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Originally Posted by Joany3
I love this thread. I thought FA was great and my only criticism was that the teachers were the judges, they should have been totally independant. Remeber their nights out to premiers and the busking and the cereal fights? Ahhh getting all nostalgic now
(Did anyone else pick up on the stylists use of military jackets on the sinewy males in both series? The same cliche still pops up from time to time even now) |
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Originally Posted by tally
I have a box of videos of the show, sadly not within reach at the moment.
![]() Have to agree with what has been posted about FA1, it was and will always be my fave reality TV show. How many of us stayed up just about all night to watch Bad Bad Butcher and the fun and games. I lost a lot of sleep during that series. I wish we could have another series like that but it didn't make enough money for the BBC, did it? |
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Originally Posted by *Laura*
As much as I loved FA1 and FA2 it was no different to Pop Idol, X Factor and any other reality show where the viewers choose the winner and I can understand why it was scrapped.
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Originally Posted by trixiehobbit
Oh I remember Mariah. Picky picky picky she was, and then mimed on the actual show
![]() ![]() Oh and was also remember Jo Noel who did the piano playing in Carrie's lessons with students. The students all really liked her and she was a bit of an unsung hero with them all I guess. Last edited by fruitie : 10-03-2007 at 22:48. |
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I really miss Fame Academy. I guess it was difficult to justify keeping it going when the winners faded into obscurity so quickly, but I loved watching them improve, rather than just singing different songs each week without really getting any better, like they do on other shows.
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Originally Posted by fruitie
Nah, it was different in that you saw what they were doing all day every day. You really got to know them, not just what they performed at the weekly shows. That's much better than just phoning and voting.
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Just my ten-pence....
I do find it strange that a 'dead' programme, is stilll churned out bi-yearly for Comic Relief......kind of makes me wonder if the BBC isn't really that keen to let the format die - or someone high up at Comic Relief was a big fan!. I did really enjoy the first series of Fame Academy. The second series was OK - but I felt they played far too much with the format (likewise - the first two series of Big Brother were much better than the later series). I much prefered FA over the ITV offerings - mainly due to FA (1st Series) was much more than just "can they sing", you got to see them having coaching, song writing sessions and what with the live-streaming you got to 'follow the journey' the contestants went on etc etc, which also resulted in original material being produced - such as David Sneddon's "Stop Living the Lie", and Sinead's "Can't break Down". Anyhow..... Iain |
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Just my ten-pence....
I do find it strange that a 'dead' programme, is stilll churned out bi-yearly for Comic Relief......kind of makes me wonder if the BBC isn't really that keen to let the format die - or someone high up at Comic Relief was a big fan!. I did really enjoy the first series of Fame Academy. The second series was OK - but I felt they played far too much with the format (likewise - the first two series of Big Brother were much better than the later series). I much prefered FA over the ITV offerings - mainly due to FA (1st Series) was much more than just "can they sing", you got to see them having coaching, song writing sessions and what with the live-streaming you got to 'follow the journey' the contestants went on etc etc, which also resulted in original material being produced - such as David Sneddon's "Stop Living the Lie", and Sinead's "Can't break Down". Anyhow..... Iain |
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You saw the same programme as me Iain
I found series one much more than a quest to find a star.... Perhaps Phil if they had invested more money into them after the winners won and promoted them properly more of them would have done better? Mind you isn't Sinead still performing? Same with Ainslie and David writing? Camilla went on to do shows didn't she? oh!! and whats his name? ooo Lemar!! I think he's still around.... All in all I think they have done better than the X factor lot and except Will Young and 1 or 2 others better than ITV's lot in pop idol. So IMO I think even with the lack of promotion a couple of years on to still be around, even though not in the charts..... IS an achievment
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Hiya CPA. This is great. All the original FAers like you, Acer Ben and ark etc posting again.Since FA1 I have gone on to listen to music almost constantly (after quite a gap) and I am now found more on myspace and at gigs than I am watching the tele! Still watching CFA though! www.myspace.com/alrklein |
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and it was what got me finally joining DS.
Me too. I lurked for ages - and was mightily amused by Lady Madonna's total obsession with Nigel - and loved Mr Partridge's posts. Aaah. Happy Days. |
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... and loved Mr Partridge's posts.
![]() Perfect when you had the time to read through them ..... |
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Didn't we all ...
![]() Perfect when you had the time to read through them ..... That's the trouble with journalists. They cant do short and pithy!!He's fine btw. Living in Sweden and has 2 beautiful daughters. We're still in touch. But hasn't 5 years flown and such a lot happened? We should rename this "The Reunion Thread"
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I had a dream about Paris (sp?) from FA2 the other night, very pleasant it was too.......
Anyone know what he's up to these days? |
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If Fame Academy was on ITV it would still be going.
I miss the old academy, and I remember I was 15 at the time on series 1, so I used to watch CBBC Fame Academy thing when it was more aimed at teens, and I miss Holly and Jake, and the studio with a glass wall in the academy, and when they used to go out on the decking at the end ![]() I also miss the original circle of fear, and I surprisingly miss Cat Deeley |
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and I remember I was 15 at the time on series 1, so I used to watch CBBC Fame Academy thing when it was more aimed at teens
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Aaah...........the good old days..............
Tho' not for me.........I didn't watch it............
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Originally Posted by fruitie
I watched that too....and was 26 years old
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Originally Posted by tally
That's the trouble with journalists. They cant do short and pithy!!He's fine btw. Living in Sweden and has 2 beautiful daughters. We're still in touch. But hasn't 5 years flown and such a lot happened? We should rename this "The Reunion Thread"
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Originally Posted by fruitie
I watched that too....and was 26 years old
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Originally Posted by tom0101
Yeah, you probably watched it for the show, I never
Well kind of I cannot believe I'm calling fruitie "old".We didn't watch it just for the singing. I still have a crush on Ains and Malachi. Even though they were but callow fellas back along.
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Yeah, you probably watched it for the show, I never
Well kind of
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Lemar is on FA extra (or whatever it's called) tonight - that jogged my memory of FA1 when he was really drunk and broke into the studio of FA extra whilst it was live on air
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If they did bring it back it would not be in the old building as they got too many complaints.
Also, I wish they would change the name as why on earth is FAME only about singers again? There are other forms of entertainers. |
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Originally Posted by Citizen Sputnik
Watching the celeb FA, has anyone else suddenly remembered how great Fame Academy actually was?
With X Factor churning out bland acts by the bucketload who are quickly forgotten, I love the fact that FA actively encouraged students to write their own material, play their own instruments, and become fully fledged artists. I'd much rather see FA on our screens now instead of the turgid X Factor It's just a shame that, like X Factor, pretty much nobody from the show went on to much success. What is really frustrating is that Alex Parks, who won series 2, didn't go on to much success, considering she's one of the most talented singer-songwriters I've ever head. Her last album was truly sensational. |
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and loved Mr Partridge's posts. 