Sunday 30 November 2008

Britney on The X Factor



Usually on the X Factor, guests are invited to perform live on stage and also tutor the contestants who are performing one of the guests songs that week. People like Mariah Carey (as odd as she was), Will Young, and Take That have all spent time with the contestants, giving them advice and generally coming across as genuinely nice and talented people.

But not Britney.

This woman thinks she's so big, she doesn't need to spend time with the contestants. Hell, she doesn't even watch the show behind the scenes and bother to note who's performance was good. Instead, she skirts the question from the lovely Dermot (after her performance) with a lame answer, where she - mistakenly - thought that if she said "I love being in London" would make it all OK.

Mariah sang live. It was fab. Will Young sang live. Wonderful. Everyone sings live when they come on the show. It's a talent show about singing and the least the so-called pros can do is show the contestants how it's done.

But not Britney.

Oh no, she simply struts around the stage for 2 minutes miming (appallingly) to her latest CD. It's so embarrassingly obvious too. I don't know how she got away with it.

Then the judges, led by the sycophantic Simon Cowell actually give her a standing ovation. It's nuts! At least James Corden (of Gavin and Stacey) - who I now love - spoke up about it on the Xtra Factor afterward. Good for him! (his comments are just over 3 minutes into the following video - enjoy)