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READING COMPREHENSION


The X Factor


Tens of millions of television viewers around the world have become familiar with the musical talent show The X Factor, which originated in Britain in 2004 and has since become an international franchise. In some countries the name is different — for example, Factor X in Spain and XSeer Al Najah in Arabic-speaking countries — but the format is usually the same: aspiring pop singers or groups compete in front of a Nsmall group of judges, and a large studio audience, for the prize of a lucrative recording contract.

The British version of the show has been enormously successful. Broadcast on Saturday evenings between August and December, it is watched by an average of around 13 million people — more than a fifth of the population. The studio audience is extremely enthusiastic (at times almost hysterical) and the four judges, who give their opinions immediately after each performance, are usually jeered if they make negative comments. The TV audience votes by telephone for their favourite act, and on Sunday evening the results are announced in a follow-up show. The two acts who receive the fewest votes from the public normally have to perform again in the followup show, and then their fate is in the hands of the judges: the one the judges think has sung better stays in the competition, but the loser is eliminated.

As the competition progresses, the performers are in the public eye for far longer than two evenings a week: their talents (or lack of), personalities and off-stage behaviour are also discussed endlessly by gossip magazines and tabloids, their faces frequently appearing on the front pages. Feelings run so high that campaigns for or against certain contestants are launched on social networking sites.

In Britain, winning The X Factor guarantees that a singer or group will be able to make a lot of money from their music, at least in the short term. In most years, for example, the debut single by the winner, released in December, has reached the top of the singles charts by Christmas.

Some people, however, think the programme has too much influence on the music-buying public, which is why in 2009 there was a successful campaign to encourage people to buy an alternative single and thereby ensure the song by The X Factor’s winner wouldn’t be number one at Christmas. The campaign is being repeated this year. Another kind of protest against the 2010 competition was when a lot of people tried to undermine it by voting every week for the contestant with by far the worst singing voice — he was finally eliminated only in late November.



Exercise 1

Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F), or if the text doesn’t say (D).


1. The contestants on the British version of The X Factor perform in London.

2. The winner in 2010 was the contestant with the worst singing voice.

3. There are three judges.

4. The song by the winner of the 2009 competition was number one at Christmas that year.

5. The studio audience usually likes it when the judges make negative comments.

6. The TV audience for the programme increases as the competition progresses.

7. The judges decide which two acts have to perform again in the follow-up programme on Sunday evening.

8. The judges are the same people every week.

9. Spain has its own version of The X Factor.

10. Every country in Europe has its own version of The X Factor.



Exercise 2

Answer the questions below.

1. What kind of British newspapers endlessly discuss the contestants on The X Factor?

2. What do the winners of the competition receive?

3. When was the programme first shown on British TV?

4. On average, what proportion of the British population watches The X Factor on a Saturday evening?

5. What example of the show’s ‘influence on the music-buying public’ is given in the text?

6. In what way have campaigns in 2009 and 2010 tried to undermine this influence?

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COMPRENSIÓN LECTORA

El factor X

Decenas de millones de televidentes de todo el mundo se han familiarizado con el programa de talentos musicales The X Factor, que se originó en Gran Bretaña en 2004 y desde entonces se ha convertido en una franquicia internacional. En algunos países el nombre es diferente, por ejemplo, Factor X en España y XSeer Al Najah en países de habla árabe, pero el formato suele ser el mismo: los aspirantes a cantantes o grupos pop compiten frente a un grupo de jueces Nsmall, y un gran audiencia de estudio, por el premio de un lucrativo contrato de grabación.

La versión británica del espectáculo ha sido enormemente exitosa. Transmitido los sábados por la noche entre agosto y diciembre, es visto por un promedio de alrededor de 13 millones de personas, más de una quinta parte de la población. La audiencia del estudio es extremadamente entusiasta (a veces casi histérica) y los cuatro jueces, que emiten sus opiniones inmediatamente después de cada presentación, generalmente se burlan si hacen comentarios negativos. La audiencia televisiva vota por teléfono su acto favorito, y el domingo por la noche los resultados se anuncian en un programa de seguimiento. Los dos actos que reciben la menor cantidad de votos del público normalmente tienen que actuar nuevamente en el programa de seguimiento, y luego su destino está en manos de los jueces: el que los jueces creen que ha cantado mejor permanece en la competencia, pero el perdedor está eliminado

A medida que avanza la competencia, los artistas están en el ojo público por mucho más de dos noches a la semana: sus talentos (o falta de ellos), personalidades y comportamiento fuera del escenario también son discutidos sin fin por revistas de chismes y tabloides, sus caras aparecen con frecuencia en Las portadas. Los sentimientos son tan altos que se lanzan campañas a favor o en contra de ciertos concursantes en las redes sociales.

En Gran Bretaña, ganar The X Factor garantiza que un cantante o grupo podrá ganar mucho dinero con su música, al menos a corto plazo. En la mayoría de los años, por ejemplo, el single debut del ganador, lanzado en diciembre, alcanzó la cima de las listas de singles en Navidad.

Sin embargo, algunas personas piensan que el programa tiene demasiada influencia en el público que compra música, por lo que en 2009 hubo una exitosa campaña para alentar a las personas a comprar un sencillo alternativo y, por lo tanto, garantizar que la canción del ganador de The X Factor no Sé el número uno en Navidad. La campaña se repite este año. Otro tipo de protesta contra la competencia de 2010 fue cuando muchas personas intentaron socavarla votando cada semana por el concursante con la peor voz de canto: finalmente fue eliminado solo a fines de noviembre.