It might make me a miserable git, but I take comfort in the fact that Rhydian has a career anyway, because anyone would be mad not to snap him up, and the fact that, year after year, we've seen people in exactly the same vein as Leon, with the same sort of bluesy/soul/Rat Pack style voice (Steve, Ray, Andy, etc) release a few singles, then fall off the face of the Earth because the interest just isn't there. Honestly, being cynical, for all everyone was rallying behind him tonight, I don't think Leon has staying power, a commercial enough bent, or anywhere near enough charisma to have longevity.
I had a feeling Leon would win the teenage girl vote, though, so I wasn't really expecting Rhydian to snatch it, to be honest. Meh.
That's really true. Time will definitely tell. Where's Ray gone anyway? XD Speaking of Ray, when I heard that they were going to sing "When You Believe" for the final song, I thought "ah, just like last year, they chose a song knowing who can sing it better" because last year they chose a song that obviously showed off Leona a lot better than Ray... I suppose that made the results surprising to me. Rhydian's rendition of the song was so much better...
Think I'm going to YouTube to watch Rhydian in his white sequin suit again...
Oh, excellent. The love child of Tom Jones and Billy Idol, looks fit for a Bond villain! :D BUT WHERE ARE THE DAMN SEQUINS?! I am so disappointed, I wanted to see sequins. D:
My mum keeps calling the girl...well, I don't know how to write it in chinese but "crazy chicken?"... it sounds like "dean is gay". Omg I am going to stop typing now and save myself.
X-factor is a highly manipulated show. They allow 'characters' like Rhydian their run for the viewing figures, confident that the teenage girlies (and many other viewers) will be voting for the pretty boy in the end. I don't think there's been a real upset since Will Young beat Gareth Gates and you could tell from their reactions back then that they'd practically issued the Gareth cd already!
I would've been a little bit sad if Leon had lost. Though I wouldn't have begrudged Rhydian it at all, cos he was totally good enough; but Leon constantly surprised me with how good his voice actually is! He's a very good singer - and of course, I was always melted by how much he cried. XD
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Date: 2007-12-15 10:45 pm (UTC)haha take that blond freak
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Date: 2007-12-15 10:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 10:46 pm (UTC)...we knew that.
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Date: 2007-12-15 10:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 10:54 pm (UTC)I had a feeling Leon would win the teenage girl vote, though, so I wasn't really expecting Rhydian to snatch it, to be honest. Meh.
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Date: 2007-12-15 11:00 pm (UTC)Think I'm going to YouTube to watch Rhydian in his white sequin suit again...
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Date: 2007-12-15 11:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 11:05 pm (UTC)But, just now, when he was on the stage wearing a fitted suit, he reminded me of Andy Lau. Which was not a good thing. D: *not an Andy Lau fan*
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Date: 2007-12-15 10:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 11:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 11:03 pm (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfMnBmO8ksg
and Rhydian singing Phantom of the Opera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSUuOlsEDfU
He looks like a freak, but then he wibbles every now and then. I like wibbly freak. ;;
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Date: 2007-12-15 11:20 pm (UTC)That man needs to be at West End.
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Date: 2007-12-15 11:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 11:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 11:00 pm (UTC)But Rhydian will
probablyget a contract anyway ;)no subject
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Date: 2007-12-15 11:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 11:17 pm (UTC)isgay". Omg I am going to stop typing now and save myself.no subject
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