Morten Harket Quotes

I love 'X Factor,' and I love Sharon: she's brilliant.

I'm always being asked if I watch 'The X Factor,' and I do from time to time. I know it makes for great TV and that Simon Cowell has a real gift.

I'm proud to be involved with Simon Cowell and 'X Factor.'

The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means.

This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.

I like 'X Factor' as much as the next person, but I do get overwhelmed with the amount of reality TV. It's such cheap programming and such a load of rubbish, most of it.

Obviously, the Sixties was a time when everyone wanted to experiment, and then everything became very formulated and corporate, so artists tended to get pushed into a kind of pattern. Now, I think that has continued with the emergence of televised talent shows like 'X Factor.'

If pop culture is a pool, it never hurts to dive into the deep end once in a while.

'X Factor' was the best experience of my life to be part of a show watched by so many people.

The X Factor' is nothing without Louis Walsh.

The 'X Factor' is the biggest show on TV and the other shows are just copying us with their silly chairs. Simon Cowell is the king of TV and if he's not involved then it's not good.

I've watched 'Strictly' every single year. I think the only year I didn't watch it was when I was on 'X Factor!' I was a bit busy in 2012! But apart from that, I've always watched it.

I'm loving 'X Factor,' I'm having the most fun. I love the idea and I love the celebrities.

Strictly?' That's for older people, I watch 'X Factor.'

When you think about the 'X Factor,' you're always going to think about Cheryl because she was a massive part of it. Huge.

I have nothing negative to say about 'X Factor,' it's the best show in the world.

But shows like 'The X Factor' are a great showcase but people are not taking it for real music.

I thought about going onto the first one, Pop Idol. My mum was saying, 'Go on!' But I decided not to. 'The X Factor,' though, doesn't really seem to be a show about musical talent anymore.

I grew up watching 'American Idol.'

There's not enough silliness in the world. Eurovision helps to keep it balanced.

'The X Factor' has brought so much joy to so many people.

I like 'My Ugly Duckling,' 'High School Rapper,' 'Newlywed Diary,' and 'Radio Star.'

For me, Mr. T and Donald Trump are the same sort of phenomenon - they're guys with catchphrases and wacky hair.

The way I work, and the material we work with, I think if you analyze too much and have too many specific ideas, it just becomes a little bit too superficial, and then performances might become too self-conscious and project relatively narrow things.

They haven't had 'The X Factor' in Finland for ten years. But because I was on it and it was such a hit, they decided to bring it back and have me as a judge.