Ready for some tough-love, Simon?
Darius Michael Emporium Creativo After the gentle easing of my earlier X Factory blogs prepare now for some constructive criticism. Sting, McCormick and few other critics of the show are not third rate entertainment hacks or disgruntled pop stars, whose opinion can be easily ignored. But my criticism of the X Factor comes from a different corner. I tend to agree with Simon Cowell that without it many aspiring singers would not have had an opportunity to launch a career in the music business. The critics get it wrong by focussing on the show’s finalists and their artistic credentials, or lack of them. Does anyone really think that those youngsters, who have been pulled from obscurity into the limelight of the nation’s favourite pre-Xmas panto have any real say in what the show producers decide to do with them for our weekend entertainment? The contestants’ individual input is often marginalised, if not curtailed. They learn early on that if they don’t toe the line, they will not get the
