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Old 16-03-2007, 13:52
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I love Tara, couldnt't give a hoot about her being rich, thin and having no boobs

Tara to win

It's comic relief not Xfactor
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Old 16-03-2007, 13:53
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Originally Posted by trixiehobbit
Looks like she's a love her or hate character. I love her.

Last's nights Penny Lane was the wrong song for her. Shaun's Chasing Cars was wrong for him...they should have swapped and both would have been great but Boots yet again was superb as an entire performance.

Tara is just a one-off.
She's mad as a brush, happy as a pig in poop one minute, torturing herself for not being good at anything the next. From what of seen, (on other shows too) her generosity and downright niceness shines through. She's comical and endearing to look at on F.A., loping about the stage like a newborn deer, all gangly legs and awkwardness and she so knows it

She's not harming anyone - only herself in the past - and she's brought smiles to hundreds with her determination to just get on with it, when there were many times she thought she couldn't.

Fighting spirit, generosity and humour is what Comic Relief is about. Tara has all three in bucketloads.

Tara to Win


Agree ... Tara to win
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Old 16-03-2007, 14:36
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Originally Posted by moonglow
Glinny,

I take offence at your comment about Tara winning because "her daddy is extremely rich"! What a stupid thing to say and I'm tired of people like yourelf who immediately hate someone because they are monied. You sound like a very bitter and jealous person, and because she is monied you have a bitterness towards her and her family.

Whether someone is monied, poor or inbetween, never judge them on that. That says more about you than any monied person. I hate all this class/wealth bitterness.
I couldn't agree more. It's completely pathetic. Tara didn't ask to be born into that family, why should her background make any difference to whether or not she's likeable?
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Old 16-03-2007, 15:25
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Originally Posted by moonglow
Glinny,

I take offence at your comment about Tara winning because "her daddy is extremely rich"! What a stupid thing to say and I'm tired of people like yourelf who immediately hate someone because they are monied. You sound like a very bitter and jealous person, and because she is monied you have a bitterness towards her and her family.

Whether someone is monied, poor or inbetween, never judge them on that. That says more about you than any monied person. I hate all this class/wealth bitterness.
I am sorry if you took offence it was not meant to be nasty and I am not a bitter and jealous person. I also have no bitterness towards Tara or her family VERENCE understood completely what I meant - it was only meant tongue in cheek! It is Comic Relief Day after all

I can assure you that I am not jealous of anyone with money because I lost my dad six months ago with cancer and I would rather be poor and have my dad back than have all the money in the world.

You seem to have taken this very seriously - sorry if you were offended.

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Old 16-03-2007, 17:13
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Originally Posted by Glinny
Absolutely agree 100%

If she wins it will not be because of her singing talent

It is because her daddy is extremely rich and this is Comic Relief after all

What absolute tosh - you are on another planet - in the land of inverted snobbery.

It is Comic Relief and it is about entertainment.
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Old 17-03-2007, 00:37
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She is not a great singer but she was good TV. I was pleased to see her win but I will not be buying the CD.
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Old 17-03-2007, 00:39
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Thank goodness. I thought I was alone. As a person, I think Tara comes across well...sweet, crazy and lovely - but as a singer/entertainer? No! Daren't say that on here.
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Old 17-03-2007, 03:18
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I agree with the OP. She has been hyped up as something more than what she is. Incredible amount of BS surrounding most of her performances.

Her boots performance was a killer routine though. It's just a shame that they overused it. Her second performance of it should have been saved for the final.
It's as though she can only do one thing, that particular performance, because everything else ranged from incredibly poor to average.

But I think she's a good person and quite like her, and it's not as though the general competiton was any better.
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Old 17-03-2007, 03:35
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I think Tara lost a bit of the emotional performance as she got better at the singing and taking to the circle of fear bits. Vulnerable comes over easier when you are more vulnerable and emotion is easier when Kevin doesn't have you doing a complicated routine with lots of moving.

Tricia I thought outsang Shaun on the previous two shows but she never sung a song that really hit any emotional highlights - perhaps they gave them all to Tara. Lesley was right she picked the right songs to show off her voice but horribly wrong in that she didn't pick any that would grab the votes from Tara.

Basically if there is no one really really good (and the audience and money figures are well down) someone with a story who stands out and does things differently ought to win. It might have been one of the comedians who could sing but i suspect Tara stole their vote too.

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Old 17-03-2007, 09:46
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If this was a singing talent contest your basic premise that Tara = emperor's new clothes would be spot on. But Tara won for qualities that appealed to this show's audience that had nothing to do with singing ability. But in the end no-one really cares who won as it was for charity.
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Old 17-03-2007, 09:52
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Originally Posted by robx0666
But in the end no-one really cares who won as it was for charity.
Except for Tricia and Barry
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Old 17-03-2007, 10:13
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Originally Posted by SULLA
Except for Tricia and Barry
lmao....yeah they were just desperate win, and tbh, that I think is part of the reason they didn't...
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Old 17-03-2007, 10:48
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Originally Posted by Muttley76
lmao....yeah they were just desperate win, and tbh, that I think is part of the reason they didn't...
Although by the end of the semifinal, I am sure that Tricia knew that she would not win.
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Old 17-03-2007, 11:10
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Originally Posted by mossy2103
Although by the end of the semifinal, I am sure that Tricia knew that she would not win.
I agree. I think she knew having been in the bottom 3 about 3 or 4 times she didn't really have much chance. She also knew Tara got through on the public vote.

However I think a few days ago she would have been fancying her chances. As alot of them were saying that it was between her and Barry.
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Old 17-03-2007, 11:22
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Tara was a very deserving winner she is such a lovely person and oozes charm, elegance and charisma from every pore.
She wasn't the finest singer but was by far the most entertaining and delightful to watch. It was Comic Relief after all and Tara is incredibly funny and entered the competition in the right spirit. She moved me to tears during several of her performances and I really wish her well, hopefully this experience will give her more confidence to believe in herself and develop her many talents to their maximum.
With Tara and Trisha I could not have hoped for a better final!
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Old 17-03-2007, 11:33
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Originally Posted by Glinny
Absolutely agree 100%

If she wins it will not be because of her singing talent

It is because her daddy is extremely rich and this is Comic Relief after all

I completely disagree with you, having a rich father would if anything go against her as the great British populace tend to resent the 'idle rich' .
Tara won because she came across as a delightfully funny, warm, vulnerable and a very big hearted woman.
She was incredibly entertaining to watch and melted our hearts.
She never lost sight of the broader picture or allowed her ego to inflate disproportionately (unlike Colin) and constantly reminded us of the cause which this contest was in aid of.

The final could not have been better balanced, Tricia had a lovely voice and Tara had personality and was fun to watch.
Very sorry to hear about your father by the way.

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Old 17-03-2007, 15:38
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Originally Posted by SULLA
Except for Tricia and Barry
I don't think either of them were desperate at all.

I think that they were very nervous and wanted to survive simply because they knew that they were supposed to be the top two singers and didn't want to be humiliated by being evited early from the competition. I think that they will have been very content to finish in the placings that they did.

You could see the insecurites and nervousness from the pair of them at various stages. Somebody may read that as desperateness in a negative way, but I don't.
I just think that they didn't want to be humiliated that's all.

Shaun appeared to show a lot of nerves in the academy in the VT clips, and Tricia appeared to show a lot of nerves on the night of performances where you could even detect nerves in her performance.

I think both of them were very generous towards Tara. Shaun the night before the final appeared very humble and generous in his words about the final of Tara and Tricia, and I saw no sour grapes or jealousy, or anything of a negative nature.
And likewise Tricia also showed a lot of support and warmth towards Tara.

I think if there was any competitiveness on their part it was due to them competing with themselves and their inner demons and not wanting to show themselves up.

I thought that they came across really well, did well in the end and are happy that Tara did so well.

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Old 17-03-2007, 16:56
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Originally Posted by Alrightmate
I don't think either of them were desperate at all.

I think that they were very nervous and wanted to survive simply because they knew that they were supposed to be the top two singers and didn't want to be humiliated by being evited early from the competition. I think that they will have been very content to finish in the placings that they did.

You could see the insecurites and nervousness from the pair of them at various stages. Somebody may read that as desperateness in a negative way, but I don't.
I just think that they didn't want to be humiliated that's all.

Shaun appeared to show a lot of nerves in the academy in the VT clips, and Tricia appeared to show a lot of nerves on the night of performances where you could even detect nerves in her performance.

I think both of them were very generous towards Tara. Shaun the night before the final appeared very humble and generous in his words about the final of Tara and Tricia, and I saw no sour grapes or jealousy, or anything of a negative nature.
And likewise Tricia also showed a lot of support and warmth towards Tara.

I think if there was any competitiveness on their part it was due to them competing with themselves and their inner demons and not wanting to show themselves up.

I thought that they came across really well, did well in the end and are happy that Tara did so well.
I agree. I think there were others far more desperate to win than those two.

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Old 17-03-2007, 21:52
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Originally Posted by Alrightmate
I don't think either of them were desperate at all.

I think that they were very nervous and wanted to survive simply because they knew that they were supposed to be the top two singers and didn't want to be humiliated by being evited early from the competition. I think that they will have been very content to finish in the placings that they did.

You could see the insecurites and nervousness from the pair of them at various stages. Somebody may read that as desperateness in a negative way, but I don't.
I just think that they didn't want to be humiliated that's all.

Shaun appeared to show a lot of nerves in the academy in the VT clips, and Tricia appeared to show a lot of nerves on the night of performances where you could even detect nerves in her performance.

I think both of them were very generous towards Tara. Shaun the night before the final appeared very humble and generous in his words about the final of Tara and Tricia, and I saw no sour grapes or jealousy, or anything of a negative nature.
And likewise Tricia also showed a lot of support and warmth towards Tara.

I think if there was any competitiveness on their part it was due to them competing with themselves and their inner demons and not wanting to show themselves up.

I thought that they came across really well, did well in the end and are happy that Tara did so well.
In post 36 I never said they were desperate, I merely said that they cared who won

It was not really a case oif winning. It was more a case of avoiding public rejection.

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Old 24-03-2007, 04:16
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Originally Posted by SULLA
In post 36 I never said they were desperate, I merely said that they cared who won

It was not really a case oif winning. It was more a case of avoiding public rejection.
It was a lot easier in the last CFA. The not so good and bad and OK singers all knew and said that Edith, kim, Dawn and Debra were far better which meant that going or not getting the public vote was easily explainable. When no is notably better and/or you look quite good in comparison it hurts if the public single you out to go. In one or two cases people seemed genuinely upset to end up going because the public were voting against the judges or on the basis of who sang first or the students were voting by sex or for their mates.
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Old 24-03-2007, 12:35
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I think this time round Tara won because of a sympathy vote because she was portrayed as an interesting character.

After really enjoying Fame Academy, this was the first time I realised how bizarre and complicated the judging and voting criteria were. Ray went through on a sympthy vote for days, because of his sports fans i presume, when it was obvious he couldnt sing at all, Angelica and Zoe got through because they were sexy/attractive despite the fact that I thought they also couldnt sing..... whist someone like Mel who could sing and was funny was voted off fairly near the beginning... perhaps cos shes not all that well known. Colin who I have heard sing live on radio, picked strange songs for a R1 DJ... and let his nerves at performing live show...
In fact all of them sounded much better on live streaming during rehearsals than on the performance itself.

The judging was crazy and the voting order totally random... at least last time Edith could both sing and put together an entertaining performance.

I dont think they should try and do it again.
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