Pop Idol

For those of you who have not seen Pop Idol before let me give you a brief brake down: ITV set out of a search of Great Britain looking for a Pop Idol! They held open auditions up and down the country and with the help of four judges from the music industry they had to get from thousands to just one! Once they have got 12 finalists the series really begins, for a 12 week run we watch each contestant put through their paces singing for the chance to be a Pop Idol. Each week they are given a theme this year?s themes included: A song by your Pop Idol. A song from the year they were born. Disco. A song by Elton John. A ...  Read the complete review

Now let me get this straight, I never saw any of the first series of Pop Idol. I think that that's an important point to make whilst I try to preserve the little bit of credibility that may remain after writing this particular epistle. Just to prove a point, both Will Young and Gareth Gates are as obscure to me as a South American Bolas would be in the middle of Norwich. Notwithstanding, I do think that Will Young's latest single is quite catchy although both the aforementioned probably belong more in the murky depths of a Eurovision song contest as opposed to any manufactured presence in a world dominated by manipulators and deceivers. So it was that I ...  Read the complete review

I think that pop-idol is a great show. It's really nice to see ordinary people getting the chance to show their talent to the world. The best thing about this series is the variety of people and personalities. As a society, we are too quick to judge people by their image. It just goes to show that what you 'see' isn't always what you get - take the two larger girls for example. No matter how hard you try - you always notice their size when you first see them. However, once they start singing, your pre-conceptions quickly diminish. They have the most beautiful voices and it's great that they are getting the same opportunities as everyone ...  Read the complete review

Pop Idol's back, and the wannabe popstars have now been whittled down to the final 50. Frankly it’s painful to watch, because the singing is so bad, very often anyway, and because the judging panel is so brutally honest about that to the poor kids trying their luck. For me the show really is more about the panel, as well – it even seems at times that most of the screen-time is devoted to them. So just who are they? Simon Cowell – famous only for Pop idols, and the US version of it, as far as I can tell. He’ll happily tell people they shouldn’t be there before they’ve even started singing, and even worse if he ...  Read the complete review

I don't care that it's in the wrong category, and I don't care that it's short, and I don't care that I hardly even watched any of it anyway, I'm writing here and that's that. I'm usually out at the pub or having a gargle in a mate's house on saturday nights, but I've seen enough of it through my beer goggles to have an opinion on the talent on offer in this series. It wasn't much to be honest. The boys, well anyone can see that they are a mile better than the girls. In the final stage of the boys selection the one who was knocked out was the least talented singer, so that was fair enough. I don't particularly ...  Read the complete review