{"id":4994,"date":"2015-11-23T13:38:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T21:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/?p=4994"},"modified":"2015-11-23T06:50:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T14:50:25","slug":"dj-anton-stephans-x-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/dj-anton-stephans-x-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Anton Stephans&#8217; Rant on X Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4995\" style=\"width: 523px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/xf-acts-5-tellymix.co_.uk_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4995\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/xf-acts-5-tellymix.co_.uk_.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: tellymix.co.uk\" width=\"523\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/xf-acts-5-tellymix.co_.uk_.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/xf-acts-5-tellymix.co_.uk_-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: tellymix.co.uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can&#8217;t flip tv channels for long before landing on some kind of show that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/simon-cowells-ultimate-dj-show-will-be-world-cup-of-edm-via-mixmag\/\">pits entertainers of any kind against judges<\/a>. The idea behind these shows is that the judges are experts, and more or less are there to express the will of the people. Whether it&#8217;s Simon Cowell or Howard Stern, the assumption is that these people are the gate keepers of the music industry. Impress them and you&#8217;re in. They, in turn, will use and abuse you to measure your talent and your worth.<\/p>\n<p>The whole thing is completely contrived. I&#8217;m not saying that the performers aren&#8217;t talented. (Ok, some aren&#8217;t!) But, the whole judging bit is fake and loaded with a misplaced sense of self-importance.<\/p>\n<p>Take, for example, the exchange between X Factor&#8217;s Nick Grimshaw and DJ Anton Stephans. Grimshaw accused Stephans of being fake. &#8220;He&#8217;s just a DJ with famous friends,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Was Grimshaw right? Maybe these talent shows have run their course and need to end. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.celebrity.yahoo.com\/post\/133790077409\/x-factors-anton-stephans-blasts-nick-grimshaw\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">You can&#8217;t flip tv channels for long before landing on some kind of show that pits entertainers of any kind against judges. The idea behind these shows is that the&hellip;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[400,7],"tags":[3227,3228,3229,2658],"views":1236,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4996,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994\/revisions\/4996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}