Marilyn Mastin

I watched the show and I do like the winning song. I prefer Miracle, for myself, but YNA stands a better chance of winning and the two guys will appeal to the young people, and older people like myself will like them. I think they probably had a fan-base from being on The Voice and that helped them to get the most votes. I had never heard of any of the others. I will be rooting for the guys in May. I hope we manage to win.

At least it wasn't HIM that fell. Phones can be replaced. Mika cannot.

I just tweeted Simon Cowell to ask for him to get Mika onto the UK X Factor. I used #UKWantsMika, so whatever people ask for, regarding Mika in the UK, that hashtag is generic enough and speaks the truth. Thanks for following me.

Just to let everyone know I've set up a new twitter account. It was hard, because I get so confused with computer stuff, but my twitter is @AlansGoodWife Lots of usernames were already taken. To set it up I had to follow 40 people, but I don't want to follow them. How do you unfollow people on twitter? I'll do some tweets tomorrow for our campaign. Have we decided on a hashtag yet? In order for it to be a bit more generic and not just about X Factor, would it be better to use something like #UKWantsMika. Then it can be for anything in the UK? What do we all think?

look, the way I see it is that, at-the-end-of-the-day, it's up to Simon, or Mika. No one is tying them down and forcing them into anything. But look at it this way. Even if a twitter campaign does not result in Mika doing XFUK, the campaign itself may give him some publicity and let people know we still love Mika and want him in the UK. This is just a great opportunity to do a Mika campaign and, who knows, he might end up doing the show. At least, if he doesn't, he would know UK haven't given up on him, so if he doesn't do XFUK, for whatever reason, it might encourage him to do another UK show. Perhaps, The Voice. I agree that he'd be fantastic in a documentary, but at the moment he hasn't said he's doing one. It would be a good thing if he did one. All I know, for the moment, is, if we sit back and do nothing we could loose this opportunity to do some fan-promotion using the X Factor vacancy as a theme. If he did announce that he was on XFUK, I would be so thrilled I would practically take off and fly, as he would be on TV every week while XF was on the air.

Mika could save the show. Imagine the publicity if he was on it. Especially since atm, people are talking about GK again. Mika has put off commitments in other countries to do Italian X Factor and The Voice France, so surely, with enough notice, he could do X Factor UK. It's only the final twelve weeks that are live anyway, and he could still squeeze in the odd gig between the shows. The thing is, it's no use asking Mika to do it. It's Simon Cowell who would have the decision. So he needs to know the UK wants Mika, BEFORE Mika decides to sign for Italy again. Anyway, I'm so glad people have replied to my idea and that people want to help. I'm sure Italian fans would be okay with Mika doing our show in the UK. He's a big star in Italy now, thanks to their show. A hashtag could be something like #UKwantsMika #Mika4XFactorUK #SimonPleaseChooseMika So let's get thinking. That's just some ideas to get the brain-juices going. We could certainly have a date for the hashtag. However it would be good to just do it as well, whenever we want to. The more things get onto Simon's twitter, the more they can be re-tweeted and he might take notice. X Factor's twitter is, I think, @XFactor

BUMP This is an idea. I've read in the papers in the UK, that Nick Grimshaw has left X Factor UK and Simon Cowell is planning a re-vamp to get ratings. Does anyone agree that it might be a good idea for people from the UK, to tweet Simon, to ask him to get Mika onto the UK X Factor? Okay... I know the ratings haven't been good, but that could change if people could only see Mika. I know it's a reality talent show. But Mika has done well out of reality talent shows in other countries. If people from the UK, who have seen Mika in the show in Italy and know how good he is, tweet Simon Cowell (or get in touch some other way) it may just encourage him to realize that people do want Mika on the show. It's a long-shot, but what have we, and Mika, got to loose. WE just need him to be visible in the UK again. Our twitter keeps playing up and Alan is going to get on to them about it. When it's fixed I'm going to tweet The twitter is @SimonCowell I think that's right. We could have a hashtag. I can't think of anything snappy. Maybe someone could come up with something.

I've voted in the poll. How disappointing to see so little from the UK. But Mika only has himself to blame. If he did some TV over here, I'm convinced he would be popular again and the UK fans would come back. Or, he would get new UK fans

I agree. You'd think he'd notice that himself, and do something about it.

I'm one of the English reps here. If anyone from England has any questions or wants to talk, I'm here. Just click my banner and message me. There's also a UK Promotion of Mika thread if anyone has any ideas to get him back on top in the UK.

This is exactly the reason I didn't get excited about this movie, and why I didn't want to see it. I knew Mika would not get a mention or any credit for it. It was a waste of time him even being in the movie. He needs to stop faffing about with bits-and-pieces and concentrate on something awesome, to get his world-wide fame back again.

I'm proud of everyone who did this. I hope it gets to Mika. Maybe, could it be posted on his twitter, or his facebook? That way, fans would see it too and hopefully, the man himself. It's just an idea. I don't understand what happened with Helen. No one here was nasty to her.

I'm very pleased about this. IN ENGLISH and great publicity. Mika has done a good thing and it's great that people outside of Italy, and especially English-speaking people, are finding out about it.

They were called Tressie dolls and the hair was pulled out by a kind of pin. However, after a couple of times the hair inside the head got stuck and poor Tressie ended up with her hair all different lengths. The dolls weren't on sale for long.

Well the most important thing, as far as I am concerned, is that it is IN ENGLISH, and from either US or Canada. I'm so thrilled about it as it might get picked up by other English-speaking sites.

I've just watched it. It is very good. That's what I mean. It's so frustrating. The UK could easily get to love Mika again if he was more visible over here. Maybe he should work with Arianna Grande again. She's really big in the UK now and it would help him. But he'd do better to get onto a TV show over here. So people can see him again.

That was really great. His show sounds amazing. I agree with what he said about beauty. You don't have to look gorgeous to be beautiful. I should know because I'm not gorgeous. He's really good on things like this. I hope he comes back to the UK soon, to give us all a happy life again.

Here's a little message to Mika, from the UK How did we end up like this Under our UK sky Mika you're never around UK are going to cry You're pulling and our hearts are on the wire And we ask you not to be so tough We need Mika flame to start a fire A Radio 2 spark is not enough We need English words Sentences that end in "The UK" We need English words UK hearts are hurt We can't We can't We can't help wishing you were in UK We can't help wishing you were in UK We can't help wishing you were in UK We need your English words UK hearts are hurt How did it all come to this We started off as friends Grace Kelly was number one So was LICM Once upon a time you were inspired And we all could see you sing and dance We're no longer basking in your fire Now it's only Italy and France Give us English words Please do not forget the dear UK We need English words UK hearts are hurt Chorus.

I agree and I have to say I'm getting sick of the UK getting Mika's dregs. I know it's the same for other countries who are not Italy and France. I'm kind-of loosing my patience with him as he seems to not want to be popular in the rest of the world.

That video is absolutely fantastic! Oh how I wish the UK could see the video and hear the song! I love the new arrangement. The key-change in the chorus is just beautiful. If only the UK could see and hear it.

Welcome to the MFC. It's wonderful to see another UK member. I hope he's doing something in the UK soon, apart from just the Palladium gig.

I agree with what you say. Even with the UK, Mika is dragging his heels. Yet the UK, and of course the US market, are very important for the careers of music artists. You don't get Adele, Sam Smith, or One Direction, ignoring the US and UK. They know it's important for their careers to keep in with the English speaking market, but for some reason, Mika has decided to concentrate mainly on Italy and France. Germany is just one of the countries Mika isn't going to, at the moment. For the German fans sake, I hope Mika decides to go there soon. But the UK have only the one gig in London, so we're not much better off.

Well I'll be honest. I'm not bothering with the film. It's not my kind of film anyway, and I'm not going to sit through a film I don't enjoy, for only 1 minute of Mika. I'm sure his little bit will end up on YT anyway. Years ago I liked an actress called Jeri Ryan, who was supposed to be in a movie called "The Kid", so I went to see the film and it was a case of blink-and-you-miss-her. I'm sure it will be the same with Mika. I saw a preview on the TV and his name didn't come up, so I can't see his part being really big. It showed more of Justin Bieber than anyone else. I'm sure it will be a treat for his fans. But for me, I'll wait until Mika is in a better role, or his music is in a movie. I was disappointed with Kick Ass. His song only being played at the end. If it had been during the film, it would have been better.

It's only for Italy though, isn't it? If there isn't an English version I'm not buying it. I'll buy it if there is an English version.

I get comments about my watch (which I named Swika) when I wear it. That always gives me a chance to mention the designer, and get talking about him.