As I write, The X Factor has begun in the US. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? Will they understand Steve Jones’ accent?
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As I write, The X Factor has begun in the US. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? Will they understand Steve Jones’ accent?
A brief skim of the critic reviews, plus general twitter buzz is that;
Steve Jones is invisible (so far the in the background he may as well be on another network) and can’t pronounce ‘Los Angeles’.
Paula is her usual self, and the chemistry between her and Simon is strong.
The live auditions are accused of favouring a particular type of singer. But they took some getting used to for the UK audience too.
LA Reid is to-the-point and firm, put the rivalry between him and Simon seems staged and over-produced.
Nicole Scherzinger is univerally reviled.
Cheryl Cole is universally adored. And then disappears.
US X Factor rated lower than The Voice’s premiere!! I knew this would happen and have predicted it for the last year. The Voice is more popular than US XF 😀
I’m glad you’ve said that! I was just going to post on Twitter that I was expecting you to.
Disapointing considering other US ratings this week – but then again The X Factor started sluggish here too.
I watched the first part on ITV2 (and no, I don’t want to know The Only Way is Essex is on Sunday!) and it felt very flat compared to ours and though we’re viewing it knowing it’s practically a veteran of British TV, it just didn’t feel new at all. The new titles are awful too (we’re getting them for the live shows).
Don’t mind the graphics but not thrilled with the music.
Which is interesting, because America’s Got Talent is (or was, haven’t watched it for years) practically the same tune anyway.
America’s Got Talent has a very different tune to the Britain’s Got Talent one.
Yes, but it’s very similar to The X Factor.
But it’s very different to Britain’s Got Talent. 😉
Sorry… 😳 😳 😳
Oh, sorry. I misunderstood what you said Brig.
And then, I believe you didn’t have people have their, *ahem*, junk fall out of their trunk on the UK version, right?
Ratings for X Factor have tumbled in night two. On the other hand, The Voice’s ratings rose in night two. The Great American Public have made their minds up with a clear majority saying that The Voice is the superior format 😀
Ratings fell in line with American Idol did earlier this year – and the quirks of US scheduling meant it actually won the night, so although 2m down it was 2 places up on Wednesday night.
Ironic though the British version gets more viewers.
It didn’t tumble or drop at all. Wenesday’s premiere got 12.49m and a 4.4 in the demo, whilst Thursday’s episode got 12.51m and a 4.3. Not exactly tumbling, and nowhere near Idol’s drop.
IT’S NOT A HIT. ALL HAIL ENDEMOL.
Hmmm, I saw some different ratings. But either way, it’s not made the same impact as The Voice did.
Also The Voice returned to Holland last night with a massive audience share of 60%. Look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGy6wa7O61k
Nothing on X Factor US comes close to that. My prediction is the Voice UK will be huge.
Actually, with X-Factor seemingly doubling down on “sex sells” based on some of the stories from boot camp (wonder how evident that’ll be in this weekend’s televised coverage of that), there is an awful lot of room for the BBC to get positive PR from saying “The Voice is going to be different, it’s going to be about the singing“. They could really play up the “judges don’t see the singers” gimmick.
One look at Adele’s album sales tells you there’s potential in that being a winning strategy.