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X Factor 2011: Janet Devlin gets the boot, at last

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

Janet Devlin: the Irish singer wasn't everyone's cup of tea

Though widely tipped to win the competition, it always looked like Janet Devlin was going to struggle after last night’s terrible live performances on The X Factor.

Claiming she was sick, the Irish warbler managed to forget the lyrics to her ‘guilty pleasure’, Hanson’s Mmm Bopp – a song with only about five words in it. Sure, she picked it up for her second ‘hero’ performance of the night, Red Chilli Peppers’ Under The Bridge but she was still a long way short of her slicker opposition.

But this is Janet Devlin who somehow had managed to avoid being voted in the bottom two since the competition began despite several poor and bland performances in recent weeks. So when she was voted into the bottom two tonight (November 27th, 2011) I did think that maybe she would be lucky once again.

Predictably enough her sing-off was against Misha B who is no stranger to these events, having finished in the bottom two three times. And while Devlin’s choice of a Snow Patrol number was perfect for her strange, ethereal voice – and she performed it well – it was no match for Misha B who looked and sounded every bit like a natural performer during the sing off.

In the end, both Louis and Tulisa’s votes to send Janet home proved to be enough to finish her off after Kelly decided to abstain (in any case Gary Barlow would have voted to send Janet packing too).

So who next to leave the stage? Though I think Marcus and Misha are the best singers and performers in the competition it’s difficult to imagine that Misha can go all the way with the public so divided over her (she still hasn’t got over those stories of bullying in the press).  I reckon, then, the final will be Amelia Lily, Marcus and girl group Little Mix and that Marcus will be crowned the overall winner.

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X Factor 2011: Janet Devlin voted off

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Janet forgets the words to Hanson's, er, classic Mmm Bopp

 

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I’m A Celebrity 2011. TOWIE’s Mark Wright named favourite ahead of Dougie Poynter and Antony Cotton

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

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TOWIE star Mark Wright (pictured above)  has been tipped to be this year’s King of the Jungle after the line-up for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here was unveiled.

The 24-year-old is the bookies’ early favourite to win the competition, with William Hill offering odds of 7/2 on him surviving until the end.

I'm a Celebrity 2011: Dougie Poynter (Pic: ITV)

McFly bassist Dougie Poynter (pictured above), who will celebrate his 24th birthday Down Under, is second favourite at 9/2.

The boyband star is looking forward to his jungle experience, saying: “I am really into nature and Sir David Attenborough is a god to me.”

McFly’s Dougie Poynter is the bookies’ second favourite to win

It’s all about the boys this year, as camp Corrie star Antony Cotton is the 5/1 third favourite.

Other stars in with a chance of victory are Jessica-Jane Clement (8/1), Freddie Starr (10/1) and Fatima Whitbread (12/1).

Via Daily Mirror:  http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/11/10/i-m-a-celebrity-2011-towie-star-mark-wright-is-early-favourite-to-win-115875-23552294/#ixzz1dJrhk7S9

See I’m  A Celebrity Gallery below:

 

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Simon Cowell furious with X Factor after it’s beaten by Strictly Come Dancing in ratings

Monday, October 17th, 2011

Tulisa mentored boyband Nu Vibe. Voted out in last night's X Factor show

Simon Cowell is reportedly “furious” after The X Factor lost more than two million viewers.  The music mogul – who is still in charge of the ITV1 talent show despite quitting the judging panel to concentrate on the US version – has told producers to “sort it out” because he doesn’t think enough attention is being given to the acts.

He is also expected to speak to the judges – Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland, Tulisa Contostavlos and Louis Walsh – to tell them to up their game.

A source told The Sun newspaper: “Simon is furious. This would never have happened on his watch and he wants the team to know this and sort it out.

“He knows there is great talent on the show, but he thinks the attention to detail has been shocking. The acts are not being showcased at their best.

“Say what you like about Simon, but he spends ages dithering over the tiny details to make sure everything is perfect. There’s no way he would have sanctioned some of those song outfits or choices.”

Just 11.4million viewers watched Saturday’s (15.10.11) live show, down 700,000 on the previous week and 2.3million fewer than the 13.7million who saw the same stage last year.

The show’s BBC One rival Strictly Come Dancing also beat The X Factor by a million viewers during the half an hour they went head-to-head, pulling in a series high of 10.1 million.

The source added: “The figures are hugely disappointing for ‘The X Factor’ because the whole point of the live shows is that they are supposed to build momentum.

“Last year there were nearly 14million watching the second live show. Where have all those viewers gone? It’s no wonder Cowell has gone ballistic. Losing viewers is the last thing he wanted to happen.”

Last night (16.10.11), ITV defended its ratings performance, with a spokesman saying: “‘The X Factor continued to be the UK’s most watched entertainment show and ITV1 was the most popular channel across peak time.”

But personally I’m not surprised that X Factor ratings have fallen. Most of the acts lack any personality at all and the judges are extremely bland especially Gary Barlow who, may be a great songwriter, but has absolutely nothing of any interest to say.

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One of the better voices in the competition though there is something Enya-ish in her ethereal persona

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World’s first remote control London Black Cab unveiled for Dave’s Driving Wars

Friday, October 14th, 2011

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The world's first fully remote controlled Black Cab unveiled in London today by creator Engineer James Brighton to mark the launch of Driving Wars, a brand new extreme Driving Show presented by Colin Murray - the show airs on Dave on Wednesday 19th October at 9pm .Pix.Tim Anderson 14.10.11

Here’s a tech gadget you probably wouldn’t want to take down the park on a Sunday – not unless you wanted terrified kids fleeing for their lives. Described as the ‘ultimate boy’s toy’ it’s a full-sized London Black Cab with one big difference. It’s controlled by a handheld remote.

For a ‘gadget’ weighing just shy of two tonnes and capable of hitting 80mph, click-happy controllers will have a remarkable level of authority over steering control, forward and reverse gearing, a sensitive braking system and a fully proportional throttle.

And Londoners were given a glimpse of the vehicle when it pulled up outside the O2 arena, alongside its driver!  The brainchild of engineering wizard Dr. James Brighton, it  marks the launch of Driving Wars, a brand new extreme driving show due to hit Dave on Wednesday, October 19th. Dr Brighton and the Driving Wars team – including presenter Colin Murray – spent two months working on the cab which is controlled via a hand held control console.

Driving Wars invites members of the public to take to the remote controls of a series of specially customised real cars in order to recreate moments of motoring magic from TV and cinema.  According to Dave, it promises to be a heady cocktail of burnt rubber, squealing tyres and spectacular pyrotechnics.

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Rentaghost goes Hollywood. We look at Top 5 1970s Kids Shows that should be movies!

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Rentaghost is to be given a Hollywood makeover

So apparently Rentaghost is set to get the Hollywood treatment, with Ben Stiller – star of Meet the Parents and Zoolander – in the lead role (yes I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true).

For those who can’t remember (or who are too young)  the cult 1970s TV series was basically about a temping agency run by the recently deceased Mr Mumford who tried to get work for ghosts.

Although originally commissioned for just five shows, 58 episodes and a Christmas special followed with audiences peaking at an astonishing 10 million.

The series starred Sue Nicholls (best known as Corrie’s Audrey Roberts) as Nadia Popov, a ghost who teleported when she sneezed. Other characters included Hazel the McWitch and pantomime horse Dobbin.

But which are the other shows of the 1970s which should be given the Hollywood makeover. Here we give our Top 5 (and by the way Here Come The Double Deckers and Pipkins didn’t make the cut, but it was a close run thing).

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The classic 1970s series about a bowler-hatted gentleman who walks into a shop, gets changed into a fancy dress costume and enters a whole new world via a magic door. Amazingly only 12 episodes were ever made. Hollywood could definitely give it a makeover with loads of CGI showing Mr Benn with dinosaurs and dragons. But who could play Mr Benn? Hugh Grant maybe or perhaps more of an action hero like Daniel Craig or Hugh Jackman.

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X Factor 2011 pictures: What Kelly, Tulisa, Misha, 2 Shoes, Amelia Lily and other contestants wore

Monday, October 10th, 2011

It was a sad night yesterday as four acts were voted off the X Factor. Amelia Lily was voted off in the girls category meaning we may have lost the rock chic styling, while 2 Shoes got axed from the groups meaning we won’t be seeing any Essex Girl fashions for the rest of the series.

Both Kelly and Tulisa were reduced to tears as they delivered their verdicts.

However, while all the acts were visibly devastated to be axed from the competition without their talents being put to the public vote, 16-year-old Amelia Lily couldn’t hold back the tears as she was delivered her fate by mentor Kelly.

The young hopeful – who performed a rendition of Michael Jackson’s ‘Billy Jean’ – later warned other teens about the pressure in reaching the live stages of the competition.

Speaking on ITV2 spin-off show, she said: “It’s a lot of pressure to take on and anyone who wants to audition next year, prepare yourself.”

Amelia has now reportedly shunned Kelly – who chose to save Janet Devlin, Sophie Habibis and Misha Bryan – as she was so “horrified” at getting the boot.

An insider told The Sun newspaper: “Amelia’s complete devastation was hard to watch. She looked broken like she was going to collapse. The whole studio felt awful, Kelly was horrified at the effect her words had had.

“Amelia pushed past all the cameras, she just wanted to be alone from the looks of things. Kelly was trying to help her but Amelia didn’t want to speak to her.”

Rhythmix, The Risk and Nu Vibe now make up the Groups category, while Janet Devlin, Sophie Habibis and Misha Bryan are left of the Girls.

However, we’re far more concerned about what they were wearing.

See the gallery below  for all the star and contestant style.

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Do we really want Corrie ‘webisodes’ (even if they do feature Rosie Webster)

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Helen Flanagan stars as Rosie Webster in Just Rosie 'webisodes'

By Corrieblog.tv editor, Dave Lee

And so it begins. Last week on Corrie we had the first glimpses of what the future of the soap may be like. Every few scenes there was a reference to Rosie Webster appearing on Lorraine Kelly’s TV show clumsily crow-barred into the dialogue. Many viewers will have been utterly bemused by these pointless references to the antics of an off-screen character, many more will have just been annoyed. Of course, it’s all part of ITV’s grand plan to begin migrating viewers onto the internet so that they can start charging them to watch net-only material.

Whether people will want to go to the internet to watch second fiddle ‘webisodes’ or if they will be prepared to pay for such half-hearted material as those currently available for free on the Just Rosie spin-off website remains to be seen. What is more relevant is how it will affect ‘normal’ Corrie episodes.

If last week’s Coronation Street episodes are anything to go by, viewers can expect disjointed, tangential conversations involving events not occurring in Weatherfield inserted into the plot and characters suddenly disappearing for months at a time while the actors that play them are off on ‘B’ team duties – i.e. filming poorly produced 10-minute episodes which will only ever be watched by a tiny percentage of the core Corrie audience.

Cannier media commentators are saying that ITV attempting to charge for access to programming won’t turn out to be the cash cow they hope and that their current audience-shifting efforts are ultimately futile. Let’s hope so, or Corrie may one day end up being little more than a series of scenes involving characters sitting in their front rooms, looking at laptops and exclaiming ‘This ITV player thing is amazing, so it is.’ (That was Jim McDonald saying that, if you’d not guessed).

You can make up your own mind by going to Just Rosie – Rosie’s website. And here’s a gallery of ‘super model’ Rosie Webster in action.

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EastEnders: fiery End for Pat Evans as B+B goes up in flames

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

EastEnders’ Pat Evans is set to die in a fire. The hard-nosed matriarch – who has been played by Pam St Clement for 25 years – will exit the BBC One soap when the Bed and Breakfast goes up in flames and rips through Albert Square, which will coincide with the return of her step-son Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen) and his wife Bianca (Patsy Palmer).

A replica of the hotel is set to be created at the programme’s Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, for the scenes, which will air at Christmas. A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “The last time EastEnders built something on this set was when they set fire to the Queen Vic last year. It is only used when they need to film fires and explosions.

“They want Pam’s character to go out with a bang. The script is so top secret even she doesn’t know how Pat is going to go yet. But she will be killed off.”

However, soap bosses have refused to confirm the details of Pam’s exit.  An EastEnders spokesman said: “There has been a lot of speculation about Pat’s departure. We are not going to comment as we do not want to spoil it for viewers.”

The 69-year-old actress previously said: “I have enjoyed 25-and-a-half wonderful years in EastEnders creating the character of Pat, but feel it’s time to hang up her earrings.

“Leaving the EastEnders family will be akin to a bereavement. But I’m looking forward to the other work and life opportunities that I will have the time to pursue.”

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Even Tulisa’s mum tells her to stop X-Factor tears!

Monday, September 19th, 2011

X Factor 2011: Tulisa's tears

More blubbing over on The X-Factor this weekend, this time it was Tulisa’s turn as she was reduced to tears by aspiring singer and mother-of-four Michelle Barrett’s rendition of Whitney Houston’s All The Man I Need (it was OK, but not that fantastic). She told the hopeful: “You remind me of my mum. It was brilliant.”

Tulisa added: “She became unwell and spent the rest of her life singing in the kitchen.” (Not sure what Michelle thought of being compared to Tulisa’s Mum).

Watching The X-Factor Saturday night I had assumed that Tulisa’s Mum had, very sadly, died. But I was wrong. Apparently Tulisa became a carer for her mother Ann -  a sufferer of schizoaffective disorder – and she’s not exactly overjoyed that Tulisa is getting all emotional. She told her to “stop crying” as soon as she saw the footage, after becoming confused with whether the show was live.

Tulisa wrote on her twitter page: “As if my mum called me 2nit going “r u ok love?stop crying!”…ITS NOT LIVE YET MUM! I’m sitting eating my dinner! Haha she cracks me up. (sic)”

Michelle went through to the Boot Camp stage of the ITV1 competition after receiving four yes votes from the judging panel.”

 

X Factor Auditions 2011 - Glasgow

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X-Factor premiere, Los Angeles. Pictures: Including Nicole Scherzinger

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

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L.A. Reid at FOX's "The X Factor" World Premiere Screening held at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood.

Fox’s X-Factor World Premiere Screening held at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood yesterday (September 14th, 2011).

 

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EastEnders and Doctor Who are the big winners at TV Choice Awards

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

EastEnders was the biggest winner at the TV Choice Awards last night (13.09.11).  The BBC series triumphed in the coveted Best Soap category, while its stars Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie – who play Kat and Alfie Moon – were honoured with the Best Soap Actress and Soap Actor prizes.

However, its main rival Coronation Street did not lose out at the ceremony, which was held at London’s Savoy Hotel, with Paula Lane taking home Best Soap Newcomer for her portrayal of Kylie Platt, and the spectacular tram crash scenes, which honoured the soap’s 50th anniversary, was recognised with Best Soap Storyline.

Another big winner was Doctor Who, which was named Best Family Drama and saw Karen Gillan, who plays Amy Pond (pictured right), recognised as Best Actress.

However, Time Lord Matt Smith missed out on the Best Actor accolade, which went to his predecessor in the TARDIS David Tennant for his performance in Single Father.

Other winners at the ceremony, which was hosted by Ben Miller, included Jamie Oliver, whose Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals was named Best Food Show, Jeremy Kyle, who scooped the prize for Best Daytime Show, and The Apprentice, which triumphed in the hotly-contested Best Reality Show category.

Britain’s Got Talentpulled off a shock victory over The X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing and Masterchef in the Best Talent Show group, while The Cube was named Best Game Show, Being Human was Best Drama Series and Sherlock was named Best New Drama.

Here are the full list of winners from the TV Choice awards:

Best Food Show – Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals

Best Entertainment Show – Celebrity Juice

Best Drama Series – Being Human

Best New Drama – Sherlock

Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show

Best Game Show – The Cube

Best Family Drama - Doctor Who

Best Reality Show – The Apprentice

Best Talent Show – Britain’s Got Talent

Best Comedy – The Inbetweeners

Best Lifestyle Show – Come Dine With Me

Best Factual Entertainment Show - Top Gear

Best Actor - David Tennant, Single Father

Best Actress – Karen Gillan, Doctor Who

Best Soap Newcomer – Paula Lane, Coronation Street

Best Soap Storyline - 50th Anniversary tram crash, Coronation Street

Best Soap Actress - Jessie Wallace, ‘EastEnders’

Best Soap Actor – Shane Richie, ‘EastEnders’

Best Soap – EastEnders

 

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Karen Gillan arriving for the 2011 TV Choice Awards at The Savoy, Strand, London.

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BINTM: Meet the girls

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

The twelve thirteen girls that are heading into Elle’s model house for this year’s Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model have been selected.

Without further ado here are the hopeful models, one of which will be crowned winner of Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model 2011. We can’t wait for the make-over episode!!

Amy

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Age: 22
Hometown: Norwich
Occupation: Fashion Sales Consultant at Whistles
Favourite Model: Kate Moss
Favourite Designer: Jil Sander, Burberry
Fact: Her hobbies range from knitting and baking ‘crazy’ cakes, to surfing and kick-boxing.

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Is Michelle Collins’ Manchester accent really that bad. Here are our Top 5 Worst Onscreen Accents

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Southerner Michelle Collins has come in for a lot of stick over the last week for her dodgy Northern accent. Collins, born  in Hackney, East London and now living in North London’s Muswell Hill, made her debut as Coronation Street’s new bar manager Stella Price last week.

The former EastEnders actress recently confessed that she has found it diffcult to master the Manchester accent, but is it really that bad? While Twitter fans think so, some of her co-stars like Antony Cotton – who plays knickerstitcher Sean Tully – have defended her.

“Contrary to rumour, the cast and crew of Coronation Street have far better things to do than stand by idly gossiping about Michelle Collins,”  tweeted Antony. “What matters far more than her accent (which is great IMO) is the character she is playing.”

Still Collins is in good company. There are no shortage of terrible accents to be found on TV and in movies. Here are our Top Five Worst Accents, on TV and in movies,  in reverse order.

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Born and bred Londoner has struggled to find her Manchester voice in Corrie as bar manager Stella Price - but it's still early days

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Danielle Harold to play grandaughter of EastEnders’ Billy Mitchell

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011


EastEnders’ Billy Mitchell is to discover he has a teenage granddaughter.  The hapless Albert Square resident, played by Perry Fenwick, receives a shock when he discovers the son he and Julie Perkins (Cathy Murphy) gave up for adoption has a 15-year-old daughter, Lola Pearce.

Played by Danielle Harold, Lola moves to Walford after the pair track her down and discover she is in care.  Danielle, who will join the BBC One soap in the summer, is amazed to have landed a role on the iconic show because she has been a fan for a long time.  She said: “I am so excited to be joining EastEnders. “It feels strange to be walking round Walford with people I have grown up watching, I still have to pinch myself. “I have watched the show all my life and I never thought that one day I could be in Albert Square.”

She said: “I went on the show because my life seemed to be going nowhere.  “I was ill in years 10 and 11 at school and missed a lot of GCSEs and thought it would be a brilliant opportunity to learn.  “And it was. It was a fantastic experience and it’s changed my life.”

The 18-year-old actress got her break after appearing in Jamie Oliver’s Channel 4 reality programme Jamie’s Dream School, which saw the celebrity chef aiming to encourage 20 youngsters who have left school without much experience to give education another try.

Danielle won a place at the National Youth Theatre and said the programme “changed my life”.

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Danielle Harold was on Jamie Oliver's TV show, Jamie's Dream School. She is now set to appear on EastEnders. Hair and make up done by Superficial Convent Garden

 

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Jai McDowall is shock winner of Britain’s Got Talent. Ronan Parke runner up

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

Jai McDowall in his auditions

Despite all the controversy about BGT being fixed, in the end it was the result that no one could have predicted – not even Simon. Jai McDowall has been voted winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2011.

Talented, but not obviously star quality, the earnest Scotsman came from virtually nowhere to beat nine other finalists and scoop £100,000, ahead of the odds-on favourite Ronan Parke.

Even the judges looked visibly shocked, Amanda expressing her disappointment that her favourite (Ronan) was beaten into second place, ahead of Jacksons sound-alike band, New Bounce.

Presumably in an attempt at transparency to deflect allegations that the show is ‘rigged’, all of the acts’ places were read out in reverse order from 10 to 4 before the top three were announced: New Bounce (3rd), Ronan Parke (2nd) and Jai McDowell (1st).

And while history has shown that in the long term coming second in these competitions is often preferable to winning (Olly Murs who was runner up in The X Factor being the obvious example), it is possible that many people didn’t vote for Ronan Parke because of anger at the allegations – unfounded of course – that he had already been chosen as the winner by Simon Cowell.

Maybe we’ll never know, but two things seem certain. One is that all the controversy won’t have been bad for ratings. Secondly little Ronan Parke with his angelic voice and foppish Justin Bieber style haircut will be remembered long after Jai McDowall has been forgotten.

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BGT 2011: Nicole Scherzinger

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Arriving at Fountain Studios, Wembley for live final

 

 

 

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MTV Movie Awards Preview: Who do you think should win the Best Female Performance award?

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

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Britain’s Got Talent picture preview: Includes Marmite man! Thursday June 2, ITV1, 7.30pm

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

With the final just two days away things are hotting up on BGT as Simon Cowell becomes increasingly belligerent and sarcastic, bemoaning the judges’ choice of semi-finalists so far.

In tonight’s show Ant and Dec introduce eight more acts – Edward Reid, Out of the Blue, Steven Hall, Mexican Mayhem, Jessica Hobson, Dance Angels, Jai McDowall and Nathan Wyburn. I wonder what Simon Cowell will make of Marmite artist Nathan Wyburn – I guess he’ll either love him or hate him (I predict the latter).

Judges Simon Cowell, Michael McIntyre, Amanda Holden and David Hasselhoff will be looking for something to match the standard set by previous winners including Paul Potts as viewers vote for who they want to see at the Royal Variety Performance. The results can be seen at 9.30pm.

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James Hobley and Les Gibson through to Britain’s Got Talent final

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden, judging The X-Factor

Dancer James Hobley and impressionist Les Gibson have made it through to the final of Britain’s Got Talent.

Liverpudlian impressionist Les – who mimicked BGT hosts Ant and Dec during his act – won the public vote to be put through to Saturday’s final. And Simon Cowell joked he could be set to take over from Dec in the showbiz world. “Ant and Les has a nice ring to it, don’t you think? As we know, that’s showbiz.”

Dancer James – who uses his passion to overcome autism – soared through to Saturday’s (04.06.11) grand finale by performing a show-stopping routine of pirouettes and plies to Leona Lewis’ hit track Happy. He beat bell ringers Aeolian Chimes by 3-1 in the judges vote. After Amanda put through Aeolian Chimes ahead of James Hobley, Simon was heard to remark that his vote represented a return to ‘Planet Earth’.

Meanwhile, TV mogul Simon has revealed he will introduce a wildcard act and put his favourite lucky loser through to this year’s final in a similar style to 2010′s The X Factor.

He explained: “This is the one thing I am allowed to do on the show this year. I hope it will be popular and it’s the right thing to do.”

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TV Review and gallery: Britian’s Got Talent second semi finals

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

As the BGT semi finals continue, the acts seem to becoming more and more obscure.

With the exception of Boyband New Bounce, which were branded “the ones to beat” by Simon Cowell and got themselves the public vote to the final, the other contestants took a walk onto the weird side.

Firstly there was keyboard player Jean Martyn, who with her bright coloured coat and inane smile made us think she was ready for the looney bin more than the final, but that didn’t stop all four judges putting her through over magician act Karen and David.

Amanda even compared the excitable musician to an energy drink, calling her “a can of red bull”.

Meanwhile, Britney Spears impersonator Lorna Bliss was booted off the programme after causing controversy by making it through to the semi-final, despite getting buzzed by judges three times in auditions.

Frankly we’re not sure why she bothered come back. Yes she may have looked like the pop princess but that voice really needs some work.
Then there was Up and Over it, the act that made dance with their hands. We wish we’d thought of an act like this for our five minutes of fame.

In fact their weirdness even beat the Circus of Horrors, a show with trapeze artists, bouncers and weird made up people.

We just want a bit of normality please.

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BAFTA TV awards 2011: The winners and red carpet dresses

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

It was a night of shock, surprise and glam frocks with TV’s elite turning up for the Television BAFTA awards.

The Only way is Essex caused a huge scene picking up the YouTube audience award, however, there was nothing award winning about the cast’s outfits. Amy Childs opted for an over the top gold and lace gypsy wedding style frock, which made her look more mismatched fairy rather than fashionable lady, while her co-stars Lydia Rose Bright and Lauren Goodgear added some Essex bling with their crystal encrusted frocks.

Over on the awards side Martin Freeman and Steve Coogan got rewards for their performances in Sherlock and The Trip, while The Cube also beat the X Factor to scoop the
award for Entertainment programme. The leading actor award went to Daniel Rigby, for Eric And Ernie, while Vicky McClure scooped the leading actress award for This Is England ’86.

Soaps got a look in too with  the single drama award going to The Road to Coronation Street
while Eastenders got Continuing drama.

In the Drama series Sherlock scooped the award while Any Human Heart got the Drama serial. And there was a lovely moment when Sir Trevor McDonald received the Bafta fellowship, the well loved newsreader having a deserved moment in the limelight.

Over in the fashion stakes, leading the black dress crowd was Jessie Wallace who looked elegant in a 50s style frock, while Daisy Lowe also stood out with her crochet  long frock.  Cat Deeley also made an impression with a backless lace detail dress, while Alex Kingston played it simple with a strapless frock, which she accessorised with a turquoise necklace.

Elsewhere Sheridan Smith went for on-trend pink with a pale coloured fishtail frock, while  Gillian Anderson went for a darker hue of this trend for her appearance.

See the gallery below for the red carpet looks.

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