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Old 27-05-2016, 11:52
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Forgive me if these have been covered, but:

(1) What must the impressionist double act have thought to some of the rubbish that got through to the semis (Davros, etc.), simply to give 'balance' to the 'variety' on display?

(2) The guy who won on Friday doesn't do impressions, he replicates character voices, i.e. copies someone else 'putting on' a voice. The judges described this as 'modern' but how many decades old are the Muppets, for example?
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Old 27-05-2016, 12:44
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The guy who won on Friday doesn't do impressions, he replicates character voices, i.e. copies someone else 'putting on' a voice. The judges described this as 'modern' but how many decades old are the Muppets, for example?
They had a new series in 2014 shown here on Sky, and they've had the Warburton's advert Also, since when is an impressionist barred from doing character voices? Some of the biggest impressionists in the '70s did Frank Spencer, and it's been this way ever since - Victor Meldrew, David Brent etc. I'd say most impressionists do characters, in fact.
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Old 27-05-2016, 13:05
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It was a shocking decision not to put the two impressionists through. Surely the joke acts should end at the audition stage not end up on the live shows?
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Old 27-05-2016, 14:45
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Forgive me if these have been covered, but:

(1) What must the impressionist double act have thought to some of the rubbish that got through to the semis (Davros, etc.), simply to give 'balance' to the 'variety' on display?

(2) The guy who won on Friday doesn't do impressions, he replicates character voices, i.e. copies someone else 'putting on' a voice. The judges described this as 'modern' but how many decades old are the Muppets, for example?
2. It's a modern concept that has been going viral on social media for last few years there's some really good ones. I was disappointed with Hello but lived Wrecking Ball. I think upbeat cheesy pop works better.
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Old 27-05-2016, 14:50
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It was a shocking decision not to put the two impressionists through. Surely the joke acts should end at the audition stage not end up on the live shows?
I agree about the joke acts being dropped but I didn't like the younger of the two impressionists. Also, they stated whom every single one was despite having the content as context. Particular bug bear that people on here criticise Craig for having pictures when:
1. Everyone I've seen doing his act does the same thing - that's how you can assess the quality before he moves onto the next one.
2. Related to one, he's singing predefined lyrics to a song so there is no context and thus needs a clue.
3. He not only does impressions but sings in those voices in tune.

In contrast, the two impressionists everyone raves about not only were rubbish at some of them and used the alphabet as a cheap gimmick to get through as many as possible, but they also said who they were doing. Lost on me.
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Old 27-05-2016, 19:05
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They had a new series in 2014 shown here on Sky, and they've had the Warburton's advert Also, since when is an impressionist barred from doing character voices? Some of the biggest impressionists in the '70s did Frank Spencer, and it's been this way ever since - Victor Meldrew, David Brent etc. I'd say most impressionists do characters, in fact.
Good points, but the world and his wife can 'do' Kermit, Miss Piggy, The Simpsons et al...
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Old 27-05-2016, 19:12
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the two impressionists everyone raves about not only were rubbish at some of them ... .
I'm not raving about them, but they were way better than some of the stuff in the semis. Disagree that they were rubbish at any, and BTW the solo impressionist who got through had voices that were not as recognisable as some panel members seemed to think (I still think the sound systems on different TV sets have an effect); and the singing guy was not 'all that' on Minnie Mouse... apart from that, thank you all for making some good points - DR
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Old 27-05-2016, 19:16
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I'm not raving about them, but they were way better than some of the stuff in the semis. Disagree that they were rubbish at any, and BTW the solo impressionist who got through had voices that were not as recognisable as some panel members seemed to think (I still think the sound systems on different TV sets have an effect); and the singing guy was not 'all that' on Minnie Mouse... apart from that, thank you all for making some good points - DR
I didn't mean you specifically. It's just all over the forum there are people raving about those two and then there's about as much backlash against Craig. There has to be some overlap there.

The young lad was awful, bar his McIntyre. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

How strange, I thought his Mickey and Minnie were bang on and I really love Disney, even spent my 30th at Disneyland
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Old 27-05-2016, 22:27
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If you closed your eyes you'd be hard pressed to identify 90% of his voices. Utter crap.
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Old 27-05-2016, 23:13
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If you closed your eyes you'd be hard pressed to identify 90% of his voices. Utter crap.
Which might explain why they need to show the viewers which character is being impersonated.

I do find his act a bit funny though.
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Old 27-05-2016, 23:28
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Good points, but the world and his wife can 'do' Kermit, Miss Piggy, The Simpsons et al...
Well, I can't And this "world and his wife" aren't entering BGT in their droves so it can't be that easy...
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Old 28-05-2016, 08:14
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I think its mainly for variety which is what the show's all about looking for talent that's different
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Old 28-05-2016, 21:11
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I didn't mean you specifically. It's just all over the forum there are people raving about those two and then there's about as much backlash against Craig. There has to be some overlap there.

The young lad was awful, bar his McIntyre. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

How strange, I thought his Mickey and Minnie were bang on and I really love Disney, even spent my 30th at Disneyland
It's evidently in the ear of the beholder (or whatever the 'ear' word for beholder is ) Thanks again - Dave
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