@Stevie --

Of ALL the judges/mentor on 2011 X-Factor U.K., who had the most name-recognition? Kelly Rowland.
Which X-Factor U.K. judge/mentor ALSO had the most-easily recognizable face? Kelly Rowland.
Which X-Factor U.K. judge/mentor had a U.K. #1-single , "Commander", going into 2011 X-Factor U.K.? Kelly Rowland.
Which X-Factor U.K. judge/mentor had experienced the most "success" (albeit as then a 'background' member of a group)? Kelly Rowland.
Which X-Factor U.K. judge/mentor had the longest career as a 10-years-since solo artist? Kelly Rowland.
Which X-Factor U.K. judge/mentor had a #1-U.S. single, "Motivation" (nevermind the fact that it took an eternal, 4-months, to go platinum)? Kelly Rowland!
Which 2011 X-Factor U.K. judge/mentor was voted one of the most liked/popular? Kelly Rowland.
Which X-Factor U.K. judge/mentor was a part of one of THE most-talked about,
hotly-anticipated summer 2011 tours: Chris Brown's 'F.A.M.E' tour? Kelly Rowland.

And there's: "but Kelly's so CUTE!"
..Oh the miracles that current-day make-up,photoshop, camera angles can work:

(1.) Uneven, unhealthy skin? Poof! ..GONE!
(2.) Hideous, tar-waves of skinny-girl cellulite? Now you see them, now you don't!
(3.) A healthy, flowing mane of locks to frame that made-up "layers-deep kissing-to-be-clever" face? It's "yours" if you bought it - I won't tell if you don't. (I'd be..UNMOTIVATING if I didn't mention the OTHER body parts purchased by the almost-40-something-year-old Kelly Rowland: her perky, school-girl tits, and that slender nose bridge of hers(?)).

Oh, but Kelly is my dark-skinned sista-girl!

And they aren't OTHER, MORE-TALENTED "dark-skinned' girls who are, at the very least, as equally deserving of a chance..?!

..Kelly Rowland just LOOOOVES her "dark skin" so much, that it couldn't have been she who said (repeatedly): "Orlando Bloom, and men who look like him, are T-H-E most beautiful men in the world!" ..Now you know why she and her black back-up dancers have ZERO chemistry between them! It's the very reason why she BEAMED when recently talking about the "love of her life" that now completes her! Mind you now, her "choices" are HER choices - god bless her! But don't expect black men...HETEROSEXUAL black men to support her; white men (especially those who look like Orlando Bloom), yes! Black women, yes; GAY black men - absolutely! St8 black men: HELL-FUCK NO!!

Kelly Rowland's career is one that sees her being handed chance after chance, opportunity after opportunity after such, only to then see them squandered. For her entire career she managed to climb the failure ladder, failing her way upwards to the next rung, and then stumbling towards opportunity's door. Somehow, by use of guilt and a creepy, sideways charm she manages to get invited in:

2002's "Simply Deep" 2-Million World Wide..
2007's "Miss Kelly" 1-Million World Wide..
2008 - she's dropped by Colombia Records. Does an artist get dropped after only one "bad" album? NO! Of course not! 2002's "Simply Deep" was a failure given the amount of funds lavished upon it!
2011's "Here I am" - The lucky, ebullient, and forever effervescent Kelly Rowland was then given weekly-access, for months on end, to 12-Million U.K./European discretionary-spending consumers. Surely this is an opportunity of a lifetime, one ANY artist would literally sell their souls for! And what does SHE do when handed the "keys to heaven"? *womp-womp* ..Less-than 350-K WW/Less-than 150-K from said, weekly-seen for months on-end ,12-Million U.K./European X-Factor U.K. consumer-discretionary spending viewers..

KELLY ROWLAND: PERPETUAL-MOTION FAILURE MACHINE.

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