Pete Waterman wants £1 million to join X Factor
Pete Waterman has said that he would only join the X Factor judging panel if he was offered £1 million.
The former Pop Idol judge said this would be necessary as he feels that contestants are now “exploited” on TV talent competitions. I don’t know how him getting paid an extortionate amount of money would help.
Speaking to the Daily Record, Waterman explained: “I’m not going to sit in a room with a mum accusing me of being deluded because these people shouldn’t be in a room where someone is going to be brutal and tell them the truth if they don’t understand what the show is about.
“I’m not going to sit and talk about things I know I shouldn’t be, talking to some poor kid in front of a camera who’s not stable. There are people who shouldn’t be on TV because they can’t cope. I don’t think we should take advantage of vulnerable people.”
Asked if he would ever join the show, he commented: “If they offered me a million pounds I might go back.”
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I would love to see Pete Waterman as a judge on X-Factor he
knows what he is talking about and is fair. Come on Simon
time to replace Louis Walsh and Pete would be well worth the
money.
Much as I love Pete Waterman I think he misunderstands what the X factor programme is about.
All those poor misguided souls who end up having a televised audition get it courtesy of the staff who hear them talk or give an example of how terrible they sound behind make shift screens. This is the audition stage before the televised audition. These people are chosen deliberately for comedy value and television value, they aren’t chosen for talent as indeed they have no musical talent.
With reference to those who are vulnerable the world of TV viewers would say that the programme makers are being descriminative against those who are different. There would be an outcry about equal opportunities. In reality there is no way of winning in this argument simply because an act of parliament says that we have all these descrimination acts and the Equal opportunities act to protect those who might be descriminated against. So sadly on this count it can’t be done.
If it were blatantly obvious that the music industry was looking for a full time professional singer or a professional standard singing group from day one, than we wouldn’t have an X factor programme at all.
Instead we would have an inside view to how a recording agency works with a new artist or how an agency looks to find new artists or maybe we would have an inside look into the real world of how theatre singers are chosen. In these circumstances the employer or contract provider can exercise his rights of choice extended to the most suitable person for the job.
Reality television has obviously become a great way for very ordinary people to experience the opportunities that are otherwise denied them.
On the subject of taking on Pete Waterman as a judge I do think he would be great news for improving the programme but not such great news for all those mums and dads he and the rest of the panel are so fearful of.
And this from the man who referred to x-factor as a geeks and freaks show? Hes “made” enough tatty acts himself-Astley and Minogue to name but two of them.