despairing looks when in fact there's absolutely no need to put these people through at all. Leona Lewis was not a great X Factor success story, she was already signed to a US label, and had been recording with Ludicris, but Cowell bought her out of her contact so he could promote her as a fake X Factor winner. Why do you watch this crap you fuckin brain washed sheep? It isn't even a competition. Leona Lewis was not a great X Factor success story, she was already signed to a US label, and had been recording with Ludicris, but Cowell bought her out of her contact so he could promote her as a fake X Factor winner. Why do you watch this crap you fuckin brain washed sheep? It isn't even a competition. Why, pray tell, do you think I have to answer to you as to what I watch you arrogant twat? Check out Chart Throb, a 2006 novel by Ben Elton. Although fiction I get the impressions he draws on a lot of showbiz knowledge to lift the lid on the "talent show" TV industry. Hilarious and interesting too. I couldnt stand Ben Elton as a stand up comic, but his books are great, particularly Blind Faith, a novel depicting a future where only perverts and terrorists require privacy in any form and people have to post complete details about their private and personal lives online or risk a visit from the authorities (although it does pander