Britain's Got Talent Semi Final 3

Forget the fact that semi final's in any other competion would have ended after the second show, as semi finals normally consist of the final four over two matches. Putting that aside tonights show as Simon put it could be car crash TV, thank goodness for another Semi Final.

Up first were Harmony who were brilliant apart from the fact they couldn't harmonise. Very energetic nice dance, shame about the singing part of the performance. Again Amanda proved she was severly lacking in any kind of ability to judge. She thought the singing was excellent, she wasn't pleased when Simon critisiced the singing immediatly.

Piers has found his second act for his new management company joining DJ Talent is Kay the man who plays the saxophone,.......without a saxophone. He makes the noise with mouth and nose. This is one of those joke acts that get through for public humiliation, not great but strangely entertaining. Simon hated it and buzzed straight away, as the big boss makes me wonder why he allowed this guy through. Oh yeah the public humiliation part.

The third act on stage tonight The Ballroom Dancing Siblings, not their official name. A pretty nice routine, not outstanding, but ok. They are hopeful but.......

Simon doesn't like it he makes another girl cry, he's on fire!!!

Fourth up is Swansea schoolboy Shaeenennnenennnnn Jagoglekojoosaodjeiiijriiiiy. A talented kid but will prove to be incredibly annoying I imagine. Could this be another one that Simon makes cry.

Starts to sing and seems to be off the beat of the track.

Wow this kid lacks stage presence...his feet are glued to the floor. I don't like him, good vocal so the praise is gonna be crazy good, standing ovation from Simon.

Piers thinks it is the best singing performance in the Semi Final, better than Boyle? The world will not be pleased!

Amanda loves it as well, she pins his ability on something in the Welsh water. He is better than Tom Jones apparently.

Simon think Shaeen is a contender for the title. Here we go again, Dancing prodigy last year Singing prodigy this year!

Whoever has to follow that won't be happy.

Oh it is 3 farmers with wheelbarrows doing some strange free running esque dance with wheelbarrows.... but it is 3 farmers, they did well considering they had to fit in practice round their 12 hour a day jobs. 2 buzzes from Piers and Simon, of course Amanda loved it! She bloody would.

Next up is Liverpool dance troupe with a political message. They've just tributed it to two dead kids. Can't see any critiscism here. Big production, impressive, but to me it seemed repetitive.

Simon loved it, Piers thought the message was great and liked their passion. Amanda..who cares what she says!!! This could get lost in the mix, middle of the show performance having followed Shaeen, could be tricky, they may sneak through in second place. Compared to Flawless and Diversity not as good.

Up now is Floral Highnotes a unique act to say the least. A man arranging flowers while a woman sings opera. She's good, can't really judge the flower arranging, not really a "talent" I am familiar with. It is possible the crowd are booing! Simon has buzzed them. Yeah there is a lot of booing.

Piers likes the culture aspect, he has a dig at Simon again, about the 4th time tonight. Piers thinks the act is right up The Queen's street.

Amanda of course loves it!

Simon is about to unleash......Simon wants the flower arranger to make a car!!!!! yes he said it. He thinks even he could have made the arrangement the flower guy made, i'd have to agree with him. Simon is on the money tonight.

Up now is Stavros Flatley, as it stands I think the second place will be between them and MD dance troupe the ones with the political message. Here we go final act, hillarious if they get through!

The judges seem to love it but it is a fat man and is son dancing a cross between irish dancing and greek dancing, enjoyed the Greek music. It is meant to be comedy dancing, didn't make me laugh. Though they are brilliant people, great guy's. We shall see.

The phone lines have just opened, Prediction: Shaeen is a lock, and I expect the rule of last to go on stage is guarenteed a passage to the final will continue with Stavros Flatley.

The results are in..........

The winner of this Semi Final is ..........Stavros Flatley???????? Wow!!!!!!!! Love it!!!!

The next two acts with the most votes to go to the judges decison are......

Shaeen and MD

Simon chooses..... (He's gonna makes someone cry here no matter what) MD

Amanda chooses........Shaeen

Piers chooses............. Shaeen...he made some girls cry.. high drama

Ha ha Simon did make Shaeen cry sad his friends have gone out.

Finalists are Stavros Flatley and Shaeen the wunderkind singer.

BGT The Finalists so far

Susan Boyle




Diversity



Flawless



Shaun Smith

BGT Semi Final 2

A theme running through tonights show was the incessant chatter from the judges that Susan Boyle had better watch out, she has competition. Well does that ring true in tonights 2nd Semi final? the answer would be a resounding no! As Simon said himself there was a lot of junk out there tonight, among the junk was a drag fat man, nervous guy, not so hot honeyz, and DJ funny but no talent. There were a couple of acts in the middle though they had talent were not amazingly entertaining, The Ventriloquist and the Magician. A nice name for a pub, watch your woes dissapear as you drink our finest ales.

That leaves us with Sean Smith X Factor avoider and Flawless the dance act that made a mistake. Can these two if they go through really contend with the populous internet sensation Susan Boyle.

The likely hood would be these two going through tonight as I wait for the results. The Geordie duo have announced the phone lines are now closed so we don't have long to wait.

The First Semi finalist through to the final with the most votes is...................................................


No surprise it is Flawless!

The two acts fight it out for the judges decision are...........................................................................


Shaun Smith and Gareth Oliver..... This should be interesting.......I can't see anything other than a clean sweep for Shaun here, they really loved him.

Simon goes for............... Shaun

Piers..................Gareth, he likes the more variety style act.

Amanda............ doesn't like making young people cry, so goes for Shaun.

Shaun is in the final!


Gareth a gracious loser, wishes Shaun all the best for the final and will vote for him, a class act.

The question that arises again is anyone going to stop the juggernaut that is Boyle!

What do you think?

S.Darko.

Ok so i took the plunge and spent just over an hour and forty minutes of my life engrossed in the sequel to 2001's cult classic Donnie Darko; this decision was mostly brought on by seeing Donnie Darko on BBC2 last night and remembering just how enamored i was with it when i first saw it.

Some films are just ripe for sequels Donnie Darko was not one of them; and this horrible clunky botch job proves the point explicitly. 

S.Darko follows Donnie's sister (Daveigh Chase reprises her role) who has left home distraught at her brothers death; she goes on a road trip (I think?) with her friend. This is all i could fathom from the plot because as soon as the pair end up in small town America the film spews off into a weird student film inspired territory from which it never returns. 

The script is utterly appalling; and the acting is abhorrent, its not often you have to turn away from the screen in horror at the sheer ineptitude of the performers.  Ed Westwick is without doubt the worst culprit (he's that guy from Gossip Girl) He plays the same character in this; he's that good looking guy with stubble who takes 3 second pauses between words "so.... you wanna.... have a good.... time." It's horrible. 

There are small nuances from Donnie Darko like the rabbit head and the word "Darko." That's about it. 

And when you think it couldn't get any worse Nathan Scott from One Tree Hill turns up and throws in the worst performance by an actor i've ever seen, it was like he was taken out of a hospital 10 minutes after a serious brain operation and told to read lines. He looks like he has no idea what the film is called let alone his characters motivation. IT IS HORRIBLE. 

I can't even begin to stress how bad this film is, its apocalyptically bad; its Scream 3 bad; its got Elizabeth Berkley in it bad. 

Donnie Darko certainly challenged with its intelligence; this is so down right stupid it challenged my will to live. 

Please please don't watch this. 

0/10

BGT SBOYLE SPORTS

The Britain's Got Talent semi finals began tonight and we have no doubt who the producers are supporting. Susan Boyle was in the favorable position of performing last. The sheer gaul of BGT to make this decision and think we the viewer are not aware that her position was anything other than a producer's selection is shocking. Does she really need any more help?? She has already had 100 million viewers on youtube, has appeared on Oprah and has had name drops on South Park and The Simpsons. She is a guarentee to win the competition which is a shame for all the other acts who think they are even in with a chance. With Susan Boyle known around the world Simon cannot wait to milk that cash cow. Her moments of madness may put that to end we will see. She seems a bit body popping mental.

All of the above was reaffirmed when the results for Semi Final 1 were revealed and Boyle was the act with the most votes and is through to the final.

The judges choice revealed more than just the second finalist. In a straight shoot out between talented dance troupe Diversity and sickly cutesy future x factor loser Natalie Okri the judges were split. Piers went for the flawless Diversity and their intelligent storytelling in their dance sequence. Amanda Holden went for Okri, what did we learn? Amanda Holden clearly bases her decisions on cuteness and not talent, she fears the hard decisions.

The night was saved when Simon made the decision that everyone wanted...... he made a little girl cry. Forget about the brilliant Diversity going through.....Simon made a little girl cry.

On Britain's Got More Talent the house band was the brilliant The Brett Domino Trio. I was still holding hope that they were in the Semi Finals but alas no. If I ever get a chat show they will be my Paul Schaffer.

Glee Pilot Premiere

For those looking out for the next American import to rival and compete with the likes of One Tree Hill, Smallville, Gossip Girl look no further than Glee. The pilot of the show aired last night in the U.S. and will be hitting the screen in the fall, it is well worth the wait. It surpasses the aforementioned completion, it is an intelligent fresh look at high school melodrama. It also surprised me with the humour content it was genuinely funny, it has a sharp tongue and has well rounded characters with a depth that shone through in the pilot. I look forward to the autumn when this show returns full time.

Glee

The new show from Nip Tuck creator Ryan Murphy starts on the 19th. Pulled in by the original teaser trailer featuring the power ballads of all ballads Journey's Don't Stop Believin'. This show as the potential to be the next big show, harnessing the incredible popularity of High School Musical and jamming it into a more adult framework. Time will tell whether Don't Stop Believin' will bookend the ending of one great show (The Sopranos) and the beginning of another. However it does have all the ingredients; high school cliques, Jock with a heart and a soul for singing, tracy flick esque high achiever, sassy black girl; crippled kid; a caring teacher, caring teachers nutty wife and the brilliant Jane Lynch as a sardonic Cheerleading coach.

The business savvy people at Fox have made the smart move of debuting the show after the finale of American Idol which regularly pulls in 20 million plus viewers. Combined with the move to release the songs sung in the show on I Tunes directly after the show finishes someone should be making some cash/money.




It could become as hard to miss this show as it is to be water boarded.