I love watching it just to spot the most contrived decision of the series. It's such a clever money-making machine
This year it's the groups, the boys groups.
Simon wants a Boy Band, that's clear. That's why he rejected a decent bunch of boy singers (who clearly should have gone through as solo artists) and then, "at the last minute" gave them "a lifeline" by creating a boy band out of them.
Hmmm...now we have a boy-band full of cute boys with good voices.
Then "The Producers" ..."Stitch him up" with the groups.
errrrr.....Simon Cowell owns the show, he writes the scripts, he tells the other judges who to choose he tells everyone what to think and do .
He needs a boy band, he wanted a hand-picked boy-band and he wanted to own the boy band.
Kerching.
The very last thing Cowell needs is another Alexandra Burke, she's a 2nd rate Leona Lewis, why have a 2nd rate Alexandra Burke?
HOWEVER....the Scouse Girl has got a genuinely good voice, very distinctive, very appealing, lovely looking and a potentially serious artist. I think I'd like the album.
My money is on the contrived Boy-Band though.
PS. I'd like to hear the tesco woman tear the roof off the theatre singnig a big Mowtown or Stax number.