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Stuart · 23-03-2012, 12:34

TV Entertainment? Debatable whether either BGT or The Voice fits that description, IMO.

Tom Jones is still a good singer. He's a little old, but his album "Reload" is one of the best albums I've heard in the last few years.

As for Simon Cowell, yes he has had a couple of international hits. Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle etc, how many people has he seen?

Remember, he has been doing essentially the same show (with minor variations in the voting and/or the number of judges) since Pop Stars, which was over ten years ago now.

I researched this on Wikepedia a few months back, and was suprised to find how FEW of the people who won or came between 2nd and 10th on these compotitions are actually still famous. Bear in mind that that list contains up to 1,000 contestants, how many would you say? 500? 100? Nope. IIRC, there were less than 50. 50 out of 1,000. Not good odds, is it?

The problem (from the point of view of the artists) is that Simon Cowell's primary interest is his own TV career. Yes, there are exceptions, such as Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke (who did, by all accounts, leave SyCo for this reason), but in general, he doesn't seem interested in any particular act beyond the year guaranteed as a prize. He doesn't seem interested in helping them build a long term career.

As such, he is exploiting the dreams of a lot of people.

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Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: The Voice or BGT TV Entertainment? Debatable whether either BGT or The Voice fits that description, IMO. Tom Jones is still a good singer. He's a little old, but his album "Reload" is one of the best albums I've heard in the last few years. As for Simon Cowell, yes he has had a couple of international hits. Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle etc, how many people has he seen? Remember, he has been doing essentially the same show (with minor variations in the voting and/or the number of judges) since Pop Stars, which was over ten years ago now. I researched this on Wikepedia a few months back, and was suprised to find how FEW of the people who won or came between 2nd and 10th on these compotitions are actually still famous. Bear in mind that that list contains up to 1,000 contestants, how many would you say? 500? 100? Nope. IIRC, there were less than 50. 50 out of 1,000. Not good odds, is it? The problem (from the point of view of the artists) is that Simon Cowell's primary interest is his own TV career. Yes, there are exceptions, such as Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke (who did, by all accounts, leave SyCo for this reason), but in general, he doesn't seem interested in any particular act beyond the year guaranteed as a prize. He doesn't seem interested in helping them build a long term career. As such, he is exploiting the dreams of a lot of people.