Friday Poll: Does X Factor have the X Factor?

[Rob McCow]

What? You mean the bit that sounds like The Shamen? Plus the st-st-st-stutter that went out of fashion in 1986, the embarrasing 'I'm Too Sexy' rip off, the male-fantasy lyrics, the ludicrous earnestness, the self-importance of 'Getting sexy right n-n-n-now', the complete lack of singing talent on display, the wretched softcore p-rn video....

[Pip Madeley]

What? You mean ... the male-fantasy lyrics... the wretched softcore p-rn video....

That was a bonus, I must admit.

[Si Hunt]

It's quite catchy though. I'm not a huge fan, but it grows on you. There have been other hits of theirs I've preferred!

At least Jade's Sugababes now have a Top 10 to their name, as "About A Girl" is #8 this week.

Si.

[Stuart Wallis]

Without X Factor, what would we do with Sineater?

I've got a little list...

Face it, if TV created the Running Man today, it would be a runaway ratings hit. Probably staring Noel Edmunds.

I presume a lot of people would want to watch if Noel were in it - for the wrong reasons... As you inferred though, Mike, some people would watch it regardless.

[Terry Leptil]

The voting on this year's series has been a sham. Great singers like Rikki, Miss Frank, Rachel and Jamie have been voted off yet those crap twins Jedward are still in. Maybe they are fixing the votes but if so, I'd thought they'd have learnt their lesson by now?

Gordon Brown hates John and Edward, aka "Jedward" as does Hitler:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYurjR-ffzw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxElZg48eX8

[WhiteCrowNZ]

I presume a lot of people would want to watch if Noel were in it - for the wrong reasons... As you inferred though, Mike, some people would watch it regardless.

"Oooh - too bad, looks like you lose, but before we deliver the killing blow, let's take a look at what you could have won ..."

Of course no-one would watch it if it was on BBC2. I don't know but my wife would always refuse to watch BBC2, and yet it was my favourite channel.

[Lord President]

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Of course no-one would watch it if it was on BBC2. I don't know but my wife would always refuse to watch BBC2, and yet it was my favourite channel.

That's mental, surely no-one watches a programme because of which channel it's on. I watch programmes because I want to see them, even if they are on Flowers and Perfume TV+1!!!!