Tuesday 4 November 2014

CASE STUDY 01: X FACTOR

For one of my case studies I wanted to research into the X Factor as this is a big corporate TV show that promotes and creates popular music.

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. Created by Simon Cowell, the show began in 2004 and has since aired annually from August/September until December. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's Thames (previously Talkback Thames) and Cowell's production company SycoTV. It is broadcast on the ITV network in the United Kingdom and simulcast on TV3 in the Republic of Ireland, with spin-off behind-the-scenes show The Xtra Factor screened on ITV2. The "X Factor" refers to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality. The show was devised as a replacement for the highly successful Pop Idol, which was put on indefinite hiatus after its second series, largely because Cowell, who was a judge on Pop Idol, wished to launch a show to which he owned the television rights. The perceived similarity between the two shows later became the subject of a legal dispute.

Viewing Statistics

I decided to research into the viewing statistics and the series to see how popular the show is and how much audiences were involved in the show.



X Factor Music Industry Corruption

Looking into how the show has affected the music industry and corruption within the show

Daily Mail

The Voice
MTV
The Telegraph

Artists


Focusing on Stevi Richie in the 2014 series, not deemed as musical talent, interesting to see why he was on the show.

Daily Mail

The Mirror
Heat

Success In The Show / Sales

Official Charts
7 Christmas No. 1's

Themes


Audiences opt in and out and might forget the formulaic process


Judges change to give the illusion of change within the show

More audience participation in recent shows 

A recurring theme of less talented characters to increase viewings

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