I was thinking that too Emzi!

I've never really seen the point of Stars in Their Eyes....its not really a talent show, just people "singing" in the style of somoeone else

...and I've yet to see any contestant sound anything like the person they are supposed to be

Doesn't seem to be the case though. Can we get back to the thread topic please.

The Celebrity versions can be quite funny. Try to catch the next one.

Who can forget the woman who plays Janice Battersby in Corrie as Bjork

Ah ha! so its more of a comedy show then?

It might be worth a look in that case

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So ,
You volunteer that you are " anally retentive "
just not
" enough ".
Some would say ,
you underestimate yourself .
:yawn:

I'm crushed

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Agree you should be.

I have never been one to break up an arguement in an empty room but..................

How about the wonderfull Alex Sibley doing Venus In Furs by the VU?

Corker or non-corker?

I don't think I've ever seen anyone quote their own post and then reply to it before.

Thats cos we ignored her for shame

Back on topic, and with some trepidation, i venture to suggest that Alison did a good job, err with the song, which I rightly predicted would be My BB Just Cares For Me ( ok, Edna, it was poor first time as well....... )


But the old Thunderbirds hands on the piano looked a bit, well, strange

And can she not stop that annoying bouncy jumping - it might be big but it's not clever

ALISON WAS WICKED!

why did she not win-or Nikki?

Who did win?

I was going to say some fat bloke but

it was Brian Blessed and I must admit after his performance of that ice cream tune as Pavorotti-I said "He will win"-he boomed it out-as you might expect.

Quite right too, Brian Blessed's Pavarotti was incredibly good.

Alison was useless.

And did you see that ridiculous outfit! Light orange satin for goodness sake - she looked like a marquee!

I bet she came last.

i thought it was a very good show last night.

I thought Alison handled the song very well. I love her bubbly personality. It cheers me up no end.

Brian Blessed IMO deserved to win though. He was great doing Pavarotti.

The two characters out of Emmerdale doing Dr Hook were so funny

No she was suprisingly good.
Cat was all over her.

Imho Alison was just average, nothing special at all, and as usual was completely full of herself :yawn: she sounded nothing like Nina Simone, as the girl from Corrie sounded nothing like Britney. Stick to the Karaoke Alison :yawn:

Patrick Mower and friend as Dr Hook sounded nothing like them, but were so funny and entertaining to watch

Mike Read didn't do too bad a job and Brian Blessed was ace and deserved to win

Alison was the true winner-no one knew she could sing well.
Blessed is already well known for having a good voice.
One hour of prime time saturday ITV is good exposure for her.

Oh I see, that must mean then that Alex was the true winner of BB3 for putting up with the actors in that BB Alison's voice was nothing more than average



Doesn't matter if Brian is known for having a good voice or not, Mike Read is known to sing too. The point of the show is to vote as Cat said ' For who sounds most like the person they are imitating'. That honour went to Brian Blessed, as it should



And exactly the real reason she was there, auditioning again, just as her intention was in BB3.

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I agree , Alison was perhaps " Wicked."
" Wicked " to the memory ,
of a proud ,intelligent , talented black woman,
who fought tirelessly ,and at some cost ,
for the rights and dignity ,
due to black people.
Little doubt ,
Nina Simone ,
would have sneered at ,
as Retro-grade ,
and " Uncle Tom "
the Parody , " Big Fat Black Mamma "
which Alison has adopted as her T.V. Persona,
( Identical to Rusty Lee before her .)

All that apart ,
Alison didn`t win ,
because ,

She didn`t look like Nina Simone ,
She didn`t sound like Nina Simone ,
She didn`t even mime the piano well.
In Short ,
She was Crap .
( No change there , then )

From Sunday Mirror online 25th April 04

SPARE ME A TENOR?

ANOTHER Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes (ITV1, last night) and Cat Deeley's worried about Brian Blessed.

When she kisses him will the beard be a bit ticklish?

Don't fret, Cat. Brian's so hairy himself he probably won't even notice.

Celebrity Stars. No Matthew Kelly, but still the theatre of our dreams.

Emmerdale's Rodney in an eye-patch doing Dr Hook the band but looking more like Captain Hook the panto villain.

Alison Hammond-Extracheese aiming to convince as Nina Simone yet acting like Simple Simone and looking very much like Winnie Mandela.

And what about Corrie's Candice dressed as Britney Spears? OK, maybe that's just a dream of mine.

Then they go and bag the turn at the top of the wish list - Brian "Pavarotti" Blessed. Genius. And all the better for him genuinely wanting to be there.

The only thing missing was a good presenter. Cat is an OK presenter but, like Davina McCall before her, she's not right for this show. She's just not camp enough.

There's only one man qualified to fill Matthew's hole - Dale Winton.

Gravitas coming out of his ears, stalker-like in the presence of any rank of celebrity - presumably ITV think he's just too gay, which begs the question... how can anyone be too gay for Stars In Their Eyes?

Cat can't even fake it. Her cringeworthy banter with "bonkers" Alison was the TV equivalent of those posters - You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here But It Helps!!!

Ah, Alison. Hard to argue with her "I get recognised for all the wrong reasons" but as for her claim that of all the celebs she's met she'd "go out, for a drink with Renee Zellweger" - Alison, listen. It. Ain't. Never. Gonna. Happen.

As for the others, Emmerdale's Father Ted could have potentially - and literally - brought the roof down had he followed his original plan to copy Kurt Cobain, while it was no surprise to hear Mike Read admitting he's "always wanted to do Cliff Richard."

But Blessed was the piece-maker. He claimed he came on because of a Covent Garden tramp who apparently mistook him for Pavarotti (one word - meths) and begged him, "Master, master - sing me a few notes."

Two things, Brian. One, unless you're 200 and lived in Dickensian London where the odd tramp may have used the word "master", I suspect you're lying.

And two, if it did happen I think you'll find it more likely he said "sling me a few notes".

Sunday Mirror

LOL. Thanks Susan.