It seems as if last Saturday night belonged to ITV svengali Simon Cowell as RED AND BLACK and
X factor took over the main scheduling. With ads for future progammes knitted in to real ads not
forgetting numerous Maggie Smith clips from DOWNTON ABBEY the whole evening became an
enormous plug for Autumn on ITV. Even Jonaphon Ross was in RED and BLACK pre-empting
his appearance later in his chat show.
X FACTOR.
Last year the X factor lost some of it's sparkle without Cowell and with a paucity of talented
performers. By the time it got to the live studio shows it crumbled even further and became
not as compulsive viewing as previous years. This year it has improved but showed signs of heavy
manipulation with contestants appearing like geeks (Susan Boyle reflections) and then giving
excellant singing accounts of themselves.... much to our surprise? One female singer-songwriter
was portrayed as extremely nervous and then delivered an "Adele" perfection song. Another
poor girl was encouraged to sing like "Pink" and then destroyed by the panel for doing so.
Manipulation for entertainment was my immeadiate response, but after saying that there were
three interesting singers in the mix and provided they are not forced to sing what the producers
insist upon and what they want to sing in the future .....all of them were worth the final live showdowns.
RED AND BLACK.
A little better than it was last year but still a summarily waste of Ant and Dec. The contestants
just press buttons and can win £500,000. To do so they have to make a decision on various
obscure talents who are red or black. A fitful waste of time. Still boring.
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