In this first clip from 2014 The X Factor UK, a 31 year old singer songwriter named Raign auditions for chance in winning the singing competition. She is negatively portrayed by the producers of the show as someone who lacks manners and is quite self-absorbed, negative qualities in which she also portrays herself. For example, when asked a series of general background questions by judge Mel B, Raign interrupts the former Spice Gils singer before she is finished.
Once Raign interrupts Mel for the second time, a reaction shot of all for judges is shown, with Cheryl (another one of the four judges) turning her head sideways towards Mel to view her initial response to this and suggest her own distaste for Raign's lack of manners towards someone who is supposed to be judging her, someone who holds the partially vote on her progress in the competition. After this, numerous reaction shots of Mel B and head judge and producer Simon also expressing their negative views of Raign are quickly shown.
After this, a montage of fake "celebrity being taken photos of by the paparazzi" shots (created by the producers of the show) are shown to the audience of Raign being questioned prior to her audition. During this montage Madonna's 'Hung Up' (which features lyrics of slowly passing time) is heard playing non-diegitically in the background, evoking the idea that Raign keeps talking about herself and her so-called 'journey' for too long, suggesting that she is self-obsessed.
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