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From: izzythesteve_diespammers@izzythedog.com (Steve Jay)
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Subject: Re: Cowell claims he fixed Pop Idol result
Date: 2 Mar 2004 18:36:08 -0800
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AAAAARRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go where REAL musicians are making REAL music for the pure love of
it...
www.macidol.com
...and we won't sue you if you download our MP3s, either!
Bloody artificial, corporate-manufactured pseudo-stars, be buggered.
Pop Idol is bollocks, Mac Idol is real!
Who appointed Simon Cowell arbiter of our tastes, anyway? He's just
this generation's Stock, Aitken and Waterman but with a nasty
disposition.
"Mark" <markcr31uk@bluenospamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<ou41c.7144$bQ2.3520@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>...
> Ananova:
>
> Cowell claims he fixed Pop Idol result
>
> Simon Cowell has claimed he "fixed" the Pop Idol result to ensure 15-stone
> Michelle McManus won.
>
> McManus, who breaks the usual pop star mould, was supported by the critic
> throughout the ITV show.
>
> She went on to win and release the album The Meaning Of Love.
>
> But Cowell is reported to tell a BBC Tabloid Tales episode he secured
> McManus' win through his unflinching support, despite his belief that the
> Glaswegian would never make a long-term chart star.
>
> He chose McManus because he believed she would be a money-spinner in the
> mould of his other successes, Teletubbies and Power Rangers.
>
> "She's not a pop idol in the old fashioned sense, though maybe times are
> changing," he said.
>
> But the acid-tongued critic added: "I thought she should win anyway."
>
> McManus' album has flopped compared to other Pop Idol winners. It has sold
> only one sixth of Will Young's debut album From Now On, reports Sky.com.
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