With the Bolton actor, singer, entertainer, charity founder and one half of Father And Son act from Britain’s Got Talent
I AVOID Britain’s Got Talent. I did before I was on it, and now even more so, although it is like that moment when someone falls in the street and your instinct takes over to laugh, but really you want to help.
Let’s face it, BGT needs no help from me, and now I’m sure the judges, producers and script writers don’t even remember my face.
However, getting to the final 40 is still a huge achievement for a TV show that grosses more than 10 million viewers (pat on the back of my ego) and, yes, I did say script writers.
Series Seven has not been without its well-scripted storylines and cliffhangingly (expect new words) good performances of excitement and emotion from the judges.
If you’ve been watching then you’ll remember Alice Fredenham. She walked on stage for her audition like she’d just seen Cowell’s ghost.
The audience, both in the theatre and at home, were given the story that she was “scared”, then low and behold, she nails a rendition of My Funny Valentine.
Cue standing ovation, tears from Amanda and some drivel from Simon.
But hark! What kind of reality TV talent show sorcery is this? Flip over to the other channel and there is Alice, on The Voice, rattling out a version of Lady Is A Tramp with all the confidence of an Amy Winehouse tribute act, but sadly not making the cut.
It does fascinate me as to how they so blatantly get away with deception like this without so much of a flinch.
As the live shows stretch themselves over the course of a week, there is no lack of hairspray, short skirts or forced glamour, and that’s just Simon’s dressing room.
I was mainly looking forward to a full week of Corrie being the filling between a sparkly BGT sandwich, but even Coronation Street cheated me out of Wednesday’s episode so I wasn’t best pleased.
In other news, in the same month that David Beckham announced his retirement from football, he was approached, along with Gordon Ramsay, to open a restaurant in Las Vegas, reportedly being backed by a tycoon who is keen to have a joint venture restaurant on the Las Vegas strip.
This comes following the news that Ramsay and Beckham are opening the Union Street Café in London this September. We eat food in the North too you know!
And finally . . . news is circulating that not only is Mark Owen releasing new music as a soloist, but he’s also set to be a cameo role in a new animated film entitled Saving Santa.
Owen is set to play one of Santa’s helpers, along with providing a song for the soundtrack, naturally.
The film is expected to feature Noel Clarke, Joan Collins, Tim Curry, Pam Ferris, Craig Fairbrass and Chris Barrie with a release date of November 12.
Mark has gone on record to say he won’t be going down the TV talent judging route, although I would say he might have a little more personality that his Take That band member . . . #JustSaying.
I look forward to your tweets @JamesEdgington
