Let’s start with some good news. With only six contestants left, Sunday’s live show of The X Factor has shaved off a good hour from its original 135 minutes of screening time.
But I think the producers were a bit slack on this one: At this stage of the competition we want back stories, we want to love or hate the contestants. We want emotions!
And what did we learn about our last six acts standing
The SBWs – Moorhouse – like living in a hotel, Jackie Thomas was really sad about Tom Batchelor leaving (“best friend” – yeah right!) but she likes shopping with Cassie Henderson.
Whenua Patuwai, who copped some criticism for being a bit boring, got put into a boxing ring.
We also learned that Henderson actually really likes Taylor Swift (who would have thought), were reminded that Gap 5 are really fun, by seeing them in a fun park, and watched Benny Tipene contemplating if there was an X Factor god who just kicked him in the butt
All revelations that could be summed up with one word: Meh.
Also only mildly exciting was the show’s theme: Made in the USA.
That’s almost as creative as picking cupcakes as the theme for a children’s birthday party.
But at least the judges were a real pleasure to look at.
There’s still the lingering doubt that with TV3’s mothership MediaWorks being in receivership cutting costs might be high on the agenda and they have started with removing all lightbulbs from Daniel Bedingfield’s dressing room so the poor man has to dress in the dark.
Ruby Frost seemed to have borrowed her outfit from some guys who were shooting a sci-fi short-film. There apparently wasn’t any budget left
