What techniques did leon do to win the x factor?
1. planting the suggestion that he is desirable by women, and that girls in hope wanted him.
by having a relationship with x factor finalist hope member emily biggs, and talking about private trips to the toilet, it made him desirable to women, and kept his name as a sex symbol alive.
2. strategically calling the relationship with emily biggs, off as soon as she was kicked off the show, then denying anthing between the two left the door open for a girl or boy that was dreaming about marrying or dating or something else with mr. jackson. creating a sense of openess and availablity helped.
3. michael buble and the comparisons. as mentioned many times by the x factor fan site.
4. the whole of scotland, voting for leon jackson
5. If you have to choose between leon or rhydian, the vote for an available man cancelled the votes that rhydian had been receiving. girls, boys, adults and everyone were forced to choose 1 man only.
6. music choice. while rhydian went for opera and stage songs, this missed the voting audience in the end, who voted for a singer they could possibly listen to and even buy. so, what I am saying is rhydian’s audience for his style was way to small and segmented. Sure gay people love songs like that, but not young girls.
7. X in the city. If you remember my article where I said x factor was grooming leon jackson for a career in TV after the show, you know that they felt all along that he was the most marketable of the x factor finalists. If he had to come up with things on his own, it would be boring and lifeless, but if he had a script, he could come out with a personality and even make us laugh.
8. CRY CRY CRY.. nobody cried better than Leon… and it worked!
here is what my friend stuart at heckler spray had to say about the crying:
“Leon Jackson cries at everything all the time, and X Factor viewers love it when people cry. And although he’s cried out of nerves and a love for his mother in the past, on yesterday’s X Factor Leon Jackson went the whole hog and actually cried at a homemade pamphlet about Hinduism. Leon Jackson cried about Hinduism. A man with that amount of tears deserves to win everything, right? ”
Do you think Emily and Leon can now resume their relationship, now that he does not need to be unattached to win the x factor? Although he might need to stay single if it helps to sell his music.
the x factor fan site is written by rob tencer
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