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"Paul Weller has claimed that he would be embarrassed if he ever got involved in a TV talent show and mocked &amp;quot;edgy&amp;quot; contestants on Simon Cowell&amp;#039;s X Factor. The former Jam and Style Council singer spoke to the Radio Times about his dislike for shows such as The X Factor and The Voice UK.   &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d be too embarrassed to be on those shows. You get some of these kids who think they&amp;#039;re a little bit &amp;#039;edgy&amp;#039;, got a bit of a Pete Doherty haircut,&amp;quot; said Weller. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re not edgy, really, mate. Otherwise you wouldn&amp;#039;t be on an effing talent show, would you? &amp;quot;Would I be a judge? Would I hell.&amp;quot; Speaking about whether Cowell deserved credit for the record-breaking US success of boyband One Direction, he added: &amp;quot;Dunno, &amp;#039;cause I&amp;#039;ve never heard &amp;#039;em. I do know what you&amp;#039;re talking about. But I wouldn&amp;#039;t give him anything, personally.&amp;quot; TV presenter and musician Jools Holland agreed with Weller, claiming that X Factor was a &amp;quot;competition&amp;quot; and not art. &amp;quot;Budding artists need a break, I suppose. But music&amp;#039;s not like a competition. It&amp;#039;s an art form,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I wouldn&amp;#039;t knock the competition shows if that&amp;#039;s what people want to do. &amp;quot;But there&amp;#039;s a difference between having it like a gameshow and having it as something that connects with your spirit and moves you... that&amp;#039;s what music&amp;#039;s supposed to be about.&amp;quot;  &amp;gt; Paul Weller: &amp;#039;Peppa Pig makes more sense than X Factor&amp;#039;  &amp;gt; Paul Weller is a closet &amp;#039;X Factor&amp;#039; fan, says Noel Gallagher "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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