Did You See That

Everyone knew it was coming and last night was the night that Liam was killed. He was out on Tony’s stag night when he was run over in a hit and run organised by Tony, who whisphered to him that he was a son, brother, uncle, lover and now “roadkill”. The way everyone was wearing Tony masks was creepy and actually felt like some hideous piece of modern art.

There were two other alternative endings filmed, including Liam being show whilst paintballing and another one where he was tumbled off a balcony by Tony. Great PR but those alternative endings always seem a bit of a sham because they don’t film alternative versions of the next episodes which surely mention how he died or whatevet, so I never take those seriously.

What did you think of Liam’s exit? And would you be worried if you were Steve because your partner seems to be cursed: Michelle’s husband and both her brothers have been killed, and I think a car was involved in all of them.

Ok, so we’re onto the live shows of the X-Factor which is now the official countdown to Christmas! It’s looking like one of the girls will win this year as the competition is fierce. Laura, Diana and Alexandra were all sensational. Ruth Lorenzo was also pretty fab. Wasn’t suprised to see the girl groups in the bottom two as they weren’t great and it’s always harder to connect with a group than an individual artist. Here’s my fave bits from Saturday’s show…

Laura White

Alexandra Burke - looking amazing and dancing too!

Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) Advertises Country Life Butter… why?

What has former punk rebel Johnny Rotten got to do with Country Life butter, except an affinity perhaps with the first syllable? It seems quite an unlikely pairing, and I’m suprised he even got any work at all after this little controversy, which he denied veciferously, although Kele Okereke’s version was backed up completely by Gruff Rhys.

Episode 2 of this new series of thr X Factor, and the highlight was probably Alan Turner. No, not the portly Alan Turner from Emmerdale, but a rather different one. from nearby Barnsley. They rather overdid it with the now customary sob story, and that has bit them on the bum this week as there has been claim and counter claim about the accuracy of his claims. But that aside, he gave a decent rendition of “Us Against The World” and the judges were very impressed, with Cheryl Cole seeming to forget herself and just simply say “you’re absolutely gorgeous”.

Well, I don’t think that say it anymore but that might well have the best games ever! I was hooked on the whole thing and was sad to see it end. And then during the closing ceremony, we saw what London had to offer. It certainly had a different flavour but it was surely marred by some technical problems? I could hardly hear a word Leona Lewis was singing, although she looked and I liked the sound of what I did hear. Boris Johnson did London proud by not sticking to the stifling orthodoxy of the solemn script, and came in laughing, grinning and generally seemed to enjoying the moment. Why not, it’s a celebration of sport not a funeral. He was also excellent in his speech at London House after where he declared to the world, “Ping Pong is coming home!”

The first official trailer for the new Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, was released on the net today. It looks brilliant, and looks at first glance reminiscent of Licence To Kill where Bond has to go solo to get his revenge. It will be released in the UK in October.

Have you seen that advert for Toyota that has a song called “Join With Us” by The Feeling? It goes “ring-ring, beep-beep aha”. First time I heard it, I thought that’s a cute little song. Now I’m so sick of it, I want to cut my ears off everytime I hear that awful, absurd lyric. What were they thinking? Did The Feeling write a song aimed at Teletubby fans or something? I pray I never have to hear that again.

A star is born! Raef from the Apprentice was a guest on the first episode in the new series of “8 Out Of 10 Cats” and he was mostly pretty funny, but quite simply hilarious when he was asked who he would least like to share a car with and he simply said, “a rapist”. Funniest moment on TV all week! Check it out on the clip below at about 4 min 35.

In the penultimate episode of the Apprentice, five remaining candidates faced absurdly tough interviews from Sir Alan’s usual henchman, with the addition of Karen Brady. Most of them wilted to some extent, and some embarrassingly so, under the harsh questioning. There seemed to be no clear winner but there did seem to be a concensus that Lucinda was a good team leader but not a team member, and on balance Sir Alan decided she was a little “too zany” for him and gave her the boot. Rather than fire another two he decided to keep four for the final next week, with two teams of two. It’s probably fair to send all four in as I think it’s difficult to pick any stand out candidates from those four, although possibly Helene is the weakest link remaining based on her track record although she performed ok in the interviews, notwithstanding her slightly potty mouth.

The “interviews” episode is one of my favourites from the whole series and this was certainly no let down. One thing I wasn’t impressed with how Karen Brady was featured. Her entrance was by way of some teasing shot of her leg as she got out of her car. When she came to talk about Alex, her first comments were about how good looking and charming he was. I don’t know if I really think the programme makers or Brady herself represented woman in business very well.

It was a night of finals last night. Over on ITV, George Sampson won Britain’s Got Talent, and on BBC1 , Jodie became Nancy on I’d Do Anything. I haven’t really followed I’d Do Anything but did get into it over the last two weeks.

I wasn’t sure who I wanted to win - but was probably learning towards Jessie. It seemed like she could have been a unique Nancy, and her duet with the Oliver last night was really great. Samantha, who went out first last night, seemed almost too strong to be Nancy. Stunning to look at, she has a kind of icy determination, and such poise that I wondered if perhaps she couldn’t capture Nancy’s vulnerability. Later on in the show, there was a collaboration between Samantha and the other runner former contestants as they performed Never Forget by Take That. All the rest had a look on their faces like “I hope you’re looking at me”. The look on Samantha’s face is more “I know you’re looking at me”. I actually think she could easily be a successful pop star.

Coming down to Jessie vs Jodie, I did think Jessie would edge it and she had the support of both Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh, who described Jodie as the “film Nancy” (and Jessie as the “Dickens Nancy”). And maybe it was being the “film Nancy” that swung it for her as we’ve all seen the film and maybe we just saw Jodie as being able to slot into that role more easily. Anyway, well done to Jodie who should be on the West End stage later this year.