X-Factor Final: The end of TV?
Today is the final of X-Factor, ITV1′s flagship television programme and mainstay of the lowest-common-denominator era of throwaway tv.
Last year saw over 11 million members of the British public tune in to see Leona Lewis win a recording contract worth an estinated £2million. This year’s prize is a guarenteed £1million recording contract and a shot at the Christmas number one single – an honour that will almost certainly be achieved. Three contestants battle it out on prime time Saturday evening television, three contestants that I wouldn’t book for a pub sing along, in front of four of the most ridiculous judges I have come across. An article on the RadioTimes’ website gives a fantastic insight into what is happeneing to television in this era of low creativity, low expectations and low standards of delivery.
I want quality, entertaining, educational and original programming, not these cheap to make, cheap to air, profit chasing, public mocking shows.
I know I am sounding like an old man, but please will someone somewhere fix this. Or I might just switch over for good.