MANILA, Philippines – The popular singing competition X Factor UK is facing another controversy as Simon Cowell made a 'racist' comments to Filipino girl group 4th Impact on Saturday's 5th live shows.
Netizens reacted to Simon Cowell's remarks after he referred to members of Pinay group as 'A' and 'B', with many on Twitter branding the judge a "racist" and "rude."
The mogul called band member Almira Cercado as "B" after their Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" performance. The girl group's mentor Cheryl Fernandez-Versini said he was out of line for not remembering their names.
Speaking to 4th Impact, he said: "I was really dreading it and then you started to sing and everything changed, because vocally, that was, and B, you were absolutely..."
Pointing to the band members he was talking about (Mylene and Almira), Cowell explained: "A, B. B, your vocal was absolutely outstanding at parts."
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On their second song performance, Cowell was shocked as 4th Impact added "SIMON!! Remember my name" on the last few lines of their "Fancy"/"Rich Girl" version. The controversial judge and Cheryl gave them a standing ovation after the powerful act.
However, some netizens simply thought his comments were fine, saying "he wasn't racist at all."
Last week, Cowell challenged the group composed of Almira, Mylene, Irene and Celina to reveal their individuality though he was impressed on their performance.
On his Twitter post, he said: "Hello. I really liked X Factor last night. We have some great talent and I can't call who will leave the show tonight."
Do you think 4th Impact will continue their dream on X Factor UK despite this controversial episode?
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Netizens reacted to Simon Cowell's remarks after he referred to members of Pinay group as 'A' and 'B', with many on Twitter branding the judge a "racist" and "rude."
How on earth is simon cowell racist for not knowing the names of 4 sisters (whatever their race) who are the image of eachother #somepeople
— Danielle Tebbitt (@danielletebbitt) November 28, 2015
Racist Simon Cowell these women have names they are not A B C D. How bloody rude! #XFactor
— dianedalziel (@deedeegy) November 28, 2015
God forbid @SimonCowell could differentiate between 4 Asian girls with long hair on @TheXFactor . Racist much
— Sarah Cheung (@scheungster) November 28, 2015
Is Simon Cowell saying they all look the same? Racist. #thexfactor
— LauraLeastLikelyTo (@hearmeplaypiano) November 21, 2015
The mogul called band member Almira Cercado as "B" after their Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" performance. The girl group's mentor Cheryl Fernandez-Versini said he was out of line for not remembering their names.
Speaking to 4th Impact, he said: "I was really dreading it and then you started to sing and everything changed, because vocally, that was, and B, you were absolutely..."
Pointing to the band members he was talking about (Mylene and Almira), Cowell explained: "A, B. B, your vocal was absolutely outstanding at parts."
RELATED STORY
VIDEO: 4th Impact sings Jackson 5 hit, morphs to fancy dolls on X Factor UK
On their second song performance, Cowell was shocked as 4th Impact added "SIMON!! Remember my name" on the last few lines of their "Fancy"/"Rich Girl" version. The controversial judge and Cheryl gave them a standing ovation after the powerful act.
However, some netizens simply thought his comments were fine, saying "he wasn't racist at all."
@SimonCowell is NOT racist... he's just trying to be funny😉... unfortunately, people are so damn sensitive these days🙄 #XFactor #4thImpact
— Laurel Winner (@LaurelWinner) November 28, 2015
Omg the people calling Simon cowell racist are ridiculous 😂 the girls didn't get offended so why are you?!
— a b b y (@_abbyrobinson) November 28, 2015
I do not see why everyone is slating @SimonCowell he did not say anything wrong to @4thImpactMusic and was not at all racist towards them 😡
— Jake Armitage (@JakeArmitage1) November 28, 2015
Last week, Cowell challenged the group composed of Almira, Mylene, Irene and Celina to reveal their individuality though he was impressed on their performance.
On his Twitter post, he said: "Hello. I really liked X Factor last night. We have some great talent and I can't call who will leave the show tonight."
Do you think 4th Impact will continue their dream on X Factor UK despite this controversial episode?
