I've never met a single one who's shown the slightest interest in Wee Jimmy Krankie.

Quite right.. She hasn't exactly fallen away to obscurity in the UK, has she? Are British people stupid?

but she's actually a very good pop singer. I don't give a toss about her music but her technique is admirable.

We put the Pussycat Dolls at number one. What's the diff?

as the heir to Whitney.

So, a couple of mediocre but hummable modern Rn'B albums, marry the wrong guy, take drugs, attempt raunchy comeback when too old and end up residing in the 'where are they now' file.

Don't like Leona's music, but wouldn't wish that on anyone.

As for Americans being stupid, what does that make the English, who unless I've misunderstood, have for the last decade been the the chi hua hua to America's bulldog.

I know the post was tongue-in-cheek (wasn't it?), but who really cares what nationality the artist is at the top of the charts; I thought it was about the music?

...just that they are as depressingly susceptible to the Simon Cowell marketing department as people in Britain.

I was in HMV around Christmas and there was a woman standing exitedly by the special four foot high display rack of Leona CDs, on the phone to a friend asking whether she wanted it for Christmas - she then scooped up three copies and took it to the counter where there was a poster advertising the release date for this year's X Factor winner's single (this was about a week before the final).

Resistance is largely futile, you just have to hope they'll all eventually go away.

"Americans are STUPID! Ok, we knew that already but this finally confirms it"

Ah, the "American's are stupid" approach....oh how clever you are...

Wouldn't it have been easier for you to say "I don't particularly like Leona Lewis" rather than this lazy and frankly racist view.

I suspect that gracs' post was throwaway and certainly not intended to spark this kind of debate.

Can't we all just get along?

It doesn't really make sense to call someone stupid when you don't know the difference between its and it's...

Thanks Fraser, it WAS an (admittedly rubbish) attempt at 'humour', I'll make sure it won't happen again! As for being racist David, you should've seen me chasing the BNP's local council candidate up my drive last week. And don't even get me started on people who feel the need to correct forum users grammar!