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Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 19:44
by bradavon
He got to much stick for those but agreed so would I, especially as he's sing three songs.
I'm out tomorrow evening I've set my Hard Disk Recorder to record both it and the results show but suspect I'll just watch the results show. I cannot be arsed unless I see it Live.
I does sound painful too. Kylie and Jason!!! Xmas Songs!!! Cheesey Pop!!!
I haven't got a clue who Katherine Jenkins is other than Wikipedia says she's a Welsh Soprano singer (how original!) and she has massive fake knockers:
And with Bin and Sadam:
Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 11:54
by grim_tales
Yikes!
She's a mezzo-sopeano/opera type singer.
I'm sure vocally Rhydian will nail those songs he has been given, SD songs are too cheesy IMO (ADWD is a great song though, I like it
)
Perhaps Sean and JD will do most of the singing
Leons other song is Better the Devil You Know (with Kylie), SD are doing the HSM song.
Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 15:12
by saltysam
I hope the boy/girl duo win. That Leon is shit and i can't stand the Thunderbird!
Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 21:49
by saltysam
Alan Tracy
Rhydian
Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 22:50
by grim_tales
Leon was poor to shite. Rhydian was robbed.
DISGRACE
Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 01:36
by Markgway
Blame all those stupid Scots who voted for him.
The bigots.
Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 02:23
by bradavon
So Leon AKA Mr. Bland wins, Great!
They did say at one point it was only 1% difference. I bet Leon only "just" one.
I cannot see Leon having a long career he's no Leona but then I get the feeling Simon and Co. have learnt their lesson by not "giving full throttle" straight away, let it take it's time.
Rydian is going to be successful, that's a given. Maybe not in Pop but he will do well. I can definitely see him performing at the West End.
Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 09:37
by grim_tales
Maybe it was the best thing for Rhydian not to win but I still don't get it, Leon has only sang about 2 songs in the competition that I've actually liked.
It can't have been all Scots voting for Leon (blame Simon for turning it into a "battle of the countries
) - well done to Leon but the best singer and vocalist lost. No doubt about it.
Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 11:01
by saltysam
can't see any of them doing much tbh. Alan Tracy was probably the best but he has zero personality.
Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 17:13
by bradavon
As Leon was also as much loved as Rydian it was better for Leon to win because if he didn't he'd be back in the clothes store, Rydian losing won't.
That said IMO Leon was so bland and really wasn't "that" good of a singer. I couldn't stand Same Difference but they were better singers. Rydian definitely should have won!
grim_tales wrote:blame Simon for turning it into a "battle of the countries
I think that was a great idea, there's nothing wrong with a bit of healthy banter.
Obviously Leon and Rydian didn't get to the final 2 based on their country alone. Wales has something like 3 million people and Scotland 7 million, England has about 60 million. Clearly a hell of a lot of people living in England also voted for them.
This show proves very well from a base level that the Union is working perfectly as it is! No one gives a monkeys, well most don't care anyway.
Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 17:31
by bradavon
I didn't realise until last night how much they've died Rydian's hair. He was a natural blonde at the start, now it's completely white!
He did come across as a right tosser at the start. I think he realised this as afterwards he was much nicer to listen to.
Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 19:51
by grim_tales
Brad wrote:As Leon was also as much loved as Rydian it was better for Leon to win because if he didn't he'd be back in the clothes store, Rydian losing won't.
I have to agree, though I'm not sure if Leon was as much loved as Rhydian TBH, Leon has been mostly mediocre through the show IMO.
Good luck to Leon though, I think he probably needed it more
Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 20:11
by bradavon
Dermot did say there was only 1% in it a few minutes before we found out who won.
Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 20:39
by saltysam
i've read that the phone lines closed not long after Alan Tracy's performance,meaning Leon fns had longer to vote for him? a conspiracy like this calls for international rescue ! :drunken:
Posted: 16 Dec 2007, 22:54
by grim_tales
I noticed that too
I know the phone lines both opened at the same time but still.
Posted: 17 Dec 2007, 00:22
by Markgway
My Mum was watching the repeat this afternoon so I saw a little bit...
Rhydian was clearly the best singer and whilst I wouldn't buy his records he deserved to win.
Case closed.
Posted: 17 Dec 2007, 01:07
by bradavon
saltysam wrote:i've read that the phone lines closed not long after Alan Tracy's performance,meaning Leon fns had longer to vote for him?
I guess to be fair they couldn't do it any other way. If they had kept taking calls they'd not have had time to work it all out. I guess???
Posted: 21 Dec 2007, 20:59
by bradavon
I heard on the news Ofcom is looking into the final telephone vote. Obviously it won't mean Rydian suddenly wins but even so.
Posted: 21 Dec 2007, 21:43
by grim_tales
Yeah, I heard that too - I heard G Brown has been talking about this as well - hasnt he got better things to do?
Its probably better for Rhydian if he didnt win, the song is a bit pants TBH, I just found Rhydian's version less pants and his more theatrical version is more appealling to me
Posted: 21 Dec 2007, 22:38
by bradavon
The song is the usual awful pop that the winner hast to sing. Rhydian is frankly better off out of the show and the stigma that comes with it (to a less degree nowadays).
He'd do well in theatre.
Posted: 02 Jan 2008, 20:27
by grim_tales
Rhydian in Phantom 2? Rumours
http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?p ... 2%3F%3F%3F
Hairspray Director & Rhydian Join Phantom 2???
Date: 2nd January 2008
[whatsonstage Gossip] The Daily Mail reported on Friday that the critically acclaimed director of Hairspray, Jack O'Brien, is now attached to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom 2 project – a musical sequel to his blockbuster hit currently in development for 2009 – as director. Lloyd Webber has apparently already written a lot of the music for the show, but the book and lyrics still have quite a long way to go after a draft penned by Ben Elton “didn’t excite.” With O’Brien at the helm, the creative team are slowly being brought together with Bob Crowley, who worked with O’Brien on Tom Stoppard’s Coast of Utopia and Girl Friday at the National, already on board to design the sets and costumes.
Casting is yet to be announced but rumours are flying that the X Factor’s Rhydian, who sang the title song from The Phantom of the Opera on one of the live Saturday night shows, is being lined up to star in the sequel. In an interview with Wales on Sunday, Rhydian, who is Welsh, said: “Andrew and I have communicated. I just hope that one day I can be in one of his shows. Nothing’s set in stone yet, but my ambition is to play the Phantom 2 at the end of next year.”
According to Baz Bamigboye in the Daily Mail, “the story would be set 15 years after the events of the first show, which is still running in London. The Phantom has slipped away to New York and has set up a fairground world on Coney Island, along with Madame Giry and her daughter, Meg. He organises a concert in Manhattan for Christine, the object of his desire. Christine travels to the U.S. with her husband Raoul and their teenage son, who happens to be a musical genius...just like the Phantom. I'll go no further.” Exciting stuff…watch this space!
Posted: 09 Mar 2008, 02:44
by bradavon
X Factor Judges In Pay Demand:
http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/tv/feat ... id=7618376
Danni has only been in one series! I bet they get nowhere near as much as Simon. It sounds like we've got X-Factor for at least 3 more years too.
Posted: 10 Mar 2008, 00:52
by Markgway
I'd pay them just to fuck off.
Posted: 10 Mar 2008, 00:55
by saltysam
bradavon wrote:
Danni has only been in one series!
if Danni gets her tits out she can treble her salary as far as i'm concerned. we'll also treble Sharon's salary on the proviso she keeps hers in
Posted: 10 Mar 2008, 01:12
by bradavon
I'd definitely watch them
Seriously. I watched it last series (the first time I have) but really it does need to end. Talk about milking it.
The ONLY reason ITV are continuing it is because X-Factor and Corrie are the only two shows people watch on ITV on mass. The channel has become an enormous joke. I probably watch more on Channel 5 than I do ITV now.
