Songwriter and producer Pete Waterman has said that music has become irrelevant on 'X-Factor', the show which morphed out of 'Pop Idol', on which he was a judge.
Asked by the NME if he was annoyed not to be involved in 'X-Factor', Waterman said: "No! No, because I was offered it and turned it down. People see these talent shows as 'the way to do it'. But they're not. Don't get fooled by 'The X-Factor'. The fundamental question is this: What do you know about music? Are you in this for music or fame? And the musical genre - pop, rock, whatever - is irrelevant here".
He added: "I'm still a cheerleader but what you've got now is not the show I was on, which was why I walked off series two . The cheating has taken over! It's irrelevant that there's even music on these shows".
Dec 2, 2009
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Waterman disses X-Factor
Pete Waterman says music has become irrelevant on 'X-Factor', which he walked away from after series two, and that cheating has taken over.