It must be said that Simon Cowell is no fool. He still has all three acts still in the game. The rest of the judges are bleeding contestants. John & Edward, the most unlikely stars of the show, are still in the competition, but have now become pawns in the ultimate game of showbiz chess. We had initially speculated that J&E are only in to save the better acts during these live shows, but we did NOT expect that they were being used to eradicate the better singers so that when J&E eventually go, only the survival of the fittest (that being Cowell’s bunch) survive. Jedward are NOT going to win this competition.
While J&E are still popular (or at least notoriously popular) with the public, they’re going to be bumping off people like Lucie, Lloyd, Joe, Stacey and co. until Simon Cowell’s three acts make it through to the finale. Cowell is using the twins to his absolute advantage. He must have known that the public would have preferred (for whatever crazy reason) John & Edward. With Lucie now out, that brings down one of the better contestants quickly. Don’t forget that the X-Factor is a competition between singers AND the judges. And the judges want to win just as much as the contestants do.
I also wouldn’t weep for the losers. They’re got enough exposure to make it on their own. Once the contracts that bind them to the X-Factor run out, they’ll be snap up sure enough if showbiz still thinks they’re got what it takes. There are no real losers here.
