Too much sunshine. A post-Olympics slump. Not enough singing. Louis Walsh's hair. There have been a lot of explanations for the slump in X Factor ratings at series nine, but none of them totally add up yet. The show has pretty much been the same as every other year, and the only real difference appears to be more singers with guitars and a few troubadours flogging their own songs, rather than covering Etta James's 'At Last' for the 456th time. Tonight's show added weight to Gary Barlow's assertion that the Overs category (who haven't won since Steve Brookstein crooned to victory in series one) might be the ones to watch this year. Melanie Masson proved that age shouldn't be a barrier on the TV talent show, as the mum-of-two landed the plum episode finale spot. Elsewhere, Joseph Whelan looks like one to watch (more)...
- 9/1/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Louis Walsh tips Wolverhampton tool salesman Joseph Whelan for big things after his audition, which airs on tonight's X Factor. The 26-year-old singer dedicates his performance to his son and covers the Led Zeppelin classic 'Whole Lotta Love'. Speaking in a Vt package, Joseph claims that the reason he wants to do the show is so that he can help raise his 4-year-old son Kian. "Me and his mum broke up not long back so Kian doesn't live with me unfortunately, I do really miss that, I miss living with him. Ever since he was born I've been round him every day and sometimes, you know, to come back from work to an empty flat, there's just me there and I've got his pictures around and that sort of thing... it's heart breaking," (more)...
- 8/31/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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