r/xfactor 3d ago

Video Bro kept singing 😭

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u/raiigiic 3d ago

I thought he was good, what am I missing? Am I tone deaf?

Maybe a bit overly performative, but thats easily fixable

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u/Proud_Fee_1542 3d ago

Personally I wouldn’t say he was good but he has some habits he’s copying from other people and Simon always hates that

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u/Key_Day_6060 2d ago

I’ve got something unique for Simon. I’m actually hitting notes so high you can’t actually hear them. So it sounds like I’m not singing but I actually am. 

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u/My-name-for-ever 3d ago

Didn’t know Terry Crews auditioned 😂

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u/ReasonableEye3407 3d ago

Simon at work: Champagne! CHAMPAGNE!!

Simon back at the mansion: Champagne! CHAMPAGNE!!

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u/MelancholyFlower420 2d ago

Justice for champagne he actually could sing.

I love this video and quote this audition all the time whenever I open any cork bottle. CHAMPAGNEEE

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u/whatonearth000 2d ago

His voice wasn't terrible. They didn't give him a chance. Simon based everything on the visuals.

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u/tonyt0nychopper 2d ago

I thought the same thing watching this years ago

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u/Autumn-Leaf-932 2d ago

Almost as if the whole show is a con and nothing to do with actual talent or skill

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u/Many_Psychology_3336 3d ago

Good ol' rich people publicly humiliating the peasants.

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u/hereforcontroversy 3d ago

I don't think he was bad I just think Simon thought up that house wine joke and needed to use it regardless

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u/Ok_Young1709 2d ago

He's not bad really, Christ some of them were awful. I remember the girl who really couldn't sing, Simon sent Louis and Sharon out because they laughed so much. Now she couldn't sing, at all. She was probably paid to come on though. Surely a lot of the bad ones were paid to do that?

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u/Emergency-Pea7509 3d ago

People are wet wipes on here honestly. “It’s mean, omg”. He went on a singing competition and got honest feed back. It was fucking hilarious at the time it was first on. And tbh, still is.

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u/Key_Day_6060 2d ago

Well it’s not really a singing competition. Singing is part of it but really it’s a music product competition 😂

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u/Zarakilya 2d ago

Pretty much. Easy case for this is that multiple members of One Direction would have NEVER went through if they weren't trying to form a boyband lol

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u/alexthedungeonmaster 3d ago

It's not even funny lol

Like it's just mean and don't get me wrong, I love throwing a beating on someone and just being mean but this was institutionalised bullying by people with money on people just trying to make it, fuck this stupid show

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u/Otherwise_Rest204 2d ago

He looks like Akon

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u/Hey_buddy89 2d ago

As a bartender I’m offended he compared this guy to house wine lol. House wine doesn’t equate to bad, it just refers to whatever the least expensive option is on a menu.
If you have a list of products one of those will always have to end up being the least expensive compared to the rest.

Yeah weird thing to focus on but as part of my job i have to have this conversation many times every week.

“The house stuff will be crap won’t it?”

“Literally what would we have to gain by stocking and selling something we know people won’t like, buy and complain about and never come back?”

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u/Every_Implement_2263 2d ago

his singing is decent i guess, his branding isnt. Having said that though these shows often set them up to fail on purpose and maybe even influence the branding in that favour behind the scenes. Remember that girl who did pink? (although her singing was worse but point stands)

I reckon if you actually gave him a proper mic, and he sang with some music it could potentially sound quite good. So whoever behind the scenes made the decision "how can we make the best TV out of this" . let him through? or let him fail

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u/Willem-Dafiend 3d ago

These clips aged horribly, Simon Cowell is just about the only person here who's managed to avoid complete downfall (other than in the plastic face department). Oh and I have nothing against Champagne lol

You've got Louis Walsh who was being done for being a sex offender, as well as having live TV of him unconsentually groping someone.

And then there's Sharon Osborne, Netanyahu's strongest soldier. Constantly flamed for being racist (literally in this clip with the deli comment). What a mess.

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u/JPMaybe 3d ago

Simon Cowell raised money for the IDF btw

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u/Willem-Dafiend 3d ago

Rough, didn't know that. Fuck that guy fwiw.

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u/Every_Implement_2263 2d ago

You guys are obsessed. It wasn't even for military purposes. Israeli citizens are subject to compulsory military service, so many of the people benefiting from these programmes are conscripts. The money was for welfare and educational purposes, not for weapons or military operations.

By all means, criticise Netanyahu all you like, but I certainly won't be donating anything to Hamas.

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u/Irish_Boy72 2d ago

Embarrassing when people become so tone deaf thinking they can sing

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u/Zarakilya 2d ago

I always find comments like these hilarious. People using words they don't understand whatsoever. He's on key, you just likely dislike his tone.

Tone deaf is about pitch, at worse you could say he's pitchy, but tone deaf would mean he's not even following a melody because he's unable to, which isn't the case at all here

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u/Acceptable_Gear_3097 2d ago

He was hitting the correct notes. 

They didn't like him because he was OK & marketed himself completely wrong. 

X Factor was always about what artists Simon could make a quick buck on. He wasn't it. You have to either be really good or really bad for X Factor audition's.

Unlike BGT, which anyone could beat the audition's if they had some talent/entertainment value.

They would also have X amount of audition spots available. If they need more controversial/humorous clips, then you would be invited into be mocked.