Originally Posted by
Joe40:
“He did a very good impression of Harry Hill on Britain's Got Talent.
After his other impressions, he became known as...the bloke who did a very good impression of Harry Hill 
”
Correction - he did an impression of Harry Hill. He was seriously over rated on the show and a one trick pony at best - far better acts have been on BGT which would be more deserving of the special! The Wood Chopper for example!
Originally Posted by
Joe40:
“Gillian McKeith messes up ITV's profits, forcing a refund.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0y7EDQ09AA”
Despicable isn't it that they have to put the rights of the bullies who vote over the welfare of the contestants.
Originally Posted by derek500:
“Why put it in such a competitive slot? And as with Pillars, no repeat.”
To be fair I think Any Human Heart is in a good slot, though is probably getting hurt more by Garrows Law than I'm a Celeb. It's the single screening strategy which makes no sense - no reason why it can't have at least one repeat slot on More4 plus a repeat on C4 too.
Originally Posted by Jaycee Dove:
“The reason that the SCD results show is not doing as well as the Saturday show but the XF results reverse this trend is self evident and down to the BBC emasculating the results this series.
It is the one thing they have got wrong with the revamp as it has lost all the tension without the dance off.
You could watch the last 2 minutes and ignore the rest without a proper battle via a dance off.
It has also started to effect who goes through as the judges have lost that extra edge they had in voting through the better dancers from a bottom two. Meaning it is now exclusively a popularity contest all the way through which is bound to come back and bite one day soon.
Indeed in the US the row over precisely this (ref their useless dancer but popular entrant) is leading to suggestions to weight the judges verdict over the public vote somehow....exactly as it was to this year in the UK.
We do not watch the X Factor at all but always watch the last 20 minutes of the results show as it has tension, a sing off and the drama of the vote.
There is no such driving force to do the same with Strictly. It is nearly all filler.”
I don't know if the BBC release the breakdown like ITV do with The X Factor, but considering both on Strictly and Dancing on Ice the worst scoring celebs are rarely in the bottom two it does suggest they could hand control completely to the public and basically the same people would probably be eliminated on viewers votes alone each week.
That way they can then bring the Dance Off back and give the judges the last say, but don't make the mistake of last year where the judges not only made up 50% of the score, had the vote in the dance off and then the casting vote in event of a tie.
Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Those bright sparks at Channel 4 have scheduled a Hollyoaks late night special at 10pm on 16th December opposite the series finale (excluding Christmas special) of Misfits on E4.
You just couldn't make it up, could you?”
My money is on Misfits winning that ratings battle. Pure stupidity - C4 just seems to be scheduling slot by slot at the moment with nobody looking at the bigger picture, and they're just not looking after their brands and protecting them - i.e. The Secret Millionaire.
Talking C4, Sarah Beeny is to host BBC1 series Village SOS - not sure if she's jumping ship completely, or if she'll still do shows for C4. They ruined Property Ladder when they stupidly decided to focus on two houses per show, completely losing the narrative of each development which made the earlier series worth watching!
