[CheapLousyFaggit]

Originally Posted by lewis111

I'd personally respect an artist a lot more if I knew they wrote and produced most of their songs

How do you define "produce", in the context of XFactor? Like,write the music and put the MIDI file together?

[Peppermint]

I'm not watching this year but I think it's only a good thing.

There's no way Janet Devlin or Abi Alton would've been eliminated at the point they were if they'd been allowed to perform original songs. It gives an artist more of a chance to show who they are rather than what the show is trying to make them be (sure it's a singing competition, but the purpose of the show is to find a star and this is what is gonna appeal to people in the long-run).

Also you could say it's an advantage because people are more ~wow'd by their original music, but maybe it's a disadvantage too because casual voters won't know the songs (and we all know some people based upon song choice) and sometimes it takes a few listens to really enjoy a song.

So yeah overall I think it's fine and it should've been done a long time ago.