My thoughts on Seann Miley Moore and X Factor...

Hey Divas,

As you know, I have been writing for the Mirror Online for a while now about X Factor and what I think about each week. Here's the link to the last two blogs I wrote:

Saturday: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/x-factors-kitty-brucknell-asks-6791231
Sunday: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/disgusted-horrified-kitty-brucknell-reveals-6795732

I thought I would write a little more on here about my thoughts behind what happened last Sunday. I was in so much shock, sitting on the bed with my mum and we were just screaming at the TV. A cynical person would say that's exactly what the producers want, after all, the more people talk about the show the more people watch it, the more ratings go up, the more they want these shocking results. It's an endless circle, and there seems no stopping it.

I just felt that after Sunday night, things had gone too far. It's one thing to say "there's always shock exits, it's nothing new", but I actually really believed that Seann would buck the trend and go on to win. If I was an unknown singer, sitting at home with my pink and purple hair, wondering if I should enter the show or not, Sunday night's result would have put that idea right back in the box. I wonder how many other kids who err on the side of "a bit quirky and unusual" we will never see because their champion has been so unceremoniously kicked off the biggest show on TV. It certainly says a lot about our culture.

It took me 4 years to really believe in myself - I had a lot of knockbacks after the show finished, people telling me I basically wasn't worth anything at all and that I should give up on my dream. This didn't come from twitter trolls, but from industry people who I had previously admired. Everything that I am as an artist, I was told was wrong and "attention seeking". To be told that you are basically useless, as a person and as a musician, was pretty hard to deal with, and it took a lot of inner strength to pull myself through that.

I get so many messages from kids who are bullied in their day to day lives for being "different", and I had hoped that Seann would finally buck the trend, and come out on top, to show all these misfits that they CAN make a difference, and that their dreams are not just fantasies unlikely to come true. It just feels like on X Factor last night, it sent the message that if you are talented, unusual and a true artist, you will get sent home in favour of a kid who had a tantrum on TV and sings out of tune.

That's pretty harsh I know, and I actually like Mason a lot. I think he's talented and a great performer. But he was on his way to making it before he entered the show, and probably would have been signed even if he had left on Sunday. It probably wouldn't have made a difference at all to his career. But it would have done with Seann and my heart is just breaking right now.

Seann - just get out there and make a great album. We will all buy it, and you will have that Madison Square Garden show xxx

xxxx Kitty

My X Factor Blog for The Mirror!

Just a quick one, but if you didn't already know - I'm currently blogging for the Mirror Online about X Factor each week. I am so excited to get this opportunity to write something each week, and I've got so into this series. I think it started slow, but since bootcamp it's really picked up and Sunday night was just insane! What was Mason Noise thinking? I can't actually work out whether he is incredibly smart and switched on, or just insanely dumb. My PR friend Rob thinks it's the former. I'm just so confused.

And...I actually think Sean Miley Moore can win. At least, I hope so, because I'm really fed up of having super bland singers with zero personality win this show. It's about time that the X Factor winner was someone who could genuinely sell millions of records. I actually think Sean could be it. I just love him!

Anyway - you can read all my blogs and more by going to this link: www.mirror.co.uk/kittybrucknell

Enjoy!

Divaland is open!!!

Hi Divas!!

I am so excited to be launching my blog for you all. This is something I've been working on for the past few months and I'm now ready to launch it!

I've been working hard on my new album for ages, but I simply love writing and I've always wanted a platform to be able to share with you what's going on in my life, but also things that happen along the way. It seems I'm always having adventures!

Before I write any more, I want to give a big shout out to a few people who helped me put this blog together - Erin, who did a LOT of work on the coding with all the menus - she worked so hard on it, so a huge thank you to her! You can see her blog here actually: http://fashionconsciousfeminist.blogspot.co.uk She'll be launching that soon, so keep an eye out for it :D

Big huge shout out to Ant as well - thanks for sorting my template out and all the pictures! His graphic design work is awesome, so go check him out - https://www.facebook.com/anthonymw?fref=ts

I've always thought it would be great to have a place where you could go to find all the cool crazy stuff. There's not really any blogs that really focus on the things that I really love, it's all sort of very specialised, so I figured I'd make one myself! Divaland is a place where you can find everything about everything, from how to dye your hair rainbow coloured, to where to get decent vitamins from, how to have Tea at the Ritz for £6.50...and much much more. At least, that's the idea! We'll see where this goes...

At the moment, I'm also writing an X Factor blog for the Mirror Online - you can see all my posts here: http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/kitty-brucknell - which is super fun...and basically gave me a boost to get this blog going!

I'm about to get ready for an LFW (that's London Fashion Week) party so.... please follow and check back! I'll be posting hopefully once a day, but even if I don't, that means there's lots to catch up on!

Let me know in the comments what you want me to write about, give advice on, anything really!

Big HUGE Divahugs xxoxo

Kitty