BRITAINS GOT TALENT..

[Lincsbodger]

B'ah humbug. Take it you didn't get through the first round then with your stand-up act

Actually, i was Bass player in a jazz trio in the resident band in the cocktail bar at the local Posh Hotel for years in my youth...........played for many famous people, but my fav was Eric Sykes

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Eric was deaf, so he would have been my fav too.

 

[dexthird]

Well whaddya know.

 

[Alison556]

or someone who can dive 50 foot in to an egg cup, whilst making balloon animals

Backwards of course and possibly having done a triple somersault with pike on the way down.

and quoting part p of the building regulations

Of course! Oops, building regs violation there on my part.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Of course! Oops, building regs violation there on my part.

It is a diy site after all

 

[Lincsbodger]

Eric was deaf, so he would have been my fav too.

yes it was v funny. he sent beer over and asked us to play, and sat there reading for an hour. It was only after when he'd gone the barman said he'd taken his special hearing aid glasses off so he couldnt here us anyway. I thought 'very funny, u got us there eric'. He stayed several times and always came to ...listen ?

 

[joinerjohn]

Surely though the title of the show should be changed to Britains not got talent. How many acts ??( I use the word loosely) get through to the televised auditions that have no chance whatsoever. It makes a mockery of the talented people who just don't make it that far.
Remember the Polish girls a few years ago that were particularly bad? How on earth did they get to the televised auditions? Maybe because they were as bad as they were, Simon Cowell put them on for us to mock? You have to question the ethics of such entertainment. Last year, Holly the little girl who forgot the words and burst out crying. Should she have had to face such humiliation?
Now Mr Cowell states that he'd like a dog act to win this year WTF?? Maybe if a dog came on and recited some Shakespeare I'd be impressed.

 

[dexthird]

Maybe if a dog came on and recited some Shakespeare I'd be impressed.

Rovero, Rovero. Wherefore art though Rovero?

 

[Lincsbodger]

Remember the Polish girls a few years ago that were particularly bad? How on earth did they get to the televised auditions? Maybe because they were as bad as they were, Simon Cowell put them on for us to mock? You have to question the ethics of such entertainment. Last year, Holly the little girl who forgot the words and burst out crying.

Thats exactly what its about, public humiliation. All the acts are prescreened before they get in front of the judges, so the ones that are selected are the ones with 'talent' who might make the real competition, or the ones who are so bad we can laugh at them and watch there humiliation. Its an appalling premise for a TV show, and morally disgusting, certainly no better than whipping convicts in the public stocks or watching lions kill Christians. Remember Emma Chauvner, the fat blonde girl with nil talent. She was let on two years in a row because her lack of talent made such juicy TV, and to exploit her and humiliate her in that way, even if she is too stupid to realise she has no talent, is inexcusable.

 

[dexthird]

certainly no better than whipping convicts in the public stocks or watching lions kill Christians.

Oh happy days.

Anyway, accepting what your version of events are for the preliminaries, once you get onto the live shows then it turns into a reasonably entertaining variety act show. In fact, it's hard to think of many other shows which have such a range of different acts on them - they tend to be predominantly singing (yawn), or dancing on wood or ice (yawn)

 

[Lincsbodger]

certainly no better than whipping convicts in the public stocks or watching lions kill Christians.

Oh happy days.

Anyway, accepting what your version of events are for the preliminaries, once you get onto the live shows then it turns into a reasonably entertaining variety act show. In fact, it's hard to think of many other shows which have such a range of different acts on them - they tend to be predominantly singing (yawn), or dancing on wood or ice (yawn)

yes but what it turns out is identical every year. You cant tell the difference between Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke.. It turns out a stereotype specified by Cowell designed to promote the lack lustre idiot songs he likes to promote. These programs will not produce another Beatles or another Beyonce or Madonna. Just another Cowell clone.

 

[dexthird]

yes but what it turns out is identical every year. You cant tell the difference between Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke.. It turns out a stereotype specified by Cowell designed to promote the lack lustre idiot songs he likes to promote. These programs will not produce another Beatles or another Beyonce or Madonna. Just another Cowell clone.

No doubt the case. However, the acts themselves are entertaining during the live shows, and we should applaud the efforts made by the "contestants" to get them up to a semi professional standard.

Trouble is, there are only so many hobbies/pastimes/feats that people take up that are suitable for a wide audience. Prodigious children, a few street worthy speciality acts, some dancing and singing (hmm). Maybe a musical soloist (hmm!) or a comedian (hmm). What else is there?

The "hmm" refer to the question as to why such talented people haven't made any inroads via the "usual" routes.

 

[Lincsbodger]

The "hmm" refer to the question as to why such talented people haven't made any inroads via the "usual" routes.

Because the golden age of Variety was killed by the alternative comedy of the 80's. You can blame Ben Elton, the most high profile of the genre, for killing off not only Variety, but also comedy and sit com. No one wanted Vent Acts, or Wire Balancing Acts, or Knife Throwers, or Plate Balancers any more, and neither did they want Dads Army, Only Fools And Horses, Benny Hill or Steptoe and Son.

After alternative comedy hit the screens no one wanted variety acts, and even what was left has now been killed off by 'reality' TV. Whats left is pure dross.