There are one thousand and one brilliant things about living in France....sadly TV isn't one of them (unless you include the sport on Canal +).
This year sees the first ever French X Factor and we had really been looking forward to it. I guess we should have realised it would be awful when we first heard it would be on tiny station W9 rather than big budget TF1.
Same concept, same graphics, same music but that's about it. Castings were attended by one man and his dog, the quality of entrants is poor and the guy who hosts it is still to fully recover from his charisma by pass operation. It's so poor that it makes you think even "Jedward" would have a legitimate shot at winning it.
You can see some of the videos for yourself on the official site.
The best thing about the show is the presence of Julie Zenatti on the judging panel. She's a spiky French pop singer and she doesn't hold back with her opinions. She's also got the sexiest eyebrows I have ever seen.
It's also a novelty to be watching the X Factor without feeling that you are constantly being manipulated, where "arguments" are not blatantly scripted and where they might just put someone through on talent rather than on who will net the show most press coverage.
Ultimately though it's utter rubbish.
And needless to say we're addicted.
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