Britian's Got Talent Thread

[MA-Caver]

This show continually amazes me with the flow of talent coming off the island. Instead of creating one thread for each contestant that truly deserves attention going to see if this will work out by add on.

Hollie Steel 10 years old and like many little girls dreams of being a ballerina. Her real talent lays hidden and just before Simon could push the X button she belts out the vocals to the song she dances to and jaws (including mine) just drop to the voice that comes out of that tiny body. Check this little gem out.

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thoughts comments?

 

[Tez3]

She nearly didn't make it as a singer or dancer, when younger she was very ill and the doctors were seriously considering removing a lung. It was in the Sunday papers, she's make a big splash bless her!
Mind, there's been some awful ones on too!

 

[MA-Caver]

Once again the judges (and audience) are floored by this next act. At first you'd think Simon was again going to hit the X but decided to wait and he's glad he did. This father/son team is hilarious.
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Agreed Tez that the judges and audience has to endure a number of bad to terrible acts before finding the gems. This is one of them.

 

[Carol]

Once again the judges (and audience) are floored by this next act. At first you'd think Simon was again going to hit the X but decided to wait and he's glad he did. This father/son team is hilarious.
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Agreed Tez that the judges and audience has to endure a number of bad to terrible acts before finding the gems. This is one of them.

I'm glad he waited too. That was a fun act to watch.

 

[Gordon Nore]

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Agreed Tez that the judges and audience has to endure a number of bad to terrible acts before finding the gems. This is one of them.

This is something that I prefer with the Got Talent franchise over the Idol show is that there are amateur acts that are fun, and you know they aren't going too far, but they're entertaining for their own sake. But they've put something together, and you can root for them.

On American and Canadian Idol, they have these dreadful singers, who think they can sing, and they've done no preparation. The audience is left to laugh at them, not with them.

By the way, Suke. How about an exchange? Canada would like to have Amanda Holden host one of our shows, and you can have anyone you like. She's a delight.

 

[Twin Fist]

i dont care who you are, THAT was some seriously funny stuff

 

[Carol]

This show continually amazes me with the flow of talent coming off the island. Instead of creating one thread for each contestant that truly deserves attention going to see if this will work out by add on.

Hollie Steel 10 years old and like many little girls dreams of being a ballerina. Her real talent lays hidden and just before Simon could push the X button she belts out the vocals to the song she dances to and jaws (including mine) just drop to the voice that comes out of that tiny body. Check this little gem out.


thoughts comments?

Phenomenal range and control. Although its enough to make me wonder about these kids that are competing.

You have Hollie that comes on stage as a ballerina as Simon hits the buzzer, then this young Welshman Shaheen Jafargholi that begins singing an Amy Winehouse tune....Simon STOPS the kid after two lines and then has him sing another song....and he can WAIL. Curious...but damn he can sing.
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[Carol]

This is another dance act - "Diversity".

They get huge props from me for having a telecom engineer in the group.

They did their own choreography...and they have an excellent sense of humor.

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[MA-Caver]

Hmm interesting... all the embedding has been disabled by request. Are we not allowed anymore or has You Tube run out of bandwidth? :lol:

Anyway in the Shaheen Jafargholi case, I was puzzled as to why Simon stopped him after two lines then had him switch songs. The kid even looked confused but yes he sang that phenomenally, without question. As to Carol's ponderance, well as a kid I could sing pretty well but grew out of it I guess. I never knew if I really had the talent because there wasn't any talent competitions ... I was probably 15 I think when that show hosted by Ed McMahon Star Search and was already on the path that my life is on right now.
There are probably hundreds of kids out there who have REAL talent and thousands of others who can sing well and millions who just shouldn't even think about it.
Finding them is kinda tough but I think that is what these shows are about besides the entertainment/distraction value it provides.

 

[Carol]

I don't wonder that they have natural talent. Some kids are just gifted like that...and good for them.

I'm just wondering why these talented kids have had performances that have taken the twists and turns they did...such as a ballerina going on stage and saying she's a ballerina then reverting to being a singer, or a singer being told to transition from a forgettable pop tune to a Motown classic. It's a little....strange, but still amazing to watch.

 

[Twin Fist]

it could very well be that Simon sees winehouse for what she is, and doesnt think a kids should be singing her songs.

or it could be a legal/contractual thing.

Or maybe he just doesnt like winehouse.

 

[Carol]

I can diggit. But it came across to me as if he knew something about the boy and what he was capable of singing...as if there was something pre-arranged. Kinda odd.

 

[Gordon Nore]

I can diggit. But it came across to me as if he knew something about the boy and what he was capable of singing...as if there was something pre-arranged. Kinda odd.

I noticed that too. Interrupting the kid, asking if he had a different song, etc.

 

[Sukerkin]

By the way, Suke. How about an exchange? Canada would like to have Amanda Holden host one of our shows, and you can have anyone you like. She's a delight.

Hmmm ... that would rather reduce the Beauty Quotient of the country ... not that it's my call but I would say a temporary trade could be done for, say, the entire waitress staff of Joey Tomato's in Calgary? I think it was the one on Barlow's Trail that we went to .

Maybe add in Chantal Kreviazuk and Lee Aaron too?

 

[MA-Caver]

A star is definitely born here... Susan Boyle the singing sensation that took everyone by surprise at the show has obviously paid her dues way back when...
This article speaks of a video dug up from when she was a young and pretty lass vying for a win at a local talent show... check it out...

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/musictoob/11054/susan-boyle-as-you-have-never-seen-her-before/

 

[Sukerkin]

Just goes to show how long it take for a seed to germinate and take root in the fickle soil of commercialised-music-land.

 

[MA-Caver]

Well another gem comes out of the pile of rocks... sheesh... just wonders how many more are hidden among the population.

This guy... shy as all get out and sings from Les Mes and gets a standing ovation from the audience.
Simon was actually nice to the guy though blunt... got to believe in yourself and the audience shows how appreciative they can be.

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Wow for this wall flower. Just wow. Touching also his quiet acceptance of their adoration.

 

[Gordon Nore]

Wow for this wall flower. Just wow. Touching also his quiet acceptance of their adoration.

Wow. Britain's got talent. And Britain's got a lot of class.

Is it just me, or is Simon nicer on British telly?

 

[MA-Caver]

Is it just me, or is Simon nicer on British telly?

Probably... it could be he just doesn't LIKE Americans. :idunno:

 

[Gordon Nore]

Probably... it could be he just doesn't LIKE Americans. :idunno:

Perhaps it's the difference between the Idol show and the Got Talent show.