12.17.05
Cheers for Reality TV
Well it takes the odd knock but I have just spent a very exciting evening flicking between Strictly Come Dancing and The X factor. The sisters were out and needed to keep in touch with the final. I texted details as the 3rd places in each were announced. Then we did live calls for the winning announcements. It was great fun.
On the X factor, I was up for Andy but had to acknowledge that Shayne did pull it off in the end. As I heard each sing the song that would be released I thought hey! that would soooooooooo win the Eurovision. Can we get those writers? C’mon RTE, lets get the Brit pop crowd to write us a decent bloody song!
I was glad to see Zoe go in SCD. She had no finesse. That Darren man did lose a lot of weight with all the dancing. I have no idea who either he or Colin are. Something to do with sports I think.
The best bit SCD tho was Bruce Forsyth do a routine while they were counting the votes. He can’t sing, he can’t dance, he looks terrible, but he has come a long way, hasn’t he? Good man, Bruce.
Both programmes were presented by utterly forgettable blondes. I see now why Davina is so important to Big Brother. You can look really stupid on those shows.
Johnny K said,
December 19, 2005 at 11:33 am
Eurovision should be canned, it is not a song contest, it is a tourism board puke fest.
I am the happiest man on earth that these two shows are finally finished. Every one of these shows abuse that suspense mechanism formally known as the dramatic pause, by making it way too long and by accompanying it with a heartbeat like soundtrack. The worse thing about this is that the contestants really do care, they really do want to win, it really does change their entire lives. So what’ll we do, we’ll try to fuck them up, whether they win or lose, by making them wait for what seems like 20 minutes.
They are supposed to showcases of talent and hardwork, but when the judges of the show are as center stage as the talent I have no interest.
As for presenters, they are all annoying, Tess (who should have stayed on children’s TV where she was very good) cannot present, Kate is slightly better but is more suited to co-hosting, and I think I could stomach Davina easier if she did not try to be a young presenter.
Bring on the Champions League last 16, proper suspense, drama, and competition.