The following article contains spoilers about episodes of Home & Away that will air from May 13th to the 17th…
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Should the judges have a veto or Save My Act card for use once per series?
The X Factor has had possibly the worst year ever in terms of controversy and viewing figures, and as fans will know, last night’s elimination – which saw Ella Henderson leave the contest – made it The Farce Factor, prompting fury on Twitter…
Many of those who expressed outrage at the result, which of course saw Ella and James Arthur battling it out to remain on the show, claimed that for them, it was the last straw and their days of watching the show were over.
And indeed, it was ridiculous, which Ella’s mentor Tulisa kept repeating, but as terminology goes, it’s as good a word for it as any.
That two of the most talented singers this year were even in the bottom two is and was ludicrous, and though I know a number of fans are hugely upset that Rylan Clark remains in the contest, I just can’t feel badly about that… Continue reading »
As an avid fan of I’m A Celebrity, I completely understand why it is that year on year, we viewers seem to get a contestant in our sights and vote time and time again for them to do the Bushtucker trials…
For instance, the year that Gillian McKeith took part in the show, I did in fact perfect my plan laugh while dialing to vote her day in day out to do the trials, and I and my fellow voters were rewarded with displays of extreme histrionics for our pains, and even a ‘faint’ once.
So I get that it’s fun. Ditto making the celebs starve when someone fails a trial.
However, I really think we’ve had our money’s worth out of former Corrie star Helen Flanagan now, because three times – we’ve yet to see how she does in the trial alongside EastEnders actress Charlie Brooks, which will air tonight – she’s barely managed to contain her hysteria.
In her first trial, Bug Burial, she lasted a matter of seconds before ending it by saying the safety phrase, “I’m a celebrity get me out of here” and in the challenge we saw last night, Cruelty Towers, after what was most likely hours of prevaricating, she finally ventured into the ‘hotel’ only to yet again yell “Get me out of here” after seconds… Continue reading »
As fans of X Factor will of course know, last year, Louis Walsh ditched Carolynne Poole at the Judges’ Houses stage in order to take through ‘singer’ Goldie Cheung, and once again last night, the fate of Carolynne’s musical ambitions ended up in Louis’ hands…
As you’ll know if you watched last night’s second live show, Carolynne was in the bottom two along with Rylan Clark. From the moment we learned that news, it was – I thought – a foregone conclusion that Carolynne would get through because she has an awesome voice and as much as I like Rylan, he doesn’t.
It should have been the biggest no brainer of the entire series, but after Nicole understandably voted to send Carolynne home, Gary – after a snipe or two – chose to send Rylan home, as did Tulisa.
So it came down to Louis’ vote, and a seriously frustrated Dermot O’Leary continuously insisted Louis give an answer as to who he wanted to send home…
After about 12 years of prevaricating, Louis said, “I want to save Carolynne…” Continue reading »
And why those who covered up Savile’s alleged abuse should be tried for aiding and abetting a paedophile
As you’re probably aware, ITV1 is airing a documentary tonight that examines claims that the late Sir Jimmy Savile was “a predatory paedophile” who used his fame, money and influence as a cover for the abuse of vulnerable young girls.
In Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, we’ll see the culmination of former detective Mark Williams-Thomas’s investigation into allegations made against Savile by at least five – some tabloids report that number is now ten – women who say Savile abused them when they were teenagers.
And since some of the details that we’ll see in the film were made public, allegations of a cover-up at the BBC have been leveled at the corporation, which its executives strenuously deny.
However, earlier this week DJ Paul Gambaccini – who worked with Savile on several occasions – said during an interview on Daybreak that Savile’s alleged abuse of children was something of an open secret… Continue reading »
Last night’s edition of The X Factor was the final installment from this year’s Bootcamp, and I stared at my TV, mouth hanging open like a slack jawed yokel as some of the best singers were, one by one, kicked off the show…
Joe Cox and Jade Richards, who of course both made it as far as Judges’ Houses last year, were yet again ditched, as was Joseph Whelan, who for me was on the early Could Win It list.
I really don’t know how the judges reached their decisions this year – or most years for that matter – given that yet again, singers who are far weaker vocally than all of the above got through to the next stage…
For instance, Brad Shackleton and Rylan Clark were put through, and though certainly Rylan is a truly nice guy and very funny, there’s not a cat in hell’s chance that he’s going to win.
Ditto for Brad, who, though I didn’t actually notice him much in the shows to date – did you? – is probably also a very nice bloke, but again, his voice is nowhere near the caliber of Joe’s, Jade’s or Joseph’s. Continue reading »
Last night we paid our first visit to The X Factor 2012 Boot Camp – the second installment is of course airing tonight on ITV1 – and I have a gripe…
Well, I have a few actually, but one of the main ones is this Boot Camp tradition to hear the acts singing in groups of three.
Why? They won’t be singing in the live shows in sets of three will they? Unless they ARE a group of course…
But the solo singers are of course just that; solo singers, and therefore, putting them into groups with others is just plain pointless and I think it really puts many of the singers at a big disadvantage.
We saw a lot of the truly good solo artists struggling last night, including Jahmene Douglas who forgot the words to Maroon 5’s – by now intensely annoying, we heard it that many times – song Moves Like Jagger… Continue reading »
So The X Factor returned to our screens last Saturday night and not to the best start.
The total audience viewing figures hit 8.7 million viewers, with a 42.4% share, and it was the worst for a launch show since 2006. Wow.
Some may blame the super hot weather for everyone going out and enjoying themselves instead but is that really what happened? The X Factor was the Ultimate Saturday Night TV a few years ago. Everyone loved Simon, Cheryl, Dannii and Louis and everyone loved the contestants that spawned from it.
After last year’s series, I wasn’t sure I was going to tune in to be honest, but for some reason, after the demise of the BBC’s The Voice, I really felt like tuning in to see if The X Factor spark could be rectified with the new addition of Nicole Scherzinger to the panel instead of Kelly Rowland.
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler has announced that he is leaving American Idol.
The show will yet again be faced with getting a new judge and winning over audiences with that person and their camaraderie with the other judges.
The worst part of it is that Tyler may also be taking fellow judge Jennifer Lopez with him. Lopez has publicly announced that she is not sure whether to continue with the series after two stints on the show.
The show in the US has faced dwindling ratings and will now have to re-jig its line up in a bid to get back on top but where can the once powerful show go from here?
This series of Big Brother has proven to be one of the most complained about ever – since the whole Fight Night series anyway, and the spitting incident – which has most likely seen Ofcom’s staff on overtime…
First, people complained about Conor’s rant over Deana, then they complained after Caroline called Adam “a ridiculous gorilla”, then came yet more complaints when former housemate Victor Ebuwa called the housemates “retards.”
And according to the Daily Star today, Labour MP Keith Vaz is now on the I Wish To Complain bandwagon after Shievonne accused Deana of “playing the race card” to get sympathy.
But that’s not the end of it, oh no…
Ofcom have received complaints from viewers who say Big Brother recently “deceived” Adam into believing his answers to questions supposedly posed by viewers – when in fact, it was the Blue Team who asked the questions then listened to the answers – were in secret.
Yet others have moaned over Caroline Wharram saying Adam “thinks he’s Martin Luther King, preaching to his people.”
And finally, viewers complained that Adam “physically abused” Arron Lowe when he threw a bowl full of assorted ickyness – such as milk, anchovies and olive oil – over him… Continue reading »
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