BBC announced earlier today that Tom Jones and The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue will be joining Jessie J and Will.i.am on The Voice judging panel and one man is less than happy about the fact.
Will Young had been in talks with producers about working on the new talent show but it seems that he wasn’t what they were looking for and he was passed over in place of the Irish singer-songwriter.
Will Young has revealed that he thought the X Factor was dead last year and couldn’t have been happier about the fact.
The former Pop Idol winner was elated when a controversy broke out, over the fact that Simon Cowell’s producers were autotuning contestants who auditioned for the ITV show and revealed that he was sure it spelt the end for the format.
Speaking on The Joe Whiley Music Show, which launches on Sky Arts this week, Will explained:
Reality TV music looks set to dominate the UK single and album charts this weekend.
Olly Murs, Will Young and Joe McElderry look set to triumph when their sales figures are confirmed on Sunday, with all three of their releases proving a massive hit with British music lovers.
Young – who won ITV’s Pop Idol in 2001 – will most likely take the number one spot in the album chart with his fifth studio release ‘Echoes’, which hit the shelves on August 22nd.
Will Young has claimed that while UK reality TV shows have become much more sensational since his day, they were never really about finding genuine musical talent.
The 32 year old singer rose to fame in 2002, after winning ITV’s Pop Idol contest and said that while producers and show bosses were always more concerned with making good TV than with finding a real star, they are now moving towards being more manipulative of their audience and contestants.
Will – who released his fifth studio album ‘Echoes’ this week – claimed that viewers of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent need to be very suspicious of what they are seeing on the TV shows.
Will Young has offered his backing to former X Factor contestant Cher Lloyd.
The former Pop Idol winner believes the 18 year old singer has proved herself in the face of all the negativity directed at her, by pushing her debut single ‘Swagger Jagger’ to number one in the UK single charts.
Young added that he loves the diversity promoted on reality TV shows such as the ones he and Cher graduated from, adding that he and Malvern lass couldn’t be more different.
Will Young has reportedly been approached and asked to replace Simon Cowell on The X Factor.
Cowell is leaving the ITV show, to front his own new American series on Fox and is said to be keen to land the opinionated Pop Idol winner as a panel member.
A source told misformusic:
Will Young has to be one of our favourite reality TV stars ever, certainly one of the most talented and we were delighted to see him cross the pond to sing on last night’s American Idol final performance show.
On a night that was supposed to be all about the two finalists, Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox (check out our critique of their performances here), former Pop Idol winner Will wowed the audience as he closed the show with his UK hit single, Leave Right Now.’
Will Young – Leave Right Now
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British singer Will Young has admitted that he was thrilled when he heard that American Idol bosses had chosen his song ‘Leave Right Now’ as this year’s exit song.
The track is played over eliminees ‘best bits’ just before they leave the show and the former Pop Idol winner told MTV:
Former Pop Idol winner Will Young has claimed the X Factor group song is not performed live on a Sunday night.
Will was defending Cheryl Cole’s performance on the show when he told MSN:
“I think there’s a very mixed reaction to different people whether they mime or sing live, some people get away with it – I’m not entirely convinced the contestants sing live on the Sunday shows in the group thing but people don’t comment on that.”
The X Factor judges are currently picking their final acts for this years live shows and The Sun has reported that former Pop Idol Will Young is assisting Cheryl Cole in choosing hers.
The pair alighted to Morocco to do the task, while Dannii and Kylie are doing their selecting in Dubai.
Next week Simon Cowell will pick his final three over-25 acts in Los Angeles, while Louis Walsh will choose the final groups in Tuscany.
