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Cruelty as Thankgiving entertainment: "NOOOOOOOOOO..."
X Factor, 13 year old Beatrice Miller, who has been on a steady emotional decline as the show has progressed, was sent packing last night. When asked if she was "OK," she managed to howl through her tears "NOOOOOOOOOO..." Welcome to the machine.
'X Factor' Pares Down to Top Eight in Thanksgiving Massacre
Teary goodbyes as Beatrice Miller, Arin Ray fall shy of Top Eight
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/x-factor-pares-down-to-top-eight-in-thanksgiving-massacre-20121123
By
Katy Kroll
November 23, 2012 9:40 AM
Thanks for nothing, X Factor. After an enjoyable day of stuffing our belly alongside family and friends, we came home to a total bummer of a double elimination on Thanksgiving night.
While Arin Ray's 10th-place departure from the show was expected – he's been circling the drain for a while – it was the tearful ouster of cutesy pie Beatrice Miller that made us wish we hadn't turned on the TV. (Adding insult to injury was that Paige Thomas got off scott free, somehow avoiding the bottom three despite a poor performance last night – and pretty much every night.)
The worst part was that poor little Beatrice saw it coming, like a train barreling down on her when there was nothing she could do. It started with a lip quiver as the totally dysfunctional duo of Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez told act after act they were safe, then quickly moved into full-blown tears as Beatrice learned she'd have to sing for survival against two-time bottom dweller CeCe Frey (guess America is filled with heart- and soul-less viewers). Before you knew it, you were watching a sobbing 13-year-old's dreams get crushed on what should have been a happy day. Call it a Thanksgiving she'll never forget – most likely because it'll keep coming up over and over in future therapy sessions.
The usually bubbly Beatrice, wearing a sadly ironic "popular" hat, could barely make it through her sing-off song, the heart-wrenchingly apropos "White Flag" by Dido, as tears welled up and her voice cracked on the lyric "I will go down with this ship, I won't put my hands up and surrender." Then, we were forced to watch a little girl's heart break over and over as three out of four of the judges said she was the one who should go home. Final vote-caster Simon Cowell seemed to pull the trigger out of pity, presumably knowing she didn't have a chance in hell of winning and sparing us the grief of watching this all unfold again a few weeks down the line. As reality sunk in, Beatrice broke down and hung her head while apologizing to her family for "letting them down." Talk about a holiday buzzkill.
Teary goodbyes as Beatrice Miller, Arin Ray fall shy of Top Eight
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/x-factor-pares-down-to-top-eight-in-thanksgiving-massacre-20121123
By
Katy Kroll
November 23, 2012 9:40 AM
Thanks for nothing, X Factor. After an enjoyable day of stuffing our belly alongside family and friends, we came home to a total bummer of a double elimination on Thanksgiving night.
While Arin Ray's 10th-place departure from the show was expected – he's been circling the drain for a while – it was the tearful ouster of cutesy pie Beatrice Miller that made us wish we hadn't turned on the TV. (Adding insult to injury was that Paige Thomas got off scott free, somehow avoiding the bottom three despite a poor performance last night – and pretty much every night.)
The worst part was that poor little Beatrice saw it coming, like a train barreling down on her when there was nothing she could do. It started with a lip quiver as the totally dysfunctional duo of Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez told act after act they were safe, then quickly moved into full-blown tears as Beatrice learned she'd have to sing for survival against two-time bottom dweller CeCe Frey (guess America is filled with heart- and soul-less viewers). Before you knew it, you were watching a sobbing 13-year-old's dreams get crushed on what should have been a happy day. Call it a Thanksgiving she'll never forget – most likely because it'll keep coming up over and over in future therapy sessions.
The usually bubbly Beatrice, wearing a sadly ironic "popular" hat, could barely make it through her sing-off song, the heart-wrenchingly apropos "White Flag" by Dido, as tears welled up and her voice cracked on the lyric "I will go down with this ship, I won't put my hands up and surrender." Then, we were forced to watch a little girl's heart break over and over as three out of four of the judges said she was the one who should go home. Final vote-caster Simon Cowell seemed to pull the trigger out of pity, presumably knowing she didn't have a chance in hell of winning and sparing us the grief of watching this all unfold again a few weeks down the line. As reality sunk in, Beatrice broke down and hung her head while apologizing to her family for "letting them down." Talk about a holiday buzzkill.
