Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh Slam Britney Spears’ MTV Performance
X Factor judges, Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh have criticised Britney Spears comeback appearance on the MTV awards this week and agreed that she would never make it to the finals of the X Factor.
Cowell told The Sun newspaper: “If I had been looking after Britney I’d have taken one look at her in rehearsals and I wouldn’t have allowed her on stage.
“It would have been worth pulling her off the bill - no matter what the cost - to save any chance she had of resurrecting her career. She wasn’t ready for that show in every possible way.”
The Britain’s Got Talent judge added: “The song wasn’t right, the image wasn’t right and she just wasn’t rehearsed. If she had turned up and given that performance at the X Factor auditions then I wouldn’t have put her through to the next round.
“The problem she has now is that she could have killed her career. It’s difficult to come back from that performance, for a while at least.”
Fellow X Factor judge, Louis Walsh agreed, commenting: “Britney wouldn’t make it through one audition of X Factor because she can’t sing live.”
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September 13th, 2007 at 11:28 am
This criticism might seem harsh but it is the truth. Unfortunately it is also the truth for nearly all of the pop industry which is the main reason none would ever take the talent show route.Its not that there talent is astoundingly high or that they are self respecting singers and musicians but instead they recognise that the industry concentrates its efforts on those whose personality outweighs any talent.
Finding the truly gifted is a rarity that happens once in every 20 years in pop or is 50 years, I leave that to you.
Some time ago several members of what we feel to be top class groups from the past who are still brilliant on stage and still touring in personal interviews with radio Dj’s were asked if they would ever have tackled going a talent show.
The overwhelming response was no, the reason why is ‘we can’t sing, we can barely string together 4 chords to rock let alone sing’. Of the competitions the only criticism levied is that ‘the youngsters hadn’t time to learn the craft or build up a following the hard way with gigs’. The latter here being the advantage gained via the long and winding road. A concern was also raised about the length of careers during which all of these ageing rockers voiced ‘it is a fallacy to believe that any one of us could have a long time in the spotlight, that part is always short. Furthermore, what is truly important is that an artist carries on afterwards in whatever way possible this could mean touring, or doing festivals and all manner of small to large scale gigs’. Also voiced in connection with career longevity was the ‘greater importance you must give to your fans and not yourself, that sadly is learnt through adversity, and being constantly aware of all that is happening in your industry.’
Maureen
Newcastle.