Charlie Simpson thinks The X Factor is irrelevant

Former Busted star Charlie “Eye-brows” Simpson doesn’t think that The X Factor is relevant to the music industry. Clearly he's not a man who bases he's weekends around watching the show then,

“It's irrelevant. It is its own monster, so I don't think it affects the music industry really,” Charlie told Digital Spy.
"There is always a song that comes out at Christmas; some of the artists last, some don't, and it goes on - it's a machine."

Charlie also shared his thoughts on the state of the music industry, saying, "I came into the music industry at the last moment before all the major changes. It had been pretty much the same for 50 years, until downloads were introduced. Pop music is in a weird place at the moment, and no one knows which way it's going. I think we're in a transition period - in ten years there will be a system that works."

Do you share Charlie’s opinion about The X Factor, or do you think he’s talking a load of codswollop?