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julieandrewsSome spoilers for Britain's Got Talent, which just ended the other day. America's Got Talent, by contrast, just started last week.
The judges for this year's Britain's Got Talent were Amanda Holden, who's been a judge since the beginning I think. I had no idea who she was before this, and still have no idea who she is outside of this, except that she's in Shrek The Musical. (No idea why she wasn't an ogre in the musical number they did though.) Michael something, who is a comedian. And David Hasselhoff.
Now The Hoff made a nice change. He's judged America's Got Talent before and this marks the first American on the British version. Whereas when you look at the America's Got Talent judges, you currently have Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne, and Howie Mandel. And it's always been skewed towards Brits.
Simon Cowell also joined BGT as a fourth judge for the semifinals and finals. Which was just kind of silly.
The best part of Britain's Got Talent is Ant and Dec as hosts. And AGT just can't compare to that. I mean, seriously, Jerry Springer? And then they brought in Nick Cannon, who I've never heard of. And who I still don't feel is authentic. Ant and Dec are just sooooo much better.
But this season of BGT was pretty rubbish overall. Most of the acts were not that good. There weren't even a whole lot that were hilariously bad. But who the 3 judges (minus Simon, supposedly) put through to the semifinals was just ridiculous. They put 4 or 5 dog acts through! Which, if you have 4 super dog acts, then sure, why not, but most of them were rubbish.
So by the time we get down to the finals, what do we have? 1 woman. 1 person who had nothing to do with music. 1 act that wasn't an individual. If you had said 'I want the young guy who sings/dances to win', well, then you wouldn't be saying anything! More than half the acts fit that description!
It completely failed as a variety show. Even though they _had_ had a pair of bellringers who were good, an awesome a capella group (more singing and more young men, but at least they were a group!), a pretty good magician. And just.. blah. If I wanted to watch a bunch of singers or dancers, there's a billion other shows to watch that on.
Which is why when I finished watching BGT and let myself watch the first episode of AGT, it was a breath of fresh air. Original acts! Women! Girls! People who don't sing! There were some amazing acts in that first episode that would've won BGT in a heartbeat. Because they were just that much more awesome than anything BGT had to offer this year.
Has the UK dried up its talent pool? Is the combo of Hasselhoff, Holden, and Whatshisname just bad at picking acts? I dunno..
I did feel really really bad for Howie at the start of the first AGT episode though. They made him really uncomfortable and then were laughing and making fun of him. I have to applaud him for sitting there afterward. I would've walked out. If you didn't see it, basically what happened was a juggler/unicyclist asked if he'd come up to be an assistant. Howie was told all he had to do was hand the guy his torches to juggle. But then the guy made out like he didn't have his balance on the unicycle, and put his hand on Howie's head to balance himself. And then held him captive that way. And then the torches got lit. So now Howie is not only trapped by this guy, but quite near flaming torches. He was pleading with the other judges for them to hit the buzzers and end it.
Security must've known something, because I don't know why they wouldn't have stepped in. But it definitely did not look like just an act, Howie in on the joke, and all in good fun. He looks seriously freaked out and then quietly steaming/ticked off inside. He refused to vote either way. Probably didn't trust himself to say anything.
It was not at all fun to watch. And if this unicyclist goes through to where I get to vote, he is NOT getting my vote. Can I negative vote him? :P
Things I'd do to improve AGT:
Ditch Piers. He was okay at first, but now I'm so over him. Doesn't he have his own show he should be off doing?
Swap out Ant and Dec for Nick Cannon. Cannon can get an after-show. The 'More Talent' that Steven Mulhern hosts.
Also, two female judges would not break some cosmic law of the universe and cause us all to die a fiery, sparkly death. Seriously. It wouldn't.
The judges for this year's Britain's Got Talent were Amanda Holden, who's been a judge since the beginning I think. I had no idea who she was before this, and still have no idea who she is outside of this, except that she's in Shrek The Musical. (No idea why she wasn't an ogre in the musical number they did though.) Michael something, who is a comedian. And David Hasselhoff.
Now The Hoff made a nice change. He's judged America's Got Talent before and this marks the first American on the British version. Whereas when you look at the America's Got Talent judges, you currently have Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne, and Howie Mandel. And it's always been skewed towards Brits.
Simon Cowell also joined BGT as a fourth judge for the semifinals and finals. Which was just kind of silly.
The best part of Britain's Got Talent is Ant and Dec as hosts. And AGT just can't compare to that. I mean, seriously, Jerry Springer? And then they brought in Nick Cannon, who I've never heard of. And who I still don't feel is authentic. Ant and Dec are just sooooo much better.
But this season of BGT was pretty rubbish overall. Most of the acts were not that good. There weren't even a whole lot that were hilariously bad. But who the 3 judges (minus Simon, supposedly) put through to the semifinals was just ridiculous. They put 4 or 5 dog acts through! Which, if you have 4 super dog acts, then sure, why not, but most of them were rubbish.
So by the time we get down to the finals, what do we have? 1 woman. 1 person who had nothing to do with music. 1 act that wasn't an individual. If you had said 'I want the young guy who sings/dances to win', well, then you wouldn't be saying anything! More than half the acts fit that description!
It completely failed as a variety show. Even though they _had_ had a pair of bellringers who were good, an awesome a capella group (more singing and more young men, but at least they were a group!), a pretty good magician. And just.. blah. If I wanted to watch a bunch of singers or dancers, there's a billion other shows to watch that on.
Which is why when I finished watching BGT and let myself watch the first episode of AGT, it was a breath of fresh air. Original acts! Women! Girls! People who don't sing! There were some amazing acts in that first episode that would've won BGT in a heartbeat. Because they were just that much more awesome than anything BGT had to offer this year.
Has the UK dried up its talent pool? Is the combo of Hasselhoff, Holden, and Whatshisname just bad at picking acts? I dunno..
I did feel really really bad for Howie at the start of the first AGT episode though. They made him really uncomfortable and then were laughing and making fun of him. I have to applaud him for sitting there afterward. I would've walked out. If you didn't see it, basically what happened was a juggler/unicyclist asked if he'd come up to be an assistant. Howie was told all he had to do was hand the guy his torches to juggle. But then the guy made out like he didn't have his balance on the unicycle, and put his hand on Howie's head to balance himself. And then held him captive that way. And then the torches got lit. So now Howie is not only trapped by this guy, but quite near flaming torches. He was pleading with the other judges for them to hit the buzzers and end it.
Security must've known something, because I don't know why they wouldn't have stepped in. But it definitely did not look like just an act, Howie in on the joke, and all in good fun. He looks seriously freaked out and then quietly steaming/ticked off inside. He refused to vote either way. Probably didn't trust himself to say anything.
It was not at all fun to watch. And if this unicyclist goes through to where I get to vote, he is NOT getting my vote. Can I negative vote him? :P
Things I'd do to improve AGT:
Ditch Piers. He was okay at first, but now I'm so over him. Doesn't he have his own show he should be off doing?
Swap out Ant and Dec for Nick Cannon. Cannon can get an after-show. The 'More Talent' that Steven Mulhern hosts.
Also, two female judges would not break some cosmic law of the universe and cause us all to die a fiery, sparkly death. Seriously. It wouldn't.
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Date: 2011-06-09 02:30 am (UTC)