Britain's Got Talent

Overview Britain's got Talent - well some of the nation has. Britains got Talent is a reality TV programme with a difference. It aims to find the most talented person in the UK and give them the chance to perform at the Royal Variety Show in front of the queen. Whilst many shows only allow singers to enter, this programme allows any act to enter. The first series of Britains got Talent was aired in 2007, with a second series in the pipeline. The Acts Britains Got Talent unlike Pop Idol and the X factor promotes all acts from all backgrounds to enter. Acts include dancers, circus performance, singers, musicians. In the first series we saw ...  Read the complete review

This was quite honestly one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen on television and believe me, not in a good way. This type of open audition show with absolutely anyone, regardless of what they are like or what it is that they do, able to enter has been done in similar ways so many times before and it was just tired this time round. That's not to say there were some good points - the 2 bar men who did a sort of dance routine and made shots were quite good to watch - but mainly it featured people who weren't really talented at anything trying to get their 5 minutes of fame. Ant and Dec were the presenters and they were fairly good, but again, we have ...  Read the complete review

Co-created by X Factor judge, Simon Cowell, Britain’s Got Talent premiered on ITV1 on June 9 2007. It was not unlike the X Factor itself in that members of the general public who have talent (or so most of them would think at any rate) could attend auditions that were being held throughout the UK. The people auditioning were from all walks of life and of all ages from the very young to the very old. Age was no boundary as far as this competition was concerned. The countless acts were “skilled” in many, many different ways. There were singers, dancers, comedians and musicians to name but a few. The prizes for this talent search were ...  Read the complete review

Britain's Got Talent is yet another reality show that I seem to watch, I didn't really see much of the first series because I didn't like the concept of a talent show but a year later with nothing else to watch I found myself hooked on yet another reality show. I know they are bad but I just can't help myself and I love Simon Cowell. Britains's Got Talent has been on ITV is 2007, after the success of Pop Idol and The X Factor Simon Cowell co-created another show but this time it was not just focused around singers. Anyone who thought they had a talent could enter the show, it was basically open to anyone doing anything. The show is judged by three ...  Read the complete review

The idea that Simon Cowell's face automatically means the show he is on will do well seems to, for some reason, turn out to be true and with shows like Pop Idol, X Factor and this, Britain's got Talent all go to prove it. However what's an equally true fact is that ITV seem happy to show these cash cows of glorified popularity contests due to the popularity they seem to have competing against whatever non-entity BBC are showing against it. The masses have been happy to eat up these shows one after the other which despite all being pretty much the same all seem to be hugely popular and almost holding a revolving door slot on ITV's main channel. The niche that ...  Read the complete review