(31 May 2015, 8:47 pm)Dan wrote Old Men Grooving beat Isaac and Calum? Shambles!

Mind you they were good, and would be brilliant in a variety show, but Isaac especially was a lot better than them!

I'm hoping Matisse or Jamie Raven win. 

I was, am and always will be against normal singers being on the show, regardless of age. People old enough who sing should go on the X Factor imo. I'll never think differently about that.
Similar with dance acts but I absolutely loved Old Men Grooving.

Between Jules and Mattise or Jamie Raven for me...

I agree with the winner. Although i loved Jamies performance, it wasn't enough completely withdraw the cockups from his semi-final performance.

(01 Jun 2015, 2:48 pm)Adam wrote Thank goodness Britain's Got Talent's finished. I refuse to watch that blinking show. The same goes for all reality TV programmes, except I'm a Celebrity. I ended up at the pub with my Dad and my cousin last night.

The main reason why I don't watch it is because they have no morals at all. I know it's the case with the X Factor, so I suspect it's the same with BGT, but there is a pre-audition stage before people reach the celebrity judges in the televised auditions. What annoys me about this is that whoever deals with the pre-auditions quite clearly send through rubbish acts who have a snowball's chance in hell of winning, or even making it past the audition stage, to make an absolute mockery of themselves infront of the public, and even worse, on television, leading many people to laugh at them for being rubbish. Now, where is the morals in that? There isn't any!

Also, they send through some people who aren't fully there in the head, shall we say, building their hopes up only to be let down and made an absolute mockery of themselves infront of the judges and audience. Again, where are the morals? It's just not right in the slightest! Fair enough, if we take Susan Boyle for example, everyone thought she was a little deluded, but she's done fantastically well out of the show as she is one of few actually good acts that have come out of the show. Now that, I don't mind at all, but as for the rest of it, it basically insults people's intelligence!

On the X Factor as well, if you listen very carefully, you can tell whether people are going to get through or not, as they have some form of computerised voice enhancement feature, or something like that, so more or less rigs and fiddles the whole competition.

So, how long is it until the X Factor starts? I can temporarily stay in the living room on a Saturday night for now.

Yeah I have to agree with points in this post. A lass who was on my course at college auditioned for BGT and she used a sob story about how she had her kid took off her and she had a hard life etc. Apparently she got past the first stage where you get judged by randoms and got onto the stage where you get judged by the main judges and in front of the audience and she sung and from videos people have shown me she can't sing like at all she sounds like a fog horn. I don't believe they actually showed her on TV which is a shame as the way she went on about not getting through and saying that she was mint got on all our nerves so I wanted to laugh at how bad she was.

My other reasons for hating BGT and X Factor is some musicians work incredibly hard for year to get people to notice there musical talent and now we get people who sing once to some judges then end up on TV with millions of viewers for 10 weeks and get there moment of fame after doing little work whatsoever, it sickens me.

Also I saw the first hour of BGT last night and I thought it was a pile of garbage.

X Factor usually starts around July I think.

I thought BGT was good this year, but the X Factor is a load of rubbish.

(01 Jun 2015, 2:48 pm)Adam wrote Thank goodness Britain's Got Talent's finished. I refuse to watch that blinking show. The same goes for all reality TV programmes, except I'm a Celebrity. I ended up at the pub with my Dad and my cousin last night.

The main reason why I don't watch it is because they have no morals at all. I know it's the case with the X Factor, so I suspect it's the same with BGT, but there is a pre-audition stage before people reach the celebrity judges in the televised auditions. What annoys me about this is that whoever deals with the pre-auditions quite clearly send through rubbish acts who have a snowball's chance in hell of winning, or even making it past the audition stage, to make an absolute mockery of themselves infront of the public, and even worse, on television, leading many people to laugh at them for being rubbish. Now, where is the morals in that? There isn't any!

Also, they send through some people who aren't fully there in the head, shall we say, building their hopes up only to be let down and made an absolute mockery of themselves infront of the judges and audience. Again, where are the morals? It's just not right in the slightest! Fair enough, if we take Susan Boyle for example, everyone thought she was a little deluded, but she's done fantastically well out of the show as she is one of few actually good acts that have come out of the show. Now that, I don't mind at all, but as for the rest of it, it basically insults people's intelligence!

On the X Factor as well, if you listen very carefully, you can tell whether people are going to get through or not, as they have some form of computerised voice enhancement feature, or something like that, so more or less rigs and fiddles the whole competition.

So, how long is it until the X Factor starts? I can temporarily stay in the living room on a Saturday night for now.

Same goes for Jeremy Kyle. 

If that entertains you, fine. I'm entertained by programmes which others may dislike. But one must also question the morality of any television show which attracts viewers by humiliating those often less fortunate or less educated than ourselves. 

(01 Jun 2015, 2:48 pm)Adam wrote Thank goodness Britain's Got Talent's finished. I refuse to watch that blinking show. The same goes for all reality TV programmes, except I'm a Celebrity. I ended up at the pub with my Dad and my cousin last night.

The main reason why I don't watch it is because they have no morals at all. I know it's the case with the X Factor, so I suspect it's the same with BGT, but there is a pre-audition stage before people reach the celebrity judges in the televised auditions. What annoys me about this is that whoever deals with the pre-auditions quite clearly send through rubbish acts who have a snowball's chance in hell of winning, or even making it past the audition stage, to make an absolute mockery of themselves infront of the public, and even worse, on television, leading many people to laugh at them for being rubbish. Now, where is the morals in that? There isn't any!

Also, they send through some people who aren't fully there in the head, shall we say, building their hopes up only to be let down and made an absolute mockery of themselves infront of the judges and audience. Again, where are the morals? It's just not right in the slightest! Fair enough, if we take Susan Boyle for example, everyone thought she was a little deluded, but she's done fantastically well out of the show as she is one of few actually good acts that have come out of the show. Now that, I don't mind at all, but as for the rest of it, it basically insults people's intelligence!

On the X Factor as well, if you listen very carefully, you can tell whether people are going to get through or not, as they have some form of computerised voice enhancement feature, or something like that, so more or less rigs and fiddles the whole competition.

So, how long is it until the X Factor starts? I can temporarily stay in the living room on a Saturday night for now.

Like you, I can't stand any of those shows.
Apart from them making Cowell even richer and a few quid in the back pocket of his hangers on - it isn't entertaining to see people humiliated.

There was a fella on Radio Newcastle this morning - his surname was Wylie, so may be related to the fella behind Sage (can't remember his first name).
He has done bits and bobs around the region for a while now and has been auditioned for BGT on 4 occasions.
His classical style didn't get any further than those auditions - but one occasion, a dancing pig (some sackless dancing animal of some type), did get through.

Appreciate he has no divine right, but to be talented enough to receive paid bookings and to graduate from some drama school or another...

(01 Jun 2015, 6:24 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Same goes for Jeremy Kyle. 

If that entertains you, fine. I'm entertained by programmes which others may dislike. But one must also question the morality of any television show which attracts viewers by humiliating those often less fortunate or less educated than ourselves. 

I can't bare the Jezza Kyle show as it is another programme where they try and make more drama than there actually is, saw a story a while back about them not being happy that one of the people participating in the programme was not dressed as scruffy and chavy as they wanted him to be so apparently they wanted him to wear a tracksuit on the show.

I don't know about the rest of you but I don't want to watch people arguing about who the father of a child is, if someone has cheated or if someone has stolen something from their family etc. with them shouting and screaming at each other in tracksuits, these people's lives have nothing to do with me so I really don't care and some of the drama on this show is put on.

I hate all daytime TV.

Is anyone watching Ch4?

Trains: Are you paying too much?

(01 Jun 2015, 6:43 pm)Jimmi wrote I can't bare the Jezza Kyle show as it is another programme where they try and make more drama than there actually is, saw a story a while back about them not being happy that one of the people participating in the programme was not dressed as scruffy and chavy as they wanted him to be so apparently they wanted him to wear a tracksuit on the show.

I don't know about the rest of you but I don't want to watch people arguing about who the father of a child is, if someone has cheated or if someone has stolen something from their family etc. with them shouting and screaming at each other in tracksuits, these people's lives have nothing to do with me so I really don't care and some of the drama on this show is put on.

I hate all daytime TV.

Not all daytime TV.

One guilty pleasure of mine are antiques programmes such as Cash in the Attic, Dickenson's Real Deal and Bargain Hunt to name but a few. I quite fancy myself as a bit of an antiques expert at times even though I know nothing about antiques. 

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(01 Jun 2015, 7:02 pm)Andreos1 wrote Is anyone watching Ch4?

Trains: Are you paying too much?

No. Yes. 

(01 Jun 2015, 7:10 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Not all daytime TV.

One guilty pleasure of mine are antiques programmes such as Cash in the Attic, Dickenson's Real Deal and Bargain Hunt to name but a few. I quite fancy myself as a bit of an antiques expert at times even though I know nothing about antiques. 

Not interested in antiques programmes myself, nothing against them, just not something I am interested in.

I think the reason I hate daytime TV is because I don't really feel like I fit into the daytime TV viewer demographic which I think is mainly: housewives, retired people and people who have no interest in getting a job at all. Some examples being ITV's daytime schedule: Jezza Kyle - unemployed chavs, This Morning - retired and housewives, Loose Women - mainly housewives I think, Dickinson's Real Deals - retired. Nothing really for me on daytime TV although most of the stuff I want to watch is not able to be broadcasted on daytime TV due to adult content.

I do like a quiz show though it has to be said even though I am not that good at them, although I can't get away with Tipping Point, people talk about it like you need total skills but other than answering questions correctly that show from what I can see is a game of chance, just like the 2p machines you'd get on Redcar or Blackpool seafronts.

Also don't complain about me mentioning the term "housewives" I know in these days it may not be totally correct to suggest women are confined to the house and I think it's wrong for people to suggest that women should be but from broadcasters point of view they probably still see much of the daytime TV viewers are women.

(01 Jun 2015, 7:27 pm)Jimmi wrote I do like a quiz show though it has to be said even though I am not that good at them, although I can't get away with Tipping Point, people talk about it like you need total skills but other than answering questions correctly that show from what I can see is a game of chance, just like the 2p machines you'd get on Redcar or Blackpool seafronts.

I agree, The Chase is much more up my street!

(01 Jun 2015, 7:28 pm)Robert wrote I agree, The Chase is much more up my street!

Yeah I'd say The Chase is probably my favourite. I do like Pointless although not as much as I used to, probably because I was rubbish at getting answers on it, only normally came up with Pointless answers for music questions.

(01 Jun 2015, 7:27 pm)Jimmi wrote I do like a quiz show though it has to be said even though I am not that good at them, although I can't get away with Tipping Point, people talk about it like you need total skills but other than answering questions correctly that show from what I can see is a game of chance, just like the 2p machines you'd get on Redcar or Blackpool seafronts.

I like Tipping Point particularly because I like those 2p machines. The prize structure is a bit crap though. I don't like the idea of game shows where you score all these points, which are then converted into cash, and come away with nothing if you lose. Something has been lost over the years. For example, if you came last on Bullseye, you still went away with a tankard, a set of darts, perhaps £100 in cash, and a chance to gamble for the star prize if the other two teams turned the opportunity down. 

Pointless is my fav.

(01 Jun 2015, 7:34 pm)MurdnunoC wrote I like Tipping Point particularly because I like those 2p machines. The prize structure is a bit crap though. I don't like the idea of game shows where you score all these points, which are then converted into cash, and come away with nothing if you lose. Something has been lost over the years. For example, if you came last on Bullseye, you still went away with a tankard, a set of darts, perhaps £100 in cash, and a chance to gamble for the star prize if the other two teams turned the opportunity down. 

You can't beat a bit of bully!

Another thing I miss on game shows these days - prizes, I think on most quiz shows these days you are playing for money whereas on Bullseye you were playing for prizes such as garden furniture, video cassette recorders and the special prize usually being something like a caravan or a speedboat. That's the most amusing thing about watching Bullseye repeats is seeing the extremely outdated prizes

On Pointless if you get to the final round you get a trophy whether you win the money or not.

Also I do quite enjoy 2p machines.

(01 Jun 2015, 7:41 pm)Michael wrote Pointless is my fav.

(01 Jun 2015, 7:41 pm)Jimmi wrote You can't beat a bit of bully!

Another thing I miss on game shows these days - prizes, I think on most quiz shows these days you are playing for money whereas on Bullseye you were playing for prizes such as garden furniture, video cassette recorders and the special prize usually being something like a caravan or a speedboat. That's the most amusing thing about watching Bullseye repeats is seeing the extremely outdated prizes

On Pointless if you get to the final round you get a trophy whether you win the money or not.

Also I do quite enjoy 2p machines.

I must admit I'm partial to watching a bit of Pointless now and then. 

The star prize was always decent on Bullseye. I often wonder how many people still have their Speedboats from the show. It always seemed to be someone from landlocked area of Yorkshire or Lancashire who won them. I wonder how many arguments came about from the allocation of the star prize itself. I can't imagine that many people wanting to share a Mini Metro. 

Incidentally, on the subject of television game shows, I had the opportunity to go and watch the show 'Chain Letters' being filmed at Tyne Tees when I was doing Media Studies at college in the 90s.

I know Adam has applied to be on Question Time in a couple of weeks time but has anyone else been part of a live studio audience?

edit: I think it might have been Crosswits and not Chain Letters I went to watch getting filmed.

(01 Jun 2015, 7:56 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Incidentally, on the subject of television game shows, I had the opportunity to go and watch the show 'Chain Letters' being filmed at Tyne Tees when I was doing Media Studies at college in the 90s.

I know Adam has applied to be on Question Time in a couple of weeks time but has anyone else been part of a live studio audience?

Ch, ch, Chainnnn letters!

No.

(01 Jun 2015, 8:02 pm)Andreos1 wrote Ch, ch, Chainnnn letters!

No.

The experience was quite tedious to be honest. 

It was definitely Crosswits and not Chain Letters I went to watch being filmed. I remember the host was called something O'Connor. I thought it might have been Des O'Connor but, after a quick check on Wikipedia, it turns out the host's name was Tom O'Connor. He's obviously someone who made a great impression on me - I can't remember who he was or what he looks like and, to top it off, got both his identity and the name of the show he hosted mixed up with someone and something else. 

Take a word
Change a letter
Do it again
And you have a chain
Thats how you playayay Chain Letters!

Such a cool theme tune!

(01 Jun 2015, 8:35 pm)MurdnunoC wrote The experience was quite tedious to be honest. 

It was definitely Crosswits and not Chain Letters I went to watch being filmed. I remember the host was called something O'Connor. I thought it might have been Des O'Connor but, after a quick check on Wikipedia, it turns out the host's name was Tom O'Connor. He's obviously someone who made a great impression on me - I can't remember who he was or what he looks like and, to top it off, got both his identity and the name of the show he hosted mixed up with someone and something else. 

I use to like Catchword with Paul Coia on BBC2.  They had to try and make words and that is where I first heard the longest and second longest words in the dictionary...and I still cannot pronounce them today!!

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Floccinaucinihilipilification

(01 Jun 2015, 8:35 pm)MurdnunoC wrote The experience was quite tedious to be honest. 

It was definitely Crosswits and not Chain Letters I went to watch being filmed. I remember the host was called something O'Connor. I thought it might have been Des O'Connor but, after a quick check on Wikipedia, it turns out the host's name was Tom O'Connor. He's obviously someone who made a great impression on me - I can't remember who he was or what he looks like and, to top it off, got both his identity and the name of the show he hosted mixed up with someone and something else.

Curly, dark haired 'comedian'?
Can't remember the tune!

I have been on telly a few times, but never in a live studio audience.
Often looked at the sites for shows in London. They give the tickets away.
A few years back, I convinced the place I was working at, that a bonding trip to Leeds would be ideal and that we should get tickets for 'The Price is Right'.
Unfortunately Yorkshire TV came back and shared the news that they weren't making any more series.

I have also been 'live from our Newcastle studio' on BBC news.

(01 Jun 2015, 8:46 pm)Robert wrote Take a word
Change a letter
Do it again
And you have a chain
Thats how you playayay Chain Letters!

Such a cool theme tune!

The theme tune was certainly catchy and memorable but I don't know about cool.

Looking at the prize structure of Chain Letters, most people went away with some money unless, of course, you failed to answer a single question correctly. It reiterates my point about game shows being less generous than they once were. I wonder why? 

(01 Jun 2015, 8:48 pm)citaro5284 wrote I use to like Catchword with Paul Coia on BBC2.  They had to try and make words and that is where I first heard the longest and second longest words in the dictionary...and I still cannot pronounce them today!!

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Floccinaucinihilipilification

Cannot remember Catchwords at all I'm afraid. I have no idea who Paul Coia is either.

(01 Jun 2015, 8:49 pm)Andreos1 wrote Curly, dark haired 'comedian'?
Can't remember the tune!

I have been on telly a few times, but never in a live studio audience.
Often looked at the sites for shows in London. They give the tickets away.
A few years back, I convinced the place I was working at, that a bonding trip to Leeds would be ideal and that we should get tickets for 'The Price is Right'.
Unfortunately Yorkshire TV came back and shared the news that they weren't making any more series.

I have also been 'live from our Newcastle studio' on BBC news.

Unless I made an effort to look for him on google (which I'm not about to), I couldn't tell you what he looked like. I can't remember the theme tune either. 

I used to like The Price was Right - the Leslie Crowther version anyway. I was quite young when it aired and didn't really understand the concept of the show but I like some of the games - especially Cliffhanger. Another game I used to like back then was 3, 2, 1. Once again, didn't understand the game at all but I liked Dusty Bin (and used to have a stuffed Dusty Bin toy). 

Top Gear might do a Have I Got News for You and get a different co-host each episode

-.-, boycotting it anyway

Anyone remember this program... was addicted to this, it was good!

CBeebies: Sneak Peek Of The Clangers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdVCqB1jyaY

Well its being re-released and i have to say it looks better than most re-boots, it appeared on my facebook news feed from the page - Den Of Geek

(02 Jun 2015, 7:58 am)Michael wrote Top Gear might do a Have I Got News for You and get a different co-host each episode

-.-, boycotting it anyway

I can't see that formula working for Top Gear. It'll just revert back to a motoring magazine programme with a special guest presenter. The chemistry between the three presenters is what makes the show stand out. Perhaps Clarkson can be replaced and the chemistry restored but it'll take time and perseverance.

(02 Jun 2015, 11:39 am)MurdnunoC wrote I can't see that formula working for Top Gear. It'll just revert back to a motoring magazine programme with a special guest presenter. The chemistry between the three presenters is what makes the show stand out. Perhaps Clarkson can be replaced and the chemistry restored but it'll take time and perseverance.

It won't, BBC are making Top Gear out to be a joke if it goes ahead.

Top Gear won't work without the 3 of them together... i'm hoping to see them 3 together for a car show sometime.

Don't think they'll ever replace Clarkson... as in making remarks towards people.... no doubt the BBC will stop that! 

(02 Jun 2015, 11:39 am)MurdnunoC wrote I can't see that formula working for Top Gear. It'll just revert back to a motoring magazine programme with a special guest presenter. The chemistry between the three presenters is what makes the show stand out. Perhaps Clarkson can be replaced and the chemistry restored but it'll take time and perseverance.

I would be interested to see how guest presenters would work as such as with the way Top Gear is filmed with some stuff filmed months in advance and what the guest hosts would do, could we some doing power tests around the Top Gear test track in fast cars, would we also have to have the guest presenter meet another guest for the star in a reasonably priced car, also I imagine the guest hosts would need some car knowledge for it to work, image these cheap car challenges where the guest would pick something based on the colour and price of the car. Wonder if would end up like BBC panel shows and they'd often have to have women present episodes, just turn on one week and see Jo Brand driving around the track.

I don't think this will work as I think the chemistry you got from Top Gear will be gone, it just won't be the same especially without Clarkson as I think the two presenters whoever they will be will not totally connect with guest hosts especially with the programme format. I also think much of the silliness will go to and it may end becoming a more laid back motoring show.

Anyone watch Game Of Thrones yesterday?

Holy shit the last 20 minutes... were epic!