Katie Waissel – Katie V – Katie Vogel – Lola Fontaine
UPDATE:Well I can’t quite believe that she’s still in the competition after 4 fantastic sing offs. Last night (Sunday 14th November) I was sure that it was her time to go, even Dermot tweeted that he was sure he was going to read Katie’s name on the envelope. As it turns out, the public had voted Aiden Grimshaw to leave. This came as a shock to many but has also sparked off the Katie hating for another week. Poor girl, she was probably hoping that it was her time to go just to avoid all this hatred, bullying and negative publicity she is receiving for, in reality, doing nothing wrong.
Today there is a new story about another track that is released with Katie’s vocals that has nothing to do with X Factor. The track in question is called ‘Moving Mountains’ and is on an album called and by ‘The Private Life Of David Reed’. The song is absolutely gorgeous and has a completely mellow and jazzy feel to it. I can see it becoming a favourite of mine. Here is the link to the iTunes download…preview it and I guarantee you will love and download it.
As you may have gathered from my first post about Katie, I am a huge fan of her because of her original songs and jazzy/soulful voice. I really feel that she has not had the opportunity to show this fabulous talented side of her on The X Factor. We get a hint of it everytime she’s in a sing off which, let’s face it, is almost every week at the moment, but she has in no way been able to showcase her true talent. Having been at the forefront of a lot of controversy since GamuGate, she has never had the chance for the public to ever like her. Apparently people are voting for her because she is getting more votes than the incredible Aiden! I will happily and freely admit that I can’t afford to vote for her…but if I could, would I be voting?? Probably not. As a fan of her original music on her EP, Songs From Under The Covers, I do NOT want her to be X Factorified. She needs to be writing her own songs in her own style that will appeal to people who like her…not catchy songs in a generic style that everyone will like.
I really hope that as of next week she will be freed of the burden of being everyone’s least favourite X Factor contestant and that she can get a record deal, write some beautiful songs, maybe another collaboration with The Private Life Of David Reed, settle down into becoming the artist she once was before all this hype and speculation and then her true fans, like me, can enjoy her music once more.
What are you views on Katie Waissel? Do you like her original music and the David Reed track? Do you think she’s been given the chance to shine on The X Factor??
MH xXx
Embedded below is a video of ‘The Private Life of David Reed’ talking about Katie…skip to 1 minute in.
Below is the only video on Katie’s original official YouTube channel. It’s a song called Rock Steady, I LOVE it.
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ORIGINAL POST: She’s made it through to the final 12 and will be seen performing in the live shows next week but rumour and speculation, innuendo and outtuendo have failed to pass by X Factor hopeful Katie Waissel.
News has reached many fans of the show, The X Factor, that Katie is no stranger to media attention or the music business having appeared in a Coca Cola sponsored YouTube series entitled Green Eyed World. As part of this series, she moved to the United States and began her singing and songwriting career. She had some success and many loyal fans followed the show and purchased her music.
She released music under the name Katie V or Katie Vogel and I have recently purchased it from itunes. However, in the month since I bought it, all her original material has been removed from ITunes. BUT…it is all still on Amazon. I suggest you head over there and have a listen. I totally LOVE every single track on the EP and am hoping that The X Factor will not ruin her chances of being the quirky singer songwriter she was destined to be. No doubt she will be forced to sing covers week after week but, at least, I can rest safe in the knowledge that she DOES have talent as a writer as well as a singer.
Green Eyed World and The X Factor have proved that Katie is not only determined to be a star but that she is willing to use her acting skills to get her there. People will love her, people will hate her, but I hope that her original music doesn’t get drowned out of the whole equation.
Katie took to her new Twitter account to explain herself on Sunday night. She said:
“I don’t know how long I’l have on this until I get in trouble, but I had to rejoin twitter to say that I’m not a fraudster at all! Yes, I may have done green eyed world, yes I may have had a record deal, but I don’t now, and I’m so excited about the live shows. Everyone has a dream, and this is mine. All of you saying you hate me when you don’t even know me. I am trying my hardest to do what I want and ALL I want in life is to sing. Be remembered for my singing. A legacy. Next weekend I hope to change your minds because this is no fix. I’l be working my butt off to entertain you the best I can. All I ask, is that you give me a chance .”
What are your thoughts of Katie??
MH x
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Tags: David Reed, Duet, Katie V, Katie Waissel, Lola Fontaine, Moving Mountains, The Private Life Of David Reed, The X Factor, X Factor
Mmmm this interesting, I still think its a fix though because Xfactor portays that regular people audition that have no connection to the industry at all but she’s already been there and done that in a sense and if she has nothing to hide why did she change her name and look? why didnt she just come as te brunette I saw on green eyed monster…I think that title definitely sums her up in one!
The X-Factor criteria doesn’t state that an auditionee can’t have any connection to the industry, it simply states that you can’t be contracted to a record or management company. This is because if you were under contract and you went on to win the competition or become a success as a result of your exposure on the programme, the X-Factor (Simon Cowell) wouldn’t be able to make any money out of you unless he bought you out of your management deal which by then would be an extremely high price because your stock would have risen considerably.
People are saying Katie is a liar and a fraudster because she’s performed under so many different psuedonyms but the fact is that the music industry is exponentially harder to make your mark in ever since the advent of the internet / technological revolution. Consumers are not buying music in the great numbers that they used to in the pre-internet days and the consequence for artists like Katie who are trying with all their hearts and soul to get a break is that they have to be constantly re-inventing themselves.
She’s had two albums out in a previous incarnation but obviously she hasn’t sold enough units to sustain a career so she has to try a different tactic – this time by going on a TV talent spotting show. She would have known the programme’s legal requirements after her initial application and she would have realised that for her to participate that she would’ve had to have broken out of her original management deal – which is exactly what she did, no crime committed.
Like I said, the technological revolution has destroyed the entire creative arts industry and artists have to strive really hard to get noticed amongst all the mediocrity. Whilst Katie isn’t the best singer in the world (her range is somewhat limited), notwithstanding she is a credible singer and love it or hate it, she has a fine deportment, great personality and a lovely disposition – all the qualities that you need to be outstanding in the current quagmire of the creative arts industry.
I too have listened to several of her tracks from her previous incarnation and I can’t fault any of them. Good production, good lyrics and sung perfectly in the context of their respective genres. I don’t think Katie will win the X-Factor but I do think that she’ll become a star regardless so I wish her all the best.
she isn’t katie vogle at all.
She is…Vogel is her Grandfathers name which Katie decided to take for Green Eyed World. If you look in this week’s HEAT magazine, her mother has provided a poster she drew when she was 17 with Katie Vogel on it. She has gone back to the surname Waissel because she’s used the name Vogel for other projects. She’s not Kate Voegele (who is also amazing, from One Tree Hill and the other side of the pond!) though.
why don’t you all just read the info on this site about her and her connections with Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Dermot O.
http://www.anorak.co.uk/256750/tv/how-the-x-factor-and-sony-bmg-fixed-it-for-katie-waissel-aka-katie-vogel.html?pid=29617#img
remember her audition? watch it again and see this scam in action.
@slantey aadvark
Wagner don’t need any connection with Simon to stay in the show. And he is definitively not a singer !
Katie and Cher are de most interesting contestants in X-Factor.