ladyolivier

Thank you so very much. Even though I've watched all of the voice, I never really watched x factor - I just hadn't gotten to it. I finally started watching it and am really enjoying it. I see that a lot of the places it was uploaded are being blocked for copyright, so I figured I would go through and download it ALL, so I know I can watch it all without worrying about it being taken down. Also, I generally like to save stuff, like an archive. I also help find these episodes for my friends, so it's really fantastic to have them. It looks like I'm going to need your help one more time with a few of the xtras from season 9 too -I'll get back to you when I figure out exactly which ones those are. But then I will have it ALL! A full complete x factor archive! Once again I can't thank you enough! I know what's involved in doing what you do, posting all these links for us - the MFC couldn't do without you! Edit: my Mika fan friends who don't have accounts here say thank you as well!

Thank you thank you so much!!!

Sadly the only link that works is for Xtra 1. I've got it downloaded now - but I am missing the other Xtras (I DO have all the lives themselves already). So I need all other than the first (2,3,4,5,6,7). Like I said, whatever site/method is easiest/fastest.

Let me go through those sites and I will see which links still work - I'll get back to you very shortly.

Eriko I hate to tell you but all the Xtras (and actually all of season 8 and possibly 9) have been blocked by the copyright holders :-( I would love to download them - I have a nearly complete x factor collection on my computer and these are some of the only ones I'm missing. I tend to save stuff more than watch it on the internet, so I would love if i could download them even if I can't stream them. Would it be at all possible for you to put the Xtras all together in one zip file and upload it to somewhere like MEGA so it could be downloaded? I'm so sorry, I know that's a lot to ask.

My Hero every time! Thank you!!

It's me again! Hunting for X Factor season 7 daily 20. The one I have that was labeled 20 is actually 25. The wat.tv/mikafactor channel is sadly gone as wat has been absorbed by TF1. I'm hoping maybe someone has it saved on their hard drive?

Oh dear! It works for me as well. Thankfully it doesn't appear to have been taken down or anything - so perhaps the site was down temporarily?

Welcome fellow american!! As I'm sure you know, once Mika has got you, he's got you forever Welcome to our affectionate madness!

Hmmmm. This might be a tough one. I found an article about the watch he's wearing in that shot, but not the jacket. It might be one of a kind - possibly made by his mother. (I'm pretty sure the infamous blue & gold military jacket was) You can't be the first person to look for it though, so maybe someone knows more than I do? It's a very cool jacket!

This seems to happen every time he does a Q&A, people bring him their problems. It's so sweet indeed he always dispenses such good advice and seems to care so much about helping everyone, like on X Factor when he kept trying to diagnose everyone onstage and fix their problems he's so empathetic, it's my favorite thing about him.

This is a very nice first thing to open Instagram to in the morning!

It is hilarious and that bit (and a couple others!) is in English! And I totally agree - the sub team are the very definition of everyday heroes.

The Lollipop question and attempt at an answer made me laugh so hard. The girl's sheer innocence is so cute and poor mika was literally turning slightly pink Not sure how I feel about this outfit. Do love the running shoes though. It's so weird to see him in sneakers! Can't wait for the full english subs on the Q&A <3

Yeah, I have to admit I'd much prefer the situation as it is - Mika is unique and odd and different, but not very well known in some places, to the alternative, which is that his aesthetic and music would be made more mainstream or "watered down" to be more universally appealing. I never like it when that happens, with music or TV or movies or anything - it's so hard to create something which is both amazing and loved by EVERYONE. Most things which no one dislikes are quite bland, and spread themselves too thin trying to ensure that they appeal to everyone while offending no one. One of my favorite TV shows of all time is something called Wolf Hall, which I absolutely loved but which can be best described as a long, slow plod through 16th century politics. It was most certainly a niche tv show, but it didn't shy away from that, and leaned hard into that slow political plod. The result was a show which might only appeal to some people, but was SO GOOD for those people (on that note if you like medieval politics, Watch Wolf hall!). When any art or media - be it a book, movie, music or otherwise, remains true to its creative image and draws whatever audience it gets from that, it always turns out better than when anything tries to cater to everyone. I DO think, however, that the people responsible for mainstream promotion of music under-estimate how successful more unusual artists could be. People like Melanie Martinez are currently enjoying massive success, without ever deviating from their styles. I understand why this is, I get that record companies don't want to take any more risks with their money than they have to, so they sink it into things most likely to experience the most success. But this excludes so many artists who are more unusual but would have MASSIVE success just as they are, if only given the exposure. With that said, I have absolutely no concern that Mika would change his music or aesthetic for commercial success. He's said repeatedly how much he dislikes that, and how much he dislikes even that it's been suggested that he should. He has a concrete aesthetic and style which I don't see him ever swaying to appease anyone else. (additionally, if he was going to do something like that, he's had plenty of time and opportunities and hasn't done it, so I am 100% confident in his being true to his style.) Voice Watching French Learners high five! I'm still convinced it's the one of the best language learning shows you could ever watch. The nature of the show means that people are speaking in the same way an every day person would speak, so you get to hear natural speech patterns of the language, and the nature of the show gives tons of familiar context for what's going on even if you don't understand the words. I think I would recommend anyone learning a language to start watching talent shows in that language

The one I have is one from the american leg of the TBWKTM tour - it's the black and white one with his face on it! (the best one of course). It seems like whatever company made/produced those shirts, or maybe Mika's team themselves (marketing people?) had a tremendous surplus of them and for a while they were on e-bay for something like $3 each. I think mine was somewhere between $3 and $4? It was an incredibly lucky find. This is exactly the shirt I have in men's and women's! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Womens-Juniors-Mika-The-Boy-Who-Knew-Too-Much-09-Concert-Tour-Shirt-S-L-/391721432529?var=&hash=item5b346ab5d1:m:mta1sOtUUMTlrM02ZjCLOpQ http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-Mika-The-Boy-Who-Knew-Too-Much-Concert-Tour-Shirt-New-S-/391766968482?hash=item5b372188a2:g:VG0AAOSwzqFZAUZt However, I will warn you that at least the women's shirts run very, very small. I am five foot nothing and weigh just under 120 pounds. I'm pretty sure my shirt is a large (no size tag - I might have cut it out actually, I hate tags and usually take them out of shirts so it's very possible I took it out) and it's veeery snug on me. It fits, but I don't dare run it through the dryer lest it not go over my head anymore! I don't know if the men's shirts run equally small - but bear that in mind if you get one! (Maybe the shirts being so small is why there were so many - they had a bunch made for the tour, saw how crazily off-size they were and had a different company make them, and warehoused the tiny ones which are now the ones on ebay? idk, either way more shirts for us!)

Another american chiming in: I don't think he's disliked here at all, in fact I'd say he's generally liked by the people who have heard of him. Problem here is, no one has heard of him! I wear a Mika t shirt to school (college) fairly often, and I...might have pictures of him all over my laptop and phone (it's cute and tasteful I promise! ) Point being, I usually have a mika reference somewhere on my person in a building full of 2007 pop-music aged people. I've only ever run into a couple people who know who is: one who's one of my friends who actually really knows him (a rare case) and loves him, and two people who kind of know him and respond in the exact same way: "Isn't he the guy who did the song with Ariana Grande?". If I hear that one more time I might scream! The annoying thing is he's rather invisible in america despite his popularity in Europe. His music is never played on our radio (and I do mean absolutely never. It is used as background music in malls and stores every now and then though - heard Staring at the Sun in my mall and Celebrate being played in a Toys-R-Us) and you cannot find his CDs even on the shelf in most stores which carry CDs and even dedicated music stores like FYE. Basically, it would be possible to live an entire, full and pop-culture-literate life in America and never hear of Mika once. It makes me sad! I've turned a couple people into fans/made them aware of him and everyone I've seen introduced to him at least liked him if not loved him, so I think if people here knew about him more he would be pretty well loved. Get with it, american radio. Play us more Mika!!

Did he just...spit in his hand and then shake hands with her? OMG he will do pretty much anything He looks so good! I do nOT like this suit though LOL. Too many patterns at once!

Your description just made me laugh out loud I love all these pictures! I also love the fact that as soon as he started posting the selfies everyone started playing a game of where's waldo on their tv screens as one of those people I'd like to thank him for wearing that orange shirt. @NaoMika I think you took the best pictures! I love how goofy some of them are

OMG, that was absolutely DELIGHTFUL. This is actually the song I suspected when I saw his costume the first time. I'm so happy with this I so appreciate that they kept all the weirdness and the bizarre dance moves from the movie. He's not allowed to say he can't dance or act anymore! He did the dancing very well and played the slightly creepy character (and the accent!) wonderfully! I'm a little giddy

THIS KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER

Omg, this was one of the first things I saw this morning and I just about screamed!!! Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire are my babies. Mika looks so cute and if he's singing a song from one of these old movies it's going to be so wonderful. I may cry

This is TRULY random, but it's making me laugh so hard I have to share it. Just press play and wait...when the mistake gets made you'll know

I'm so excited for this, I want to know what he's singing! I'm a bit of a Broadway nerd and I basically have a list of musical theater stuff I would love him to sing. I want some spoilers on the song!

This might just be the cutest thing I have ever seen and I can't stop watch it and laughing his mickey mouse voice is actually really good and that little smile at the end shoots me in the heart every time