X Factor
Hold for applause… and that’s a wrap, people. Altiyan - thanks for coming.
It must have been so promising to be voted number one on X Factor - the poor man’s Australian Idol - but ultimately Australia was done with reality singing contests years ago.
We’ve had Guy Sebastian (easily the most successful, praise the lord), Lisa Mitchell (a real winner who was kicked out early), Jessica Mauboy, (good, but still filling the support role) and Damien Leith (to handle Mother’s Day releases).
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This week one and a half million odd people who tuned in watch the NSW fork lift driver Altiyan Childs take the top prize on the X Factor.
Finally Seven got the kind of ratings they had surely been hoping to snag for their big-budget import throughout the season after an overwhelmingly apathetic response from viewers.
As the series limped along, each week it failed to reach the stratospheric numbers the network must have been praying for after shelling out that sort of big bucks.
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Linda says:
Great Post! in this country to we have countless talent shows and only a handful of good singers (by that I mean Long term recording artists) to come out of them. We’ve had popstar 1-4, Australian Idol 1-7 and xfactor 1 & 2, is that seriously all the talent we… Read more »
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Simon says:
Samuel, you have to be kidding!! If Mr Altiyan is “the winner” then that is PROOF we have simply run out of singing talent. Although I must admit he did provide “squirm” entertainment. Read more »
I’d never been too impressed with Matthew Newton. He always seemed like an arrogant upstart who’d taken a ride on Daddy’s coat tails to get ahead in showbiz.
There was no doubt he was talented, but then again, so are many actors who are waiting on tables around the country, desperate to get their shot.
And when allegations emerged that he’d assaulted Brooke Satchwell, my mind was made up. Only cowards hit women. Actually no, only cowards hit other people, full stop. It doesn’t matter what sex they are, no one “has it coming”, no one deserves violence. So it seems bizarre that here I am having a crack at Channel 7 instead of him.
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wordsby says:
Thank you for this article. Interesting point about Channel 7 - Matthew Newton, Matty Johns and Kyle Sandlilands. Hmmm. Thank goodness I have Foxtel. Read more »
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Desley Hemmingsen says:
Well now he has Solicitor Chris Murphy batting for him, as good as Chris is, i don’t think he can save him this time, i hope he has the book thrown at him, he seriously has some mental problem’s, his former girlfriend saying he was punching holes in the walls… Read more »
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