Is there going to be a normal Fame Academy this year? I really missed it last year and thought that the Bursery thing was a waste of time.

Probably not because it was crap.

Actually I think Fame Academy is a very good show. I just cannot understand why you choose to come on this board if you do ot like Fame Academy.

It's probably because her favourite didn't win?

I thought I saw a Fame Academy audition advert in my local newspaper, South London Press.

It's a good show... they just got to get that rude guy from Celebrity Come Dancing involved in the next series.

Yey, Craig Revel-Horwood is great!

You mean "That Orange Person".

Yep. Craig Revel-Horwood is Mr Orangeman!

He's got the right name - Revel - I always spit the orange ones out or give them to the dog

Hope fame academy does come back on but I hope they use the first series format for the programme, they had to much freetime in the second series.

The programme won't be back if this interfering govt. has anything to do with it as the talentless puppet, Tessa Jowell just announced.

Yup, mentioned by name even.

Don't worry about her, she'll be gone after the election - whatever the result.

I'm trying to will Richard into name dropping celeb judges for a new series, but we all know he isn't likely to, as their is probably not going to be an FA3.

So have they really gone to all the trouble of the new building and decor just for the Celebrity version? Seems a waste for less than two weeks tV

Remember "El Dorado"?

Thought not. Failed BBC soap - cost millions.

Steve.

There was mention on here that the celeb version would appear at the top of the year and the F.A. 3 in the autumn.

Exactly what I thought. I can't believe that many people will even see much of the house in Celebrity FA, whereas it really comes into it's own in the 'normal' version.

Having said that, the building isn't very well suited to the normal version - how on earth would they stop people outside from holding signs up etc? It's not very well shielded from the outside world.

I do hope so!

David Blane's box was infront of the Academy. He had a lot if trouble with disturbances.

Don't I remember someone posting that there's redevelopment there very soon?

Im hoping Fame Academy DOES return.. Much better than Pop Idol, Big Brother etc etc.. Those guys are WORKED hard, and Its great to watch them develop over the whole series

The BBC have axed Fame academy along with loads of other programs like ground force.
Strictly Come Dancing is coming back Tho

Actually Fame Academy has never been axed it was shelved for a year, read somewhere on here that someone read an article about Cat Deeley saying that she is doing fa3 later in the year ??

I dont think they'd go to all the trouble of building an entirely new set including a seperate one for the BBCThree show, just for a two week show. I hope they bring it back with the format of the first series, with the group performances etc. It really made it stand out and was so different to Pop Idol. I think that's why series 2 didnt really work, the set was too small and the individual performances had no theme running through them, whereas Pop Idol had very clear themes for each week.