the x factor team21/12/2008 12:22:26

We have reached the last day of the official X Factor comments board for 2008. A massive thank you from the whole team for all the support, funny comments and questions posed to make the website exactly what it should be! The site will close at midnight tonight so any last minute comments; please do send them in! So until next year, have a lovely Christmas and we hope to see alot of you at the next X factor auditions! The X Team x

mialola442717/12/2008 18:54:33

Alex we all love you. You are great. Ihave got your album for all my friends for xmas. I got it for myself aswell. It's great.

lincs257415/12/2008 23:25:50

JLS's downfall is that they don't have a lead singer!!! Alex is in a different league vocally and she deserved to win!!! Imagine if they had got Boys II Men to sing with JLS, it would have been a travesty as their average vocals would have shone them up big time!!! They got shone up by Westlife!!! I'm not a hater and I do wish them the best (they come across as 4 really nice guys) however they need to work on their vocals.

caremi15/12/2008 16:58:41

I am not surprised that Eogham won six shows. I am convinced that he won them because of two major factors, which have nothing to do with singing: 1. His puppy like endearing look; 2. Geographical: the extra votes from Ireland, like Lion Jackson last year from Scotland. Plus the Judges never issuing any negative comment (but, incidentally, never speaking about is vocal, which is strange in a singing competition)

caremi15/12/2008 16:58:12

JLS is, in my view an average group: one average singer and the other guys working as ornamental elements. In a group you take in turn singing, but they lack the skills to do that. In short, JLS is one average singer disguised as a group.

caremi15/12/2008 16:55:34

Because of the analysis written in my previous comment, in my view, this sort of competition is always for me a big disappointment. PS: Alexandra is a great vocal, but there are so many versions of Hallelujah available, and this is not one of my favourite.

caremi15/12/2008 16:54:01

More to my last comment below. There was a time, long ago, when in major competitions such as the Eurofestival, the juries around Europe, (selected from the population representative groups), were forbidden to watch the show on TV: they were compelled to only listened the songs on the radio, to prevent them from being affected by the choreography, the singer’s look, etc. In fact, music and singing is to be then listened and not watch.

caremi15/12/2008 16:50:38

The four big vocals Rachel, Laura, Ruth and Alexandra deserved to be in the semi-final , and one of them deserved win, because this is a singing competition, not a beauty context. Unfortunately, only part of the public seems to mainly value singing, and their votes were split between the four singers, this is why only one of them reached the later stage, Alexandra, who is, incidentally, the prettiest of them, which also prove my point.

sexy mel15/12/2008 14:36:15

I am so pleased Alex won the X Factor - for once the true talent won fair & square! She deserved to win cos all her performances have been outstanding. JLS did do well too though and I am glad they were the runners up. Cant wait to buy her single!!

jettblkhrt15/12/2008 14:01:43

nedisfred get over yourself! You wouldn't recognise true talent if it stood in front of you... The girl won fair and square because of her talent - the duet with Beyonce was a bonus!! I for one wish her on the best in the world and cannot wait to hear her sing again.