The frontman of Scouting For Girls has opened up about the growing popularity of vocal talent shows and revealed that he thinks 'The X Factor' has "had its day".

Roy Stride told the Daily Star newspaper that although he's written tracks for some of the winners of the programme, he believes that 'The Voice' has more integrity for artists:

"We've written songs for One Direction and ­Alexandra Burke but we reckon The X Factor has had its day. There's some good talent on the TV but it just doesn't create real artists. It's basically an audition, the same as West End musicals, just with more glitz and glamour. The best music comes from people singing music which means something to them."

Referring to 'The Voice', he added that his band support what it's about and would enjoy being judges on the panel if the opportunity ever came about:

"You have to buy into an artist and get a sense of feeling what they feel, rather than see someone good-looking singing someone else's songs. The BBC's The Voice was more about the music. We'd love to be judges on that show. "

"My only experience was as a guest judge on The X Factor in Holland and I was too nice. One guy who auditioned was blind and, because he had a sob story, I went, 'Yeah, that was great', when he was absolutely awful."

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