tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post1910207336043554225..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Music Monday ~ MUSICAL NOTES (Idol, Evita, Sgt. Pepper, Hal Ketchum)Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-77232118399330933512012-04-12T08:43:59.102-05:002012-04-12T08:43:59.102-05:00Rossa ~~~ Seems Cowell and Co have both sides of t...Rossa ~~~ Seems Cowell and Co have both sides of the Atlantic well and truly tied up!<br /><br />At some point they'll reach the bottom of the pool of individuals with the right amount of talent - if they remain determined to retain all of thse shows annuallly. I suspect that already they send out "head-hunters" to source likely candidates. ;-)<br /><br />Had to Google Katherine Jenkins (am really out of touch now, and don't watch the dance show). Will look up a youTube or two . :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-33322234449908581782012-04-12T02:20:03.051-05:002012-04-12T02:20:03.051-05:00The Voice has just started here on BBC1 up against...The Voice has just started here on BBC1 up against BGT. Not surprised when BGT deliberately announced in their first week that they had found a Voice in Jonathan. <br /><br />Then the BBC said they had another Scottish housewife superstar. Well Dame Edna Everage has retired :-)<br /><br />As you say it is all becoming predictable and the fake surprise tiresome when the entrants have to submit a video to the producers before the auditions. Clearly that gives the producers the time to create the backstory.<br /><br />Then we have X Factor up against Strictly (your Dancing with the Stars) up til Christmas. Wonder what the next BIG thing will be.<br /><br />PS Katherine Jenkins is doing your DWTS this year and seems to be doing well. She's just split up with Gethin Jones (ex Blue Peter presenter) whom she met when singing as a guest on Strictly a couple of years ago. He was competing.Rossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121831076599069841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-25233865049370326782012-04-11T08:40:27.037-05:002012-04-11T08:40:27.037-05:00Rossa~~ Ah yes - oh, thanks for the clip - I enjoy...Rossa~~ Ah yes - oh, thanks for the clip - I enjoyed that!<br /><br />This kind of fake surprise element has become a standard ingredient in talent shows since producers noticed how well the Susan Boyle incident was received. <br /><br />Then there are always a couple of sad background stories - a relative dying, struggles to survive in dark circumstances, fights back from addiction etc. etc. <br /><br />The shows have become formulaic and it's more obvious because now, in the US anyway there are more of them - and I'm meaning just the musical, or "Got Talent" talent shows. We don't watch any other kind...in order to retain sanity!<br /><br />I think I've reached saturation point now - am not enjoying The Voice or Idol (both running at present here) nearly as much as I used to. America's Got Talent is due to start next month, then The Sing Off will be back and The X-Factor......sigh.<br /><br />Typical: they discover a good thing, then do it to death.<br />:-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-20919836681004977592012-04-11T04:08:14.798-05:002012-04-11T04:08:14.798-05:00We have Britain's Got Talent on at the moment,...We have Britain's Got Talent on at the moment, not that I've been watching it, but there are, occasionally, acts that I watch on Youtube.<br /><br />This is one couple of students from the London College of Music auditioning. Looks like the clip has been edited from when I first saw it as Simon Cowell says "just when it couldn't get worse, this happens" to the judge on his right and they had put up subtitles. Just like the initial reaction when Susan Boyle first appeared, the judges and audience react to Jonathan's size until he opens his mouth.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyRFEtdLIHARossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121831076599069841noreply@blogger.com