Does anyone find kate's constant saying of "on your feet for <insert name>" a little annoying? The audience should stand up if they want to stand up. This isn't America where everyone gets a standing ovation. Plus most of the audience is watching on tv.
on your feet for <insert name>
Err... I'm Confused
The show's not on yet. And I'm struggling to remember her saying that from 12 months ago???
The show's not on yet. And I'm struggling to remember her saying that from 12 months ago???
I remember her saying 'on your feet for (blah)' before the bottom two would sing in the results shows. In the main shows, I think she said 'let's hear it for (blah)'.
And yes, it did annoy me.
And yes, it did annoy me.
I hate it when a judge criticises an act and the audience boo and jeer while he/she is speaking.
As if every bloody act is perfect and error-free and deserves nothing but praise.
I know it's all deliberately a bit panto etc, but it just does my head in.
As if every bloody act is perfect and error-free and deserves nothing but praise.
I know it's all deliberately a bit panto etc, but it just does my head in.
I wouldn't mind if she actually said "Stand up for X". Unfortunately what she actually says is "Be upstanding for", which drives me demented. She needs to look at a dictionary.
I have had a go at presenting myself (only locally though, don't worry 
), and I'm telling you now, it the hardest thing to do performing arts wise. You can get so nervous about getting it wrong that phrases you wouldn't normally use start slipping out left, right and centre. I know Kate Thornton is a professional, but sometimes old habits die hard.
), and I'm telling you now, it the hardest thing to do performing arts wise. You can get so nervous about getting it wrong that phrases you wouldn't normally use start slipping out left, right and centre. I know Kate Thornton is a professional, but sometimes old habits die hard.
what gets on my - ahem - chest, is all the american styling this show is adopting. the sob stories, the extra extra long pauses (endemic in so many shows now) before the big reveal of results, the jumping upa nd down squealing like stuck pigs when they first learn they've had a good audition and make it through to boot camp... does me 'ed in, so it does!
that and Kate's clothes.
what they hell is going on with them? she's being dressed in some weird weird way that seems to be growing progressively worse! someone sort her wardrobe out, puhleeeeeze!
that and Kate's clothes.
what they hell is going on with them? she's being dressed in some weird weird way that seems to be growing progressively worse! someone sort her wardrobe out, puhleeeeeze!
Originally Posted by spoonboy:
“Does anyone find kate's constant saying of "on your feet for <insert name>" a little annoying? The audience should stand up if they want to stand up. This isn't America where everyone gets a standing ovation. Plus most of the audience is watching on tv.”
“Does anyone find kate's constant saying of "on your feet for <insert name>" a little annoying? The audience should stand up if they want to stand up. This isn't America where everyone gets a standing ovation. Plus most of the audience is watching on tv.”
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Last edited by Sunnyd : 16-10-2006 at 16:14
I was on my feet throughout most of the show.
I was cooking the tea, I find it very difficult to do from a sitting position.
I was cooking the tea, I find it very difficult to do from a sitting position.
She did say it a couple of times.
After reading this thread on here, it did make me sit up and take notcie when she said it
After reading this thread on here, it did make me sit up and take notcie when she said it
She said it for Ben. When she said it I immediately thought of this thread.
I was just hoping she'd say it after Kerry's performance.
She only said it once, I think. Everyone in the studio was on their feet for everyone anyway!!
I was just hoping she'd say it after Kerry's performance.
She only said it once, I think. Everyone in the studio was on their feet for everyone anyway!!
Originally Posted by NikittaFan:
“She said it for Ben...
I was just hoping she'd say it after Kerry's performance.
”
“She said it for Ben...
I was just hoping she'd say it after Kerry's performance.
”
hahahahahahahaha omg, what if she'd said it accidentally? you know, the way things sometimes slip out... the very thing you know you mustn't say that just HAS to then pop out your mouth????? lolololol omg there would have been UPROAR!
Originally Posted by solaris1:
“hahahahahahahaha omg, what if she'd said it accidentally? you know, the way things sometimes slip out... the very thing you know you mustn't say that just HAS to then pop out your mouth????? lolololol omg there would have been UPROAR! ”
“hahahahahahahaha omg, what if she'd said it accidentally? you know, the way things sometimes slip out... the very thing you know you mustn't say that just HAS to then pop out your mouth????? lolololol omg there would have been UPROAR!
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Why shouldnt she say "on your feet for kate"..??
if she says it for eveyone else then she should say it for her as well,not single her out, asking people to be on their feet for her would show her she has the same support, not make her think she is having the piddle taken out of her.
just because she is in a wheelchair doesnt make her deaf nor dumb,she is the same as a normal person,its her legs she is without not her feelings.
why are so many people so down on her?,at least she has the bottle to get up there and give it her best knowing full well she will be having the mickey taken out of her.
if she can accept her disability and not hide behind her chair why dont everyone else?,nobody is perfect, no body is better than you ,but your no better than anyone else either.
Originally Posted by stapler:
“Why shouldnt she say "on your feet for kate"..??
if she says it for eveyone else then she should say it for her as well,not single her out, asking people to be on their feet for her would show her she has the same support, not make her think she is having the piddle taken out of her.
just because she is in a wheelchair doesnt make her deaf nor dumb,she is the same as a normal person,its her legs she is without not her feelings.
why are so many people so down on her?,at least she has the bottle to get up there and give it her best knowing full well she will be having the mickey taken out of her.
if she can accept her disability and not hide behind her chair why dont everyone else?,nobody is perfect, no body is better than you ,but your no better than anyone else either.”
“Why shouldnt she say "on your feet for kate"..??
if she says it for eveyone else then she should say it for her as well,not single her out, asking people to be on their feet for her would show her she has the same support, not make her think she is having the piddle taken out of her.
just because she is in a wheelchair doesnt make her deaf nor dumb,she is the same as a normal person,its her legs she is without not her feelings.
why are so many people so down on her?,at least she has the bottle to get up there and give it her best knowing full well she will be having the mickey taken out of her.
if she can accept her disability and not hide behind her chair why dont everyone else?,nobody is perfect, no body is better than you ,but your no better than anyone else either.”
well, i assume that's a typo and you mean Kerry
I AM NOT HAVING A POP AT KERRY! please lighten up. i don't rate her voice but i am not picking on her. i don't give a monkey's if she's in a chair. if her voice and presentation knocked my socks off she'd get my vote above anyone else who didn't.
the direction my post is going is aimed fair and square at how PC we have to be today. how the child looking at the very fat person makes the parent sweat worrying if or when the said child will say 'mummy, look at that fat man'. there's no malice, but we all get so hot under the collar over it all. and if Kerry had an ounce of humour, YES! she would laugh! because it would be as you said. but what would really happen? gasps... red faces... fumbled scripts, shocked faces, nervous twitterings and something to cover Kate's discomfort at having made such a social faux-pas! so please understand i am not vindictive or petty minded, and can equally spot the funny side of a situation.
Originally Posted by solaris1:
“well, i assume that's a typo and you mean Kerry I AM NOT HAVING A POP AT KERRY! please lighten up.
i don't rate her voice but i am not picking on her. i don't give a monkey's if she's in a chair. if her voice and presentation knocked my socks off she'd get my vote above anyone else who didn't.
the direction my post is going is aimed fair and square at how PC we have to be today. how the child looking at the very fat person makes the parent sweat worrying if or when the said child will say 'mummy, look at that fat man'. there's no malice, but we all get so hot under the collar over it all. and if Kerry had an ounce of humour, YES! she would laugh! because it would be as you said. but what would really happen? gasps... red faces... fumbled scripts, shocked faces, nervous twitterings and something to cover Kate's discomfort at having made such a social faux-pas! so please understand i am not vindictive or petty minded, and can equally spot the funny side of a situation.”
“well, i assume that's a typo and you mean Kerry
I AM NOT HAVING A POP AT KERRY! please lighten up. i don't rate her voice but i am not picking on her. i don't give a monkey's if she's in a chair. if her voice and presentation knocked my socks off she'd get my vote above anyone else who didn't.
the direction my post is going is aimed fair and square at how PC we have to be today. how the child looking at the very fat person makes the parent sweat worrying if or when the said child will say 'mummy, look at that fat man'. there's no malice, but we all get so hot under the collar over it all. and if Kerry had an ounce of humour, YES! she would laugh! because it would be as you said. but what would really happen? gasps... red faces... fumbled scripts, shocked faces, nervous twitterings and something to cover Kate's discomfort at having made such a social faux-pas! so please understand i am not vindictive or petty minded, and can equally spot the funny side of a situation.”
point taken, i wasnt just having a pop at you, i was on about everyone who takes the mick out of kerry cos she is in a wheelchair.sorry to have used what you said as a quote but just used it as an example,not as a dig at you personally, sorry.
but also people never seem to see past a disabillity until it is one of their own who has it,then they spend their time arguing and fighting for some respect for them!!
i see your point about there being fumbled lines and red faces,its just ive had enough of all the slagging off kerry has had just because she is in a wheelchair,her wheelchair works better than her voicebox... so pick on that!!
i don't even know why the wheelchair gets the airtime, to be honest. the trouble is the way Kerry herself was shown, over and over probably due to editing, mentioning it and her accident that it has been seen as her 'milking the sympathy vote'. i judge what i'm seeing and hearing. if i was put off by odd/unusual things, then i'd not be a fan of Stevie Wonder with his head doing odd things - but boy can that guy SING!
Originally Posted by stapler:
“i see your point about there being fumbled lines and red faces,its just ive had enough of all the slagging off kerry has had just because she is in a wheelchair,her wheelchair works better than her voicebox... so pick on that!!”
“i see your point about there being fumbled lines and red faces,its just ive had enough of all the slagging off kerry has had just because she is in a wheelchair,her wheelchair works better than her voicebox... so pick on that!!
”
It's not Kerry that's at fault, it's the show's producers.
Kerry won't win because she's not good enough. Cowell and Co will rake in more money as a result of milking her disability than they would from one of the other also-rans they could've selected. The producers get rich, Kerry gets her fifteen minutes and those of us daft enough to fall for it waste our money.
It's unpleasant. It's in rather bad taste. .....But that's showbiz.
Last edited by JonDoe : 17-10-2006 at 13:08
