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Chart Throb - Ben Elton

Description: ISBN 055277376X / Author: Ben Elton / Genre: Music / Ben Elton's Chart Throb is the ultimate pop quest. There are ninety five thousand ... more

Chart Throb - Ben Elton ... hopefuls, three judges, just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers whom he has pre-selected in his carefully scripted 'search' for a star, he has no idea that the rules are changing. The 'real' is about to be put back into 'reality' television and Calvin and his fellow judges (the nation's favourite mum and the other bloke) are about to become ex-factors themselves. Ben Elton, author of Popcorn and Dead Famous returns to blistering comic satire with a savagely hilarious deconstruction of the world of modern television talent shows. Chart Throb has one winner and a whole bunch of losers.

Newest Review: ... British public. What follows is a plodding story of Calvin, whose wife wants to divorce him, arranging to hand over ... more

... everything to her should he fail to sucker the viewers into voting for the most unlikely contestant to ever appear on his show - HRH Prince Charles - the winner. In between all this is a slightly pathetic love story about Mr. Simms trying his best to get in the pants of one of the staff who he had earlier sacked because she was a bit too distracting for him, Louie struggling to escape the attentions of a band from the previous series and Beryl, who is forever worrying about when she can next fit in another squirt of b...more

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Chart Throb - Ben Elton: That Book Was Distinctly Average (945 words)
by samueltyler - written on 18.12.07 (Very useful, 67 readings)
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Current UK based TV is shockingly bad in my opinion. The BBC was set up so that all age groups and types of people are catered for in some way. This does not affect the other channels quite as much, but it does mean that there are shows as varied as 'Bob the Builder' to 'Antiques Roadshow'. The Mecca for TV execs is the 18-30 age group who they see has the most disposable income. This may seem like rubbish to us, but it does mean that more shows get made for this demographic than any other. So how come there is nothing to watch for me, a male right in the centre of this selection? Shows like 'The X Factor' are supposed to draw my viewing, but I would rather watch a ...

Funny? Don't make me laugh! (643 words)
by david_1967 - written on 05.03.08 (Very useful, 65 readings)
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I love to read - anything (books, Corn Flake packets, reviews) and so when my son gave me a copy of Ben Eltons book 'Chart Throb' I was instantly curious. I had not read anything by the author since his debut novel 'Stark' in '89 which was okay I suppose, for a first attempt, but lived close to my heart as I had Mr. Elton himself sign the thing. 'Chart Throb', his 11th novel, tells the tale of Calvin Simms (all-round bad guy, womaniser and Simon Cowell mimic) and his popular TV show of the same name. By his side are Beryl Blenhiem (a sex-changed former rock star now married to another woman with two dysfunctional kids - Sharon AND Ozzy in one) and Rodney ...

Chart Throb - Ben Elton: How Much Do you Want this? (1357 words)
by hollywoodmum - written on 02.11.07 (Very useful, 94 readings)
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The Blurb Chart Throb. The ultimate pop quest. Ninety five thousand hopefuls. Three Judges. Just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits in judgement upon Mingers, Clingers and Blingers whom he has pre-selected in his carefully scripted 'search' for a star, he has no idea that the rules are changing. The real is about to be put back into 'reality' televison and Calvin and his fellow judges are about to become ex-factors themselves. ben Elton, author of Popcorn and Dead Famous, returns to blistering comic satire with a savagely ...

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