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passionoia

See I don't think Britney is as stupid and inarticulate as everyone makes her out to be.

She no more dumb than every other popstar out there and is only inarticulate in so far as she doesn't subscribe to the 'I'm a media person so I'll witter on forever about meaningless bollocks like it's the most important thing ever just to prove how clever I am'. She's quite straightforward and down to earth and when stupid media people say stupid things she just smiles and politely goes 'cool'.

Maybe though for X-Factor you need to be one of those who witter bullshit but at the same time there's three other judges to do that. Britney's cute down to earthness may be a blessing.

In an interview last in fact somebody asked about whether she'd ever judge on one of these kind of shows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm3yvzJbLlg
 
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JadeFan

passionoia said:
She's quite straightforward and down to earth and when stupid media people say stupid things she just smiles and politely goes 'cool'.
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Having a restricted vocabulary and constantly glancing at your manager is not being "straightforward" and "down to earth." She does it all the time, regardless of how 'stupid' she finds the media. That KISS interview was one of the very few times she actually shone and that's very rare, but I would not put it down to her being down to earth. Having someone ramble on endlessly about something in a long and unnecessarily articulate way (Christina) or just bullshitting a lot (Kelly Rowland) is still better than sitting there and giving the impression that you're either not interested, dull as dishwater or dumb as a dead dormouse.
 
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passionoia

JadeFan said:
passionoia said:
She's quite straightforward and down to earth and when stupid media people say stupid things she just smiles and politely goes 'cool'.
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Having a restricted vocabulary and constantly glancing at your manager is not being "straightforward" and "down to earth." She does it all the time, regardless of how 'stupid' she finds the media. That KISS interview was one of the very few times she actually shone and that's very rare, but I would not put it down to her being down to earth. Having someone ramble on endlessly about something in a long and unnecessarily articulate way (Christina) or just bullshitting a lot (Kelly Rowland) is still better than sitting there and giving the impression that you're either not interested, dull as dishwater or dumb as a dead dormouse.
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Well you're wrong. Most her recent interviews are like that. And interviews are a different kettle of fish anyway.

And like I said it's a balance isn't it? Between bullshit and being grounded. And there's four judges. That was the problem last year... Paula and Nicole were both bullshit mongers.

I don't think potentially Britney could be any less useless than Cheryl. Nobody gave a shit when she had anything of any worth to say. As long as she said 'you right up my street' and 'wye aye' in her down to earth way and cried a bit people loved her.
 
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Cheryl seemed to care and be interested which is what endeared her to the public. She could also give it back to Simon or whoever if she chose too.

In general, Britney comes off as an aloof person and doesn't seem like she could defend herself against the other judges. But hey, who knows, maybe she can be a surprise. XF is a high-pressured job though where sentiment can change in the blink of an eye. Hope she can handle it.

I wonder who the other judge will be and how much they will get paid in comparison.

Edit: LeAnn Rimes is another one that has been holding meetings? She does have an album scheduled to come out in the fall.
 
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jinzo

Just do an Alesha Dixon- Britain's Got Talent and steal Xtina from The Voice. Britney and Xtina together would be fascinating viewing.
 
Alphableat

Alphableat

Let's just scrap this X Factor idea and instead reform the Mickey Mouse Club, but it'll be postmodern and everyone will be over thirty but it won't be creepy at all because we all love Britney and Christina and Justin and Ryan Gosling and those other three.
 
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Babylon

Mr Telephone Man said:
That is what I'm most looking forward to, the fashion on X Factor is the most interesting part ha!
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She can be remarkably pretty when styled correctly, which has happened on about 5 occasions in the past decade...
 
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passionoia

And how is she gonna mentor them?

Well not all that different from Simon Cowell I assume, ie a 30 second phonecall from the Bahamas to say 'I sure you'll be fine Leanne' *cue Sinitta whispering 'Leona' in the background* '... Leona. What song they given you?... Oh who sung that?... Mad Donna? Ok darling tell the other two I said hello'.
 
Someboy

Someboy

miklc said:
Everyone hates LeAnn Rimes now though.
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Well, 'everyone' is stretching it more than a bit considering her profile doesn't extend beyond the supermarket tabloids these days. But I understand what you're saying; although, in one sense I see that as a good thing because she has nothing to lose when it comes to trying to appeal to the public.
 
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passionoia

That's it. You don't know how they're gonna turn out on the show.

I mean Dannii Minogue had a reputation for being a grade A... well you know. When she first started there were made up rumours about her making all the contestant cry she was such a tyrant... and we believed it because that's who we thought Dannii was.

And Cheryl was the gobby one from Girls Aloud who beat people up.

Ultimately from previous form I think in both cases we were expecting something different than what we actually got from them.
 
Mr Telephone Man

Mr Telephone Man

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Everyone is here for The Queen. Such a beloved American icon!


Okay let me stop trolling, haha!

passionoia said:
And you know if Britney does it I have a feeling in my water pal Gwen Stefani might be her judges house partner.
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Her or Nicki, seeing as Nicki is still about their "friendship".

JadeFan said:
Why does everyone hate LeAnn now?
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We don't hate her, but she was married and cheated on her husband with another married man with kids, while shooting some Lifetime movie (and it wasn't even a GOOD Lifetime movie). And it doesn't help that she doesn't seem remorseful about it at all.
 
Mikl C

Mikl C

Plus, she's a ridiculous attention whore now and walks around constantly in bikinis showing off her new body, which is too thin.

And no-one deserves Eddie Cibrian but me, dammit.
 
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SuckMyBean

Ha, she's not too thin. It's her ridiculous boob implants. They've been placed over the chest muscles - which is the worst method - and they've streched her skin so much that you could play her ribs like a xylophone.
 
LetsGetToIt

LetsGetToIt

Britney is good for the trainwreck and star power, but I still want a strong final panelist. Leann Rimes is too D-List and Jessica Simpson is D-List and on a flop reality show right now. That would Nicole 2.0. They need a country star or an urban diva. Keep it simple.
 
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