Britain's Got Talent

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

Candle Light — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:30:20 GMT

I can't believe that first post. Shameful.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

rosiet2008 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:48:19 GMT

blinko:
rosiet2008:
Hard to believe there was a time when people won talent shows for reasons other than that they appealed to the young and/or were considered "cool". In today's youth obsessed, "cool" obsessed climate people like Pam Ayres, Max Boyce, Michael Barrymore, Dave Allen, Frank Carson, Mary Hopkin, Su Pollard, Les Dennis and Victoria Wood wouldn't stand a chance.
Well thank goodness for that , there is only one person on that list that is at all worth listening to, the others were absolutely awful , and one of them is best forgotten.

In your opinion. In mine they are marvellous as is a certain Tom O'Connor who also appeared on a talent show. I expect Diversity will be a here today gone tommorrow act - pity the same can't be said for Lenny Henry who won New Faces and who, for some reason, as he's devoid of talent, is still in the spotlight.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

blinko — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:07:32 GMT

rosiet2008:
Hard to believe there was a time when people won talent shows for reasons other than that they appealed to the young and/or were considered "cool". In today's youth obsessed, "cool" obsessed climate people like Pam Ayres, Max Boyce, Michael Barrymore, Dave Allen, Frank Carson, Mary Hopkin, Su Pollard, Les Dennis and Victoria Wood wouldn't stand a chance.

Well thank goodness for that , there is only one person on that list that is at all worth listening to, the others were absolutely awful , and one of them is best forgotten.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

rosiet2008 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:24:19 GMT

Hard to believe there was a time when people won talent shows for reasons other than that they appealed to the young and/or were considered "cool". In today's youth obsessed, "cool" obsessed climate people like Pam Ayres, Max Boyce, Michael Barrymore, Dave Allen, Frank Carson, Mary Hopkin, Su Pollard, Les Dennis and Victoria Wood wouldn't stand a chance.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

rosiet2008 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:11:26 GMT

Then aside for the obvious reason (making money for ITV) there really is no point in voting when the winner doesn't really have much of a career ahead of them.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

hurteau — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:28:03 GMT

Uhh,, You have to remember what the average age of people voting is. Of course Susan was the best, but, wiggers are more impressed with what is cool and hip, or gangsta. In the long run Susan will be the winner because the break dancers can be beat tomorrow if the show went international.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

rosiet2008 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:22:10 GMT

brianformusic:

The "Judges" are rubbish, self-seeking, opportunist, arrogant and superfluous.

Agreed. The panel add nothing to the programme other than to get an emotional reaction. I suppose that's part of the appeal for some but Opportunity Knocks showed that a panel as not needed and a talent show can run just as well (or I would say better) without them. Viewers are quite capable of making up their own minds without so-called experts telling them what to think. As the saying goes I may not know much about art but I know what I like and don't need a panel of judges to tell me what's good and what isn't. And if BGT insists on voting for kids then it is nothing but a programme for and about kids. Either they should have two shows (one for kids and one for adults because let's face it no adult is going to win when there's a kid in the running) or just bar adults from taking part.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

jessb90 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:29:29 GMT

steelerfan - It is SO great to hear from an American who is being level-headed about the whole thing. Thank you, and I agree with everything you said.

BTW - Is their bit on the Today Show online somewhere? I'd love to see it.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

steelerfan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:43:54 GMT

As an American, I truly want to apoligize for the way some of us "Americans" act. Maureen, what business do you have calling this VERY talented group of young kids "ghetto" kids? Diversity was just on the American morning show "Today", and they were ALL very well mannered and gracious, especially for kids. I've seen them dance and they are fun and very entertaining to watch. Susan Boyle, while talented, perhaps didn't appeal to everyone. I know if I were able to vote on BGT, I probably wouldn't have voted for her. Here in America, the "sure winner" and "favorite" didn't win American Idol. I didn't vote for the "sure winner", I personally couldn't stand his voice. So, the underdog won, after the hype and the constant media attention of Adam Lambert, Kris Allen won, and I and countless others are happy. I've been labled a "homophobe", a "bible thumper", a "KKK" member, everything under the sun, because I didn't like the "sure winner". I guess this goes to show you, never, ever count your chickens before they hatch. Susan was over hyped, and I imagine many of the British public grew a bit tired of her. She's made her mark, people won't forget her, so let this amazingly talented group of young dancers enjoy their win.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

kazhmenez — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:26:26 GMT

If you could actually get through to even vote ONCE, that is :(

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

brianformusic — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:35:16 GMT

yorkiepeter:

As it happens Susan Boyle will no doubt make millions out of britain's got talent, so yes it will be well worth it for her.

Leave the judges, they perform a great job!

You see it all comes down to money! What a shame.

The "Judges" are rubbish, self-seeking, opportunist, arrogant and superfluous. What on earth has Piers Morgan got talent-wise to be in that show -or any other, come to think of it. A discredited journalist -lucky on to go to jail. If 18-20 million people watched that dreadful show, then God help the country.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

warlordmos — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:10:33 GMT

Maureen:

Here Here for your comment. The criteria I used to judge the finalists was would I pay to see any of them perform. The answer is yes to only Susan Boyle. The others are acts i would not ever go to see for free.

Ken

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

jessb90 — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:57:40 GMT

I voted for Diversity because I thought them majorly talented and creative and found their act the most entertaining. I'm sure many other people did too, just like Susan got many votes for the same reason. Not everyone was paying attention to the hype.

I'm not a massive fan of some of the music they dance to either, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the effort and skill required to perform these things. I love hip-hop dancing in general, but not so much hip-hop music. I didn't like the songs Susan or Holly sang, but to me they were still very good (I thought Holly was better, to be honest). Oh well, seems a silly thing to argue about all in all.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

yorkiepeter — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:54:54 GMT

rosiet2008:
Not a backlash? Some bloggers have actually admitted that following Susan's "apparent" four letter fury (and we only have the media reporters' word that this actually happend) they were intending to vote for Diversity. Granted not everyone is so easily swayed but I'm sure there are some people are swayed by what they read or, for that matter, by what the panel say. I can't see the point in the panel. Viewers are more than capable of making up their own mijnds without the media or a panel of so-called experts as to what they do or do not like.

Well, really! It was only the comments of these judges that installed Susan as favourite in the first place.

One must vote for the best performance of the night which was clearly diversity, even susan herself admitted that. Lets not forget that she did indeed beat 8 out of the 9 other competitors on the night.

I have absolutely nothing against Susan and would have voted for her myself had diversity not been quite so awesome, and that had nothing to do with tantrums, hype or any publicity whether good or bad.....simply that diversity outperformed her on the night.

Re: Are You People Insane!!!!!??

rosiet2008 — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:45:03 GMT

Not a backlash? Some bloggers have actually admitted that following Susan's "apparent" four letter fury (and we only have the media reporters' word that this actually happend) they were intending to vote for Diversity. Granted not everyone is so easily swayed but I'm sure there are some people are swayed by what they read or, for that matter, by what the panel say. I can't see the point in the panel. Viewers are more than capable of making up their own minds without the media or a panel of so-called experts as to what they do or do not like.