The X Factor |
- is lady gaga a better copycat than katie waissel?
- youtube video katie waissel vs. madonna
- katie waissel does madonna gimmick – and it worked
- How long can katie waissel ride the madonna look-a-like train?
- The changing style of Dannii Minogue of x factor
- x factor alexandra burke celebrates her 22nd birthday
- X Factor Mary Byrne’s Audition
- X Factor Matt Cardle’s Audition – itv.com/xfactor
- X Factor The Reason’s Audition
- X Factor Michael Lewis’ Audition (Full Version)
- X Factor: fighting continues with an on-stage punch
- X Factor Annastasia Baker’s Audition (Full Version) – itv.com/xfactor
- cheryl cole uses auto-tuning to alter her voice
- cheryl cole gets serenaded by a lifeguard
- Simon Cowell tells X Factor boy band Don’t let Louis Walsh ruin you with suits and bow ties
- X Factor 2010: I am not a bad mother. X Factor just used me to boost ratings… , says contestant Shirlena Johnson
- Cheryl Cole’s designers are the biggest winners of X Factor
- X Factor 2010: Mary – Simon loves you! Tesco till worker brings stunned audience to their feet
- X Factor 2010: Mary’s to wow the judges with her incredible performance
| is lady gaga a better copycat than katie waissel? Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:59 PM PDT                                      | |||||
| youtube video katie waissel vs. madonna Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:38 PM PDT | |||||
| katie waissel does madonna gimmick – and it worked Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:31 PM PDT     whatever the background, after 30 years we now have katie waissel, who wants to be famous like madonna. Perhaps katie waiisel should be more concerned with making it past the bootcamp. The prediction from the x factor fan site is that katie waissel, has already been given a golden ticket through to the finals. Here is madonna in suddenly seeking susan Here is emily lloyd in cookies  cookie Brooklyn-born mobster Dino Capisco (Peter Falk), just released from a 13-year stint in prison, tries to bond with his hot-tempered, illegitimate daughter Cookie (Emily Lloyd - playing a madonna wanna-be), whose punkish lifestyle clashes disconcertingly with Dino's way of looking at things. Dino also has problems with Lenore (Dianne Wiest), who is his mistress and Cookie's fading beauty queen mother, and his shrewish wife (Brenda Vaccaro). As if all that weren't enough, he's got to worry about the deadly intentions of his ex-partner in crime (Michael V. Gazzo). Here is katie wassel in her audition on xfactor | |||||
| How long can katie waissel ride the madonna look-a-like train? Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:16 PM PDT    katie waissel is doing a pretty good madonna (circa: suddenly seeking susan 1985) rip off. How long katie waissel keeps using the gimmick is most likely up to simon cowell, and the show's fashion stylist, and maybe brian friedman. If you remember, Susan boyle had a remake during her performance on a reality show, in the middle of production. Her gommick was only used to show a sharp contrast of an unseemingly common and ugly person, putting everyone in dis-belief. In the case of katie waissel, why the madonna get up, got her into the door, it is unclear how long she will keep the gimmick of being the second or third coming of madonna. (second coming is lady gaga). It is concievable that brian friedman, was so excited at the prospect of having to choreograph for a fantasy version of madonna, tht he will not allow katie waissel to alter her madonna style. We could be seeing some of brian friedmans best work yet, depending on how inspired he is, and also if he is a gay fan of madonna. If thats the case, and you thought the sequined suits of rhydian were a spectacle, you will be amazed at whats in store for fans of the x factor. In the 80's a director named susan seidelman casted madonna in suddenly seeking susan. Susan siedelman did not stop casting madonna style characters, because in the movie she directed called cookies, she made emily lloyd dress, look and sound like madonna. Was it susan siedelman who developed the grunge, wearing lingerie on the outside of your clothes, or was it madonna? It could have also been the movie wardobe stylist, who picked everything out for madonna and emily lloyd to wear. | |||||
| The changing style of Dannii Minogue of x factor Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:11 PM PDT
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| x factor alexandra burke celebrates her 22nd birthday Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:07 PM PDT    She can usually be found wearing sexy, risqué outfits as she struts her stuff on stage. But last night Alexandra Burke decided to go for a more feminine look as she celebrated her 22nd birthday at the Kensington Roof Gardens. The singer looked stunning in the low-cut fuschia dress, which clung to her curves and flattered her figure. Clutching a beaded bag, Alexandra smiled widely as she arrived at the prestigious venue to mark her special day. The event also marks a short break for workaholic Alexandra, and one she had clearly been looking forward to. Writing on her Twitter page earlier in the day, Alexandra told fans: 'Dear Mother Nature, Please do not rain 2night It's a rather special day 2day it's still my Bday celebrations& I want2have this BBQ.ThankU x' She later added: 'Need to get ready4 my BBQ Party.. How has the weather been guys ? X' Alexandra arrived at London's Heathrow Airport yesterday afternoon ahead of the party, and used her T-shirt to pay tribute to R'n'B singer Aaliyah, who was killed in a plane crash on August 25th, 2001. Meanwhile, Alexandra revealed she has been asked to be perform on the Australian version of The X Factor. | |||||
| X Factor Mary Byrne’s Audition Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:58 AM PDT
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| X Factor Matt Cardle’s Audition – itv.com/xfactor Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:56 AM PDT
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| X Factor The Reason’s Audition Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:54 AM PDT
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| X Factor Michael Lewis’ Audition (Full Version) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT
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| X Factor: fighting continues with an on-stage punch Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:48 AM PDT   There is nothing like reality TV to bring out the best... and worst in people. A teenager has revealed how her relationship with her best friend has been destroyed an X Factor audition that went horribly wrong, ending in a sensational on-stage fight. In the episode to be aired tonight, 17-year-old Lisa Parker is punched in the face by her best friend Abbey Johnston, as the judging panel react in horror. The violent attack came after Simon Cowell said theirs was 'the worst audition in history.' 'All of a sudden I felt something across my head,' Lisa told the Daily Mirror today. 'I just remember being hit and then having a headache. 'I think Abbey only hit me once but then a security guard grabbed her and another one pushed me against the wall so I couldn't get to her. 'If Simon hadn't been so nasty this probably wouldn't have happened.' The brawl, which took place in Birmingham in June, 'got a bit heated,' an X Factor spokesman says, 'Producers quickly stepped in.' They also attempted to get the girls in a room together after they left the stage, but the teens, from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, had to be separated again as the row escalated. Lisa and Abbey's X Factor attempt got off to a rocky start when they insulted both Louis Walsh and guest judge Natalie Imbruglia. Lisa's joke about Louis' age didn't impress the 57-year-old: 'Abbey fancies you but you're old enough to be my grandad,' she said. The pair were booed by the audience after asking Imbruglia, 'Who are you?' Simon Cowell wasn't spared from the feisty duo's wrath, after slamming their renditions of Journey's Don't Stop Believin' and That's My Goal by Shane Ward, getting 'the bird' from Lisa. | |||||
| X Factor Annastasia Baker’s Audition (Full Version) – itv.com/xfactor Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:38 AM PDT
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| cheryl cole uses auto-tuning to alter her voice Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:36 AM PDT    When it was used for X Factor contestants, it led to hundreds of complaints and threatened the integrity of the show. But even the biggest stars such as Cheryl Cole use auto-tuning to improve their vocals, according to her fellow judge Louis Walsh. The technology is so rife that for many singers it is 'just like wearing good make-up', he said. The multi-millionaire Irishman, 58, waded into the row yesterday after Simon Cowell confirmed that he was scrapping vocal tampering on the show. Hopefuls on last Saturday's X Factor series opener had their voices altered before broadcast, prompting more than 300 complaints to ITV. Yesterday Walsh, who is in Dublin filming the Judges' Houses round of the show, said: 'Every pop star in the world uses autotuning. If you're a superstar you don't care. 'I wish I'd done it last year [during the live shows] with Jedward, it might have helped, I might have won the show. There is nothing wrong with it. 'I think people are making a big deal of it. Other channels are jealous of The X Factor, everyone is, it's the biggest show. 'It's the same as wearing good make-up and having a good make-up artist. Every successful artist in the world uses it.' Mrs Cole, 27, right, was caught in a miming row last year after the Daily Mail revealed that she did not plan to sing live during the first performance of her solo single, Fight For This Love, on The X Factor. Cowell banned her from miming and she resorted to performing alongside a backing track, singing live in parts. Her vocal talents were even mocked this week by Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles, who said it was her voice that should be digitally improved rather than the contestants'. After playing a recording of a live performance of her hit Parachute, Moyles, 36, told his listeners: 'She might not need a parachute but she could bloody do with some singing lessons.' | |||||
| cheryl cole gets serenaded by a lifeguard Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:22 AM PDT    She told the judges she wanted to be as famous as her idol. And after her powerful rendition of I Who Have Nothing on Saturday night, Mary Byrne left the X Factor panel in no doubt that she has the potential to be as popular as Dame Shirley Bassey. Miss Byrne produced a note-perfect version of the song Dame Shirley made famous in the early 1960s, and her unassuming appearance and manner has prompted comparisons with chart sensation Susan Boyle. Miss Boyle, 49, cut a frumpy figure when she auditioned on Britain's Got Talent but wowed the judges with her stunning voice and has since become a hugely successful singer. Miss Byrne, a Tesco worker, has already pleaded for a makeover by the show's bosses. And she says she is trying to lose weight after being sent through to the next round of the competition. Miss Byrne auditioned in front of Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, singer Katy Perry and Cheryl Cole - with the Girls Aloud star praising the 'incredible power and emotion' of her performance. She was given a standing ovation by the audience. Her appearance helped the X Factor achieve its highest ratings for the second episode of the show. Saturday night's programme was watched by a peak of 11.8million viewers - a 50 per cent share of the TV audience. Miss Byrne, 50, revealed she was forced to leave school at 13 to earn money to help her family. A decade ago, she began working on the checkouts at her local Tesco in Ballfermot, a rundown suburb in Dublin. She has been singing with her brother Tom in pubs and clubs for five years. | |||||
| Simon Cowell tells X Factor boy band Don’t let Louis Walsh ruin you with suits and bow ties Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:05 AM PDT    Simon Cowell has reignited his feud with fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh by accusing him of ruining talented acts by making them wear suits and bow ties. The spat occurred after boy band The Reason impressed the judges on last night's ITV1 show with the simplicity of their act and rugged appearance. Cowell, 50, took a swipe at Walsh, saying that if the Irishman mentored the group later in the series, he would make them clones of his most successful bands, Boyzone and Westlife – even getting them to sing Take That's Could It Be Magic. After their rendition of judge Cheryl Cole's Fight For This Love, Cowell said: 'The only issue is if you got through and Louis was looking after you, well you know what would happen . . . It would be suits, bow ties and Could It Be Magic. I like the fact you did nothing more than sing the song. I haven't seen a group like this in a while – just a vocal harmony group. Less is more.' Southampton-based The Reason is made up of Scott White, Glenn Vine, Nathan Rawlings and Marc Higgins, who insisted they had 'the talent, look and sound to win'. After they sang, Walsh reminded Cowell that he had mentored 2008 X Factor runners up JLS who enjoyed huge chart success. Walsh added: 'I liked the fact you changed the song. The harmonies were spot on. It sounds like a real hit record to me.' | |||||
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| Cheryl Cole’s designers are the biggest winners of X Factor Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:47 AM PDT   From a manufactured pop star in combat trousers to a couturier's dream, Cheryl Cole has transformed herself into a one-woman fashion show and given unknown British designers a taste of primetime stardom Since it first aired in 2004, audiences have primarily been drawn to The X Factor for the entertainment value to be had from watching the most disastrous auditions: the tone-deaf no-hoper who performs an acoustic version of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean accompanied on the spoons, for instance, or the mother-and-daughter duo with an inexplicable faith in their non-existent singing abilities. Either that, or the show's 11 million viewers have simply been tuning in to monitor the fluctuating height of Simon Cowell's trouser waistband. But this year, there is another, far more pressing reason to watch. It has nothing to do with the singing and everything to do with what Cheryl Cole is wearing. Since becoming an X Factor judge in 2008, the 27-year-old has transformed herself from a Geordie pop star with unexceptional clothes and an unfortunate reputation for punching lavatory attendants into a fashion sophisticate whose sartorial choices on Saturday night prime-time can make or break a designer's reputation. "She's become a fashion icon," says Dolly Jones, the editor of Vogue.com which runs a regularly updated gallery of Cole's X Factor looks. "What she wears has a huge impact on the buying public because people relate to her. She's incredibly good looking but you also get the impression that she really enjoys fashion. There's a thrill about it for her, she doesn't look wooden – she looks like she's enjoying the attention the clothes bring." And the designers, too, feel the warm glow of the Cole Effect. Last season, Cole stepped out in an array of outfits designed by couturier Stephane Rolland, British designer Matthew Williamson and the late Alexander McQueen. It was quite a transformation for a girl whose signature look was once combat trousers, a sleeveless T-shirt and a scraped-back ponytail. If X Factor producers have allegedly been using Autotune to digitally enhance the singing voices of favoured contestants, perhaps Cole has benefited from a Fashiontune that magically smoothes out her style taste. When, last November, she wore a £1,500 David Koma dress with two semi-circular discs emblazoned with metal piping over her décolletage, the same dress sold out in Browns boutique in London. This, in spite of the fact that the outfit was distinctly cutting edge – some commentators rather unkindly referred to it as a "dustbin lid dress" – and hardly anyone had heard of the designer. Koma, a graduate of Central St Martin's, showed the dress as part of his first ever collection and was astonished by the attention he received after Cole's appearance. "It was a total surprise," he says. "I'm a big fan of the X Factor but I didn't even know she had bought the dress until a friend of mine called me to let me know he was seeing one of my designs on television." The Georgian-born Koma, whose name was then little-known outside high fashion circles, suddenly found his clothes being discussed in tabloid newspapers. He went on to produce a further two collections and is hard now at work on his fourth. "If a beautiful woman is buying and wearing your dress it can only help," Koma says. "A lot of young girls look up to Cheryl Cole and so for her to wear my dress has a kind of impact that I can't describe." In a precarious economic climate, many young designers can benefit hugely from a celebrity endorsement, especially if it brings their clothes within reach of a wider audience. "It's not a new idea – Princess Diana probably started it off," says Dolly Jones, "but celebrities now are increasingly powerful. I do think Cheryl's really supportive of new British designers and she's pretty brave in her choices." It seems that Cole has become increasingly aware of her influence. According to Vogue.com, this year Cole is hoping to fly the flag for home-grown designers including Vivienne Westwood, Matthew Williamson and the up-and-coming Colchester-born Hannah Marshall. For the first X Factor of 2010, Cole wore a crepe dress by home-grown designer Richard Nicoll and sold exclusively by the website Net-A-Porter.com. It was a canny display of fashion nous – the dress had sold out before the programme even aired. How has a diminutive pop star yet to reach her 30th birthday become one of the most powerfully savvy figures in British fashion? As well as being able to pick up tips on photoshoots and music videos, one presumes it helps to have amassed a considerable fortune: Cole is thought to spend around £100,000 on her X Factor clothes each series. She also employs the services of the stylist Victoria Adcock, who has in the past worked with Girls Aloud, Victoria Beckham and Christina Aguilera. It was Adcock who initially approached the designer Hannah Marshall about a collaboration. For designers such as Marshall, who are trying to make their name in a competitive industry where the cost of mounting a catwalk show can be exorbitant in the early stages of a business, an endorsement from Cole is like manna from fashion heaven. "Models and celebrity are two quite different platforms for brand recognition; models are chosen by designers to help create a vision specifically for the fashion industry," says Marshall. "Celebrities such as Cheryl Cole provide that step closer to reality for the consumer to buy into a brand. "It's also more of a compliment to me as a designer when the right celebrity wears your designs as they are choosing to wear them because they like the cut and fabric not just the label name." On a broader level, as Marshall implies, Cole's influence seems to mark a shift in the way clothes are marketed. It is no longer enough for a designer simply to rely on a glamorous catwalk show peopled by improbably slim supermodels and attended only by the very wealthy or the very famous. In the increasingly egalitarian climate promoted by social networking sites and Twitter feeds, such displays risk exuding an uncomfortable sense of exclusivity. The economic downturn has also meant that the public is growing tired of visible excess. In order to survive, the fashion world arguably has to become less rarefied and more accessible – X Factor, with its millions of viewers and prime-time, Saturday night broadcast slot, seems as good a place as any to start. Indeed, Cole's fellow judge Dannii Minogue has also carved out a reputation as something of a trend-setter and recently brought out her own line of dresses. "Celebrities are getting more and more important for lots of brands," says Rebekah Roy, whose clients include Sophie Ellis Bextor, Kaiser Chiefs and Billy Idol. "Everybody wants someone like Cheryl Cole to wear their clothes. The key to her influence is that so many people like her: she manages still to be accessible and in the public eye." And she experiments, too, with cheaper, high-street options – on one photo-shoot, Cole supposedly turned down the opportunity to wear an outfit by Chloe in favour of something from River Island. It is not just pop singers and film stars who shape our fashion tastes: more recently, an assortment of political wives have taken to backing designers from their own countries to give a patriotic boost to the national fashion industry. The prime minister's wife, Samantha Cameron, often sports silk dresses by Erdem with Rupert Sanderson shoes, while Michelle Obama wore a Jason Wu gown on the evening of her husband's presidential inauguration and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy favours the quintessentially French Christian Dior. Although the effect of such endorsements is most potently felt by the up-and-coming designers struggling to make a name for themselves, there are advantages for established labels too. For the Paris-based haute couturier Stephane Rolland, Cole's decision to wear his dresses on last year's X Factor provided an opportunity for him to showcase another side to his already established brand. Before dressing Cole, he was best known as one of the preferred designers of Queen Rania of Jordan. Over the years, Rolland's clothes had gathered a reputation for being exquisitely tailored and a touch conservative. But when Cole stepped out on the X Factor stage in his tight gold minidress, she overturned that notion in one flash of a glittering strobe light. "It would be hard to quantify Cheryl Cole's influence in terms of sales," says a spokesman for Stephane Rolland. "At the time we dressed her she was a huge star in the UK and the impact was mainly felt there rather than internationally but there is no doubt that celebrity association is very helpful in shaping the image of a designer." But of course, it is a two-way street. For all that Cheryl Cole might be heightening the profile of a designer there is no doubt that by wearing the latest trends, she is boosting her own image too. The combat trousers, it seems, are most definitely a thing of the past. | |||||
| X Factor 2010: Mary – Simon loves you! Tesco till worker brings stunned audience to their feet Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:40 AM PDT    She told the judges she wanted to be as famous as her idol. And after her powerful rendition of I Who Have Nothing on Saturday night, Mary Byrne left the X Factor panel in no doubt that she has the potential to be as popular as Dame Shirley Bassey. Miss Byrne produced a note-perfect version of the song Dame Shirley made famous in the early 1960s, and her unassuming appearance and manner has prompted comparisons with chart sensation Susan Boyle. Miss Boyle, 49, cut a frumpy figure when she auditioned on Britain's Got Talent but wowed the judges with her stunning voice and has since become a hugely successful singer. Miss Byrne, a Tesco worker, has already pleaded for a makeover by the show's bosses. And she says she is trying to lose weight after being sent through to the next round of the competition. Miss Byrne auditioned in front of Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, singer Katy Perry and Cheryl Cole - with the Girls Aloud star praising the 'incredible power and emotion' of her performance. She was given a standing ovation by the audience. | |||||
| X Factor 2010: Mary’s to wow the judges with her incredible performance Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:33 AM PDT    She told the judges she wanted to be as famous as her idol. And after her powerful rendition of I Who Have Nothing on Saturday night, Mary Byrne left the X Factor panel in no doubt that she has the potential to be as popular as Dame Shirley Bassey. Miss Byrne produced a note-perfect version of the song Dame Shirley made famous in the early 1960s, and her unassuming appearance and manner has prompted comparisons with chart sensation Susan Boyle. Miss Boyle, 49, cut a frumpy figure when she auditioned on Britain's Got Talent but wowed the judges with her stunning voice and has since become a hugely successful singer. Miss Byrne, a Tesco worker, has already pleaded for a makeover by the show's bosses. And she says she is trying to lose weight after being sent through to the next round of the competition. Miss Byrne auditioned in front of Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, singer Katy Perry and Cheryl Cole - with the Girls Aloud star praising the 'incredible power and emotion' of her performance. She was given a standing ovation by the audience. |
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