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Brit Awards: Tonight!
Feb 16th
Not only is it pancake day, today also plays host to the Brit Awards.
The ceremony is being help at London’s Earl’s Court and promises to be an amazing evening with performances from Lily Allen, JLS, Kasabian and many more. The Brits wouldn’t be the Brits without a weird and wonderful duet and this year does not disappoint. Florence Welch and Dizzee Rascal will combine forces and the performance will later be available to download from Itunes.
It has already been confirmed that Robbie Williams will take home the ‘outstanding contribution to music award.’ Florence and the Machine, Pixie Lott, JLS and Lily Allen are all nominated for three awards each and Jay-Z and Kasabian both have two nominations. Check out the full list of nominees here.
The Brits are live on ITV from 8pm this evening.
ITV launches a new reality show ‘on ice’
Dec 11th
No it is not Dancing On Ice, ITV have taken the idea of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! and flown it northwards to Norway.
The show, 71 Degrees North will see celebs compete in challenges in the freezing temperatures. Among some of the things they will have to do, the celebs will be seen swimming through fjords, climb glaciers and white water raft down a river.
A spokesperson from ITV said “the challenges will test the celebrities in ways we have never seen before.”
71 Degrees North is due to air on ITV in 2010.
Doctor Who, I’m A Celeb and Top Gear back with a bang.
Nov 16th
Three of the nations favourite TV shows returned last night (Sunday) with millions tuning in between 19:00 and 22:30.
Source: BBC
Doctor Who was the first to burst into our living rooms at 19:00 on BBC One. The hour long one-off special which leads up to David Tennant’s departure was watched by 9.1 million viewers. It performed better than the Easter special. Last nights episode titled ‘The Waters Of Mars’ saw the Doctor travel to 2059 where he is caught in a frightening situation. While he is stuck in one of the fixed points between space and time, the Doctor learns that he will soon die. So what does he do about it, he tries to alter the rules of time and space. But did he succeed? Smoke Radio are not going to give anything away so if you want to watch the episode you can on the BBC iPlayer.
Source: topgear.com
The boys are back in town. Jezza, the Hamster and Captain Slow returned for the 14th series of Top Gear last night on BBC Two. The first episode had all the things a typical Top Gear episode should have. Fast cars, sarcasm and the star in the reasonably priced car who this week was Eric Bana. This series is made up of seven episodes which is exactly the same as the previous series that aired earlier this year. One thing has changed though, the timeslot. Top Gear has always been shown at 20:00 aside from certain times when it has had to be moved to make way for tennis or snooker.
So do you think that the post-watershed timeslot will mean that the boys can be a bit naughtier. But can Jeremy’s tongue get any looser? And finally, will the show get even more complaints than what it normally does?
If you missed last nights treat then like Doctor Who you can watch it on BBC iPlayer.
Source: Reality TV Magazine
Can you believe that celebrities have wittingly been going into the Australian jungle, eating and sleeping with bugs and providing entertainment for the public as well as Ant and Dec for nine years? Well they have. Last night saw another bunch of celebs skydive, swim and ride into the jungle on horseback. The arrival of the ninth series dented the audience figures for Top Gear with 9.8 million tuning into the jungle in comparison with 5.4 million for BBC Two’s petrol heads.
The celebs this year are rather well known because I’m A Celebrity has been criticised by many viewers and critics for not choosing celebrities in the public eye at that time. Among those taking part this year are, Sam Fox, Lucy Benjamin (Lisa from EastEnders), Colin and Justin (interior designers), Camilla Dallerup (Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer) and Stuart Manning (Hollyoaks actor).
So far we have seen Sam Fox and chef Gino D’Acampo take part in their first Bushtucker trial which determined how many beds and meals would be arriving in camp that night. But who will be the lucky contestant tonight?
Many have probably heard this already but there will be another celebrity joining the camp tonight. Tune into ITV1 later on at 21:00 to see Katie Price make her entrance. One thing is for sure, she will soon set the cats among the pigeons.
Adedeji and Lucker exit in shock voting results!
Nov 2nd
Rachel Adedeji and Zoe Lucker became the latest contestants to exit The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing at the weekend, sparking shock across the country. But do these shock results mean that voters are more interested in entertainment than talent?
Both The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing have been in the spotlight recently for many different reasons. The X Factor has hit the headlines on numerous occasions due to Louis Walsh’s decision to put John and Edward through to the live shows. Strictly fans have also been airing their views on the voting results, with much more competent dancers being booted out in favour of the more entertaining contestants.
The X Factor
Last night saw 14 million people tune in for The X Factor results where Dannii Minogue lost her first act. Rachel Adedeji has been in the sing-off three times in four weeks. Last week she made it through but her performance was not enough to keep the public voting for her this weekend and she fell back into the bottom two along with Lloyd Daniels (the young Welsh heartthrob).
Both the judges and audience were shocked at the decision the public had made and many are angered by the continuing success of twins, John and Edward (Jedward). Last week the Irish twins topped the public votes and although they are not the best singers, many see them as having the entertainment factor.
With Jedward through to next week and Rachel and Lloyd singing for survival, the judges had a tough decision to make, who to save? Dannii kept her act in, as did Cheryl. Louis voted for Rachel, with the deciding vote going to the head of the show, Mr Simon Cowell. And what did he do? He took it to deadlock, meaning the public votes would choose Rachel and Lloyd’s fate. Although Rachel was better vocally, Lloyd won the public over with his cute presence.
Many are now questioning what the public are basing their votes on. Is it down to entertainment, physical appearance or what the show is actually about, having the x factor?
Strictly Come Dancing
Not to be outdone in the voting surprises, BBC rival Strictly Come Dancing also saw one of the more competent celebrity dancers leave the show. Ex-Footballers’ Wives star, Zoe Lucker became the seventh dancer to leave the dancefloor in a dance off with Ali Bastian. Judges, Len Goodman, Aleesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel-Horwood branded the result as ‘ludicrous’. Both contestants were at the top end of the leaderboard and were potential winners.
So why is the public not seeing this? Is Strictly seen as more of a popularity contest? Are both shows talent or entertainment shows? And will Jedward be The X Factors answer to John Sergeant?
Finally, Smoke Radio would like to know what you think. Do you base your votes on popularity, entertainment, talent or physical appearance? Let us know and the best ones will be read out on-air.
