Dave Thorp's Blog

So the X-Factor is over and done with and some bloke I’ve never heard of (and 4 months ago neither had anyone else) called Joe McElderry has won pretty much guaranteeing that this time next week they will have a number one single. And what have they done to deserve the honour of being Christmas Number One 2009? Absolutely naff all

Because what Simon Cowell has done, and it’s a fantastically brilliant plan, has spent the last three months subliminally programming the more susceptible members of the Great British Public who watch his show, into throwing away any sense of musical taste they still had and made them buy a single, not because it’s any good but because he’s programmed them to so he can rake in much more cash and buy himself a nice new pair of very high, gold lined trousers.

Nice one Britain. Good to know that most of the public are sheep under Simons control. Hell if next year he subliminally programmed you to walk off a cliff you probably would.