Filed under: Arts, Scotland, music | Tags: britain's got talent, susan boyle, subo, the stones, rolling stones, pat Rodger, Wild Horses, Susan boyle covers rolling stones
Unbelievably, SuBo’s first single is a Rolling Stones cover of Wild Horses. And get this. It is brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!
I am completely serious. Thanks to Pat for spotting it and posting on her facebook page.
Filed under: Arts, family, life, music, tv | Tags: amanda holden, Amanda holden nipple slip, britain's got talent, Diversity, little boots, simon cowall, susan boyle
Poor old Susan Boyle. Got her teeth done (but only the top set which gleamed like pearls, accentuated only by her daffodil shaded lower gnashers.)
Is that why she lost the greatest talent contest you or I have ever had the privelege to watch?
Nah. She lost because Diversity were better. And they had to be because old Susie left her Semi Final bad night at the office behind her and put in a blinder.
And to her credit she acknowledged that before going totally radge behind the scenes and ending up in The Priory. (I bet that’s the first time anyone from Blackburn’s been there.)I’m sure yopu. like me, wish her a speedy recovery. At least she’s no longer being a TV lab rat.
Getting back to Britain’s got Talent; The Final (of which there was only one – unlike the penta-finals billed as semi finals)
Diversity; they played the beautiful game.
The final was brilliant, breathtaking TV. Every act was there on merit. Not a fucking nose-blowing saxophonist impersonator in sight.
And it earned ITV a 19 million audience, the biggest in five years on the hottest day of the Millenium. Not bad really.
You will of course, dear reader, recall that I tipped Diverity as early as the auditions and I’m glad my predictions were so insightful.
You know I’m a visionary though. As you will also acknowledge when Little Boots goes into the Album Chart at number one fairly soon.
Amanda Holden got a bit carried away at the after show party apparently.
Filed under: Arts, family, tv | Tags: britain's got talent, Shahin Jafargholi, stavros flatley
The human saxophone was a highlight of particular silliness. He sounds no more a saxophone than I do a cultured media observer.
But it was a victory for minor ethnic minorities. Cyprus kicked ass in the form of the somewhat absurd Stavros Flatley. It is so bad it’s nearly good and Dad’s fawning over Flatley Jr is a real (cynical?) vote winner. For me though, the stars of the show were MD Showgroup who lost out in the final vote to Welsh Iranian Shahin Jafargholi. An oddly mature voice for a 12 year old.
Certainly kicks Susan Boyle into touch. That’s for sure.
Filed under: Arts, Youtube, family, life | Tags: britain's got talent, Diversity, diversity v Flawless, Flawless, susan Young
So. It’s a Sharks v Jets final.
Susan Boyle has burned her boats by becoming a cocky cheeky bitch. (And singing crap.)
It’s all about Diversity versus Flawless and my money is very firmly on Diversity.
Nothing else has a chance.
Their acts may be almost identical but Diversity have got the kids man. And they ain’t afraid to use them.
Filed under: Arts, family, humour, life, tv | Tags: Ant and dec, britain's got talent, Diversity, itv, saturday night TV, susan Bopyle, talent show
Oh. What a great first semi final tonight.
“The whole world’s talking about it.” said the presenters who most wanted/needed “the whole world” to be talking about it.
Anyway, in a travesty of a public vote the woman who isn’t actually all that ugly and certainly isn’t all that good at singing (although she’s quite good) walked off with the public’s vote.
By FAR the best act, “Diversity”, were faced with a shoot out against the grannies’ favourite; the sweet (but rubbish) wee lassie, Natalie Okri.
Common sense ensured that the best act, by far, is in the final.
Julie Neidenko, the Latvian pole dancer, who claims to be a belly dancer, but doesn’t actually belly dance caught my (and Simon’s) eye.
When Darth Jackson took his mask off Ria immediately categorised him as a peado and that Latvian burd as a prossie. (I’d like to say that as author of this blog I do not necessarily subscribe to either of my 14 year old daughter’s views.)
What I do think though is that public nonsense could take a very average singer to surprising levels of success and I’m not in agreement with that. Even if she is Scottish.
Come on Diversity!
Filed under: Arts, Youtube, advertising, business, life, tv | Tags: britain's got talent, t mobile
T Mobile’s Hey Jude ad in the middle of Britain’s Got Talent tonight is what advertising is all about. Event advertising during event TV.
This is an extended version of it.
Ok, the snob in you stops you wanting to like this programme. The human on the other hand says it is utterly astounding.
It’s emotional. It’s funny. It gets you talking. It’s just great.
Susan Boyle’s story is well documented over the past week but tonight was all about “Diversity”, an unlikely male dance group from Lundin made up of a wide age group of youngsters who choreographed the most stunning and original two minute sequence you could imagine.
Priceless.
This is them on YouTube at Lakeside Shopping Centre: 18,000 hits to date. I suspect that a week from now that might be nearer a million.
Filed under: Arts, Youtube, gigs, life | Tags: amanda holden, andrew johnston, britain's got talent, farel
The final was fab.
We were out at a party on Saturday night and had to sharp exit for a bit to see who landed the spoils.
The wee gadgey that one it must be feckin’ freezing though.
He wasn’t, for me, the best by a long way. Ultimately Andrew Johnstone ousted Amazonio by virtue of being better (but I think they split each others’ vote) and Michael Jackson and the Sique Janny just about did the smash and grab.
Here’s Andrew in his qualifier. He was much better in the final but of course it has been sequestrated on youtube for a bit.
Brilliant.
And the second best thing was Amanda Holden’s dress.
Filed under: Arts, family, life, music, tv | Tags: amanda holden, britain's got talent, itv, piers morgan, simon cowall, talent, talent show
Yes, I know, I should be reading Proust or old speeches by Churchill or the history of the Ming Dynasty or something similar, but this week I’ve watched quite a bit, but not all, of Britain’s Got Talent.
And, you know what, despite some of it being truly awful, it is actually a heartelt and great piece of TV.
This is what ITV is invented for and why it still exists.
Simon Cowall calms it down; Piers Morgan grows even more likeably into his public persona, free of the shackles of editorship, and Amanda Holden is just a genuinely nice person that usuallly reflects the mood of the public.
I like this programme.
A truly adorable young lad, bullied at school, and singing soprano won on Monday night and must be the favourite.
Tonight a 12 year old schoolgirl (also a soprano) won by miles. It has to be said she does not look or act like a 12 year old. 26? OK, I’ll buy that.
My money’s on the boy.
