On Thursday there was a shocking elimination on The X Factor when an indecisive Nicole Scherzinger left it up to the popular vote to decide who would go home. Eliminated was 13 year old Rachel Crow, who broke down in tears when Steve Jones read her name aloud. She was not alone because Nicole Scherzinger did the same. In fact the judge was still inconsolable when the show wrapped for the night and the teenager had to go into her dressing room to calm her down. That’s right the little girl was more mature than the woman who is 20 years her senior. To me that is sad.
That is not the only thing I thought was sad about what happened, it was disgusting how Steve Jones pushed that boy away who was trying to comfort his fellow contestant. He told the guy to get off the stage because he was safe. Seriously WTF? Steve Jones then continued on with the show like there wasn’t a little girl on the floor balling. He also asked Nicole how she felt about the elimination and turned her back to the camera. Seriously it is actions like Jones’ that give the English reputation for being cold. They are not but that is what does it.
Now when it comes to Rachel Crow and Astro, I think that they are too young to compete on a national show like The X Factor. It is obvious by how they reacted when they were in the bottom two and/or eliminated. Kids need to be kids and not competing for $5 million dollars. Yes there are kids who are acting and such, but when they don’t get the job it is in the privacy of their own home and not in front of millions of viewers. They are too young to handle that pressure.
Hopefully next year Fox will change things up for the show like making the minimum auditioning age older and getting rid of Steve Jones, Nicole Scherzinger and LA Reid. You know Simon Cowell regrets firing Cheryl Cole for Scherzinger. When it comes to LA Reid, where was he when Rachel was eliminated? Paula and Simon were there and the Randy Jackson lookalike was no where to be found.
Here is the shocking elimination from The X Factor, and it reconfirms why I opted not to watch the Fox show.
