Sana’s TV bilgi

An Experiment In Tenor.

Q) What do you get if you cross Meatloaf, Jimmy Osmond and Alan Titchmarsh?

A) A brand new pile of poo on ITV, aka; ‘Popstar to Operastar’.

I caught a bit of this last night and I could not believe what I was seeing. I detest anything that is along the lines of ‘The X Factor’ (or ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, or ‘America’s Got Talent’, or ‘American Idol’, or ‘Popstars’, or…) so this did not appeal. In fact, the whole thing made me feel quite ill. There was quite a surreal feeling to it all; where would you normally see such a strange variety of ‘stars’ in one place? It was like something out of a nightmare!

For me, the highlight of the show came when I saw Alex James (from Blur) make a complete prat of himself. Oh, well, I suppose you always need to be on the lookout for a way back into the limelight after you’ve already had your fifteen minutes…

If it wasn’t so sad then I’d laugh my socks off. Television has become totally obsessed with ‘talent shows’ and this is the worst one yet. Just when you thought that programmes could not get any more awful, ITV have managed to plumb new depths with this. When will television finally improve? Ninety percent of schedules are made up of ‘reality’ shows or showcases for people desperate to be famous.

But which are the funniest people on these kinds of shows? The ones who think they can sing or the ones who actually can? Do we really need to manufacture our own celebrities for the next generation? There are hundreds of bands and musicians out there who are making proper, serious music. Crap like this on TV is ensuring they get even less attention and it’s taking up valuable space on our channels.