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Old 20-01-2010, 22:34
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OK, this character was funny for the first while and had a few good one liners. And that clip they showed of the blood in the butchers shop was good.

But really, is he deserving of a national award? I get the impression that he is a character who viewers seemed to like and now they try and overuse him in the soap to compensate for the lack of stronger characters.

He plays that role well, but he is one-dimensional and I can see him becoming another Kirk - the "I'm thick" act over and over again. It's happening already.

Although the actors he was up against weren't exactly great competition either....
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Old 20-01-2010, 22:36
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Because people voted for him?

I don't like the character either. Don't see what all the fuss is about, I find him irritating. But I know he has his fans.
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Old 20-01-2010, 22:36
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Er ... cos he got voted.
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Old 20-01-2010, 22:38
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He had little competition, also he's hardly much of a 'newcomer' and is a lot more established then the other 3 are.
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Old 20-01-2010, 22:40
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because the public voted for him
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Old 20-01-2010, 22:41
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I'm glad he won, but I liked all the nominees. I think he's a good character
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Old 20-01-2010, 22:53
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i voted for him, out of all of them he seemed most deserving.
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Old 20-01-2010, 22:54
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He didn't have any great competition did he?
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Old 20-01-2010, 22:55
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He won because more people thought he was the best newcomer over the others in the nominations

It's simple maths really
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Old 20-01-2010, 23:07
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I voted for him. Him he is adorable, likable unlike kirk. He is funny, his humour is good. It's different to Kirk's.

I think his comedic timing will keep him going strong for a long time on the show.
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Old 20-01-2010, 23:08
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Cos I voted for him.
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Old 20-01-2010, 23:12
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I actually think it was a very weak category. Neil McDermott and James Sutton are okay in their roles but nothing special, that girl from Hollyoaks looked dreadful in the clip. Craig Gazey was the best of a bad bunch
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Old 20-01-2010, 23:15
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Well Cheryl is a great character.
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Old 20-01-2010, 23:18
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OK, this character was funny for the first while and had a few good one liners. And that clip they showed of the blood in the butchers shop was good.

But really, is he deserving of a national award? I get the impression that he is a character who viewers seemed to like and now they try and overuse him in the soap to compensate for the lack of stronger characters.

He plays that role well, but he is one-dimensional and I can see him becoming another Kirk - the "I'm thick" act over and over again. It's happening already.

Although the actors he was up against weren't exactly great competition either....
Er.... Why did Stacey Slater win an award.????
Because people preferred her, and she won. Craig Gazey is not that bad an actor, though I can see why people would dislike him, but it's not the end of the world.

So he won, who cares? It's just an awards show. It's not going to dictate what I like and who I should like. Just Deal with it.
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Old 20-01-2010, 23:33
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Well Cheryl is a great character.
But being married to the pretend vicar holds her back
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Old 20-01-2010, 23:41
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Because they voted for him. Look who he was up against - hardly tough competition was it?
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Old 20-01-2010, 23:53
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Cos I voted for him.
Kirk is 1 dimensional. His charcter in Corrie was no different to that of when he was in the early years and episodes of the Royale Family.

Graeme brings us a different take on comedy. Yeah he is soft in the head, but he dosen't act like a total plank unlike kirky boy. Graeme is also actually quite funny unlike Kird I might add. Yeah, all in all I think he deserved the award.

I was actually quite suprised at how the funny the guy who plays Graeme is in real life. He got me giggling at how confident, eccentric and funny he is in real life when accepting his award. Very similar to his character in Corrie.
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Old 20-01-2010, 23:58
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I was at the NTAs tonight, and I remain perplexed as to how James Sutton would qualify as a newcomer nominee. Does that mean if Barbara Windsor went onto another soap she could qualify. Consequently, out of the other three I can't say I have been blown over by Ryan or Cheryl either.
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Old 21-01-2010, 00:00
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Would a different EE nominee have stood a chance against him?
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Old 21-01-2010, 00:25
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Did Lucas join last year?
There's also Amira or Syed . I can't really think of anyone else who is relatively new apart from the spawn of Satan Dotty .

With regard to other soaps, Hollyoaks the only one worth a mention would be Hayley. The new batch of school kids are very annoying and I don't think Lydia or Charlotte merit awards either despite being part of the best Hollyoaks plot last year.
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Old 21-01-2010, 00:50
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I was at the NTAs tonight, and I remain perplexed as to how James Sutton would qualify as a newcomer nominee. Does that mean if Barbara Windsor went onto another soap she could qualify. Consequently, out of the other three I can't say I have been blown over by Ryan or Cheryl either.
I think it's newcomer to a specific soap. Would Barbara Windsor go into another soap? If she did, I am certain she would qualify.
Craig Gazey's character first appeared in April 2008, so he's quite an ancient "Newcomer".
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Old 21-01-2010, 01:04
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He does seem to just be himself on Corrie, but no one was decent on that lineup.
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Old 21-01-2010, 01:05
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Thanks for the clarification Missa. As I said I was a bit perplexed. I used the Babs example to hammer home my confusion.
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Old 21-01-2010, 01:11
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Thanks for the clarification Missa. As I said I was a bit perplexed. I used the Babs example to hammer home my confusion.
No problem. Craig Gazey in that line-up is actually the most perplexing one, and he was nominated because the NTAs were not held in 2009. If they had, he wouldn't have qualified.
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Old 21-01-2010, 01:15
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im glad he won i do like him in corrie for now hes funny and still new but not for much longer ... but its up to the writers to give him dedect storylines now or we,ll get bored of his stupidness thats the prob with corrie we dont need any more daftys we have kirk tyrone ashley how many numptys on one street !! read that graham has signed a yrs contract so hope the storys improve
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