Looks like X Factor's way of dealing with sagging ratings is to up the mental cruelty factor

[Amerigo Vespucci]

The "four chair challenge" thing last night was utter horse crap, because Kelly Rowland and Demi Lovato BOTH let their first four contestants through so that they could "have a seat."

The whole point of this seems to be frequent shots to the "winners" squirming and grimacing in their chairs as the other contestants perform. Once the four chairs are filled, subsequent "winners" only win by having their "judge" unseat one of the people in those chairs.

The other thing that was a little sick and desperate was the fact that almost every contestant "talked back" to the judge before voting as a way of "pleading their case," saying they will "work hard and give their all.."

Everything I just posted probably makes more sense if you watched last night's show. If not, here's a clip:

[femmocrat]

1. I agree. It's really crass.

It was a little better when they went to the judges' homes, IMO. It's just not a very good show no matter what Simon tries to make it "exciting".

[Dash87]

2. That show sucks.

[Denninmi]

3. My mother watches that crap.

American Idol, etc. She's 88, almost 89, I don't begrudge her. But, gotta say, anytime I'm in the room and hear them, most of these people CANNOT sing. But, par for the course, many successful, artificially created pop stars can't sing either, it's all done with Autotune.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. I don't watch any of these except The Voice. nt

[theundergrounddemocr]

5. the x factor usa 2014 has been cancelled

yeah, probably one of the reasons why it has all failed and the x factor usa has ended now, they make the show, or made the show way too formulated, and the american public did not buy into this.

considering america is society or there mainstream media is very formulated, it is a wonder that the usa x factor did not work, but the x factor in usa probably really over did it, way too glossy, will american idol make the same mistake, because they have also had ratings trouble.

fox probably wanted to keep the x factor usa going but in the end the ratings were terrible, so the public spoke in that regard and the show got cancelled.

simon cowell has left, but has chose to return as a judge back at the x factor uk in 2014, so like people said if it fails he would go back to the uk which he has.

its true the x factor usa has been cancelled shame really, it never got as popular as the uk x factor, with a much smaller viewing audience, which is weird considering the size of the usa that there would be lower viewer figures there then in the uk.

[theundergrounddemocr]

6. the last great talent show the voice 2015 audition usa

so, with the x factor being cancelled, is the last great talent show the voice 2015 auditions usa?, there are only 2 really good singing contests left in the usa now.

there is the american idol, and there is the voice usa.

other than that there is america;s got talent, except america's got talent is not really a singing contest but more of a talent show, whereas the previous contests are focused on singing only.

the voice usa does not show auditions though, whereas the now cancelled x factor, one of its main parts of its series was the auditions section, the voice is different and does not televise the auditions section, though the voice usa does do auditioning, it just does not show this on its live shows/series.

so when the voice starts this year it will basically be all about the finalists, and you do not get to see all the funny and strange auditions that year, in that way the voice is quite a serious singing contest, when the others have a more light hearted approach it seems to talent searching.

http://thevoice2015.blogspot.co.uk/