You absolutely deserve and apology for this. Everything you said 100% happened. There are several people who worked backstage that support you completely, had nothing to do with setting anyone up and weren't part of this whole conspiracy thing that happened to a lot of contestants and not just you. Everything was micro-managed about the show, everything was about the show, the show was lived and breathed by the people in charge of it. The three production companies, ITV not having much to do with the day to day operations, Thames/Fremantle that controlled absolutely everything and SYCO that was 100% involved in the whole thing. Just because Simon Cowell wasn't on that season didn't mean he wasn't managing and manipulating the whole thing. Richard Holloway was his hitman and would do anything Cowell wanted to get the show ahead of any competition and to create as much scandal as possible around it so everyone would be talking about it throughout the week and not just when it aired. The shock moments were all manipulated, over edited just like yours, heavily scripted, things were shot afterwards to get the right reactions, just like the "no baby no" was. There is nothing that wasn't manipulated backstage, it was a toxic environment. People filed complaints but nothing was done about it. The working environment was really toxic and that has been called out too. Your video is the best one I have seen, you named the right names, you have the proof. It would be better if you blacked out the @ part and put the names of the people that sent you the emails. They are all involved. Everything is set up. Oli the producer you named would be Oli Head. Also involved that haven't been named yet are Mark Sidaway who was called out for sexual abuse on twitter by @yogajaykay and that wasn't dealt with either. Louis team were the absolute worst, they made the environment just as toxic. They worked him up before he went out there. That would be partly Anna Cash (annacashmakeup and several other accounts) who was sleeping with Sidaway and Caroline Mactaggart (carolinemactaggartstylist). Caroline was forced on Louis who used to complain about her on and off and later Sharon O., her daughter Kinvara Mactaggart was an associate producer there and was involved in settling people like you up and SURPRISE! Kinvara is living with Tom Gorst, son of Sylvia Coleman who was the woman from Sony that you would have seen. See how this works now? It's all interconnected. All neoptism to get up to the top jobs. All a bunch of rotten people who don't care about anything except themselves and the fame they can get for themselves. Toxic to work with. They used to work themselves up drinking in the dressing room laughing at the contestants and talking about how awful they were. The bully seed with Misha B is an example of that. They were talking about that sitting there laughing like she wasn't a real person and totally innocent of their claims. Setting people like you up was second nature, they were doing it backstage already. Check out Anna Cash's page on Facebook to get the photos for proof that they are all connected because these people do nothing to hide it. I am not sure that Gary Barlow was in on the whole thing willingly. He was making waves and had several arguments backstage that season as well as walking off the stage when Richard Holloway interfered with the show during filming to keep Rylan for the shock value. The whole thing is so toxic I can't begin to describe it. I feel horrible for what happened to you. Amelia Brown is now in charge at Thames but was in on the whole setup of contestants so they will just say they are "looking in to it" if you try to go to them. 100% responsible for the mental anguish caused to so many people. This whole thing needs to come out in the press. The people involved need to be named and exposed and even if most of them have moved on to other shows they need to be stopped from doing damage to more people. Ian Royce the warm-up guy has been called out on twitter for sexual abuse. These people all have twitter, instagram, they should be tagged along with your video and made to explain why they thought people's lives were worth nothing but ratings. It's abuse and it's mentally damaging. There is no duty of care backstage because that is where the abuse starts with that group and a few others that work there screaming at anyone that interferes. There is always booze there, the crew I named into the alcohol and drunk on the job and other things flow freely there too. It was a clique and they ran the whole thing. Nigel Hall from SYCO was married to Shu Green at ITV so there was no help there. Nigel Hall has a home next door to Holloway and said stuff about him at the same time. Everyone is out for themselves and to make the show as controversial as possible. If anyone speaks up about any of these people they get punished or worse. You feel like you will be black listed in the industry if you go against them because they have a choke hold on the show. Please continue with your part 2. Investigate all of this and more and make a part 3 even. The media need to get involved because there are real people being hurt with this scripted pack of lies. The people involved need to be held responsible instead of what they did to Misha B and others saying it is being looked into and a fake statement from Thames, SYCO, and ITV issued. Jimmy Savile was exposed, this needs to be too. It is much deeper than what they did to you, in a way you should be thankful you never got further in the show because the abuse, the NDAs, the things that happened in the supposedly haunted contestant house, the sleeping with people to get an advantage on the show, the sexual abuse that has been covered up, it all needs to come out. I am really glad you have been able to put this video together, your mental health is the most important thing. Your career and your life has been affected. You are an amazing singer and an amazing strong person. Don't let anything get in your way to tell the truth. Anything else you need to know or need help with there are so many people wanting to tell their story and I am here to support you.
@@ZoeAlexander I watched your audition on you tube and thought that the judges were harsh, especially Louie, had no Idea it's all a setup with editing, so if you got No's from the judges how do the bad singers get on? I was disappointed for the way you were treated considering you can sing (well).
The judges themself might not have. The producers probably did. I haven’t watched the video completely yet so idk what she says. But the judges usually don’t decide anything usually just producers.
she kept repeating “you told me to sing a pink song”. rewatching the audition, you can literally see the sinking moment when she realized she was set up. evil producers.
@@StarDreamsStudios if you were set up to be publicly humiliated and made fun of in front of millions of people I am 100% sure you’d act the exact same way or worse. Her reaction was completely justifiable and she deserves a public apology AND more.
@@StarDreamsStudios they also didn’t play the second song through the stage speakers so she couldn’t hear it properly and sang badly. Also she was under extreme stress as you would be if you realised you were set up by a HUGE show in order to humiliate you.
I was in the audience, and yes you are correct about the footage being fabricated those producers and editors are really unfair and I am so sorry for you!!
Right! I seriously used to believe that some people were actors and got paid so they can make the show dramatic. But using real auditioning people is messed up
as someone with social anxiety, you have survived my worst nightmare. keep going my love and i'm so proud of you for doing things people like me could never do 💞
Hey, never say never!you are stronger than you ever can imagine and things you might not ever imagine achieving now you can conquer in the future. Be proud of yourself for even writing your comment. Take care and best wishes for your future ✌️👍from 🇮🇪
Compared to a lot of other auditions, the judges were really nice about it. It was really back stages fault. She shouldn’t have overrated like that at the judges.
I work in TV. The minute I heard you said ‘you told me to sing a pink song’, I knew straight away you was set up. TV is fake at front, and cruel behind the scenes. Whatever you’re doing these days I hope this isn’t still affecting you in terms of life and livelihood. If it is I would do everything j can to sue X factor.
The worst part is the way she’s attacking the cameras, you can literally see her breaking down and they keep getting in her face, of course she’s going to retaliate but they make her seem crazy
Exactly, I saw it before then after the truth came out and now I see it in a different light, it hit me that xfactor is a money hungry, sensationalist corporation with no moral values for each contestants well being. Sad really, like she had to have been frustrated all day to react like that as many others have, outbursts don't just appear out of nowhere like shown in the xfactor
@Kevin-tb8nglol people will do anything to get views or fame. In that sense I take it Xfactor views were on a downer and they needed a mule to make a fool out of herself so people get interested again. Unfortunately it was Zoe
Noticed anything in common regarding TV scandals over the last few years? X Factor. Jeremy Kyle. Love Island. This Morning. They're all ITV programming. Maybe that says something about ITV's producers and executives.
I also heard American Idol does bad things. At each of their stops in major cities, tons of people line up outside to get in to sing before the judges. I heard producers outside pick people who are good and they pick people who aren't good, but lie and say "Oh you're good", just to humiliate them for the sake of entertainment. Very sad and rude.
I’m here from seeing SunnyV2’s video popping up in my recommended and honestly big up to you for standing up to these massive bullies. I’ve got nothing but HUGE respect for you. And truthfully (I actually disagree with Sunny’s video’s title), your life hasn’t been ruined, you’ve gained respect and support from all us viewers for being the very brave and wonderful soul you are, unafraid of exposing these tv bigots. Sending much love to you and your fam in 2023 ^v^ ❤
Unfortunately I’ve done a singing tv once for the voice kids and the contract you sign let them edit your audition to make you look how they want you to look on TV. She can’t sue because of that contract that had to sign. It’s really messed up.
Once she said they insisted she “beg, cry, plead” after getting a no I knew it was true. Too often do we see “bad contestants” on XFactor and other shows like this who precede to continue singing even to the dismay and frustration of the judges. Makes me think of how many people XFactor has humiliated and manipulated with the idea of becoming a promising contestant on the show.
I KNEW something felt off when you said "you told me to sing a pink song" And why camera men basically harassed you when you ran off stage, they WANTED to make you seem like a crazy egotistical brat, im so so sorry you had to go through that, it's so twisted!
me too. & this is how I feel with every video, they don't connect & they feel off. I'm really good at reading body languages & I knew she was being serious
I just saw a clip of her audition on a compilation video. When she yelled you made me sing pink! You could tell someone coerced her. Her face was the look of pure shock and disbelief
I think all the ones where they sing pretty good we’re staged or set up, the ones where they were terrible singers and angry people (like Abby and Lisa) were either actors used to add entertainment, or real people that actually sing bad
It's so sad to hear such a story from the other end. When I was younger, my sister and I applied for the Dutch X Factor as a group. We were underdeveloped musically and there were many groups better than us, but because we were an ethnically interesting brother-sister duo were picked up by the producers and got way too far in the competition. All our false notes were cut out and I remember us feeling horrible for our fellow contesters who probably deserved it more. My heart goes out to you Zoe, in the end it's us musicians who need to support each other and not rely on these big commercial shitshows.
Those greedy idiot show producers ruin people’s life with scams and lies just for “entertainment”. They staged it and edited it to make it look like a temper tantrum. Truly revolting garbage
Same. I saw this audition, and I was really confused. It didn't add up how upset she was getting, and I knew it had to be for a reason. Actually, someone once told me they thought Xfactor was rigged, now seeing this I know.
From the VERY first "You guys told me to sing a Pink song!" I KNEW they did you dirty. I auditioned for X-Factor USA, and it was so clear what was happening the entire time. Seeing your audition after that experience was shocking. I had my suspicions about what I was seeing, and the way they asked their questions, and when I saw yiur audition I was PISSED. The way your voice shook, you coukdnt doubt that you were telling the truth.
That’s physiological torture. Physically tiring you, then mentally tiring you, then pushing a lie that doesn’t exist. I hope your video reaches far and wide, this is absolutely ridiculous.
That's showbiz. It's DEEPLY toxic. *Sighs.* I was in the Theater & Film worlds for many, MANY YEARS. And even though those worlds are less F'd up than a reality show like X-Factor, there was still a LOT of toxicity, unprofessionalism and backbiting/backstabbing. Auditions are nerve-wracking ALL on their own, BUT, when you add the extra levels of toxicity in an environment like the X-Factor, it becomes an explosive "powder keg" of a situation. It's disgusting and manipulative what happened to her, but I am THOROUGHLY unsurprised.
Exactly!! Like if you really wanted these crazy reactions or “bad singers” just higher low level actors to do it like they do in those fake civil court shows. Why stoop to the level of bringing real people on who have high hopes for their performance just to publicly humiliate them?!
YES I used to think they’d pay people to do bad acts for views but never thought they’d ever do this. This could ruin someone’s life, their mental health
I know I am late to the game, but thank you SO much for sharing your story. It really hits differently when you watch your audition video first, and then watch this, and then your audition again because we can now see it from a different perspective. I am truly sorry you had to go through that. It was very heartbreaking seeing how hurt and betrayed and violated you were, but glad you are able to finally stand strong and speak your truth because that only makes you a stronger person in the end. Hope you are still doing better and thank you again for this! Btw I am leaving this comment on both parts of your videos!
Me too!!! Lol.. Now I hate Hollyweird even more! They preach about Bullying & they are the biggest bullies on the planet! Especially coming from a bunch of has been's that cldnt fill an elevator if they perform! Lmao
pov: you came on YT from Tiktok and found out x factor turned off the comments on the video, then this was a recommended video. Now we all here ready to throw hands for Zoe
They wanted you there so early because it would assure that you were tired and stressed, and more likely to be emotional and easily stirred up. The whole show is fake and exploits people for views. I’m sorry this happened to you, I can tell you have a great voice, nervousness and anxiety take a toll on vocals.
Zoe I'm disgusted with myself. I saw your audition and I laughed I'm now going to APOLOGIZE to you I always thought something was not quite right and I will never watch a reality show again for the rest of my days and it just goes to show what people will do for ratings
Can you please time stamp the spot that convinced you? I didnt see any proof that would convince me that shes gelling the truth. Not saying she's lying, but it just seems we are going off of he said she said.
@@leunamreyo3663 just look at audition closely, you can see everything off abt it, and one youtuber was slowing down frame by frame and you can see where they fabricated footage when she threw the mic, but by just looking at the whole audition its so clear something is off and you can see even her expressions. but its damn xfactor literally you dont need a big brain to realize its fabricated and fake.
@@leunamreyo3663 I know she's telling the truth from intuition alone. Her body language seems right and her story has been consistent from the start. As well as that I've seen several comments from people claiming to have been in the audience that day who say that the audience are instructed to be quiet whilst judges are talking which supports Zoes claims that the audience cheering as the judges berated her was an editing trick to manipulate the audience at home giving the impression that the audience were against her. Even if all those people are lying I have personal experience with reality TV after going on Jeremy Kyle twice. I've witnessed first hand how producers manipulate you backstage and cleverly edit the footage to create a narrative.
Exactly. Says a lot about them. Please we don't want to have negative comments, but we will take the views and clicks. Bad comments are not so good to make contracts with brands and partners
@@gracehargest6927 No, they have it on for many of them, especially older ones. Unless they turned it off recently because they didn't want their terrible reputation to show.
yep, Ariel Burdett (holistic vocal coach) was another example. she passed away after her auditions, and her erratic behaviour was a character, not her actual personality.
Coming from someone who works and has knowledge of the film industry im glad stories like this are getting out. Hopefully it'll make the industry less cut throat and sh*tty.
You ever thought about tweeting this video at Pink? You never know she might see it and share. Although X-factor treated you horribly, I do remember a lot of people saying 'see, its all fake, they definitely told her to sing it.' And now you're here giving the full story, they messed with the wrong girl!
I would of told them where to shove there words what would they of done if I didn't follow their rule arrest me well I would still of just not let people be bullied
Dear Zoe! Thank you so much for posting all this. I watched your audition on RUclips (it was among other auditions), and bought the exact story they wanted to sell: I thought you had some kind of mental issues, and were just an emotional breakdown. - Because they for sure did it well. Hearing you talk here, I now understand that was exactly what they wanted to get out of you. They analysed your story and personality, and this is what they came up with. This is such an eye opener. The lady with the water bottle is such an interesting detail in your story btw … she tried her best to give you hints, given that she of course wasn’t allowed to explain to you why. I’m really happy you seem to be doing well. And I do wish you all the best! 🤗
BTG is better you should check that out idek if they edit it or not but i didnt see anything like that before so im assuming no. If anyone does know if they edit too, please let me know. I like exposing for good.😏
I once had an audition for another ITV talent show, and in my audition (which was in a very large empty room) they asked for my backing track (on a CD) and put it in this tiny portable CD player then asked me to stand on the other side of the room. Without asking if I was ready, they pressed play. I could barely hear and missed my cue which threw me off. I asked to start again and they said no. 6 hour wait in a queue for that. Never auditioned for a “talent” show again.
I'm here from SunnyV2's video. I remember watching your audition at the time and I felt so sorry for you. I thought it was shocking that they aired your emotional breakdown. So proud of you for standing up to those bullies 💪🖤
When she explained her story and when her dad said “you set her up and your not going to get away with this” I literally started crying, god I just feel horrible that she was set up this way.
I KNEW IT, when she said “you guys told me to sing pink song” I just knew she was set up. The look on her face when she realised she was set up hurts me a lot
I knew back then too, my husband and I looked at each other and we slowly stopped watching all those shows and haven't since that year except for specific auditions of people we are fans of.
Same here. I knew you were talking about the producers. They tried making you look crazy. But it didn't make sense that you would say you were told to sing that song if you weren't. But most TV is set up isn't it. And we all believe it..
I’ve been to auditions before and I’ve seen them tell REALLY good people no, but let a man with a chicken suit that can’t sing through. It’s incredibly discouraging.
The way her dog started crying at 31:03 while she's explaining what was probably the most traumatic part of the experience. She was was crying and begging for them to stop and they wouldn't, that must have left one hell of a mark on her and her dog sensed that.❤
I never understood how those shows could have “bad” performances, when they had to be sent videos of these people before they could come on the show anyway. It is always so cruel! I’m so sorry that happened to you.
exactly! you have to audition before so anyone who is awful on that stage was sent there on purpose with the whole point being to humiliate them. it's so disgusting
I always wondered the same thing like if someone didn’t seem good enough why did you let them get through the whole process, I didn’t realize till I was older what they had been doing
Yes! Thats what i was telling myself! Arent u suppose to choose the people of the audition? I already knew they chose people to humiliate them but i didnt know they sabotaged too
All a judge would need to do is watch her audition video to see she was given the opportunity to sing Emiles Sande's Next To Me and ask her who told her to bring a non Pink song and her case would be dismissed so fast. Hopefully, she'd be required to pay the defendant's lawyer fees, issue an apology, and get counseling. I'm telling you the XFactor would LOVE it if she sued them to put an end to this mess as a defendant than be seen as a bully to the obvious mentally ill. The reason she hasn't sued is because she has no case. With this going viral and getting more popular by the day because of tiktok, she might be inching closer to pushing Xfactors legal hand. Thread lightly, girl. The evidence does not back you up. At all.
She was going to explain to the audience that they set her up but they muted her mic, my cousin was in the audience that day and said he said it was suspicious because she said “you didn’t tell me to sing a pink song, your producers did,” but they cut it out of the video. They also messed with her mic and the audio to make her sound bad. My cousin also said that she was about to say something but they muted her mic. this makes *so much sense now.* The reason she had that “freak out” was because she figured out that it had been a set up and she had just embarrassed herself infront of so many people. It must have been traumatic for her. So sorry about that bb💜
It’s honestly really amazing that if you look at the X factors video there’s more dislikes then likes which is good that a ton of people knew what happened and disliked.
I just rewatched your audition having heard your side of the story and it was so upsetting. It was psychological torture, my heart broke for you and your father just trying to stand up for you. You seem like such a wonderful person, I’m so sorry.
Clearly a panic attack. I rewatched it after hearing about it on Tik Tok and I recognized that exact feeling of overwhelming panic and rage and just overflowing emotion.
Wow absolutely did not think I would sit through a 35 minute video but I couldn’t turn it off. This is very eye opening and I’m sorry you went through all of this. You’ve definitely changed my perspective about shows like these, hope all is well with you lately
Zoe I looked this up to see how you were doing now and came across your true account of the situation here. You were great and it just shows the team and panel only care about themselves and the paycheck plus try to boost ratings at the cost of people's feelings. It's good to see you are ok and maybe even some good publicity has come from the bad experience. Going to watch part two in a moment. Wishing you the best.❤
Honestly Zoe you need to sue, what they did to you was absolutely despicable, and they did this just for a pay check; without once caring about your mental health or how damaging this could be for you career. We stan you Zoe ✊
@@patstokes7040 the world is only unfair because we as a society decided to structure it that way and yes “the world does owe everyone equally” because not one person here asked to be born we were shoved into whatever societal construct other people have put in place. we are all literally just tiny atoms at the end of the day so why should any sack of atoms be treated better or worse than another
We’re you not paying attention in the very beginning she said I’ve been getting a lot of messages about what happened on the X factor and to tell everyone what happened
Oooo @ReeceBristow you knew it’d be a dangerous move touching this one. I’m not gonna say anything but I yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh uhmmmmmmm yeahhhhhhhhh lol
@Apollo Lunar Module unfortunately the law doesn’t work in that way. The presumption of innocence is innocent until proven guilty. Guilt hasn’t been proved and it’s not your place to label someone an abuser!
I just got a chance to see this. I am so pleased that you have done this video as me & my wife have always discussed the cruel way the show must edit to fit their agenda (to get the public perception of the contestants) For someone who has been on stage and gone through the whole process from A-Z, is just an amazing insight of X-Factors wicked ways. I am just so sorry for what you have gone through but please stay strong, remain positive, and remember, you had the ability to go on stage and say I did this & gave it a good go. 👏
Wow, this is heartbreaking, I feel so sorry for you and I think you and many others deserve the biggest apology! Thank you for uncovering the truth of ‘reality’ shows and what celebrities are like behind closed doors. ❤️
@Lady Fervor let it go sis. Trump catholic supporters are praying rosary everynight for him via yt channel "the holy faith media". It means he completely deserve to lose the election. He was NOT cheated, if they really believe in their prayers they should have accepted the Will from Above.
I looked up the audition after I saw a tik tok explaining what went down. Watching that after hearing what I did I think your reaction was 100% justified.
That's why i don't watch those fake shows. To me, they seem to bully people in order to get their views. I just happen to watch your audition in another short yt video, but people in comment section led me here. I'm glad, your story and their fake faces are coming out. Stay strong!
@@willtheboss0915 in the audition she told the judges she wants “her own identity as Zoe Alexander and not as pink” but she sang a pink song(her voice was quite nice)but the judges stopped her in the middle when she was singing and told her to sing a second song “and be Zoe Alexander “and then she sang her second song then the judges told her “you need to find your own as Zoe Alexander “and said a lot more I don’t remember....then Zoe said “you told me to sing a pink song” and the judges said “ we didn’t told you to “ and everyone just assumed that she was throwing a fit and putting the blame on the judges. And in this video she says that when she auditioned her first song choice was not a pink song but the xfactor told her to sing a pink song and then on the day of the audition she was supposed to be asked about herself but in the end all they asked her was about pink like”a lot of people ask you that you look like pink right?” or something like that anyway the question they asked always ended up about pink and not Zoe herself and then when it was her turn to be on the stage what I wrote above happened and then they made it look like she was emotionally unstable and so😔. Sorry if my English is wrong and if it’s hard to understand.
Zoe, I am so sorry about what happened to you. It is very sad that there is so much deceit in the music industry. I thought you did very well. Please, don't give up your music. You do it from the heart, you have a terrific voice and stage presence. You also sound like a very sweet and genuine person. I wish you the best of successes!!!!!! 💕🥰🕊️🙏
@@tumbles19911 Forget they paycheck, they will once again try to manipulate her. They want her to stop exposing the show so that people will continue to watch it. That paycheck will not make up the years lost due to trauma.
@@rngalmighty sheeit a couple million and ide say fuck em and move on life's too short to dwell especially if u have been compensated. She's not the only 1 show business screwed over and she certainly wont he the last tell your story make yo money and move on.
I was obsessed with the X Factor until I saw this video. I want to yell at them so bad. This is not acceptable, there’re bullying people until they break. I’m disgusted. A few weeks ago I wanted to audition but after hearing this, I don’t. I’m so sorry you had to go through that.
@@ZoeAlexander I felt u girl! Good thing the X factor is no longer on our TV so no one else could be hurt how do you got! You might’ve not have gotten the golden buzzer or whatever they have, you have golden subs and people who care! Those people are trash and you don’t need the cast and or the people who where there u got us. Therese sooo many things I want to say but it’s all not coming in to words and there’s only a 1% chance ur gonna see this but it’s so sickening how people thought you were just throwing a tantrum but little did we all know that you were being set up and everybody laughed and you were mad and guess what I would’ve been mad too and so I would’ve all the other people! No I didn’t know until a couple months ago because I really didn’t watch Xfactor but girl keep going, forget them 🏝s and I understand why you called Nicole that she was askkking for drama with that “no baby no” though I watch the masked singer, shes a bad person and so is that show! I just found out about this that was bad. Love u girl! - sassy and classy emoji! ❤️❤️❤️
public humiliation is traumatizing and her behavior was not out of the ordinary for what she had to endure not only in front of a crown but also televised
20:15 - this is very interesting. There have been many amazing vocal acts during the semi-finals of BGT/AGT who suddenly lose pitch and or tempo in the middle of their songs. As someone who has performed on stage many times, I would yell at my TV 'THEY CAN'T HEAR THE MUSIC!' whenever this happened. You've likely just solved a mystery that's been bugging me for a long time.
when you watch the original audition, as shes at the front of the stage with her dad she says 'i knew it all day'. i had picked up on that before and thought it seemed sus
I now get why she said “u told me to sing a pink song” and rewatching it, it made me so mad how the judges acted completely innocent to trick her. Man I’m so sorry the media is disgusting...
As a judge if I had no idea... I would have asked who told you this, how did we tell you this. And freaking apologized and empathized with the person....
I remember I first thought it was strange why she said that but the show made it seem like she was just crazy but everything makes sense now as to why she said that and the reason she melted down like that wow it’s insane poor girl
"they were confused as to why we were there so early" -- they wanted you to be mentally fatigued by waking up so early, and frustrated at having waited around so long -- makes you more likely to yell on stage. Cults use this technique to brainwash followers. The same logic applies to keeping you away from food and drink btw.
@@johnnymo4000 These things aren’t meant to set you off themselves. They’re just used, generally alongside a mixture of stress and abuse of various other kinds, to make you more vulnerable. All sorts of manipulation (brainwashing, scamming, eliciting a reaction...) benefit from the target being consistently exposed to this sort of stressors.
@@johnnymo4000 it's not about that honestly it's just set up so that you're already in a deprived state so ur more likely to react negatively especially if you already struggle with anxiety.
@@johnnymo4000 Dude, you need to eat well and get good sleep before an audition. They were purposefully depriving her of that and also weakening her mental state to make her more likely to break and suit their storyline, as she said.
I know how you feel she didn't deserve nothing like this, it's shocking to think that people would do this to her and publicly humiliate her, I think we should cancel Xfactor.😡
When she said she couldn’t bear to be touched even, by her dad, after that and her saying “my skin felt like it was on fire” and that’s exactly what I felt after I had a traumatic experience. She was in full panic. What happened to her was TRULY DISGUSTING. It felt wrong. It felt gross. It felt bad. And after being used like that, her trust betrayed, and her hopes crushed, that’s an incredibly APPROPRIATE REACTION! I’m no lawyer, but I’m seriously curious if this would be considered defamation or emotional damage. Because this wasn’t just “the judges were mean to me” this is “the judges coerced, staged, and edited my words and actions to make me look/ display me as a dislikable person”. And that it TRULY VILE.
@@vicki_v1006 can't there be a lawsuit for that too? Like, that's still illegal. I can't exactly remember but from what I know (in our country) that's like taking advantage of someone and it should be an illegal contract
You cannot sue the X Factor as if you are on the show, you must agree to let them show you in any way that they want. So you can't sue them for defamation. I'm not sure if, like other reality shows, the X Factor has anything about confirming you are able to undergo emotional challenges or are in good mental health. If it doesn't, she might have a chance. Not a lawyer, but it might be something she could do.
Right this is so sickening. They literally tore her down, set her up, and humiliated her, made her suicidal just for footage and content. And what makes it worse is that she said she been bullied growing up and they go and do the same thing to her all over again😖💔
It’s literally what cult leaders do, they make sure their followers are sleep deprived and overworked and emotionally drained and just strung out. That way they have either less resistance or bigger reactions, to put themselves in a better light. It’s all manipulation and literal abuse and it’s disgusting
Zoe posted this video 3 years ago, I’m glad it’s finally going viral and people are learning the truth. I can’t imagine how she must’ve felt being portrayed as ‘crazy’ for years. My heart goes out to you, I hope you’re healed from the betrayal💜
You absolutely deserve and apology for this. Everything you said 100% happened. There are several people who worked backstage that support you completely, had nothing to do with setting anyone up and weren't part of this whole conspiracy thing that happened to a lot of contestants and not just you. Everything was micro-managed about the show, everything was about the show, the show was lived and breathed by the people in charge of it. The three production companies, ITV not having much to do with the day to day operations, Thames/Fremantle that controlled absolutely everything and SYCO that was 100% involved in the whole thing. Just because Simon Cowell wasn't on that season didn't mean he wasn't managing and manipulating the whole thing. Richard Holloway was his hitman and would do anything Cowell wanted to get the show ahead of any competition and to create as much scandal as possible around it so everyone would be talking about it throughout the week and not just when it aired. The shock moments were all manipulated, over edited just like yours, heavily scripted, things were shot afterwards to get the right reactions, just like the "no baby no" was. There is nothing that wasn't manipulated backstage, it was a toxic environment. People filed complaints but nothing was done about it. The working environment was really toxic and that has been called out too. Your video is the best one I have seen, you named the right names, you have the proof. It would be better if you blacked out the @ part and put the names of the people that sent you the emails. They are all involved. Everything is set up. Oli the producer you named would be Oli Head. Also involved that haven't been named yet are Mark Sidaway who was called out for sexual abuse on twitter by @yogajaykay and that wasn't dealt with either. Louis team were the absolute worst, they made the environment just as toxic. They worked him up before he went out there. That would be partly Anna Cash (annacashmakeup and several other accounts) who was sleeping with Sidaway and Caroline Mactaggart (carolinemactaggartstylist). Caroline was forced on Louis who used to complain about her on and off and later Sharon O., her daughter Kinvara Mactaggart was an associate producer there and was involved in settling people like you up and SURPRISE! Kinvara is living with Tom Gorst, son of Sylvia Coleman who was the woman from Sony that you would have seen. See how this works now? It's all interconnected. All neoptism to get up to the top jobs. All a bunch of rotten people who don't care about anything except themselves and the fame they can get for themselves. Toxic to work with. They used to work themselves up drinking in the dressing room laughing at the contestants and talking about how awful they were. The bully seed with Misha B is an example of that. They were talking about that sitting there laughing like she wasn't a real person and totally innocent of their claims. Setting people like you up was second nature, they were doing it backstage already. Check out Anna Cash's page on Facebook to get the photos for proof that they are all connected because these people do nothing to hide it. I am not sure that Gary Barlow was in on the whole thing willingly. He was making waves and had several arguments backstage that season as well as walking off the stage when Richard Holloway interfered with the show during filming to keep Rylan for the shock value. The whole thing is so toxic I can't begin to describe it. I feel horrible for what happened to you. Amelia Brown is now in charge at Thames but was in on the whole setup of contestants so they will just say they are "looking in to it" if you try to go to them. 100% responsible for the mental anguish caused to so many people. This whole thing needs to come out in the press. The people involved need to be named and exposed and even if most of them have moved on to other shows they need to be stopped from doing damage to more people. Ian Royce the warm-up guy has been called out on twitter for sexual abuse. These people all have twitter, instagram, they should be tagged along with your video and made to explain why they thought people's lives were worth nothing but ratings. It's abuse and it's mentally damaging. There is no duty of care backstage because that is where the abuse starts with that group and a few others that work there screaming at anyone that interferes. There is always booze there, the crew I named into the alcohol and drunk on the job and other things flow freely there too. It was a clique and they ran the whole thing. Nigel Hall from SYCO was married to Shu Green at ITV so there was no help there. Nigel Hall has a home next door to Holloway and said stuff about him at the same time. Everyone is out for themselves and to make the show as controversial as possible. If anyone speaks up about any of these people they get punished or worse. You feel like you will be black listed in the industry if you go against them because they have a choke hold on the show. Please continue with your part 2. Investigate all of this and more and make a part 3 even. The media need to get involved because there are real people being hurt with this scripted pack of lies. The people involved need to be held responsible instead of what they did to Misha B and others saying it is being looked into and a fake statement from Thames, SYCO, and ITV issued. Jimmy Savile was exposed, this needs to be too. It is much deeper than what they did to you, in a way you should be thankful you never got further in the show because the abuse, the NDAs, the things that happened in the supposedly haunted contestant house, the sleeping with people to get an advantage on the show, the sexual abuse that has been covered up, it all needs to come out. I am really glad you have been able to put this video together, your mental health is the most important thing. Your career and your life has been affected. You are an amazing singer and an amazing strong person. Don't let anything get in your way to tell the truth. Anything else you need to know or need help with there are so many people wanting to tell their story and I am here to support you.
Hi Lawrence, this is really interesting, Thank you. I would love it if you could email me at zoealexander.thetruth@gmail.com to have a chat. Zoe
@@ZoeAlexander I will. The truth needs to come out.
Wow Lawrence, you are brave too. Thank you for this comment. It’s devastating but people need to see this
@@ZoeAlexander I watched your audition on you tube and thought that the judges were harsh, especially Louie, had no Idea it's all a setup with editing, so if you got No's from the judges how do the bad singers get on? I was disappointed for the way you were treated considering you can sing (well).
I’m so pleased ratings are down and that Simon has suspended the show for now. People are figuring out that it’s all artificial.
They've even turned the comments off on your audition video. They shouldn't be allowed to treat people like this
I think all the official X Factor videos have their comments disabled.
When celebrities have money they can do whatever they want unfortunately it’s not fair
I saw that too
@@shelbyvillerules9962 thsts worse
i think they were always off for every video like Ellen’s yt account
I love how they tried to play dumb “ we didn’t tell you “ like ... STOP
for reals!! ah i’m so angry for her🥺😡😂
The judges themself might not have. The producers probably did. I haven’t watched the video completely yet so idk what she says. But the judges usually don’t decide anything usually just producers.
Crazy gaslighting
for real the girl was like “we never told her that we were trying to help her” like bane don’t act dumb 😂
I know it made me so mad they were pretending to act oblivious.
she kept repeating “you told me to sing a pink song”. rewatching the audition, you can literally see the sinking moment when she realized she was set up. evil producers.
yes exactly!
@@StarDreamsStudios clearly you didnt watch the entire video because everybody was in on it
@@StarDreamsStudios if you were set up to be publicly humiliated and made fun of in front of millions of people I am 100% sure you’d act the exact same way or worse. Her reaction was completely justifiable and she deserves a public apology AND more.
@@StarDreamsStudios they also didn’t play the second song through the stage speakers so she couldn’t hear it properly and sang badly. Also she was under extreme stress as you would be if you realised you were set up by a HUGE show in order to humiliate you.
@@StarDreamsStudios Watch the full video you look like an idiot. (Sorry it just you clearly didn't watch all of it.) 😒
I was in the audience, and yes you are correct about the footage being fabricated those producers and editors are really unfair and I am so sorry for you!!
Can we get this to the top everyone? We need all the support we can get for Zoe :)
Which parts specifically were fabricated?
@@M.M99494 She made an entire video on that. She was saying how it was worse than what she thought.
What did you think you saw at the time?
I wanna know what happened when you were watching her performance!!! I heard things like they tell the audience what to cheer etc.
They tried to act innocent to make you seem “crazy” ridiculous. You deserve an apology and a check.
Exactly. What she went through is beyond traumatic! What those people did was evil!
Pop off sis💯
Heavy on the check
Wow yes she needs to sue asap
A big check at that.
they could have hired actors to act crazy...but doing this to someone without them knowing was disgusting
Right! I seriously used to believe that some people were actors and got paid so they can make the show dramatic. But using real auditioning people is messed up
if they hired people then they wouldn’t get as genuine of a reaction. so sad the way that show business is organized
modern day reality tv: “why hire someone when we could put real people through emotional trauma?” 🙄 disgusting honestly
It’s like a freaking simulation. This must’ve caused her extreme emotional distress. Imagine how crazy she must’ve felt. Disgusting people
They use less money that way I’m sure that’s why they rather use innocent people than pay actual actors So shameful
I was in the audience one time and they made us do “expressions for the camera” before the show started so they could get fake reactions
wtf
whaaaat that's weird and proves that shows like xfactor are super scripted and fake
Literally everytime I see one of the audience members saying anything I always say it looks so fake
wait that’s how that works? when they flash to the audience making a “shocked” face?
they did that kind of stuff when I went to see the show too
as someone with social anxiety, you have survived my worst nightmare. keep going my love and i'm so proud of you for doing things people like me could never do 💞
Hey, never say never!you are stronger than you ever can imagine and things you might not ever imagine achieving now you can conquer in the future. Be proud of yourself for even writing your comment. Take care and best wishes for your future ✌️👍from 🇮🇪
@@mccarthy5825
Ditto.
I'm proud of you❤
The fact that they gaslit and humiliated you on live tv is disgusting
This show deserves to get cancelled. They’re toxic.
i just watched it and it was really shitty of them to embarrass her in front of all those people :/
It pissed me off so much they were making her look crazy. I felt it for her omg I thought I was going crazy.
So true. Disgusted.
Compared to a lot of other auditions, the judges were really nice about it. It was really back stages fault. She shouldn’t have overrated like that at the judges.
Can’t imagine how many people they did this to make them believe they have a chance at stardom but really invited for laughs and giggles 😕
yeah that’s so evil
Lol ok
It happens to a lot of people the RUclips roomie official has talked about how his friends have been humiliated like this on similar shows
Look at the early audition clips...like I used to watch them for a laugh but now I realised they were just getting made fun of
you’re here from tik tok i bet, me too
I work in TV. The minute I heard you said ‘you told me to sing a pink song’, I knew straight away you was set up. TV is fake at front, and cruel behind the scenes. Whatever you’re doing these days I hope this isn’t still affecting you in terms of life and livelihood. If it is I would do everything j can to sue X factor.
I knew it too, when she said you told me to sing a pink song. I've never worked in TV but I just don't trust the media.
Yeah I saw it too.
Why do you work in tv? What a nightmare.
Imagine if P!nk hears about this and takes massive action against the x-factor?? That would be so amazing
Yess
Omg yesss
Shes the type of person who would do something about this, im interested to see what happens in the week
Oh hell yes they deserve it
If P!nk takes action about this X-factor, P!nk will gonna be in trouble as her career will end by Simon Cowell
They're disgusting. The scariest part is they frame it in such a way that you would believe if you watch it without context
I know right 😭👍
That's crazy
I remember watching it a couple years ago and believing it. I feel so bad now
The worst part is the way she’s attacking the cameras, you can literally see her breaking down and they keep getting in her face, of course she’s going to retaliate but they make her seem crazy
Exactly, I saw it before then after the truth came out and now I see it in a different light, it hit me that xfactor is a money hungry, sensationalist corporation with no moral values for each contestants well being. Sad really, like she had to have been frustrated all day to react like that as many others have, outbursts don't just appear out of nowhere like shown in the xfactor
pov: you're here because x factor's comments are turned off
Exactly why I’m here 😂
YES
Who are you
how did you know 😂😂
Yup lol
How the Producers thought it was acceptable to do this shocks me. They have no mercy!
they’re evil satanists
You will be shocked a lot, then, at what people are capable of, it this is all that shocks you.
@Kevin-tb8ngthat can literally happen anytime
@Kevin-tb8nglol people will do anything to get views or fame. In that sense I take it Xfactor views were on a downer and they needed a mule to make a fool out of herself so people get interested again. Unfortunately it was Zoe
Noticed anything in common regarding TV scandals over the last few years? X Factor. Jeremy Kyle. Love Island. This Morning. They're all ITV programming. Maybe that says something about ITV's producers and executives.
that show should have been cancelled. Crushing others' dreams and manipulating them for entertainment is so wrong.
I know right
I also heard American Idol does bad things. At each of their stops in major cities, tons of people line up outside to get in to sing before the judges. I heard producers outside pick people who are good and they pick people who aren't good, but lie and say "Oh you're good", just to humiliate them for the sake of entertainment. Very sad and rude.
YES you are absolutely right also I love your pfp
Exactly
@@shannon2748 dang....it sucks that these moments were staged and people don't get to pursue their dream smh
I'm not a fan of cancel culture but the x factor needs to be cancelled
elizabeth g i agree
Exactly what I said
isn’t it already cancelled?? i mean, who even watches it anymore?
I hate cancel culture but this is the only time I’ll accept it
@@loverylie3362 I honestly don't know
I'd Sue them for defamation of character, I'm so sorry this happened to you 😔
unfortunately you sign that away in the contract...
@@henrybenson519 you can’t sign away that
They're careful about leaving no evidence. Like how they CALLED her about song selection rather than email her. Leaves no evidence.
What’s defamation of character
i’m pretty sure the contract says they can portray you in any way they choose
I’m here from seeing SunnyV2’s video popping up in my recommended and honestly big up to you for standing up to these massive bullies. I’ve got nothing but HUGE respect for you. And truthfully (I actually disagree with Sunny’s video’s title), your life hasn’t been ruined, you’ve gained respect and support from all us viewers for being the very brave and wonderful soul you are, unafraid of exposing these tv bigots.
Sending much love to you and your fam in 2023 ^v^ ❤
Stop watching that transphobic asshole
That guy is a freak why would you watch that garbage
Her sayin “You told me to sing a pink song” make sense now and it fckin hurt... she was anxious😭
RIGHT I REMEMBER WATCHING IT AND I knew she was telling the truth
@@beachwxves4990 THATS WHY IT WAS SO SUSPICIOUS
@@beachwxves4990 she also said “I’ve been here all fucking day I get it now” while cussing them out damn
It all makes sense!
Heartbreaking
Your dad sound like a good dad, I can’t imagine how angry he felt that they did that to you.
zoe alexander dont be shy unleash your inner lawsuit
Unfortunately I’ve done a singing tv once for the voice kids and the contract you sign let them edit your audition to make you look how they want you to look on TV. She can’t sue because of that contract that had to sign. It’s really messed up.
@@bryanmediza5031 u beat me too it
She cant sue them but she can cancel them
@@bryanmediza5031 It makes sense, but wouldn’t her situation be considered slander and punishable by law?? I could be wrong
@@teffanimar3663 It doesn’t matter because she signed a contract
Once she said they insisted she “beg, cry, plead” after getting a no I knew it was true. Too often do we see “bad contestants” on XFactor and other shows like this who precede to continue singing even to the dismay and frustration of the judges. Makes me think of how many people XFactor has humiliated and manipulated with the idea of becoming a promising contestant on the show.
I KNEW something felt off when you said "you told me to sing a pink song" And why camera men basically harassed you when you ran off stage, they WANTED to make you seem like a crazy egotistical brat, im so so sorry you had to go through that, it's so twisted!
YES I knew something was off too because she seemed so nice
me too. & this is how I feel with every video, they don't connect & they feel off. I'm really good at reading body languages & I knew she was being serious
Who was the man who led her back onto the stage?
@@Em_Elizabeth Her father
I just saw a clip of her audition on a compilation video. When she yelled you made me sing pink! You could tell someone coerced her. Her face was the look of pure shock and disbelief
Imagine how many other "mad contestant" auditions we've misinterpreted :(
Ikr, like i always laugh at them but after this I feel really bad and I wanna know their backstory’s too
I was just thinking that too, how many people they manipulated. Fuck the X factor
Bea Miller has spoken publicly about her experience on X factor and it was similar
I think all the ones where they sing pretty good we’re staged or set up, the ones where they were terrible singers and angry people (like Abby and Lisa) were either actors used to add entertainment, or real people that actually sing bad
I used to enjoy watching those compilations, but now I feel so bad and disgusted in myself after watching this.
your story is going viral on tiktok! i hope you get justice
Irridessa Amore me too
Who needs a lawsuit when social media can fully cancel anyone with enough popularity. This is the upside of cancel culture :)
I just saw it. She deserved better
Just leaving my mark on history don't mind me
How tf you have 5k likes and no replys
It's so sad to hear such a story from the other end. When I was younger, my sister and I applied for the Dutch X Factor as a group. We were underdeveloped musically and there were many groups better than us, but because we were an ethnically interesting brother-sister duo were picked up by the producers and got way too far in the competition. All our false notes were cut out and I remember us feeling horrible for our fellow contesters who probably deserved it more. My heart goes out to you Zoe, in the end it's us musicians who need to support each other and not rely on these big commercial shitshows.
what season was it on / what act was it? i used to live in the netherlands for a while so i'd love to know what the act was
This isn‘t even entertainment, it‘s just embarrassing and disgusting. I hate the cancel culture but we need to make them publish a statement
right, because it’s now people’s career their playing with views. That’s someone’s life that their fooling with .
This really broke my heart
Those greedy idiot show producers ruin people’s life with scams and lies just for “entertainment”. They staged it and edited it to make it look like a temper tantrum. Truly revolting garbage
Their people with their own lives and they just used them for a laughing stock
cancel culture? it’s holding folk and these money hungry companies accountable for their actions and abuse
i feel bad for watching “angry auditions” compilations now when i was 9
jazz hello lol SAME
i still watch them and im 14 LANFMWNFMD
I watched them when I was like 8 😟
we all did😳
HAHAA SAME
My respect for Zoe 📈📈
My respect for X factor 📉📉
Stonks
X factor is cancelled
@@dxnielhxziedi Fantastic riddance.
Same. I saw this audition, and I was really confused. It didn't add up how upset she was getting, and I knew it had to be for a reason. Actually, someone once told me they thought Xfactor was rigged, now seeing this I know.
I never had respect for x factor in the first place
From the VERY first "You guys told me to sing a Pink song!" I KNEW they did you dirty. I auditioned for X-Factor USA, and it was so clear what was happening the entire time. Seeing your audition after that experience was shocking. I had my suspicions about what I was seeing, and the way they asked their questions, and when I saw yiur audition I was PISSED. The way your voice shook, you coukdnt doubt that you were telling the truth.
props to you for having the bravery to do that! is there anywhere I can watch your audition?
That’s physiological torture. Physically tiring you, then mentally tiring you, then pushing a lie that doesn’t exist. I hope your video reaches far and wide, this is absolutely ridiculous.
Specifically it's gaslighting, and it's a form of mental manipulation and abuse. What they did was unforgivable.
Reached Australia! Reached tiktok! :)
Behold and it has 🌎
**Psychological not Physiological😅
That's showbiz. It's DEEPLY toxic. *Sighs.* I was in the Theater & Film worlds for many, MANY YEARS. And even though those worlds are less F'd up than a reality show like X-Factor, there was still a LOT of toxicity, unprofessionalism and backbiting/backstabbing.
Auditions are nerve-wracking ALL on their own, BUT, when you add the extra levels of toxicity in an environment like the X-Factor, it becomes an explosive "powder keg" of a situation. It's disgusting and manipulative what happened to her, but I am THOROUGHLY unsurprised.
Why didn’t they literally just get actors to act crazy
Exactly!! Like if you really wanted these crazy reactions or “bad singers” just higher low level actors to do it like they do in those fake civil court shows. Why stoop to the level of bringing real people on who have high hopes for their performance just to publicly humiliate them?!
Lauren Perdulla ...they have or at least i know early AMERICAN idol had actors
exactly like then they wouldn’t be ruining real people’s lives
fr
Idk I could only assume it’s because real people = real reactions and they don’t have to pay these real ppl. Actors r costly, could be wrong tho
Would love a documentary on everyone wronged by x factor
YES!
Or just in the TV industry generally!
Netflix need to pick it up!
YES I used to think they’d pay people to do bad acts for views but never thought they’d ever do this. This could ruin someone’s life, their mental health
Would be iconic
I know I am late to the game, but thank you SO much for sharing your story. It really hits differently when you watch your audition video first, and then watch this, and then your audition again because we can now see it from a different perspective. I am truly sorry you had to go through that. It was very heartbreaking seeing how hurt and betrayed and violated you were, but glad you are able to finally stand strong and speak your truth because that only makes you a stronger person in the end. Hope you are still doing better and thank you again for this! Btw I am leaving this comment on both parts of your videos!
Same super late but so happy she’s buying them!!! They’re awful
Me too!!! Lol.. Now I hate Hollyweird even more! They preach about Bullying & they are the biggest bullies on the planet! Especially coming from a bunch of has been's that cldnt fill an elevator if they perform! Lmao
Found you on tiktok, your story is going viral
same i can’t remember the account though
Same lol
As it should 😌
Same 😂
Its also on ig!
pov: you came on YT from Tiktok and found out x factor turned off the comments on the video, then this was a recommended video.
Now we all here ready to throw hands for Zoe
I think X factor always have comments off
PLSSSS this is literally what i did 😭😭😭😭
This is exactly what happened..
Yesssir
THIS WAS ME
They wanted you there so early because it would assure that you were tired and stressed, and more likely to be emotional and easily stirred up. The whole show is fake and exploits people for views. I’m sorry this happened to you, I can tell you have a great voice, nervousness and anxiety take a toll on vocals.
that makes so much sense
my god that is so so evil!!
This is so messed up.
Wow that’s dark...
Exactly what I was thinking!
Zoe I'm disgusted with myself. I saw your audition and I laughed I'm now going to APOLOGIZE to you I always thought something was not quite right and I will never watch a reality show again for the rest of my days and it just goes to show what people will do for ratings
Can you please time stamp the spot that convinced you? I didnt see any proof that would convince me that shes gelling the truth.
Not saying she's lying, but it just seems we are going off of he said she said.
Same here. Sorry for whatever they done to you zoee. Not gonna watch them never again
I'd like to know as well.
@@leunamreyo3663 just look at audition closely, you can see everything off abt it, and one youtuber was slowing down frame by frame and you can see where they fabricated footage when she threw the mic, but by just looking at the whole audition its so clear something is off and you can see even her expressions. but its damn xfactor literally you dont need a big brain to realize its fabricated and fake.
@@leunamreyo3663 I know she's telling the truth from intuition alone. Her body language seems right and her story has been consistent from the start. As well as that I've seen several comments from people claiming to have been in the audience that day who say that the audience are instructed to be quiet whilst judges are talking which supports Zoes claims that the audience cheering as the judges berated her was an editing trick to manipulate the audience at home giving the impression that the audience were against her.
Even if all those people are lying I have personal experience with reality TV after going on Jeremy Kyle twice. I've witnessed first hand how producers manipulate you backstage and cleverly edit the footage to create a narrative.
They disabled comments to censor the truth. But they kept the video up so that they could profit of of you. What arrogance.
Exactly. Says a lot about them. Please we don't want to have negative comments, but we will take the views and clicks. Bad comments are not so good to make contracts with brands and partners
They turn the comments off for every video
@@gracehargest6927 No, they have it on for many of them, especially older ones. Unless they turned it off recently because they didn't want their terrible reputation to show.
@@cidsx no. On all staff like that the comments are turned off
@@gracehargest6927 doesn't matter. So they avoid negative comments in general. This doesn't change what I was writing about partners, sponsors...
I’m not really one for cancel culture. But anyone involved in this woman’s trauma from the X factor and the trauma of any other victim- cancel them.
UHG FR
SRSLY what is wrong with them
Cancel culture isn't really real but we should absolutely cancel xfactor
@@maywasp periodt
yes agree cancel them.
Now I will never judge the “angry” auditions cause they might have a back story 😬
yep, Ariel Burdett (holistic vocal coach) was another example. she passed away after her auditions, and her erratic behaviour was a character, not her actual personality.
@@tigercoke nooo wayyyyy... 🥺🥺🥺 did she actually die?!?!?
@@winterstonez9577 yes she has passed away. stab wound to the neck. marked by police as a non sus case.
@@winterstonez9577 yeah she was murdered but the police refused to investigate so she never got justice.
@@tigercoke milk mi to me
Coming from someone who works and has knowledge of the film industry im glad stories like this are getting out. Hopefully it'll make the industry less cut throat and sh*tty.
They set up A LOT of singers. Their editing is completely made up. They did something similar to Ally Brooke in the US
jozef1 whats the deal with ally brooke?
@@musicinsync3689 they completely edited her audition to make her look like a "brat" (not the best word to describe it)
@@MileyCrazyLoud so basically made them look like they were a piece of shit ?
@@musicinsync3689
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@@islaharrow8102 ?
Thank you all so much for all your support and comments. I promise I will reply to each and every one of you. Ly ❤️
You ever thought about tweeting this video at Pink? You never know she might see it and share. Although X-factor treated you horribly, I do remember a lot of people saying 'see, its all fake, they definitely told her to sing it.' And now you're here giving the full story, they messed with the wrong girl!
i love you tooo, QUEEN
Queen Joe 💝
i’m so damn sorry ♥️ i hope you get the success you deserve!
Love u from italy 🇮🇹
It’s so incredibly brave of you to tell this story. 🧡
As a person who was in the audience, we were told to keep quiet when the judges say anything. So, yeah, you're definitely telling the truth.
What when-
I would of told them where to shove there words what would they of done if I didn't follow their rule arrest me well I would still of just not let people be bullied
Was this her particular audition or just another one in general?
@Artist Lulu It's not production, it's the whole show.
Omg
Dear Zoe! Thank you so much for posting all this. I watched your audition on RUclips (it was among other auditions), and bought the exact story they wanted to sell: I thought you had some kind of mental issues, and were just an emotional breakdown. - Because they for sure did it well. Hearing you talk here, I now understand that was exactly what they wanted to get out of you. They analysed your story and personality, and this is what they came up with. This is such an eye opener. The lady with the water bottle is such an interesting detail in your story btw … she tried her best to give you hints, given that she of course wasn’t allowed to explain to you why. I’m really happy you seem to be doing well. And I do wish you all the best! 🤗
This show has always been trash, edited and fake. I can't believe people watch it.
ROY FR honestly, most people probably just know her from the compilation videos
You watch it
@@KAYELLEK woah how did you make an emoji your username 😂
The quality is getting better over the years however the show is just getting worse and worse
BTG is better
you should check that out
idek if they edit it or not but i didnt see anything like that before so im assuming no. If anyone does know if they edit too, please let me know. I like exposing for good.😏
OMG THE FACT THAT THEY TURNED OFF MONITORS - any singer/performer knows that you CANNOT SING without them on stage
I once had an audition for another ITV talent show, and in my audition (which was in a very large empty room) they asked for my backing track (on a CD) and put it in this tiny portable CD player then asked me to stand on the other side of the room. Without asking if I was ready, they pressed play. I could barely hear and missed my cue which threw me off. I asked to start again and they said no. 6 hour wait in a queue for that. Never auditioned for a “talent” show again.
@@LouConstantineMusic
Dang
Reached you to 700 likes
@@LouConstantineMusic which show was it?
I'm here from SunnyV2's video. I remember watching your audition at the time and I felt so sorry for you. I thought it was shocking that they aired your emotional breakdown. So proud of you for standing up to those bullies 💪🖤
sunnyv2 pretty much does this same exact thing lol
When she explained her story and when her dad said “you set her up and your not going to get away with this” I literally started crying, god I just feel horrible that she was set up this way.
Where? at what time, i cant see
@@imlonely8728 28:28
me too 😢
I don’t think it was her dad
@@eviebeviee it was her dad
I KNEW IT, when she said “you guys told me to sing pink song” I just knew she was set up. The look on her face when she realised she was set up hurts me a lot
I knew back then too, my husband and I looked at each other and we slowly stopped watching all those shows and haven't since that year except for specific auditions of people we are fans of.
@The Official Justin Gallagher not only this. they're putting a stigma on mentally ill people, making them look crazy when most of them aren't.
Same here. I knew you were talking about the producers. They tried making you look crazy. But it didn't make sense that you would say you were told to sing that song if you weren't. But most TV is set up isn't it. And we all believe it..
Also all the judges looked fake AF
That confused me too!
Imagine how many people had so much potential and they did this to them and now they’ve given up.
Its absolutely disgusting that they would ruin anyone like that.
Heartbreaking ;(
We have the same name😏
I’ve been to auditions before and I’ve seen them tell REALLY good people no, but let a man with a chicken suit that can’t sing through. It’s incredibly discouraging.
was this for X Factor UK?@@jenniferjames8630
The way her dog started crying at 31:03 while she's explaining what was probably the most traumatic part of the experience. She was was crying and begging for them to stop and they wouldn't, that must have left one hell of a mark on her and her dog sensed that.❤
I never understood how those shows could have “bad” performances, when they had to be sent videos of these people before they could come on the show anyway. It is always so cruel! I’m so sorry that happened to you.
exactly! you have to audition before so anyone who is awful on that stage was sent there on purpose with the whole point being to humiliate them. it's so disgusting
Sadly I think they bring in people that they know aren’t gonna succeed just so judges can be mean to them. :(
I always wondered the same thing like if someone didn’t seem good enough why did you let them get through the whole process, I didn’t realize till I was older what they had been doing
this is so true!! i never realized that before.
Yes! Thats what i was telling myself! Arent u suppose to choose the people of the audition? I already knew they chose people to humiliate them but i didnt know they sabotaged too
this is mental abuse. coming from a person who has suicidal tendancies and has been bullied, you should be compensated with money this is awful.
agreed. she deserves an apology from the judges and the producers too.
it won’t change the terrible thing she’s been through but atleast they would admit to their mistake after all those years.
All a judge would need to do is watch her audition video to see she was given the opportunity to sing Emiles Sande's Next To Me and ask her who told her to bring a non Pink song and her case would be dismissed so fast. Hopefully, she'd be required to pay the defendant's lawyer fees, issue an apology, and get counseling. I'm telling you the XFactor would LOVE it if she sued them to put an end to this mess as a defendant than be seen as a bully to the obvious mentally ill. The reason she hasn't sued is because she has no case. With this going viral and getting more popular by the day because of tiktok, she might be inching closer to pushing Xfactors legal hand. Thread lightly, girl. The evidence does not back you up. At all.
She was going to explain to the audience that they set her up but they muted her mic, my cousin was in the audience that day and said he said it was suspicious because she said “you didn’t tell me to sing a pink song, your producers did,” but they cut it out of the video. They also messed with her mic and the audio to make her sound bad. My cousin also said that she was about to say something but they muted her mic.
this makes *so much sense now.*
The reason she had that “freak out” was because she figured out that it had been a set up and she had just embarrassed herself infront of so many people. It must have been traumatic for her. So sorry about that bb💜
that is so mean
It’s honestly really amazing that if you look at the X factors video there’s more dislikes then likes which is good that a ton of people knew what happened and disliked.
oh wow that's messed up
But why they decided to set her up tho?? What did she do to deserve that🤬
@@ilaria6984 They set her up to get more views and to entertain others. It’s so sad🙁
the fact that they have turned off comments & set their profiles to private just shows that they know EXACTLY what they did.
Precisely!
They proved that they’re guilty
Thank you
They have always had their comments turned off for the X factor UK auditions… now I’m beginning to see why smh
Your father was a good man, and I feel bad that I judged him and assumed he "raised a spoiled child". I hope you are doing well now.
who else is here from that’s girls tiktok explaining why she said “you told me to sing a pink song” 😭
Asen Waycaster yup i did
Plsss I just did
You oh
I did... i lost the video so i went to search about it
Yep
I just rewatched your audition having heard your side of the story and it was so upsetting. It was psychological torture, my heart broke for you and your father just trying to stand up for you. You seem like such a wonderful person, I’m so sorry.
Clearly a panic attack. I rewatched it after hearing about it on Tik Tok and I recognized that exact feeling of overwhelming panic and rage and just overflowing emotion.
and that bi*ch nicole was like: no baby, no.. I got so mad watching the original video
@@andreea109 RIGHT MADE ME SICKKK
@@andreea109 same it angered me sm
Wow absolutely did not think I would sit through a 35 minute video but I couldn’t turn it off. This is very eye opening and I’m sorry you went through all of this. You’ve definitely changed my perspective about shows like these, hope all is well with you lately
The fact that they set her for 6 am says a lot about what they were planning for her. That's very disrespectful and playing with people's hopes.
This is how many of us apologize for being stupid, & letting the show manipulate our perception of you. Sorry
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i feel so bad for her and stupid 🤦♂️😢
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Up there is the amount of careless kids on the internet beg for likes
RUclips , C'est fun
Don’t listen, that person is begging for likes
Jaden Pina whats the reason for your prick attitude I just wanna know
@@jadenpina3989 Oh , ok then i remove my like
Are y’all here from tik tok?
Yep I came from tiktok to this video 😂
Yes
okayyyyy miss gurllll here we are
Definitely 😬😬
Yes!
Zoe I looked this up to see how you were doing now and came across your true account of the situation here. You were great and it just shows the team and panel only care about themselves and the paycheck plus try to boost ratings at the cost of people's feelings. It's good to see you are ok and maybe even some good publicity has come from the bad experience.
Going to watch part two in a moment.
Wishing you the best.❤
Honestly Zoe you need to sue, what they did to you was absolutely despicable, and they did this just for a pay check; without once caring about your mental health or how damaging this could be for you career. We stan you Zoe ✊
Defamation of character
@@mymessymentalbreakdown6141 EXACTLY
@@mymessymentalbreakdown6141 It’s not defamation, unfortunately she has no real legal leg to stand on
She needs to sue them for defamation, reach out to pink she’s a real one
@@patstokes7040 the world is only unfair because we as a society decided to structure it that way and yes “the world does owe everyone equally” because not one person here asked to be born we were shoved into whatever societal construct other people have put in place. we are all literally just tiny atoms at the end of the day so why should any sack of atoms be treated better or worse than another
The video that no one asked for but EVERYONE wanted.
People have been asking her.
We’re you not paying attention in the very beginning she said I’ve been getting a lot of messages about what happened on the X factor and to tell everyone what happened
@@slimebuster2730 * were
Oooo @ReeceBristow you knew it’d be a dangerous move touching this one. I’m not gonna say anything but I yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh uhmmmmmmm yeahhhhhhhhh lol
Lol, clear sign of delusional youtuber
My respect for Zoe Alexander:📈
My respect for talent shows: 📉
My respect for Caroline Flack: 📈
Sorry, who is caroline flack?
@@victxria7799 TV show host . She passed away recently tho RIP to her 💓
@@victxria7799 she hosted a lot of shows, my fav was love island uk
@Apollo Lunar Module did you hear anything of presumption of innocence? There wasn't a condemnation besides that her boyfriend withdrew his statement.
@Apollo Lunar Module unfortunately the law doesn’t work in that way. The presumption of innocence is innocent until proven guilty. Guilt hasn’t been proved and it’s not your place to label someone an abuser!
I just got a chance to see this. I am so pleased that you have done this video as me & my wife have always discussed the cruel way the show must edit to fit their agenda (to get the public perception of the contestants) For someone who has been on stage and gone through the whole process from A-Z, is just an amazing insight of X-Factors wicked ways. I am just so sorry for what you have gone through but please stay strong, remain positive, and remember, you had the ability to go on stage and say I did this & gave it a good go. 👏
What they did to you is disgusting. No one should be treated that way EVER.
The way Nicole and Tulisa were acting as if you were going to hit them....... “stay on the stage” “no baby no” argh. Thank you for the REAL things
Tbf before I saw this video and the audition one I thought you looked like Pink
Right that irritated me so much once I listened to this u thought about that maybe hey do need to be hit.
Who are they? And why are they judges? I’ve never heard of them...
@@TinZzzzE they are judges for the X factor
@@sharknato8536 they don’t deserve that position ;-;
I hope PINK actually sees this too and calls them out as well! You deserve justice!
Wow, this is heartbreaking, I feel so sorry for you and I think you and many others deserve the biggest apology! Thank you for uncovering the truth of ‘reality’ shows and what celebrities are like behind closed doors. ❤️
4:45- notice how they RANG you about song selection, not emailed. no evidence trail unlike your other email screenshots
damn
So, are you saying that she is lying??
thats exactly what i was thinking, its so messed up
Wait im confused ?
Rang? Wat
Your story is going viral over TikTok. It’s crazy how long the truth can take to come out but it ALWAYS DOES!
Yer am from tiktok I came for the full story
I came from TikTok too
Yea over 10M views!!
yes i’m
so happy we are finally seeing the truth she deserves Justice
they gaslighted you, made you a laughing stock, and painting you as a crazy delusional woman thats so sadistic
@Lady Fervor stfu
@Lady Fervor let it go sis. Trump catholic supporters are praying rosary everynight for him via yt channel "the holy faith media". It means he completely deserve to lose the election. He was NOT cheated, if they really believe in their prayers they should have accepted the Will from Above.
@Lady Fervor yup. It always happens.
Lady Fervor YEAH LETS STAN A HOMOPHOBIC RACIST WHO HAS 40+ R@PE ALLEGATIONS ❤❤❤❤
@@seriously2667 not that much better than a racist with 20+ rape allegations.
Came here from SunnyV2's video.
You deserve better and I'm sorry for what you had to go through. The truth is out thanks to you!
Me too ❤
fancy seeing step bro here
I looked up the audition after I saw a tik tok explaining what went down. Watching that after hearing what I did I think your reaction was 100% justified.
Girl put out an album. If you still want to be a singer after this traumatizing experience. Id buy it, you don't need that stupid show
Exactly 💯
Me too babe! I’ll buy your album
Maybe a album full of Pink songs.
I would buy the album too
Ikr
Just a reminder to dislike the x factor video 😌
done
thank you, this totally slipped my mind ! also make sure that you don't watch it more than 30 seconds so that it doesn't count as a view :)
Conallieux _ yeah I disliked it
😭😭
Don’t actually, it’s still interacting so either way liking or disliking them is still good.
That's why i don't watch those fake shows. To me, they seem to bully people in order to get their views. I just happen to watch your audition in another short yt video, but people in comment section led me here. I'm glad, your story and their fake faces are coming out. Stay strong!
Now i understand why she said " you told me to sing a pink song"
Me too😕
@@mai_822 I dont have time to whatch vid what actually happened
@@willtheboss0915 in the audition she told the judges she wants “her own identity as Zoe Alexander and not as pink” but she sang a pink song(her voice was quite nice)but the judges stopped her in the middle when she was singing and told her to sing a second song “and be Zoe Alexander “and then she sang her second song then the judges told her “you need to find your own as Zoe Alexander “and said a lot more I don’t remember....then Zoe said “you told me to sing a pink song” and the judges said “ we didn’t told you to “ and everyone just assumed that she was throwing a fit and putting the blame on the judges. And in this video she says that when she auditioned her first song choice was not a pink song but the xfactor told her to sing a pink song and then on the day of the audition she was supposed to be asked about herself but in the end all they asked her was about pink like”a lot of people ask you that you look like pink right?” or something like that anyway the question they asked always ended up about pink and not Zoe herself and then when it was her turn to be on the stage what I wrote above happened and then they made it look like she was emotionally unstable and so😔.
Sorry if my English is wrong and if it’s hard to understand.
I saw it in her face and her reaction to the judges’ reactions-she was telling the truth, it wasn’t a “she’s gone crazy” thing.
Same
So that’s why she was saying “you told me to sing a pink song”
Right! I was just thinking about this
thats what i thought even before watching this video. it was so obvious
Right!
Yup it all makes sense
Phoebe Lucy.. yep
Don’t worry hun, I found you on TikTok and your story is going viral, we believe you
Gabe itches 😭😭😭💀 anyways love your pfp :)
Gabe itches am dying 😅 😄 😆 anyways
I love your pfp
I like your pfp broski
Zoe, I am so sorry about what happened to you. It is very sad that there is so much deceit in the music industry. I thought you did very well. Please, don't give up your music. You do it from the heart, you have a terrific voice and stage presence. You also sound like a very sweet and genuine person. I wish you the best of successes!!!!!! 💕🥰🕊️🙏
When they eventually apologize DO NOT ACCEPT IT
Unless it comes with a paycheck
@@tumbles19911 Forget they paycheck, they will once again try to manipulate her. They want her to stop exposing the show so that people will continue to watch it. That paycheck will not make up the years lost due to trauma.
@@rngalmighty sheeit a couple million and ide say fuck em and move on life's too short to dwell especially if u have been compensated. She's not the only 1 show business screwed over and she certainly wont he the last tell your story make yo money and move on.
I was obsessed with the X Factor until I saw this video. I want to yell at them so bad. This is not acceptable, there’re bullying people until they break. I’m disgusted. A few weeks ago I wanted to audition but after hearing this, I don’t. I’m so sorry you had to go through that.
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
@@ZoeAlexander Your Welcome ☺️
@@ZoeAlexander I felt u girl! Good thing the X factor is no longer on our TV so no one else could be hurt how do you got! You might’ve not have gotten the golden buzzer or whatever they have, you have golden subs and people who care! Those people are trash and you don’t need the cast and or the people who where there u got us. Therese sooo many things I want to say but it’s all not coming in to words and there’s only a 1% chance ur gonna see this but it’s so sickening how people thought you were just throwing a tantrum but little did we all know that you were being set up and everybody laughed and you were mad and guess what I would’ve been mad too and so I would’ve all the other people! No I didn’t know until a couple months ago because I really didn’t watch Xfactor but girl keep going, forget them 🏝s and I understand why you called Nicole that she was askkking for drama with that “no baby no” though I watch the masked singer, shes a bad person and so is that show! I just found out about this that was bad. Love u girl!
- sassy and classy emoji! ❤️❤️❤️
I agree they push people to there limits so when they do break and had enough they just do that to bully and to get way more money
same i hate the x factor now
public humiliation is traumatizing and her behavior was not out of the ordinary for what she had to endure not only in front of a crown but also televised
Are you referring to Garry as a crown or do you mean crowd
20:15 - this is very interesting. There have been many amazing vocal acts during the semi-finals of BGT/AGT who suddenly lose pitch and or tempo in the middle of their songs. As someone who has performed on stage many times, I would yell at my TV 'THEY CAN'T HEAR THE MUSIC!' whenever this happened. You've likely just solved a mystery that's been bugging me for a long time.
something was definitely wrong when she said “You told me to sing a Pink song” and the judges looked like they were lying it was so obvious.
Right! It did seem suspicious, cos as soon as she said that their faces said it all like “well what do we do now” LMAO💀 also, hey blink💞
when you watch the original audition, as shes at the front of the stage with her dad she says 'i knew it all day'. i had picked up on that before and thought it seemed sus
It’s the prouducers that tell you what to sing not the judges
i thought the judges had no idea i-
Right!
I now get why she said “u told me to sing a pink song” and rewatching it, it made me so mad how the judges acted completely innocent to trick her. Man I’m so sorry the media is disgusting...
Gaslighting at it’s finest
As a judge if I had no idea... I would have asked who told you this, how did we tell you this. And freaking apologized and empathized with the person....
Could've been the producers who told her.
I remember I first thought it was strange why she said that but the show made it seem like she was just crazy but everything makes sense now as to why she said that and the reason she melted down like that wow it’s insane poor girl
"they were confused as to why we were there so early" -- they wanted you to be mentally fatigued by waking up so early, and frustrated at having waited around so long -- makes you more likely to yell on stage. Cults use this technique to brainwash followers. The same logic applies to keeping you away from food and drink btw.
@@johnnymo4000 boi. be more considerate. these aren’t luxury items we are talking abt here, eating and drinking is necessary to survive, so is sleep.
@@johnnymo4000 These things aren’t meant to set you off themselves. They’re just used, generally alongside a mixture of stress and abuse of various other kinds, to make you more vulnerable. All sorts of manipulation (brainwashing, scamming, eliciting a reaction...) benefit from the target being consistently exposed to this sort of stressors.
@@johnnymo4000 it's not about that honestly it's just set up so that you're already in a deprived state so ur more likely to react negatively especially if you already struggle with anxiety.
Damn.
@@johnnymo4000 Dude, you need to eat well and get good sleep before an audition. They were purposefully depriving her of that and also weakening her mental state to make her more likely to break and suit their storyline, as she said.
Glad SunnyV2 helped shed some light on this appalling situation. #JusticeForZoe
Cancel culture is dumb but can we cancel the xfactor. Shocking that they would actually put someone through this
I know how you feel she didn't deserve nothing like this, it's shocking to think that people would do this to her and publicly humiliate her, I think we should cancel Xfactor.😡
Cancel culture doesn't really exist but yes of course we should cancel the XFactor
@@maywasp yeah it's kind of overblown
@@temple_123 what do you mean ?
Just watched a video on it and the xfactor isnt going to get a new season because nobody watches tv anymore
When she said she couldn’t bear to be touched even, by her dad, after that and her saying “my skin felt like it was on fire” and that’s exactly what I felt after I had a traumatic experience.
She was in full panic. What happened to her was TRULY DISGUSTING. It felt wrong. It felt gross. It felt bad. And after being used like that, her trust betrayed, and her hopes crushed, that’s an incredibly APPROPRIATE REACTION!
I’m no lawyer, but I’m seriously curious if this would be considered defamation or emotional damage. Because this wasn’t just “the judges were mean to me” this is “the judges coerced, staged, and edited my words and actions to make me look/ display me as a dislikable person”. And that it TRULY VILE.
Good point
I suggest a lawsuit
She wouldn’t win because I guarantee she signed a contract that allowed it in the fine print
@@vicki_v1006 can't there be a lawsuit for that too? Like, that's still illegal. I can't exactly remember but from what I know (in our country) that's like taking advantage of someone and it should be an illegal contract
You cannot sue the X Factor as if you are on the show, you must agree to let them show you in any way that they want. So you can't sue them for defamation.
I'm not sure if, like other reality shows, the X Factor has anything about confirming you are able to undergo emotional challenges or are in good mental health. If it doesn't, she might have a chance. Not a lawyer, but it might be something she could do.
the fact that they purposely physically and emotionally drained you before your performance just to get a bigger reaction is just disgusting.
Right this is so sickening. They literally tore her down, set her up, and humiliated her, made her suicidal just for footage and content. And what makes it worse is that she said she been bullied growing up and they go and do the same thing to her all over again😖💔
It’s literally what cult leaders do, they make sure their followers are sleep deprived and overworked and emotionally drained and just strung out. That way they have either less resistance or bigger reactions, to put themselves in a better light. It’s all manipulation and literal abuse and it’s disgusting
ABUSE FROM THE START!!
They're sabbotagers
it's inhumane
Zoe posted this video 3 years ago, I’m glad it’s finally going viral and people are learning the truth. I can’t imagine how she must’ve felt being portrayed as ‘crazy’ for years.
My heart goes out to you, I hope you’re healed from the betrayal💜
I’m so glad this went viral on tiktok, now everyone can hear the truth
Right
Factsss
Indeed