The second season of X-Factor debuted last night, which was notable mainly because it gave America its first peek at “Britney Spears: Singin’ Judge.” Buzzfeed has a comprehensive GIF rundown of the various face-related things she did during the auditions (including Thinking Britney, Waving Britney, Clapping Britney, and, uh, Even More Clapping Britney), but once things got underway the real showstopper was 19-year-old Jillian Jensen, who told a very personal story about being bullied before performing her song and making everybody cry a lot, including Simon. It’s cute, and it’s a nice story, and it’s a … uh … [lower lip begins to tremble] … a … SHUT UP YOU’RE CRYING I LIKE SPORTS FEELINGS ARE STUPID.
[clears throat, collects self]
Anyway, for those of you keeping score at home in your OMG BRITNEY VS. XTINA game programs, Christina’s singing show (The Voice) whupped Britney’s in the ratings by over 3 million viewers last night, which — besides bringing the score to Britney 500, Christina 11 — gives me a pretty great excuse to post this GIF:
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I realize I am pretty new here… at least to the comment section… and I risk being abjured, but I watched and enjoyed the hell out of the X-Factor last night. Bit Bit is looking quite used up, but hey, the same can be said about me… Overall it was a nice premiere and Jillian Jensen clearly grew up in the wrong part of the world, since I would have totally been into her in high school…
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Yes! That is what I was expecting! Well played sir!
Your lucid and honest comment almost makes up for the fact that you’re a Penguins fan.
GRRR I LIKE SPORTS TOO
Thank you… thank you very much! Flyers fan?
/googles abjured
By my solemn oath, you are hereby repudiated.
Adjured? Repudiated? Fuck guys, calm down. Where’s the ALL CAPZ?
This pretty much made my Friday!
Honestly, I’m surprised that there haven’t been more Britney gifs circulating around before this.
L.A. Reid… not likely to be featured Black History Month.
He has a name? I always just thought of him as “Hipster-Seal.”
Hey now, without hispter seal, we don’t get OutKast or Cee-Lo. If he wants to reality judge or impersonate Cobra Commander on a Ross album, it’s fine by me.
Song was beautiful. I have no snark. Hope she keeps singing and reaches her dreams. Good for her.
FYI, the only gif that’s missing is “inconspicuous Pepsi Britney” which of course does not exist.
seriously? am i the only one rooting for her to fucking lose?
Did anyone else watch The Voice last night? Because there was this absolute crazy lady named Domo or something who was the neediest human being I have ever seen.
Even Christina seemed a little freaked out by it.
Saw that. Hoped that nobody would pick her. Cee-Lo decided that humanity must suffer. Watch her fucking win and get famous.
Seriously what drug is Britney on. Everything I’ve seen from her (exluding this clip because I refuse to watch it) makes her look like a cult member who can almost pretend to be a normal member of society.
I say she’s commiting a Heath Ledger in the next 5-8 years.
Fuck, now I have diabetes.
The introductory thing and the video about having been bullied were presented very phony-like (which is probably unavoidable for a show in this format), but damn that girl can sing, and the stuff after her song, although it lasted too long, made me a believer. I’d be rooting for her if I watched the show. Instead I’ll just offer my one-time wish that she wins all the… factors? X’s?
All the “talent” shows are really, really edited so it’s tough to find the genuineness in what happens, but damn do they ever know how to get an emotional response. It’s almost like a formula.
LL, oh it’s absolutely a formula, and that was some great emotional editing, I highly doubt it happened too much like that live.
I worked for a few reality shows, and all I will say about that is the formula exists.
I don’t think I’m imagining that Simon popped some Altoids to cover up his verklemptness. I’m pretty sure I heard a little warble when he started speaking.
Well, good for her.
I must be dead inside, I felt nothing. I chuckled at that chicks crying face.
Jesus, Chuck.
I agree with you Chucky P.
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That was a very touching moment.
*Looks in mirror*
Bears – Packers. Bears – Packers. Bears – Packers.
Anyone else want to see an entire show based on the kid-in-orange’s reaction at 5:46-5:48? If nothing else, he should co-star in the next Old Spice commercial with Terry Crews.
I’m a genuinely terrible person so deal with me on this but I’d love to know what she was bullied so terribly for? She’s pretty, thin and has talent. There are people with so much less. Get over it, tell those bullies to fuck off and deal with it like everyone else who was born before 1995 had to. Sheesh.
Before the internet, cell phones and the like you could escape people like that, it’s a lot different now, or so it would seem, what would I know I graduated 13 years ago, I already feel the Alzheimer’s setting in
I laughed during most of that, especially when they showed Demi Lovato’s expressionless tear-face and pretty much every one of that girl’s reactions.
Lost in all this is – what if the bullies were right? She totally could’ve sucked in middle school. Hell, someone should definitely make fun of her for that outfit.
Well fuck I kinda wanna watch this now.
Reality my ass. That was just an overproduced ratings grab.
I was fine with this until someone in the control room noticed an actual tear running down Lovato’s face and radioed the camera operator to zoom in on it. Then I went “Oh, right. Overproduced ‘reality’ competition. Unsubscribe.”
Was I the only one hoping for the GIF after the jump to be some unknown 1990′s Britney/Christina touchy, feely, dry hump-a-palooza?
That poor thing, with her pretty face, and her great voice, and her supportive parents