Peaches Geldof…
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…seriously, who gives a shit?
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Big Brother, Big Mistake – Even the host thinks so
This year’s version of Celebrity Big Brother, now known as Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack, begins tonight. Following on from last year’s highly controversial series in which contest Shilpa Shetty was racially bullied, Channel 4 have decided to reformat the programme. The month-long show will now feature twelve bright 18-21 year olds, who each excel in a particular field. Meanwhile, the role of “Big Brother” will be played by various celebrities, who will set tasks and create house rules. Celebrity Big Brothers include Little Britain star Matt Lucas (who kicks proceedings off today), Ian Wright and Joan Rivers.
Have I put you to sleep yet? Doesn’t this sound deadly dull? I mean, the “normal” Big Brother that happens during the summer isn’t exactly riveting telly, but this sounds like an absolute snooze.
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack host Dermot O’Leary even thinks so…sort of. Dermot told Radio 1’s Newsbeat that it was a “mistake” to change the show’s format, and that he thought the old version was still “a good show “. I agree. To avoid anything like last year events, they’d just have to avoid including incredibly ignorant contestants who think that making racist comments is actually just a bit of a laugh and not upsetting or worrying.
Wrong X Factor winner?
And ahem, no, I’m not referring to my previous post. I still stand by the fact that the British public have won now that the show is over!
But here’s the actual story. Some Rhydian Roberts fans have complained, saying that they were unable to phone in and vote during Saturday night’s final. Welsh singer Rhydian was the favourite to win the show, but in a suprise result, he lost out to 18-year-old Leon Jackson from Scotland. Rhydian fans said that they tried up to vote up to 10 times in some cases, but that phone lines were constantly busy. Some Welsh radio stations have now said that they will boycott Leon’s Christmas single, and are demanding a recount of the voting in the final. (Although how would a recount work? If fans’s votes didn’t register in the first place, a recount isn’t going to change anything!)
I too will boycott Leon Jackson’s Christmas single.
But I don’t want a recount. I’m okay without one, thanks.
And the Winner of X Factor 2007…is… *dramatic pause*
The British public!
Yes! This absolutely awful excuse for a TV programme, filled with half-decent singers that might be good in some kind of cabaret show touring the country but let’s face it they’re not really going to cut the mustard in the pop charts, and which uses staged fights between the judges to try and drum up some kind of interest is FINALLY OVER! We no longer have to suffer!
Oh, and in case you’re interested, Same Difference, the brother/sister group, actually won. Hah! No, they didn’t. Who cares?! Okay, fine it was Leon. Who?
National Movie Awards – Only Harry Potter Fans Care
The first National Movie Awards were held in London last night. Methinks it’ll be the first and last time they’re held. They’re somehow associated with ITV, and pretty much every single awards show ITV ever do is a complete farce. (Remember that “Sports Awards” held a few years back? Presented by Ulrika Johnsson – why? And a previous attempt at a film awards show, broadcast live, in which the highlight was Robin Williams accepting his award by satellite: “This award makes me feel so…so….cheap!”)
Well, Daniel Radcliffe won Best Male Actor, and Emma Watson won the Best Female award. Daniel beat out Daniel Craig and Johnny Depp, whilst Emma won over Judi Dench, Eva Green (Bond girl in the last Bond outing) and Keira Knightley. Who votes for this stuff, the public? Oh, wait, they do. The Sun also reports that acting royalty such as Christian Slater and Misha Barton attended the ceremony. Wow. Oh, and the paper also helpfully adds that the Awards are “Britain’s answers to the Oscars”. No. They’re. Not.
P.S. Why are they called the “Movie Awards”?? We’re not American!
Cover your ears, unplug your TV, dive under the duvet – X Factor returns
Okay, so I realise that you’d probably only need to do one of the actions in the title to avoid X Factor…but my little tip for everyone is to do ALL THREE in case it somehow manages to infiltrate your home like some weird bubbling virus in a horror movie, emerging from your sinks and creeping out from under the floorboards.*
The fourth series of X Factor returns this Saturday, 18th August. I can’t think why. Okay, sure, the initial few programmes which show all the auditions are vaguely entertaining, but only because of the contestants that are so hopeless you have to wonder why they’re there in the first place. (And why do so many of them claim something along the lines of “But I AM a good singer! My family/friends/deaf dog have always told me that!”)
But once we get to the finals…*shudder*. Week after week after week after week of endless singing, voting, fake arguing from the judges. It makes me feel like this:
And at the end of it, we get some artist who will be the Xmas number one with a rubbish song, and from then on will gradually fade into oblivion. Oh yeah, and Simon Cowell will be several millions of pounds richer.
* I don’t know if such things happen in horror movies, I don’t watch them. If not, they should definitely make a horror movie with this plot.
Pete Doherty done some bad things
In more surprising news, from this side of the globe this time, Pete Doherty might go to jail. Apparently, he’s been pulled up for all sorts of drug offences and he might have to suffer the consequences. Gasp!
Doherty was never on my radar until he broke into his former bandmate’s (Carl Barat) home and stole some of his possessions. And since then, he seems to be famous for ZERO reason. Apart from 1) Drug arrests here, there and everywhere 2) Wearing a hat at a “jaunty” angle 3) Teaming up with Kate Moss to compete for some sort of “Scruffiest And Most Pretentious Couple Ever” award (I think it’s fair to assume that they won) and 4) Selling his non-story to the tabloids. Oh and then 5) Repeat from step 1.
If he went to jail he wouldn’t be able to do any of the above, at least not in public. How he’s escaped so far…who knows?