Must Be the Music is more than just an X Factor clone

Originally written off as a cheap X Factor spoiler, Sky 1's talent show has fooled critics by propelling its acts into the top 10In the years since Top of the Pops took its last journey to the merciful veterinarian, British TV's quest for a Simon Cowell-free prime-time music format has assumed the unlikely character of Ferdinand Magellan's search for the north-west passage. And if you were looking for likely sources of a radical restructuring of the relationship between TV and original songwriti...

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