How inherently awful was X Factor in retrospect?

One of Miss Dynamix has been charged with attempted murder:

(The X Factor link isn't mentioned in the article but it is elsewhere)

BBC News - Attempted murder charge after car hits pedestrians
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Woman charged with attempted murder after car hits pedestrians

A 30-year-old woman is in a critical condition following the incident on Sunday morning in Soho.
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Tisch said:
One of Miss Dynamix has been charged with attempted murder:

(The X Factor link isn't mentioned in Thai article but it is elsewhere)

BBC News - Attempted murder charge after car hits pedestrians
www.bbc.co.uk

Woman charged with attempted murder after car hits pedestrians

A 30-year-old woman is in a critical condition following the incident on Sunday morning in Soho.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Upped to murder :(

 
disneyteletubby said:
Overall, the X Factor thing impacted several contestants, it sort of enhanced the problems of the time with image and pressure from TV 'authority' and peers, and of course, each person's approach to and tolerance of that may vary, especially when self-destructive habits are involved. 💭
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Thinking about it, X Factor was really damaging to many of its young contestants (something I obviously didn't realise at the time being younger at the time, but a lot of the general public kind of took it as their weekend entertainment too). Even if the contestants had talent, so many were 16-19 and quite vulnerable even if TV edits and the media suggested otherwise. 🙁 Or they'd dramatise stuff where it could have been recognised as bullying and/or discrimination. :(
 
rhythmbandit said:
Let's not forget this absolutely ghastly moment from X-Factor USA which was probably the ultimate low point.



And whilst Rachel hasn't achieved any level of fame like Liam had, it still fed rather grubby to watch 12 years on.
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Well, I'd never seen that. And I was like, yeah this is fine, lalala, and then yeeeeeah, really NOT fine.

Generally my feelings on X Factor are/ were that it was a fucking long show that I often watched because my partner at the time wanted to, and I got to the point where I hated it almost as much as I hated him. So that relationship ending was a twofer because I never watched it again.
 
I saw Lloyd Daniels in a club one time, he actually was offering to take a picture of me and some mates rather than us do it, he was just really sweet and nice, this is like 7 or so years ago so well after his time on that show, but he was still a young guy, and it was hard not to feel for him, because they just chewed him up and spat him out really, and that's got to have a cost to the individuals that happens to.
 
her music was too safe for the most part but agreed on Echo - mandatory mention for Brave which, as we all know, is the 28th best song of all time by a British female artiste

 
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