X-Factor losers attack reality TV
Magician Paul Daniels and his wife Debbie McGee launched an attack on reality television today as they spoke of their joy at appearing on the new X Factor show.
Mr Daniels, who with his wife became the first celebrity crooners to be voted off the new X Factor show last night, said he had enjoyed a “great three weeks” of preparing as it had been “laugh, laugh, laugh all the way”.
He said: “We are professional entertainers, that is what we do for a living and our job was to go in and make that studio jump and we did, it was just sensational.”
Ms McGee said they had a “great time” and the reaction they had received had been fantastic.
She said: “We are really glad we got booted off as they put it in the papers because we got so much sympathy from everybody.”
Asked whether there were other television shows he would like to take part in, Mr Daniels said he believed reality TV programmes such as Big Brother and I’m A Celebrity were the “most boring shows on television”.
He said: “Nothing happens. I am not really interested in people getting into bed with each other because I know people do that – big deal.”
He added that such shows were just “boring TV”.
“I switched on the other night and within minutes of me channel hopping I heard some guy on about his buddies and using four letter words.
“I thought, there is no fun in this, there is no entertainment in this. This is just people being disgusting. They are the bottom end of the market. Where do they find them, you know.”
He said the comedian Joe Pasquale who appeared on I’m A Celebrity was a “great entertainer” but all he had been asked to do was appear in situations such as having a box of rats running over him.
Ms McGee, said she had heard from friends who had appeared on Big Brother and I’m A Celebrity that you do not get fed very well on such shows.
Mr Daniels said one of the big surprises on appearing on the X Factor show had been how nice Simon Cowell had been.
He added that he and Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles had also got on very well.
Mr Daniels and Ms McGee had been impressed by Mr Moyles’ performance and they said they believed he could win the show.
Mr Daniels said Mr Moyles had the tremendous back-up of appearing on Radio 1. He said the other celebrities they hoped might win were ex-Coronation actress Nikki Sanderson, and England and Bath rugby player Matt Stevens.
Mr Daniels said he believed Rebecca Loos and James Hewitt could be the next to be voted off the show.
The new version of the popular ITV1 show, which began last night, will run every night until next Monday.
