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| A good and surprisingly entertaining start.
The Voice is a bit weird but they have found some good singers. And I love Jessie J and Tom Jones so it will do for me, but they seem to have deliberately done the opposite of X Factor etc and NOT put through anyone who is truly crap or unhinged just for entertainment.
Britain's Got Talent is good for David Walliams, who has grown into the role and is bloody funny at times. It would be too annoying for me to watch live, but with fast-forward I found myself watching more than I'd expected I would. The mad German whose gold wing fell off had me nearly wetting mesen. And they had the best singer ever, the fat lad, wow. If you didn't watch it then I kid you not, this guy could be as good as a Pavarotti.
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| Thought the Voice was ok as an idea, would have preferred to have had a seasoned "rocker" in the final chair, and also not having barriers between the judges when they had their backs to the singers to stop the childish play acting between them was a mistake............problem is for me, where does it go as a series? there could be some good stuff of how those selected work with their mentors, but without the "car-crash" element of X Factor, does it have the legs to survive? much like the one Sky did a couple of years ago that unearthed Emma's imagination, but could only sustain one series.
BGT is what is always is for me, a good return to saturday night entertainment of old, nothing really to get upset or excited about but does entertain, and allow a proportion of talented [agree about the big lad, shame for the lass who had stuck by him and not so talented to have soem fun.
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| Quote ="Ferocious Aardvark"A good and surprisingly entertaining start.
The Voice is a bit weird but they have found some good singers. And I love Jessie J and Tom Jones so it will do for me, but they seem to have deliberately done the opposite of X Factor etc and NOT put through anyone who is truly crap or unhinged just for entertainment.
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Had to go out last night so only saw the first three singers on that show, but from switching on expecting to hate it I have to say that it impressed - the interplay between the four judges and the chairs and all the other bollax were just a gimmicks but at the core of the show is the gem of an idea that the contestants have been hand picked as genuine performers and are not your usual rabble of lunatics and self deluded street urchins who normally frequent this sort of "talent" show.
Must catch up with the rest of it later and I actually haven't a clue what the end result is supposed to be (one of those fabled "million pound" recording contracts ?) but if the first twenty minutes were anything to go on then its got a lot of promise.
Britains Got Talent / X Factor / Simon Cowell Promotion Tool TV has just got too tiresome for me now, they don't even get dafter, just the same old thing...
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| I can dig the fact the contestants on the voice are a cut above you XSpactor lark. But I saw no one last night who I haven't heard better at an open mic night somewhere.
It also came across as very self serving in the way the judges acted. Name dropping, ego massaging boredom. Particularly when two of them are William from the Black Eyed Peas and the guy from the Script, who are the blandest band since I sat in magnolia room in beige trousers listening to the lighthouse family.
Still. I am sure Universal will enjoy the millions of records sold after the BBC have done all their advertising for them.
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| Quote ="Ferocious Aardvark"A good and surprisingly entertaining start.
The Voice is a bit weird but they have found some good singers. And I love Jessie J and Tom Jones so it will do for me, but they seem to have deliberately done the opposite of X Factor etc and NOT put through anyone who is truly crap or unhinged just for entertainment.
Britain's Got Talent is good for David Walliams, who has grown into the role and is bloody funny at times. It would be too annoying for me to watch live, but with fast-forward I found myself watching more than I'd expected I would. The mad German whose gold wing fell off had me nearly wetting mesen. And they had the best singer ever, the fat lad, wow. If you didn't watch it then I kid you not, this guy could be as good as a Pavarotti.'"
I'm not a huge BGT fan, but the big opera singer lad was genuinely good. That last note he hit was spine tingling.
And far from the girl holding him back, I thought she complemented him very well.
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| I got to watch the whole of The Voice last night and have to say I'm impressed, the judges interaction is still a bit staged and mere frippery but the format is good and the fact that the acts don't get on the show unless they can sing very well or have a performance track record is the best feature - there is a place for freak show point-and-laugh "talent" competitions but ITV have that base covered with BGT and X-Factor, The Voice is not that market and it showed immediately - what happens when the judges have their portfolio is uncertain but already its a cut above anything that X Factor has displayed.
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| Not that it's a proper reflection but any idea what the ratings were? Suspect the Voice may have been higher but not seen anything
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| Quote ="Chris28"Not that it's a proper reflection but any idea what the ratings were? Suspect the Voice may have been higher but not seen anything'"
[urlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar/25/voice-britains-got-talent-ratings[/url
Will be interesting to see how it progresses, I don't actually know what happens in The Voice after the judges have made their choices and no surprises await the following week ?
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| So, while the beeb keeps on pouring money into [is[/ihit programming like this, they are slashing away atnews, natural history and other quality programmes. Just so that Jeremy Hunt can say he's frozen the license fee
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| Britains got talent
I was listening to the radio today and it was concerning 'Yoof' unemployment and they had this muppet on whinging because he could n't get an apprenticeship or even a job in a call centre, it went something along the lines of
'a bin fo abart 200 jobs like and like every time I try like I get like no replies like, I have tried like for painting like and joinery like, but like I can't get like any interviews like, even the like call centres like have nuffin'
At least he didn't say 'innit'
I suppose he could always get 'famous like'
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| Quote ="cod'ead"So, while the beeb keeps on pouring money into [is[/ihit programming like this, they are slashing away atnews, natural history and other quality programmes. Just so that Jeremy Hunt can say he's frozen the license fee'"
I would tend to agree.
The problem, though is of their own making. They want to compete with commercial stations whilst remaining a public service broadcaster. In this day and age, it's difficult to have it both ways.
Personally, if BBC One wants to compete with ITV, when it should allow adverts, and not allow any license fee to be directed that way. Same goes for Radio 1 and 2 and their digital channels. There should be a severe rationalisation in their local radio stations too, or again, they should bring in adverts to pay for them.
The public service element (for instance, say a rebooted BBC Two and Radio 4) should indeed be license funded and should indeed keep on producing minority interest and educational/documentary programming. I'm not suggesting that this should be negalected or even shut down at all - just suggesting that the license fee should be used wisely.
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| I actually applied for - and got - an audition for the forthcoming ITV series "Superstar", where they're trying to find a new Jesus for the forthcoming "Jesus Christ Superstar" arena tour.
I didn't go. Why? We were playing Castleford away
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| BGT - some good entertainment.
Ashley and Pudsey - 10/1 seems like good odds to me for the best dancing dog ever
And Zippy for No. 1 with the "Where's me watch, where's me mobile" song
On The Voice - interesting opportunity to double your money -
If you assume that the winning coach will be either Will.I.Am or Jessie J then at the moment each is available at 3/1
So £10 on each costs you £20 and returns you £40, for a nice 100% £20 profit.
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| The Voice was summed up for me last night when none of 'em wanted the guy who belted out 'Livin' On A Prayer' yet fawned over some Adele wannabe and some posh upper-crust Dido-a-like
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| Quote ="Ferocious Aardvark"
And Zippy for No. 1 with the "Where's me watch, where's me mobile" song
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Why you no listen?
''Where me keys, where me phone?''
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| Quote ="Stand-Offish"Why you no listen?
''Where me keys, where me phone?'''"
No, that's HIS version, mine is unique, and not at all copied off him
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| Quote ="cod'ead"So, while the beeb keeps on pouring money into [is[/ihit programming like this, they are slashing away atnews, natural history and other quality programmes. Just so that Jeremy Hunt can say he's frozen the license fee'"
do you recall the good old days of the BBC World Service ? I mean,when it really[u was [/uthe top wireless broadcasting medium ?
can't explain what listening to an episode of the Men From The Ministry or The Clitheroe Kid in the middle of a stormy South China Seas did for the system....
the GB edition of the world atlas still had bits of pink on it !
ahh,the good old dzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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| Wasn't paying much attention to the show but the girl who sang Purple Rain on Britains got talent
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| Watched the first few BGT shows of the series but lost a bit of interest, felt a bit 'samey'. Had a good laugh at that old girl doing the poetry while that fat idiot pranced around behind her, and the German guy with the wings - think they were both on the same show .
David Walliams has been terrific so far, much better than McIntyre and Hasslehoff.
My girlfriend always bangs on about The Voice. Watched a bit of it, thought it was OK, but only really watch X Factor if I'm with her on a Saturday night so can't see me watching this on my own either.
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| Quote ="100% Wire"The Voice was summed up for me last night when none of 'em wanted the guy who belted out 'Livin' On A Prayer' yet fawned over some Adele wannabe and some posh upper-crust Dido-a-like'"
If the self-styled Rock God had bothered to try a bit of singing rather than just belting every line at the top of his voice he might have got somewhere.
Instead he came across like some sort of Spinal Tap-esque parody of a rock frontman, with everything turned up to 11.
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Quote ="Paul Weller"You get some of these kids who think they're a little bit 'edgy', got a bit of a Pete Doherty haircut. You're not edgy, really, mate. Otherwise you wouldn't be on an effing talent show, would you?'"
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| Paul Weller is 53, btw
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| It's rare that I agree with anything that old has to say, but on this one he's exactly right.
Now if he'd get rid of what is known in some circles as 'A lesbian granny haircut' he may get taken more seriously elsewhere.
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| Fell out with Weller shortly into the Style Council but he's spot on with that.
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| Quote ="tb"Paul Weller is 53, btw'"
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