Did You See That

The attractive, female violin quartet, Escala, went through to the Britain’s Got Talent final last night, and deservedly so as they were great.

But one comment made by Simon and Piers really rankled with me. They both said the act was “original”. Original? Presumably they haven’t heard of Bond then, the other, well established, foursome of sexy girls on stringed instruments? Escala were very good but in no way could they be described as original as far as I can tell. And just in case you weren’t sure of the Bond homage, notice the song they did: “Live and Let Die” - a James Bond theme song.

Charlie Green crashed out of the competition last night after performing an original song on Britain’s Got Talent. I think everyone expected the talented little singer to do another standard, and I was taken aback by the sound of this unfamiliar song. At my first, my reaction was similar to the look of horror that Simon gave, but I have to admit that I was quite enjoying it by the end of the song … and today I can’t get it out of my head! “Music, singing… Jazz when it’s swinging - these are my favourite things…” It’s a catchy little song I think! But was certainly a brave, probably foolish, move when a safe choice might have got him through to the final.

Watch it again - what do you think of the song?

Wow, I was shocked: I expected David Archuleta to win American Idol but the title was snatched in the finale by David Cook. I didn’t see that coming! Anyway the best bit of the finale wasn’t from a David, it was from a George: George Michael singing Praying for Time after the final 12 had done a GM medley. Check it out…

Just a couple of thoughts that occured to me recently….

I noticed Darren is in trouble with his girlfriend, Libby, for keeping a naughty magazine under his bed. Not long ago his character was an internet entrepreneur. Don’t you think he would be able to get plenty of material on there without needing to keep magazines under his bed?! Seems like lazy writing to me, and why has he given up making a packet online anyway?

Talking of lazy writing, aren’t Heather and Hazel, now left I assume, both incredibly similar in that both characters use a pop singer as their reference point for almost everything else. Heather always refers to “George” (Michael). And Hazel looked to “Dolly” (Parton) for her inspiration. It’s not really believable for one character, but for two it’s just a bit pathetic to use the same writing device.

A streaker briefly interrupted proceedings at the Snooker World Championships yesterday. The clip below shows a glimpse of the action. The BBC seem like some prudish nanny determined to cover the eyes of the children by cutting away from the streaker and staying on Dennis Taylor until it was all over. Let’s not condone it for sure but come on, lighten up - it’s kinda funny to see an eccentric in action. By the way, I used to love the Snooker but have to say how cheap it looks these days with their new sponsors logo all the place.

The standout act from last night’s Britain’s Got Talent. This phenomenal 18 year old from Middlesbrough came on and did a song from the musical, Miss Saigon. He performed the first part when Simon interrupted and quite oddly said he didn’t like the song and could he do another. It was a weird contribution but probably just Simon hamming it up as usual. Dan didn’t have another song prepared so he was allowed to start again and gave an absolute belting performance of it. Check out the video of it from Youtube below…