Who the hell watches crap like The X-factor or Strictly come dancing?

[Gandalf]

I'm just a simple man I guess. I am not about hating on things that really have no impact on my life. I enjoy the show and look forward to it every week, its not just the people singing I enjoy its the stories of the people, lots of them have tried their entire careers to establish themselves and just couldn't get a chance and that show gives them that and its nice to watch.
There is a lady on this season she seems to be around 50 years old and she sounds great, its not like she is going to be a pop star or even wants to be one, she just wants to sing.
why hate on her?

Why hate on her?

If she wants to sing then show me the material that she has written. Nothing at 50? Well, that answers it all. She has no talent. Lou Reed cannot sing for shit, but is a very important artist. Put him on X factor and show me how well he does. This man wrote great songs, and yet he doesn't have a great voice. Then show the public his message, what he wrote about.

I hate her because she has nothing to say. I loathe any person with nothing to say.

[Doot]

no you see I have said this twice already, the contestants don't get to write and perform their own stuff. The show gives them a sheet with a bunch of songs on it and they can choose from the list. There are lots of contestants that write their own stuff but can't sing it. Take Matt Cardle this season he is on by himself and singing the shows songs but in real life he is in a band and writes his own stuff and it isnt all that bad. his band is called Seven Summers.

[Doot]

So I am assuming here that you loathe any singer from the present and past that didnt write their own stuff?

[Gandalf]

Are you telling me that a Bob Dylan, an early Bowie or even Lou Reed could have developed on this show?

I loathe this show because it is 100% fake. You need to listen to the opinion of Simon Cowell to buy a record? You are fake too. Have fun with the "Heroes" charity single. It is immoral and against what any Bowie fan believes in.

[Doot]

where does all this anger you have come from? all of it really from a tv show?

I said nothing about needing the opinion of Simon or any other judge to help me choose who I like or dislike. When the show is over I don't go out and buy any albums from the contestants and I don't even listen to them anymore but it doesn't matter, at the time its nice to listen to. Who cares if those singers of the past could have developed on this show, thats the past. Thats not what its about, its about exposure and getting yourself known to the public so when its over you can make your own music and become an artist.
I just dont see how a show with real people on it just singing is fake there IS nothing to fake. take it for what it is, there isn't some huge conspiracy to bring down the music industry like you would like to believe.