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“about the x factor: This is a show that represents all that’s dismal, low-rent and predictable about British life. It’s tinsel draped round a turd - a cavalcade of gaudiness, manipulation and fake emotion. It recycles a pathetically narrow version of pop history, and creates almost nothing new.”

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http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=146&p=9529&title=it_ll_take_more_than_a_biffy_clyro_cover&more=1&c=1

Not usually one to advocate NME myself, in fact I will more or less go out of my way to denounce it as the music journalism equivalent to The Daily Mail, however this more or less hits the nail on the head as far as myself is concerned with regards The X Factor:

“This is the most pointless talent search in the world: it creates ‘stars’ who the world has already forgotten about by the time the next series starts.”

Yup. Couldn’t have so eloquently put that better myself. I don’t think I will ever forgive my generation and the generation that preceded me for The X Factor, and if you’re American and you’re reading this, you have this awful drivel to look forward to next year, when our country so gracefully exports Simon Cowell upon thee.

(Source: nonsenseinthedark)