All entries for Sunday 26 April 2009

These people aren't your friends, they're paid to kiss your feet.

Writing about web page http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6149245.ece

I've always loathed X-Factor. Even before the heinous crime against music that was the ultimate result of the last series for which someone really should have been severally punished. So I can't help but be drawn to an article that describes how the X-Factor machine chews up it's contestants.

Ben Mills (third, 2006), whose fansite offers window wobblers and T-shirts bearing the slogan Fama Semper Vivat (may his fame last for ever), was also signed briefly to Syco. He describes recording several songs he “absolutely hated” and digs out a royalty statement. “Every time someone buys my album I get 0.2p."

One of Simon Cowell's cars is a Bugatti Veyron.

Mike Willis : 26 Apr 2009 10:51 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem