So RTE start their new "talent" show tonight to replace 'Ireland's Got Talent'. Can't wait to not watch it.
It's been advertised as a competition based entirely on vocal ability with the judges not getting to see the contestants until after they have heard them and on this basis put them through or kick them out.
So all in all its deffo not going to be a cheesy X-Factor style show and we can expect the best vocal talent in Ireland.... or can we.......
I'm amazed that for a singing contest based entirely on vocal ability that with your application you had to enclose two photographs, one headshot and a full length shot.... WHY??? It's a singing contest. Would it have anything at all to do with the pre-selection process? Surely to make it completely fair, any first round auditions could have been done over the phone?
Also I was surprised to hear of auditions for dancers for the live shows in March this year. So now its a singing and dancing competition.
Your judges Cian, from Westlife, One of the Corr Sisters, Brian Kennedy, and Bressie former Blizzard have said that only the best will go through and only those who deserve to be there will be.
Saying that my money is on a Janet Devlin type young wan, a 40 something for who this is a life changing experience, another doing it for a dead relative, who is looking down on him/her and the misunderstood one who, but for this competition would have ended up in jail.
Needless to say the first few shows will feature the one who is going to be the next "model, reality star, tv presenter, gonna marry me a footballer" who sings worse than me and when she gets kicked off, can't understand why but is gonna show them judges. An aul fellah whose grandkids think he is deadly, some northsider (probably a neighbour of mine) who is a rapid rapper and a karaoke king or queen, who cant sing but gets up every weekend in the local and is everyone favourite.
Throw in a premium rate phone line... coz there has to be one of them so the public can decide who has the best voice at 3 quid a minute, family and friends in the audience wearing thier siblings t-shits a call to arms for the people of Offaly Wexford and the South West to vote for your local hero and all in all were in for a corker of a show.
The lucky winner will get a 1/2 page write up in the RTE Guide probably around page 27 and a 3 minute guest spot on Live at 3 where they will be patronised by the hosts and not get to perform live, but show a 10 second clip of them crying when they are announced the winner.
I'm sure the winner will also be signed up by a major UK/US label and will be challenging for the next Christmas Number 1 single and album and will be gracing the front covers of Q and NME in the coming weeks.
All in all they would be better off bringing back Ireland's Got Talent so the girl with the singing dog, the man who can do bird calls, the father/daughter not creepy at all dirty dancers and the one armed accordion player can be patronised by the judges telling them how they are lifting the nation in these difficult times, when its accepted across the board for the drivel that it is.
So in anyways,
What was the question again?
GEO!
