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The X-Factor Delivers a Double Dose of VFTW This Week
Was She Bleeding Love Afterwards?
The AP reports that Leona Lewis's spokesperson said that the horsefaced singer was hit by a young man at a book signing. Did the man finally hear the music coming out of his speakers and want to get Leona back for inflicting pain upon the world?
Vote for the Worst Presents: The 10 Worst Songs of 2000
Over the next 10 weeks, we'll be featuring the worst songs from each year this decade. We'll be counting down the absolute worst songs to come out each year from 2000 to 2009, and we'll be bringing back all of the songs you wish you'd forgotten. These are the songs that people just can't seem to believe exist, because they're just so terrible. There is a good mixture of guilty pleasures (the awfully funny) and complete crapfests (the awful with no merit). At the end of the 10 weeks, you'll have an opportunity to vote on the worst song of the decade.
This week, starting off the decade, here are the 10 worst songs of 2000:
10. Macy Gray - I Try
Now honestly, this song isn't that bad. In fact, it's kind of good. But Macy Gray's voice is a thing of sheer terror. The fact that no one stopped her from releasing her own songs is a testament to the sad state of the music industry. Had someone else sung this song? It probably could have been a bigger hit. But the irony is that the song won a Grammy for Best Female Vocal Performance. Were the Grammy voters drunk the night they voted or was it a VFTW Victory?
Australian Idol Winner Didn't Make a Penny After Selling 300,000 Records
An article in the Daily Telegraph says that Australian Idol winner Damien Leith sold 300,000 records, yet he didn't make a penny. How can this be? The record, titled The Winner's Journey, was a compilation of his performances on Australian Idol. 19 Entertainment and Fremantle (the same companies who run American Idol) own the rights to the show's performances, and fine print in the Idol contracts state that the contestants will make no money off of any of those sales. So to transfer this to American Idol, the ridiculous number of American Idol performance iTunes sales have not made Kris Allen and company much. Leith is quoted as saying, "It's in the past. I would be lying to say I wasn't really angry about it; I hate the fact it was done and it's not what the show is advertised to do." So think twice before "supporting" your favorite Idol contestant by purchasing their show performances. They're not making a penny off of it. And if 19E is that greedy with the performances, we can only imagine how little the contestants make for their albums.
Vote for Jordan to win Big Brother 11
Jordan has been the most VFTW member of the Big Brother cast all season (besides divalicious Chima). She can't tell time (above), she sucks at every competition, and she only never went home because everyone knew they could beat her since she's so dim. Now she's in the top 3 and has a real shot at winning. Of course, VFTW should help to make that happen. So go to CBS.com and vote for Jordan to win in each of the final 2 matchups that she could be in. Why? Because the only thing funnier than a hillbilly who can't tell time is a hillbilly with $500,000.
America's Got Talent Exposed for Rigging the Contest
America's Got Talent, another crapfest produced by the same company that makes American Idol (Fremantle), was exposed tonight in a major way. VFTW reader Steve tells us:
"One of the acts in the semi-finals is Arcadian Broad, a dancer around 12 years old I believe. His act tonight was a dance act based around High School Musical, he was dressed in a Wildcat's Jersey dancing around. Piers Morgan said he wasn't good enough to get into the finals. Arcadian responded saying "I didn't want to do a High School Musical scene, the producers gave me this hand and..." and he was promptly cut off by Piers. When Nick Cannon came back out to give his numbers, he went off saying "Well, of course the acts get the decision of the acts they preform..." Seems like we got a situation on our hands here!"
Just more proof that any show Fremantle produces isn't on the up and up. It's not a talent competition, it's reality TV, folks.
Edited To Add: Rickey.org has the video.
Edited to Add More: Arcadian's claim was edited out of the replay of the show last night. Looks like the producers aren't too happy. Because they're idiots.
X-Factor Auditions Eerily Similar to American Idol Auditions
No matter which country you're in, just don't bother trying out for a reality TV singing show. X-Factor, the British American Idol run by Simon Cowell, is currently having its auditions, and a reporter chronicled her experience. It's eerily similar to the experiences we posted in our expose about what it's like to try out for the first round of Idol auditions. Both shows are produced by Fremantle, and both shows employ the same tacicts such as treating the auditioners with little to no respect and cutting good singers with very little reasoning. So British readers, don't waste your time. It's the same shit, different country.
Janice Dickinson Rushed to the Hospital Now Too?
Oh come on now! After picking Speidi on "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here", the two soon quit the show once Heidi became ill and was rushed to the hospital. Then we pick Janice Dickinson. She was providing great entertainment, but now it seems she's been rushed to the hospital too. Either the show isn't taking good care of the celebrities or we're cursing them into getting hurt. Spooky. Janice, you can't leave too. Come on now!
While we don't really care about the British show The X Factor, we have to applaud 2 performances from this week because they just can't be missed.
First, John and Edward perform "Oops I Did It Again". Yes, this is a real group of contestants on the show. It's like Sanjaya had a twin. They made it past this week too. Why doesn't American Idol realize that we want entertaining train wrecks like this?
And speaking of train wrecks, Whitney Houston's performance of "Million Dollar Bill" helps ease the pain we feel from missing Paula Abdul. Whitney's clearly messed up. The best parts are when her dress breaks in the middle of the song and she looks bewildered, and then when she can barely speak at the end.
Bravo this week, X Factor.