Originally Posted by Paperhouse:
“Would have been nice if the opening Union Flag of the act was up the correct way !”
“Would have been nice if the opening Union Flag of the act was up the correct way !”
Send them to The Tower!.
Results:Should non UK acts be allowed on BGT next year?.
Yes.It's good healthy competition for Brits.
110 (50.69%)
No.The show is for British people only.
65 (29.95%)
Not sure.Maybe if they change the name of the show?.
18 (8.29%)
Not bothered either way.
33 (15.21%)
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Should non UK acts be allowed on BGT next year?.
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Originally Posted by mackara:
“Next thing you know they will be allowing people from the I.O.M to audition, imagine those folk coming over here in their boats and winning our talent competition.
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“Next thing you know they will be allowing people from the I.O.M to audition, imagine those folk coming over here in their boats and winning our talent competition.
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Do they still birch people there?.
Originally Posted by U96:
“GB&NI?.”
“GB&NI?.”
Which is the U.K, just that your title mentions U.K and Britain in the same sentence even though they are different.
Originally Posted by U96:
“Do they still birch people there?.”
“Do they still birch people there?.”
Nope, done away with that in the 1970s I think.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, not The British Isles because that includes Ireland and part of Ireland is Not Part of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, although Northern Ireland is Part of the Island of Ireland... 's Got Talent.
Originally Posted by mackara:
“Which is the U.K, just that your title mentions U.K and Britain in the same sentence even though they are different.”
“Which is the U.K, just that your title mentions U.K and Britain in the same sentence even though they are different.”
Fair point.
Originally Posted by Serial Lurker:
“That's because no one gives a shit.”
“That's because no one gives a shit.”
But people do give a shit about the winner's being Hungarian? Typical double standard. Nobody would be moaning if the winner was an Irish person from NI because people don't know the difference between GB and UK. So the answer is "oh ahem...no one gives a shit" But a Hungarian group win and suddenly people give a shit. It's the same thing.
Originally Posted by Topol:
“Yes.
It's sending out a clear message ignore the Murdoch/Mail media who would have the entire world think we are all Xenophobes.
When one group of people are getting all the medias attention its so easy for that impression to be given.
only change would love seeing is a lower age cap on entrants utterly insane so many kid's acts in the final and the entire series its bad enough having BGT turned into XFactor II.”
“Yes.
It's sending out a clear message ignore the Murdoch/Mail media who would have the entire world think we are all Xenophobes.
When one group of people are getting all the medias attention its so easy for that impression to be given.
only change would love seeing is a lower age cap on entrants utterly insane so many kid's acts in the final and the entire series its bad enough having BGT turned into XFactor II.”
Presumably the rules allow non UK acts to enter? If so there isn't a story here.
Having said that, it does not necessarily make someone Xenophobic if they happen to think that entrants to a show called Britains Got Talent should be British. On one level it might be a natural assumption to make given the title.
Originally Posted by littleweeble:
“But people do give a shit about the winner's being Hungarian? Typical double standard.”
“But people do give a shit about the winner's being Hungarian? Typical double standard.”
Well that's a fair old leap. No, no one gives a shit about semantic arguments about what's technically the correct name to call the country. Britain is just a common name, and Northern Ireland gets included in it even if, oh em gee, that's not technically accurate.
Originally Posted by Serial Lurker:
“Well that's a fair old leap. No, no one gives a shit about semantic arguments about what's technically the correct name to call the country. Britain is just a common name, and Northern Ireland gets included in it even if, oh em gee, that's not technically accurate.”
“Well that's a fair old leap. No, no one gives a shit about semantic arguments about what's technically the correct name to call the country. Britain is just a common name, and Northern Ireland gets included in it even if, oh em gee, that's not technically accurate.”
My point is that you can't argue technical inaccuracy when it suits and complain about a non British act winning a show called BRITAIN's got talent but then shrug off the fact that people don't know the difference between GB and UK.
Originally Posted by Ambassador:
“Of course.
The amount of xenophobic crap spouted tonight is unreal”
“Of course.
The amount of xenophobic crap spouted tonight is unreal”
Don't talk rubbish. I love the Dutch but would find it odd if a Dutchman was crowned best of British.
Originally Posted by littleweeble:
“My point is that you can't argue technical inaccuracy when it suits and complain about a non British act winning a show called BRITAIN's got talent but then shrug off the fact that people don't know the difference between GB and UK.”
“My point is that you can't argue technical inaccuracy when it suits and complain about a non British act winning a show called BRITAIN's got talent but then shrug off the fact that people don't know the difference between GB and UK.”
I dunno, I'm struggling to see the link to be honest.
Originally Posted by Serial Lurker:
“I dunno, I'm struggling to see the link to be honest.”
“I dunno, I'm struggling to see the link to be honest.”
Yes, I thought you might.
Originally Posted by bratwurzt:
“Don't talk rubbish. I love the Dutch but would find it odd if a Dutchman was crowned best of British.”
“Don't talk rubbish. I love the Dutch but would find it odd if a Dutchman was crowned best of British.”
I thought Marty was brilliant.Shame he never made the final.
He made everyone happy.
Originally Posted by littleweeble:
“Yes, I thought you might.”
“Yes, I thought you might.”
Hahah.
"How can you complain about someone from Hungary winning Britain's Got Talent, you don't even know that the UK and GB are two different political and geographical entities!"
- you
Originally Posted by U96:
“I thought Marty was brilliant.Shame he never made the final.
He made everyone happy.”
“I thought Marty was brilliant.Shame he never made the final.
He made everyone happy.”
I loved him. He made me laugh. He was just so funny and harmless.
Originally Posted by jeopardy1965:
“I would hate to be denied seeing talent like Attraction just because of the name being BGT. I love that BGT provided a showcase for their talent. Brilliant act.”
“I would hate to be denied seeing talent like Attraction just because of the name being BGT. I love that BGT provided a showcase for their talent. Brilliant act.”
But surely that's happening at the moment?
I may be completely wrong but I assume Attraction are able to enter whilst not living here, under EU law and non restriction of movement?
If so, then I assume an act from Fiji, Chile or Algeria couldn't have - and cannot enter next series?
Therefore, you must want further changes in the rules?
How about they dump the show next year? It's past it's sell by date along with the likes of TOWIE and the X Factor.
Originally Posted by littleweeble:
“I loved him. He made me laugh. He was just so funny and harmless.”
“I loved him. He made me laugh. He was just so funny and harmless.”
His first act was better than the second.
I was kind of hoping for his little keyboard thing at the end of his second performance.You know-doo-doo-doo,dooodle-oodle-oo.!.
Originally Posted by Serial Lurker:
“Hahah.
"How can you complain about someone from Hungary winning Britain's Got Talent, you don't even know that the UK and GB are two different political and geographical entities!"
- you”
“Hahah.
"How can you complain about someone from Hungary winning Britain's Got Talent, you don't even know that the UK and GB are two different political and geographical entities!"
- you”
eh? You might want to correctly quote my post first. The point originally made by someone else was that the show is called Britain's Got Talent. Someone was asking if people not from the UK should be allowed to enter. Another poster then correctly pointed out that GB and the UK are not the same and I agreed with them because NI is a part of the UK and not GB so I asked if people would be so technical if an Irish person from NI won BGT because they would not be from Britain technically. To which you replied that no one gives a shit. No one gives a shit because no one knows that GB and the UK are different so that's ok then but, people are complaining about a Hungarian group winning and them not being British.. Sigh
Originally Posted by U96:
“His first act was better than the second.
I was kind of hoping for his little keyboard thing at the end of his second performance.You know-doo-doo-doo,dooodle-oodle-oo.!.”
“His first act was better than the second.
I was kind of hoping for his little keyboard thing at the end of his second performance.You know-doo-doo-doo,dooodle-oodle-oo.!.”
"Touch me! yaaaaa!" and "No! I'm playing!".
Originally Posted by littleweeble:
“eh? You might want to correctly quote my post first. The point originally made by someone else was that the show is called Britain's Got Talent. Someone was asking if people not from the UK should be allowed to enter. Another poster then correctly pointed out that GB and the UK are not the same and I agreed with them because NI is a part of the UK and not GB so I asked if people would be so technical if an Irish person from NI won BGT because they would not be from Britain technically. To which you replied that no one gives a shit. No one gives a shit because no one knows that GB and the UK are different so that's ok then but, people are complaining about a Hungarian group winning and them not being British.. Sigh”
“eh? You might want to correctly quote my post first. The point originally made by someone else was that the show is called Britain's Got Talent. Someone was asking if people not from the UK should be allowed to enter. Another poster then correctly pointed out that GB and the UK are not the same and I agreed with them because NI is a part of the UK and not GB so I asked if people would be so technical if an Irish person from NI won BGT because they would not be from Britain technically. To which you replied that no one gives a shit. No one gives a shit because no one knows that GB and the UK are different so that's ok then but, people are complaining about a Hungarian group winning and them not being British.. Sigh”
So basically what I said then... only much more tedious.
Originally Posted by Serial Lurker:
“So basically what I said then... only much more tedious.”
“So basically what I said then... only much more tedious.”
but much more interesting and informative...?
I gather I might have misunderstood and thought you were disagreeing with me and just saying it's ok to lump a country into another group because it just happens so that's that - so apologies for that if that's the case but it really gets to me because people refer to NI as being part of GB. Why not just scrap the "UK" then. People representing NI in the Olympics had to compete under the name Team GB when it was meant to be Team GB and NI. People also pick and choose what's acceptable. If someone from Kerry in the ROI won next year no one would mind even though it's part of neither GB or the UK but the same people moaning about Hungarians winning... :sleep: Bedtime
Originally Posted by littleweeble:
“"Touch me! yaaaaa!" and "No! I'm playing!".”
“"Touch me! yaaaaa!" and "No! I'm playing!".
”
He was very left field.I'm an 80's fan myself so we had a connection.
It's great when the younger generation appreciate the 80's sounds and fashions.
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