Originally Posted By Rsey103 I enjoyed the poolside auditions in France and Malibu on last night's episode. One contestant is a garbage collector. A couple of others work in a deli. I think one guy was homeless. All competing for a $5 million prize---$1 million a year for five years.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD I am really enjoying this. They have some really talented people on this. Go Melanie!
Originally Posted By Rsey103 When Simon said no to Melanie when there was no good reason to say no to her I immediately thought, "They're going to bring her back." Well, I thought they'd bring her back in another two or three episodes. Instead she was back in 2 minutes. I suspect that Simon had that "drama" planned from the beginning. What do you think?
Originally Posted By u k fan Almost certainly. It's been done several times in the UK. Did they put together any groups from rejected soloists? That also happens several times a year over here!!!
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD It did scare me a bit and I thought how in the world did they bring that little girl thru and not Melanie. I am glad they brought her back so quickly. Yes, we have I think two groups that were made up of soloist moving on to the live show. I like the girl group okay, but what is up with the group with a bizillion kids?
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I haven't been following the show closely, but I watch bits and pieces here and there. I still like Melanie but I wish she would stop giving little speeches after her songs. What's going on with her?
Originally Posted By Labuda So, did any of y'all know that Melanie is the cousin of an LPer? Well, cousin of the hubby of TiggerPooh1973!
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD I knew that although I had forgotten their LP name. I was already a fan of Melanie's thru the audition before I found out. I was glad she won!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Sure sign that there's a glut of these type of shows now: A few years ago a typical American Idol thread got literally hundreds of posts for the season (600 or 700 IIRC). This season of X factor got a total of 12 so far, including this comment of mine on the thread itself. I was addicted to AI at one time. I don't know if I'll watch this year or not. I watched a couple of X factors, a few more of the Voice. I'm sort of "over" these shows, and if our little microcosm is accurate, it seems a lot of people are. AI isn't the juggernaut it once was, and though these shows still get decent ratings (especially compared to what they cost to produce), they do seem on the decline.
Originally Posted By Labuda I watched the voice until Nakia (a real world friend of mine) got eliminated, and I"ll watch AI again this season just like I have every previous season. Though last year I pretty much stopped voting. I didn't watch any of X Factor. At all.
