Why do we as a nation prefer X Factor to our own All Ireland talent show?

Godot.

Even long before the Irish were allowed to vote. Genuine question.

Because it's like a local town hall fun night with no amazing talent being put on TV by comparison to the far more professional x-factor.


edit: They're both crap, the only entertaining part of x factor is the bad auditions

Scarydoll

I hate them programs. The irish one is especially cringy for some reason.

Sanjuro

Possibly the most inane inquiry in the history of boards.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

If someone just made a poo Daithi would put the guy through to the next round.

XcupcakeX

because the x factor doesn't have amanda brunker!

alexjk

Because the X-Factor has far superior production values and garners appearances from some of the biggest acts in music.

The All Ireland Talent Show is taking a British show, not paying the rights to produce it but slapping a crap name on it so that makes it alright.

Scanlas The 2nd

The crowd in the X Factor are ridiculously loud which makes it seem more important.

whoopdedoo

subliminal messaging?

Logical Fallacy

Both of em suck, but the import sucks with better production values so people are going to watch it more i imagine.

Cybertron85

The Irish one is even more cringeworthy because it's us ripping off a steaming pile of **** show from the UK and doing it even worse.

123balltv

the Brits have more money, bigger productions

who wants to watch Biddy or Johnny singing johnny Cash keep it Engish

Absurdum

I'd rather blast myself with cat piss than watch that ****e.

Biggins

Scarydoll wrote: »

...The Irish one is especially cringy for some reason.

It didn't help last year I think it was when they dragged that clod cap fool O'Rea onto the show.
Christ, I tuned in to see if it was any good, saw and heard him and that was enough!
Switched off.

Einstein

Even the ones that win the Irish shows...their talent is not great at all tbh. As for the judges...if it makes them go "Awww..." you know their going through.

Painful.

old hippy

Because it's easier to laugh at our neighbours rather than ourselves?

RachaelVO

Godot. wrote: »

Even long before the Irish were allowed to vote. Genuine question.

God only knows, they are both absolute sh1te!!!!

I would imagine because there is so much hype surrounding x factor, on the tv, mags, newspapers, radio etc; Not so much with the all ireland talent show

Biggins

old hippy wrote: »

Because it's easier to laugh at our neighbours rather than ourselves?

At least we CAN laught at ourselves anyway.
We laugh at our own "Paddy Irishman" jokes. :pac:

Turtyturd

XcupcakeX wrote: »

because the x factor doesn't have amanda brunker!

Or that ginger thing.

JerryHandbag

God be with the old days when someone had to earn fame with 5 or 10 years of hard work before being recognised, as opposed to these "make me famous overnight" tv shows.

Luxie

It probably (IMO) actually makes more sense to compare the All Ireland Talent Show with Britain's Got Talent. With X Factor you're not really comparing like with like (both being shyte notwithstanding).

X Factor is purely pop music and will have more mass appeal that a family from the Aran Islands doing Irish dancing.

I would imagine.

mike65

How do "we" know the Irish prefer to watch X Factor over All Ireland Talent Show? Do the ratings show that?

Poor Craythur

Well, I don't like any of these shows BUT at least the X-Factor has superior production values and none of the tedious parochialism.

bluewolf wrote: »

edit: They're both crap, the only entertaining part of x factor is the bad auditions

No, sorry, those are awful, they cherry pick vulnerable/mentally ill people from the crowds and exploit them for tawdry entertainment.

k4kate

Interesting that we as a nation insist on comparing ourselves always to what happens across the water and assuming that we are inferior. Hang up from our colonial days?

The All Ireland Talent Show is a totally different concept from X-Factor. It's English equivalent is actually Britain's Got Talent and I seem to remember a lot of ****e on that too

Poor Craythur

Sanjuro wrote: »

Possibly the most inane inquiry in the history of boards.

Not really, it's a valid question.

CHealy

X Factor, and even Britian's Got Talent, are unbelievably well produced shows, from the presenters to the camera work to the stages, its all very easy to watch.

The All Ireland Talent show however is none of these things, its the most cringworthy show that rte have put on in years. I mean ffs who really wants to see three young fellas Irish dancing week in week out? And if I remember correctly they went on to win it that year.

Its a show for rural Ireland where maybe Sky isnt available, and the one or two times Iv seen it for amusement value, its very evident that its for the likes of the West of this country.

Aldebaran

Personally, I think it's because the All-Ireland Talent Show is made for the contestants, whereas X-Factor is made for the viewer.

Poor Craythur

Aldebaran wrote: »

Personally, I think it's because the All-Ireland Talent Show is made for the contestants, whereas X-Factor is made for the viewer.

Great point!

Duggy747

They're shìte anyways, bar X-Factor's awful auditions which I do enjoy.

The Irish judges are pointless bar the fact they've been mingled together since they're familiar "personalities" to the public.

If that Daithi was to act any more Irish then potatoes would start falling out of his mouth. Gobshìte.

Ash.J.Williams

Duggy747 wrote: »

They're shìte anyways, bar X-Factor's awful auditions which I do enjoy.

The Irish judges are pointless bar the fact they've been mingled together since they're familiar "personalities" to the public.

If that Daithi was to act any more Irish then potatoes would start falling out of his mouth. Gobshìte.

"ah sure cmon sure it's a bit of craic, go on the wesht.."

mikom

CHealy wrote: »

Its a show for rural Ireland where maybe Sky isnt available,

Yep, cos rural Ireland has a roof over it that prevents satellite penetration.......

Duggy747

North, West, South, East..................and Dublin, of course :pac:

kfallon

Both are fooking chronic and anyone who watches them religiously must be retarded.

Thank you for your time!

grenache

Up until this year, the All Ireland Talent Show had been monopolised by kids. The odd time i had watched it, i genuinely thought it was a talent show for children, such was the lack of adult acts. It was all very parochial, something you'd expect to see at your local community centre benefit night.

El Weirdo

k4kate wrote: »

The All Ireland Talent Show is a totally different concept from X-Factor. It's English equivalent is actually Britain's Got Talent and I seem to remember a lot of ****e on that too

Whereas the actual equivelant of X-Factor (You're a Star) produced some excellent talent?

Luxie

Poor Craythur wrote: »

Well, I don't like any of these shows BUT at least the X-Factor has superior production values and none of the tedious parochialism.



No, sorry, those are awful, they cherry pick vulnerable/mentally ill people from the crowds and exploit them for tawdry entertainment.

This is actually true, I know someone who works in the media in the UK. Seemingly there are TWO rounds of auditions before the judges ever get involved. And yet these 'bad' acts still get through.

Although that is obvious judging by the way Dermot always manages to find the best ones who go through and the very worst ones in the crowd whilst they're 'queueing'.

In short What Poor Craythur said.

maximoose

I sometimes enjoy watching the All Ireland Talent show simply because it is such pathetically bad television in every way that it has some cringe humour value and can be strangely entertaining.

For people who DO like these kind of crap TV talent shows, its pretty obvious why they would prefer X-Factor. The gulf in class between the two, in pretty much every aspect of the shows, is HUGE.

mike65

It is only missing a priest as MC.

Poor Craythur

Duggy747 wrote: »

If that Daithi was to act any more Irish then potatoes would start falling out of his mouth. Gobshìte.

+1. He is embarrassing to watch.

Poor Craythur

mikom wrote: »

Yep, cos rural Ireland has a roof over it that prevents satellite penetration.......

I know, some people have a strange view of rural Ireland, don't they?

Luxie

mike65 wrote: »

It is only missing a priest as MC.

And a tin of USA biscuits as top prize.

grenache

Poor Craythur wrote: »

I know, some people have a strange view of rural Ireland, don't they?

that is because some people never leave Dublin. More's the pity them.

BizzyC

They're both crap, but at least X Factor wont pretend that a guy who plays the spoons is someone worthy of being on TV....

Skid

The All Ireland Talent Show is a nonsense programme.

The next Elvis could be competing but you are still expected to vote for Little Billy playing the spoons from down the road because of 'the pride in your parish'.

K-9

mike65 wrote: »

It is only missing a priest as MC.

They all have lurvly bottoms Ted.

fryup

I'm no fan of x factor its just a glorified karaoke competiton.

But that all ireland show was the greatest load of perochial bogridden tripe ever it was like a hark back to the 1970s.

And as for the young lad that won, good god i had cover my ears he was singing so out of tune...how the hell did he win??

_feedback_

grenache wrote: »

that is because some people never leave Dublin. More's the pity them.

Talking to somebody when I was in college a few years back, who asked me where I was from. I told him Mullingar, to which he replied "is that near Maynooth?"

Turned out Maynooth is the only place outside Dublin he had visited.

On topic, the difference between the two shows is a few million euro of a budget.

jonnny68

Both these shows are cringeworthy especially that bloody X-Factor, why cant there be a show for up and coming bands or producers,real musicians instead of boy/girl bands churning out manufactured pop music rubbish.

Krusader

Population is the factor, Britain 60/65million (huge talent pool )
Ireland 5/6million (tiny talent pool)

Twice the population of ireland would tune in to watch the X Factor each week, it can afford to have better production from advertisement revenue

IRISHSPORTSGUY

mike65 wrote: »

It is only missing a priest as MC.

Someone enlighten me?

Biggins

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

Someone enlighten me?

Microphone compare.