X-Factor ending would solve its many many problems

Those behind the scenes of the X-Factor are currently running around like headless chickens trying to work out what to do to halt its ratings slide, and solve several other problems the show has thrown up during its latest series.

I’ve got a suggestion, do everyone a favour and cancel it, it’s ridiculously hyped commercial drivel which places absolutely no emphasis on the contestant’s talent whatsoever, where the winner is seemingly selected because their photoshopped image would look best on an album cover.  

Let’s look at those who have been successful after the show finished, Leona Lewis, had that one song about a bleeding something or other, which I admit was incredibly successful, at giving me a splitting headache every time it got an airing on the radio.

Then after that she resorted to singing covers of Oasis and Snow Patrol (which were both dire) and JLS . . . . . nope me neither, the most notable thing I’ve seen them do is release their own brand of condoms.

Hopefully it will all be over soon and we can proudly say that TV and music survived this chunk of monotonous artificial hatred, and it along with Simon Cowell can be well and truly consigned to the history books.

For over 50 years The British have given the world many of the finest musical talents ever seen from the Beatles right through to Coldplay, unfortunately all the X-factor has succeeded in doing is greatly tarnishing our great reputation.

What gets me most is that I live in a world where Simon Cowell the ‘genius’ behind acts such as Westlife and Robson and Jeorme, is seemingly viewed (mostly by himself) as a Brian Epstein, or Col. Tom Parker figure who we should be grateful for, and worst of all he’s made hundreds of millions of pounds in the process.  

For me the X-Factor should never have been commissioned in the first place and probably should have ended a few years ago, when that Facebook campaign enabled the brilliant Rage Against the Machine song Killing in the Name to become Christmas no.1 ahead of that single by that kid who won the X-Factor, who’s name I don’t know.

Part of me wants to see the X-Factor suffer even more, but it pales in comparison to the part of me that wants it to end right now, hopefully that day will come sooner rather than later.