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Does anyone else see this whole X Factor single for charity thing as a cynical marketing ploy to get a guaranteed number one?

Or am I just being a bit sensitive.

Don't get me wrong, any publicity for the cause is going to be a good thing but I question the motives behind it. The wife has gone out and bought said single and apart from a miniscule logo in the bottom corner of the front of the disc and some legal jargon in the small print about not less than £1 per disc going to the charities (so someone is certainly going to make some money out of it), there is no mention of Help for Heroes or what the charity does on the case.

do'nt watch the crap, so certainly wo'nt be buying the single.

fastasfcuk wrote:do'nt watch the crap, so certainly wo'nt be buying the single.

Amen brother ,
anything that has the word "reality" in it or involves voting is sh*te in my opinion

+1

back_marker wrote:Does anyone else see this whole X Factor single for charity thing as a cynical marketing ploy to get a guaranteed number one?

Or am I just being a bit sensitive.

Don't get me wrong, any publicity for the cause is going to be a good thing but I question the motives behind it. The wife has gone out and bought said single and apart from a miniscule logo in the bottom corner of the front of the disc and some legal jargon in the small print about not less than £1 per disc going to the charities (so someone is certainly going to make some money out of it), there is no mention of Help for Heroes or what the charity does on the case.

Hadnt heard about the single (Kenyan radio is somewhat.... Eddie Grantish..) but if it helps, we drunk a fortune towards the charity.. Engineers, A tent and lots of Tusker Beer is always a recipe for fundraising... lol

Single? X factor? Probably wont buy it, more likely to pirate copy it and make a full price donation instead.

back_marker wrote:Does anyone else see this whole X Factor single for charity thing as a cynical marketing ploy to get a guaranteed number one?

Or am I just being a bit sensitive.

If you are, then I am too!

Kwackerz wrote:

back_marker wrote:Does anyone else see this whole X Factor single for charity thing as a cynical marketing ploy to get a guaranteed number one?

Or am I just being a bit sensitive.

Don't get me wrong, any publicity for the cause is going to be a good thing but I question the motives behind it. The wife has gone out and bought said single and apart from a miniscule logo in the bottom corner of the front of the disc and some legal jargon in the small print about not less than £1 per disc going to the charities (so someone is certainly going to make some money out of it), there is no mention of Help for Heroes or what the charity does on the case.

Hadnt heard about the single (Kenyan radio is somewhat.... Eddie Grantish..) but if it helps, we drunk a fortune towards the charity.. Engineers, A tent and lots of Tusker Beer is always a recipe for fundraising... lol

Single? X factor? Probably wont buy it, more likely to pirate copy it and make a full price donation instead.

Kenya? Lucky sod - all I get is another holiday to Costa Del Salisbury Plain

+2, its as bad as strictly come dancing.

Gio wrote:+2, its as bad as strictly come dancing.

haven't noticed them selling singles yet

FlyingKiwi wrote:

fastasfcuk wrote:do'nt watch the crap, so certainly wo'nt be buying the single.

Amen brother ,
anything that has the word "reality" in it or involves voting is sh*te in my opinion

+1

Anything that brings that cause to the attention of the section of the population that do watch that crap aint all bad.

I know what xfactor is, my kids watch bits and bobs of it, I genuinely don't know what the single is and can't tell you if I've heard it

I agree. If I was in the army I would want some hot babe singing a relly punchy tune and hardly dressed. That would cheer me up instead of a song that has come out of the Coldpaly or Dido songbooks.

This is how the reality shows should be named.......

X-factor....I can't sing, help me
I'm a Z rated celebrity. Get me a career
Big brother..... I am a nobody. Get me a career
Apprentice....I am a sucker. Give me that career
Dragons Den....Your the suckers. I'm off with your money

I qualify for them all


apart from the 2nd