O’Leary To Be New Host of X Factor

Dermot O’Leary has been announced as the new host of “entertainment” series X Factor for the next two seasons. O’Leary had been favourite to land the job after previous host Kate Thornton got the axe, but was apparently reluctant and turned it down. Not so, it seems, given today’s annoucement.

Dermot will probably be a pretty good job though let’s face it, anyone’s better than shouty-shouty, unsympathetic Kate. More troubling is that X Factor STILL exists. I can’t believe it! Who cares? Watching the weirdos and the tone-deaf audition is fun…but then we have to sit through week after week of randoms murdering classic tunes.

And my big bug bear…whoever wins is unlikely to have a successful career. Why? They won’t be given the material to make it big. Leona Lewis may be pretty, talented and have a great voice, but her “winning” song was a re-hash of some half decent ballad (that had previously been used in that soppy honeymoon resort advert!). She may have the X Factor, but she’ll go nowhere without being given decent songs. But what does Simon Cowell care? He’ll rake it in either way.

0 thoughts on “O’Leary To Be New Host of X Factor

  1. And how many X Factor winners have received a nearly 10 million dollar US record deal.
    The majors were fighting to sign Leona while the competition was still on.
    Clive Davis is no idiot when it comes to spotting talent.
    Leona is taking time to produce here first album and i am sure it will be a great album.
    Then all the haters will have nothing to say.
    I think she is phenominal. Probably the best younger singer of her generation.

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