“There was a team who worked for the show whose specific job was to make people cry.”
But what if I told you they’re… not exactly as they seem?
For the biggest part, contestants who passed the auditions can’t sing whatever they want.
FYI, songs fromThe Beatleswon’t be licensed at all.
As far as I know, the same goes for Bob Dylan andMichael Jacksonsongs."
First impressions are absolutely everything."
We all knew he was going to bootcamp.
TL;DR: producers lie and have a go at make you fail."
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4.The panel of judges is, more than anything, just there for show.
“The role of the jury is probably the most fake of the show.
Their roles are scripted, and their choices are the choices of a group of producers/editors.
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6.The waiting is LONG.
It’s mostly people they discover on YouTube.”
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8.Simon Cowell’s opinion of you MATTERS.
I was 4th reserve at the day of filming.
Literally, they would go around and ask horrible questions and put people down to make good TV.
Really not a job for nice people."
It starts with mass auditions all over the US.
Afterwards, the producers would either let everyone leave or hold someone back.
There, you would do a different song from a different genre.
Next, you wait a few weeks for the callback on their proprietary sign-up site.
Then, they send you back home.
Kind of a bummer, really.
We really liked him."
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13.Certain contestants are… luckier… than others.
Like, their luck is put in writing.
“Some people get contracts that guarantee them they’ll reach a certain stage.
Their success is all agreed upon before they even meet the ‘jury.'”
So it might be best to shoot for 2nd or 3rd.
“My cousin was actually a winner ofCanadian Idolwhen he was younger.
It’s too bad, really.
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15.Contestants who aren’t “good” might have a better chance at progressing.
“My friend was a decent singer, good enough that she earns a living singing.
She applied and got turned down fromX Factor.
She didn’t even get through to see the judges you see on TV.
That means when the really bad people are on the show, they are selected because they are bad.
Feels pretty mean spirited to put people up on a stage to laugh at them.
I haven’t watched anything like that since then.”
They specifically contacted her agent to cast her.
She was paid for her ‘audition,’ and accommodated for travel/lodging.
Also, they ridiculously autotuned her voice, and it barely sounded like my friend’s live shows.
She also had makeup and wardrobe, a rehearsal for an audience, and a filmed it three times.
There was nothing ‘off the streets’ of that audition.”
He has an amazingly soulful voice and I’ve personally seen him sing.
Dude is straight-up good.
He made it through the first 2 rounds, but had no back story.
Good parents, upbringing, job.
They went with another, less-talented guy because he had lost his mom a year earlier."
Many people aren’t ‘voting for their favorite’ so much as being manipulated intonotvoting for certain contestants."
I flew to Denver and took it very seriously.
At 22, I was already a book-worthy success story.
Every question was to get us to argue and bad-mouth each other."
Must have filmed them running out of the audition room at least 10 times."
If I did, my bad!
At least you’re more well-informed now.
I know I definitely have more appreciation for the contestants.
