Britain's got talent?

[silverfox]

Have never watched this programme before tonight (it was on in the EDT).

The result PC nonsense.

For years have listened to people saying how unfair the BBC TV licence is.

My view? Bye bye ITV and Channel 4/5. You've dumbed down so low there's no way back.

[bon3yard]

I know that the death of the Great British Pub has been long posited...but really?

[????]

er....it's a public vote......how does the PC bit fit in or are the public to PC for you?

[silverfox]

A public vote doesn't mean objectivity (see the mob mentality with the MPs allowances hubbud for example).

If I had watched BGT for the last ten weeks or so I'd feel I was sold a pup.

[????]

Yup disenfranchise them, bleedin' plebs......

[Ladygooner]

Have to say it was the best thing on tv for the past week and the final was fantastic! Well done to Diversity who really were the best

[ruffers]

silverfox Wrote:

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> A public vote doesn't mean objectivity (see the

> mob mentality with the MPs allowances hubbud for

> example).

>

> If I had watched BGT for the last ten weeks or so

> I'd feel I was sold a pup.

I don't get you.

Was anyone suggesting a vote means objectivity?

And why would you feel that?

[Ann]

I don't understand the original post. I have thouroughly enjoyed this years BGT. It was an excellent final and I voted for the winners Diversity.

[daizie]

i cant help but feel any programmes like that is a fix

[matthew123]

Ladygooner Wrote:

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> Have to say it was the best thing on tv for the

> past week and the final was fantastic! Well done

> to Diversity who really were the best

Surely not better than watching Barcelona win the Champions League! :)

[Ann]

I see where you're coming from Daizie but I think the controversy in the past about Phone voting has forced the TV companies to clarify the rules on this. The fact that Diversity won over the much acclaimed and Bookies favourite Susan Boyle somewhat confirms this. Why do people think that Diversity's win was a fix? They were IMO by far the best performers on the night and had come in as second after Susan Boyle in the semi-final.

[*Bob*]

I can't watch BGT (Amanda Holden and Penis Morgan make me too queasy) but I did catch some of the final).

Taken as a whole, completely dreadful.

The usual nauseating Silvia Young-fodder all present and correct, naturally.

Great to see borderline obesity in the younger generation is still as hilarious as ever.

The old man / young girl act managed to pull-off being both saccharine and creepy at the same time.

My favourite was the guy in the beenie hat playing sax - completely ridiculous.

And congratulations to the winners: they must be praying for 3-2-1 to make a comeback.

[woofmarkthedog]

Or the Generation game....

Back when I was 16 The central School of dance came to my school, oh we were so excited there were all these lovely girls as fit as could be teaching us contemporary/modern dance & we loved it ( come on it's a teenage boys living dream), then the male dancer did a performance which was amazing. Well of course this was the life for me......YES I WANT TO DANCE.........

Once we calmed down the subject of career's came up "Oh if your really lucky & good you could be one of the dancers on the generation game"

I pursued a career in design (thankfully)

W**F

* Oh & Logs.... *

[*Bob*]

I imagine Diversity - (they missed a trick there.. should have gone for Divercity.. *does streetwise hand motioning*) - backstage after the big win, sloping off to the toilets one by one to calculate how the prize money divvies-up.. wishing they had a few fewer members.

Does Ashley(20) get the same as Mitchell (12)? Doesn't seem right. "Yeah but no but.."

[Keef]

I thought the 2 dance groups were genuinely good to watch, and really talented. I thought everything else was pretty shite. As for dumbed down tv, have you not seen panarama recently? BBC are as guilty as anyone.

[woofmarkthedog]

Did they have dancers on Panorama ........bloody hell what next ?

W**F

*and were they any good ....*

[daizie]

pans people?

[bigbadwolf]

Bananarama?

[woofmarkthedog]

Panoramarama

[bigbadwolf]

Mine was better Woof. Please try harder in future. Thanks.

[woofmarkthedog]

Well not to hurt any ones feelings......

"Pans people"................"Rocked"

We were both Johnny cum l8lys..

*OO*

[silverfox]

Okay, fair enough. My (bigoted)opinions are neither here or there.

If we put 'Diversity' before an international jury and said this is the best the UK/GB can offer (voted by the public) would you be impressed as a US/French/Italian judging panel?

My concerns are about manipulation - and I'm as susceptible as the next person.

What really worries me about programmes like this (and Big Brother, Get me out of here... etc) is the future.

The advertising/media world is now all about fragmentising, ie divide and rule. Get a 'community' to talk about things that interest them or even trivia and:

a) we know know who you are

b) we know your interests (ie your posts, your holidays booked to xx destination, the items you've purchased, your favourite hotel in Paris/Istanbul etc)

c) your aspirations (whether or not your credit card limit allows for this)

In short your profile.

How do I explain to my kids don't get Sky, don't press the red button - don't sign up for ED Forum/Facebook/Twitter - don't get a credit card/HP agreement etc despite all the hype. Everything you do will be monitored.

The day I put my card into a cashpoint/ATM machine and the display says 'happy birthday' will be the day I think it's time to head for the cash economy elsewhere.

To cut a long story short the hairy Scottish girl with the great voice should have won.

[JetSetWilly]

is over, thank fuck

[PinkyB]

Yeah, but the media juggernaut that is Big Brother starts this week, and as usual, goes on and on for ever and ever.

Maybe I'll just de-tune Channel 4 so I don't accidentally catch a glimpse of the fame-hungry morons. Oh, and stop reading the papers, looking at any websites, and listening to strangers on the bus.

Or just move to France, maybe.

[*Bob*]

PinkyB Wrote:

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> Or just move to France, maybe.

'Secret Story', the French version of the BB format, starts in a few weeks.