Many of you, reading my tweets will realise that I am somewhat a fan of the X Factor and and especially Stacey - although I think Danyl pretty good too. The X Factor is one of those Marmite programmes - you either love it or hate it.
So much so, I had an argument with a friend of mine the other day, who could not believe I watched such programmes. My friend's view was that X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, and Big Brother were just simply dreadful.
I begged to differ. My response was that X Factor was completely different to Big Brother (which I can't stand). The former was genuine talent TV, the latter just a motley of individuals abused -often in a salacious manner - for television entertainment. Big Brother is a kind of freak show that is anti community - it brings people together, only to smash them up one by one. Big Brother is just reality TV at its worst - a kind of Jim Carrey Truman Show without the suburban aesthetics.
X Factor is entirely different - it is genuinely about talent - few can doubt this seeing those in the final rounds, Although X Factor has some comic moments (particularly in the early stages), at least it provides - with the input of the public, as well as the judges - some genuine pop stars of the future.
Far from being curtailed, these kind of programmes should be encouraged. It is no accident that the ratings for talent TV are going up, whilst those for programmes like Big Brother, are in free-fall. At the end of the day,the public prefers genuine talent over mediocrity. We should welcome talent TV and encourage more of it.
So much so, I had an argument with a friend of mine the other day, who could not believe I watched such programmes. My friend's view was that X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, and Big Brother were just simply dreadful.
I begged to differ. My response was that X Factor was completely different to Big Brother (which I can't stand). The former was genuine talent TV, the latter just a motley of individuals abused -often in a salacious manner - for television entertainment. Big Brother is a kind of freak show that is anti community - it brings people together, only to smash them up one by one. Big Brother is just reality TV at its worst - a kind of Jim Carrey Truman Show without the suburban aesthetics.
X Factor is entirely different - it is genuinely about talent - few can doubt this seeing those in the final rounds, Although X Factor has some comic moments (particularly in the early stages), at least it provides - with the input of the public, as well as the judges - some genuine pop stars of the future.
Far from being curtailed, these kind of programmes should be encouraged. It is no accident that the ratings for talent TV are going up, whilst those for programmes like Big Brother, are in free-fall. At the end of the day,the public prefers genuine talent over mediocrity. We should welcome talent TV and encourage more of it.
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