You will buy the X Factor winning song, and low and behold people will. Last week Simon Cowell announced that whichever of the 3 finalists won X Factor at the weekend would become the Christmas number 1 record for 2008. Apparently 8 million people voted for the winner Alexandra Burke and so even if just a small proportion of people actually buy the record (physically or as a download) and Christmas is the top time to buy music then Simon is pretty much on to a winner. Alex’s version of Hallelujah is a pretty reasonable version, though I have to admit I prefer the Jeff Buckley version, it is however the principle that annoys me rather than her worthiness to have a hit record. I am not a fan of arrogance nor of people who tell me what I will and will not do. It all feels like a bit of a conspiracy. Personally I would be more likely to download / buy the slightly more cheesy offering by Sir Terry Wogan and Aled Jones, who are both of course national treasures; a song recorded for charity. But then I am not really Simon Cowell’s target audience and he is unlikely to suffer because of my principles!
I agree. Course I just generally hate the X factor and we’ll all have forgotten her name this time next year anyway!
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I don’t know about predicting behaviour being a bad thing – most my job is based on it!
As for Simon Cowell predicting behaviour – he’s not wrong – but I think it’s his arrogance that grates.
What really annoys me is “Joan” who pretends to have read your blog and posts some crass spam advert for “her” own commercial blog.
Personally the best way I’ve found of losing a large amount of unsightly blubber was a divorce.
I have got very lax in my judgement of which comments to throw out you are completely right!
Weight loss as a result of divorce works for some, but maybe there are other ways. Not worth spamming other peoples blogs with though. Simon cowell is as you say very arrogant and that is what gets on my nerves. I don’t even watch X factor yet still the whole thing grates.
Happy New year anyway!