You do have to wonder how many impressionable children across the country see the utterly

[Monty91]

unremarkable people masqueraded as celebrities on that show and think “wow, I can sing like that, so maybe I can be on that show one day, and have thousands of people screaming my name, and celebrities telling me I’m amazing, and……y’know what? Maybe I don’t need to work so hard at school or take an interest in art, or literature, or politics, or all of that boring stuff afterall, because if fame is attainable for those guys, then it is for me too!"

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Pokster]

and don't try so hard at school etc etc etc etc

[Peter]

Surprised at you http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/smile.gif

[Monty91]

[Luis Anaconda]

and realised any one can make this **** up http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/smile.gif

[Pokster]

[redgunamo]

chance for any kid to do something other than sit about in offices all their life, then they should go for it; there's plenty of time for a' that.

The reality of the thing will bite soon enough but they'll have had a great time.

Hopefully.

[Monty91]

to protect and discourage children from dropping everything for the dim hope that they will make it as professionals.

What does xfactor do to to discourage the same?

[The A*ntöniö]

[Pokster]

you do spout some ****

[plastic james]

good one

you clearly overestimate these children, we live in idiocracy, this garbage is what kids want, if it wasnt for these singing shows, they would watch other garbage on tv anyway

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Monty91]

by being utterly mediocre. Football does not.

[Peter]

[Luis Anaconda]

[Monty91]

The only tragedy is that no-one listens to a word I say and everyone thinks I'm a massive **** http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/frown.gif

[Peter]

[Monty91]

[Pokster]

so they will see that it isn't easy.

You do just spout **** for the sake of it

[Peter]

They just dont agree because they dont like you- because you are a massive c**t.

That is them. I like you. I just dont agree with you because you are wrong, mostly.

[Monty91]

[redgunamo]

[Luis Anaconda]

Quite the opposite, if you watch all the way through from the auditions stages, it clearly shows the huge number of people who fail

[Peter]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Pokster]

[plastic james]

providing for these kids and making sure they dont hurt them self in the kitchen is occupying enough

[redgunamo]

[Monty91]

I saw sub-karaoke bar performers told that they were absolutely amazing.

[Ashberto]

Even as someone who largely defenestrated their own career in persuit of rock ‘n roll, at least I had the decency to do it in real bands, slogging for years around pubs and small venues in various illegal states of mind.

Going on telly to hope to get a career handed to you epitomises the cult of celebrity and get-famous quick without actually doing anything. http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/puke.gif

[Peter]

Onecould make the same argument about the lottery of course. That glimmering false hope thatbwill solve all your problems.

It may be a bad example but you dont have to follow it.

For me it is simply a crap, hammy show full of awful music and total bull****.

[plastic james]

[Peter]

Now the same process is sold to us a competition but now they are 'artists' who are 'growing'

I preferred it the old way. It was more honest.

[redgunamo]

[Monty91]

[Brentwood]

Probably more damaging than Hiroshima tbh

[Peter]

Sometimes i am a huge disappointment to myself

[Peter]

They?

[redgunamo]

as young, strolling players, entertaining the public for the love of it.

Manufactured as all hell, just like now. And you're right; nobody cares so long as we actually are entertained.