X Factor Finalists - are they really?
One of the major weaknesses of the X factor TV programme that I can see is that although they put everyone through their paces in terms of singing there is no test of driving skills. Viewers may see that the contestants can warble their lungs out and grin while they are doing it but we never see their skill at high speed driving to get away from the paparazzi. We don’t see them being tested on parking outside night clubs.
There is nothing on basic mechanics either. There’s no point winning the chance to have a number one single before plunging back into obscurity if you don’t know how to deal with a leaking radiator. Do any of these hopefuls know how to change a car tyre?
Instead of getting them to yell out the latest power ballad Simon Cowell would do well to ask a few of them to get under the bonnet and see how they get on changing the oil on a Mondeo, then you could end up with a truly multi-talented winner and one who can do their own repairs using good used parts from the internet when it goes wrong and they can’t afford to send their Ferrari to the garage anymore.
