Interesting article about all 12 girls and what they've been up to since the show finished.
http://colouredlights.wordpress.com/...e-month-later/
http://colouredlights.wordpress.com/...e-month-later/
Where are the Nancys now - one month later?
Eeeeeeee about the Sarah bit. I so need news that even "in the next month" is exciting! I hope the rumour is true. I bet it's announced whilst I'm on holiday...
Only month! Gost it feels like a lifetime since the show ended! I must be having withdrawel symptoms, I am sad lol
Well...a month and 9days to be exact 
I'm surprised at the lack of confimed parts, I think the level of talent was much higher this series than HDYSAPLM and ADWD!
I'm surprised at the lack of confimed parts, I think the level of talent was much higher this series than HDYSAPLM and ADWD!
To be honest, I wonder what the point is in doing a 'one month later' article - it's too soon (hence very little actual news)! It would have been far better to wait three (or six) months!
Just because there's a lack of 'confirmed' news does not mean that the girls don't have roles! Just that they can't announce them - so, for example, Francesca has said she's been offered something, but no announcement yet. Keisha said she had been offered a role in a film - again, no details other than that. Jessie has (according to friends) been offered her 'dream' role. So that's three. Rachel (whose new role is mentioned in the article) makes four. Sarah brings the total to five. Jodie to six. Tara to seven. So that's seven out of 12 girls with jobs - pretty good going, I think!
Incidentally, I was disappointed with the standard of the Nancies. There was no consistency (other than being consistantly patchy in their performances).
Just because there's a lack of 'confirmed' news does not mean that the girls don't have roles! Just that they can't announce them - so, for example, Francesca has said she's been offered something, but no announcement yet. Keisha said she had been offered a role in a film - again, no details other than that. Jessie has (according to friends) been offered her 'dream' role. So that's three. Rachel (whose new role is mentioned in the article) makes four. Sarah brings the total to five. Jodie to six. Tara to seven. So that's seven out of 12 girls with jobs - pretty good going, I think!
Incidentally, I was disappointed with the standard of the Nancies. There was no consistency (other than being consistantly patchy in their performances).
I'm trying to think of it like this: Leanne from HDYSAPLM is about to start (has started?) in Les Mis in the West End, possibly one of the highest calibre musicals there is! But it took her 2 years to get there...
If the girls have enough talent and determination they'll make it
And for most of them I think they probably do!
If the girls have enough talent and determination they'll make it
And for most of them I think they probably do!
Perhaps I'm being cynical, but maybe the purpose of the one-month-later report was to attempt to keep the Nancies in the public eye. After 6 months with no coverage (apart from Jodie who will just about be opening by then) a lot of people (apart from us obsessives!) will have forgotten all about them.
I actually thought the standard was quite high, but I take the point in the consistancy of the performances. However, I believe that this was more down to the consistancy of the material they were being given to perform. JB constantly said that this is a casting competition not a talent show. So if you're casting for MT, surely the material the girls were given to perform should have been mainly MT numbers, not pop songs. For example, why was Jessie given Fighter to perform after TMTGA. How can you compare the two with any consistancy? It's like giving a Simply Come Dancing contestant to do a waltz this week and then asking them to do breakdancing the next and comparing the two?
Maybe they would have been better off including the opening group songs which were mainly MT when judging the Nancies as well as thier individual performances.
I actually thought the standard was quite high, but I take the point in the consistancy of the performances. However, I believe that this was more down to the consistancy of the material they were being given to perform. JB constantly said that this is a casting competition not a talent show. So if you're casting for MT, surely the material the girls were given to perform should have been mainly MT numbers, not pop songs. For example, why was Jessie given Fighter to perform after TMTGA. How can you compare the two with any consistancy? It's like giving a Simply Come Dancing contestant to do a waltz this week and then asking them to do breakdancing the next and comparing the two?
Maybe they would have been better off including the opening group songs which were mainly MT when judging the Nancies as well as thier individual performances.
Originally Posted by Derrers:
“Perhaps I'm being cynical, but maybe the purpose of the one-month-later report was to attempt to keep the Nancies in the public eye. After 6 months with no coverage (apart from Jodie who will just about be opening by then) a lot of people (apart from us obsessives!) will have forgotten all about them.
I actually thought the standard was quite high, but I take the point in the consistancy of the performances. However, I believe that this was more down to the consistancy of the material they were being given to perform. JB constantly said that this is a casting competition not a talent show. So if you're casting for MT, surely the material the girls were given to perform should have been mainly MT numbers, not pop songs. For example, why was Jessie given Fighter to perform after TMTGA. How can you compare the two with any consistancy? It's like giving a Simply Come Dancing contestant to do a waltz this week and then asking them to do breakdancing the next and comparing the two?
Maybe they would have been better off including the opening group songs which were mainly MT when judging the Nancies as well as thier individual performances.”
“Perhaps I'm being cynical, but maybe the purpose of the one-month-later report was to attempt to keep the Nancies in the public eye. After 6 months with no coverage (apart from Jodie who will just about be opening by then) a lot of people (apart from us obsessives!) will have forgotten all about them.
I actually thought the standard was quite high, but I take the point in the consistancy of the performances. However, I believe that this was more down to the consistancy of the material they were being given to perform. JB constantly said that this is a casting competition not a talent show. So if you're casting for MT, surely the material the girls were given to perform should have been mainly MT numbers, not pop songs. For example, why was Jessie given Fighter to perform after TMTGA. How can you compare the two with any consistancy? It's like giving a Simply Come Dancing contestant to do a waltz this week and then asking them to do breakdancing the next and comparing the two?
Maybe they would have been better off including the opening group songs which were mainly MT when judging the Nancies as well as thier individual performances.”
You're probably right (re: the publicity angle), but it made for a dull and pretty pointless article.
By consistancy, I meant giving a good, strong performance every week, regardless of how different the songs are from week to week. It can be done - both Connie (HDYSAPLM) and Lee (ADWD) managed to deliver top-knotch performances pretty much every week, yet they were given some odd song choices. Connie was saddled with Shout and If I Can't Have You, while Lee also found himself being allocated a few oddities - Mack The Knife, Bad Day, Paint It Black (which was easily the performance of the series) and Devil In Disguise spring to mind!
I found it worrying that Rachel and Francesca didn't stand out from the others. Rachel did have her moments, but Francesca was just a disaster from week 1 (when, incidentally, she was given a gift of a song and still managed to mess it up)!
I do think the 'interpretation' of songs was...well...open to interpretation. What I Did For Love does contain a lot of bitterness and anger (or it does in the context of the musical), therefore Jessie's interpretation wasn't 'wrong' as far as I could see.
On the subject of consistency, Sarah delivered amazing performances every week...
But I understand what you mean. The odd thing with Francesca (who I think is pretty amazing
) is that despite inconsistency on IDA, every review you see of her performances on stage is glowing with praise. I think the format of the show and the song choices did some of the girls very little favours.
We can only wait and see, I suppose.
But I understand what you mean. The odd thing with Francesca (who I think is pretty amazing
) is that despite inconsistency on IDA, every review you see of her performances on stage is glowing with praise. I think the format of the show and the song choices did some of the girls very little favours.We can only wait and see, I suppose.
