i found out the other week that in xfactor the judges don't audition everyone...only a few people are judged by them (the ones shown on tv)
anyone auditioned for it or a show like it?
do the producers audition them first...and then if they say yes, then the person sees the judges and the get to decide.
i think this is so stupid. if your a real good singer, but don't have a sad story etc and you don't get through!
if i'm wrong about the auditon process please correct me!
2007-01-31 06:53:01 · 11 answers · asked by Button.Monster 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
I can tell you that when the 100s of people are in the queue they send out scouts to scan the queue and pick out people of 'entertainment value' these people are the people who basically rake in the viewers. Entertainment value can mean good looks, ugly and diverse, characters, grannies etc as we have seen. You do not have to be able to sing because there is technology to fix your voice. Anybody who 'wins' X factor will never be the next Madonna because Simon Cowell runs the show and owns the company, he raked in 3 million just from the phone votes. And he's going to do this year after year so any so-called talent will be replaced annually. The 'winners' get a tour and an album and then they are forgotten, remember Will Young, and where is Leona? Simon Cowell is the only winner in this.
2007-01-31 07:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by georgeygirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to have to tell you this but yes the judges do not see every audition that goes through.
I was listening to radio last year and someone phoned up and asked if he could be wished luck as he was going to auditions next day. The DJ asked could they phone next day to see how he got on and he did. He said he got no where near any of the judges in fact the go through a set of screening people first bit like television get through one lot of audition then another.
Judges get either the very best, the very worst for television purposes or ones bad/goodish.
I think for the judges to sit through everyone they would take three four weeks in each city every day dawn to dusk can you see Sharon doing that. lol
The man on radio did not even get through the first screaning!
2007-01-31 08:18:45 · answer #2 · answered by momof3 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you seen how many people turn up for the auditions? Let's say each applicant gets 2 minutes in total. That's 30 an hour, if they work a 10 hour day, which is unlikely, they'd see 300 people. There's a lot more than that at each audition. As they in the US, do the math.
2007-01-31 07:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by alanprogrock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not about finding talent, it's about attracting viewers to watch the adverts in these crap shows and to generate advertising revenue.
They don't take any notice of the votes either - the whole thing is pre-planned and scripted. The voting is just to generate more revenue. It's a nice little earner which allows the TV companies to extract money from stupid people.
2007-01-31 07:06:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you are correct. My friends niece went to the Cardiff Auditions and never got to see the any of the judges. So it makes you think about the pratts they put through!
2007-01-31 07:27:36 · answer #5 · answered by chelle0980 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are right, i know someone who went for an audition and they were judged by some random people.
2007-01-31 07:03:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so they wait for ages in a great big queue sometimes in the rain and they might not even get in, that is terrible, i did not know that either but thanks for sharing it, i always thought everyone got a chance in front of the judges x
2007-01-31 07:18:52 · answer #7 · answered by MAD FEMALE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The TV companies do what they like. Don't expect fairness to come into it.
2007-01-31 07:09:12 · answer #8 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gosh yea
2007-01-31 06:59:54 · answer #9 · answered by chav69 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you heard right!
2007-01-31 07:05:47 · answer #10 · answered by diedrivinggg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋