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Britain's Got Talent has a shocker

^The British equivalent of American Idol was Pop Idol - in fact the format is British, it was created by British music producer Simon Fuller. That show did have an age limit.

It has, however, been replaced by The X-Factor which allows individuals or groups of any age (above 16) to enter, while American Idol has stuck to the old Pop Idol format.

Britain's Got Talent is not specifically limited to singers, it's an overall talent show as are the various international versions who have used the format.
 
Everything you see that is American, was probably stolen from English TVs.

Also, the Greek dancers were the best, the father and son one.
 
^Not stolen, Fuller just sold the Pop Idol format internationally. There was a legal case a while back when ITV (the channel that showed Pop Idol in the UK) did not renew the Pop Idol contract and went with the very similar Simon Cowell created X-Factor instead, as Fuller felt that the two shows were very similar and Cowell had basically ripped off the format. The case was settled out of court, I believe.
 
Cky said:
Everything you see that is American, was probably stolen from English TVs.
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Yep, there's never been an original show developed in the US before. It's all British, and all stolen, even the ones where the same people developed both versions. :rolleyes:

While we, being a larger television market, have borrowed more from British TV than vice versa, it's hardly a one-way street:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_television_series_remade_for_the_British_market

Anyway, on-topic, this lady immediately reminded me of this season's version of Paul Potts. Great performance.
 
^You know we invented all of your shows. Except we make them cheaper, with less episodes and years between new ones. Your 24 is just a rip-off of our 6. Admittedly, it was a bit boring with our Jack Bauer settling his differences with Marwan over a nice cup of tea, but it was still our idea!
 
Hermiod said:
^You know we invented all of your shows. Except we make them cheaper, with less episodes and years between new ones. Your 24 is just a rip-off of our 6. Admittedly, it was a bit boring with our Jack Bauer settling his differences with Marwan over a nice cup of tea, but it was still our idea!
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:scream: You owe me a new keyboard now, buster! *wiping up iced tea*
 
Piers Morgan... Simon Cowell... Amanda Holden(?!)... Ant... Dec... ITV... Saturday night...

Literally everything about this "thing" epitomises the gigantic cultural cesspool that the majortiy of Britain exists in today
Pure gash
 
Not what I thought this thread would be about

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Ethros said:
Piers Morgan... Simon Cowell... Amanda Holden(?!)... Ant... Dec... ITV... Saturday night...

Literally everything about this "thing" epitomises the gigantic cultural cesspool that the majortiy of Britain exists in today
Pure gash
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BBC One fan I take it, then? ;)
 
^^ What, even Harry Hill? ;)

It's still a clash between the Devil and the Deep Blue Beeb as far as Saturday nights goes. Very often I plump for a movie or a decent game instead, especially if there's no Who on. Sometimes even the Internet if I'm very desperate. :p
 
I loathe these stupid "talent" shows. It's very rare that anyone that appears on them actually has a shred of talent in them. Can't they come up with something more original instead of simply rehashing the same format over and over again? It's not even like the people who win X-Factor or American Idol even go on to have real careers, and the ones that are successful just end up being contractually bound to some dodgy label that forces them to sing other peoples' music.
 
Geckothan said:
I loathe these stupid "talent" shows. It's very rare that anyone that appears on them actually has a shred of talent in them. Can't they come up with something more original instead of simply rehashing the same format over and over again? It's not even like the people who win X-Factor or American Idol even go on to have real careers, and the ones that are successful just end up being contractually bound to some dodgy label that forces them to sing other peoples' music.
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Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood of American Idol would disagree.


J.
 
J. Allen said:
Geckothan said:
I loathe these stupid "talent" shows. It's very rare that anyone that appears on them actually has a shred of talent in them. Can't they come up with something more original instead of simply rehashing the same format over and over again? It's not even like the people who win X-Factor or American Idol even go on to have real careers, and the ones that are successful just end up being contractually bound to some dodgy label that forces them to sing other peoples' music.
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Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood of American Idol would disagree.


J.
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As would that Pott guy.
 
TheBrew said:
J. Allen said:
Geckothan said:
I loathe these stupid "talent" shows. It's very rare that anyone that appears on them actually has a shred of talent in them. Can't they come up with something more original instead of simply rehashing the same format over and over again? It's not even like the people who win X-Factor or American Idol even go on to have real careers, and the ones that are successful just end up being contractually bound to some dodgy label that forces them to sing other peoples' music.
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Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood of American Idol would disagree.


J.
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As would that Pott guy.
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And for that matter Girls Aloud, Will Young, Lemar, and Leona Lewis.
 
I stand partially corrected, but I still stand by my point. You never hear anything about most of the winners of those shows once they're over, and they'll end up releasing an album of songs written by other people or appear on those tacky compilation CDs designed to promote the show. There's still exceptions, such as the ones mentioned, though I wouldn't consider any of them truly talented artists.
 
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