to accept this from him. Leon is also no Shayne ward in looks or charisma, but Leon is still very young, naive, and having been living a fairly sheltered life, people should give the guy some time to develop before branding him as a load of $hit or whatever as that is completely ignorant as he can sing but people refuse to believe it as he wasnt the expected winner and doesnt fall into the the catagory of perfect popstar for reasons already mentioned. From the first live performance to the final, he's come a hell of a long way, so with some time and guidance im sure he'll only improve further.

The song is naff for a bloke to sing, so really those who are saying he's killed it should really consider that. Its a song sung by 2 of the best female vocalist's period and Leon gets critised for murdering it. Hello!? Its not a suitable choice of song for many artists to tackle, not the fact he cant p***ing sing.

I may come across as a super Leon fan, but Im not, I just cant stand ignorance and over judgemental people and those who are harsh without reasoning. Give the lad a freaking break, he can sing, maybe not to everyones taste, but you cant deny he can sing, just like the Riddler, I thought he was a brilliant singer but his style of singing isnt my personal favourite to listen to. Leon may not have the vocal ability of Rhydian but thats because he is of a different genre and has not been professionally trained nor has the experience. Either of them deserved to win imo.

He's managed to win the year with so much to compete with and to be compared to, which is why people are being unneccessarily harsh so its going to be hard for him but I wish him the best of luck as he's just a young lad trying to pursue a dream.