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| Author: | JimD [ 22 Aug 05, 14:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Iraq Gets Own 'Pop Idol' |
Rejoice! The X Factor is back on ITV to complete your Saturday nights in (and conveniently mask the sound of your burbling tears). Of course, give it five or six weeks - the point where they start paying serious attention to the 'professional' contestants - and it'll be **** again. But until then we have the undiluted joy of watching a bunch of deluded people fail! Yay! Things got off to a cracking, Cowell-sneering start this week. The horrors included: - A man who thought he'd captured the ghost of John Lennon, - A schmaltzy nightclub ballad couple who refused to leave and picked a fight with the bouncers, - A fat curly-haired girl whose family actually got on their knees and begged the judges, - And a man who managed to make Jet's Are You Gonna Be My Girl sound even worse than the original. A pretty impressive line-up. Of course, people have pointed out that the format of The X-Factor is remarkably similar to previous ITV pleb-beacon Pop Idol. Which brings us nicely to our story ... ... the good people of Iraq are to get their very own Pop Idol too. As if they haven't suffered enough. A cack-handed invasion that left their country in (further) ruins. Countless daily suicide bombings threatening to tear the fragile nature of the community apart completely. Assassinations. Beheadings. Kidnappings. And now we give them Gareth Gates (CDs). Iraq Star is - according to director Wadia Nader - an attempt to "lighten the load and the problems that Iraqis are going through." Of course. hecklerspray can see it now - families losing beloved relatives to pipe-bomb explosions at the rate of three a week, all huddled together before the sheer redemptive glory of some **** with a mullet lip-syncing their way through a Dusty Springfield song. Besides - for what is an ostensibly 'light-hearted' show - word is that the judges take things a little more seriously than their UK counterparts. While Simon Cowell's insults entrench themselves firmly in playground territory - "You're ugly and talentless and you smell like a stray cat's front bottom" - the Iraqi judges pride themselves on their no-nonsense accuracy. One poor chap was torn apart (verbally) for "pronouncing some Arabic letters in far too nasal a fashion." Another unsuspecting dunderhead is "upbraided for making a grammatical mistake in a metaphorical tale about a dead bird." Ah. That old mistake. The Iraqi version also cuts down on the glitz and glamour of the UK model - the set is "spartan and drab", with no studio audience whatsoever. Now there's an idea ITV might want to pick up. To hell with those swanky audition rooms - hecklerspray says these guys should have to prove their talent to the grunting audience of a dingy Watford pub. On a Saturday night. During a special 'Sovereigns and ASBO Gets You Free Beer!' promotion. Let's see how well that stuttering gimp would have done then. hecklerspray |
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| Author: | JimD [ 22 Aug 05, 18:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Iraq Gets It's Own Pop Idol! |
gigwise by Daniel Melia on 22/08/2005 In an attempt to lighten up the day to day lives of the people of Iraq a TV station in the country has begun its own version of Pop Idol. Called ‘Iraq Star’ the programme is broadcast on Al-Sumeria TV and has seen more than 2,000 hopefuls attend auditions after the venture was announced earlier this year. Many Iraqis already obsessively watch American Idol. However Iraq Star doesn’t have any of the Hollywood glamour of its US counterpart witht the show being shot in a drab studio with no audience, although producers are promising more glitzy touches for the finale which is being held in Beirut reports MSN news. "We are trying to lighten the load and problems Iraqis are going through,” said director Wadia Nader. "We had shows like this in the 1960s when people were discovered on television. But since then, with so many wars, Iraqis couldn't see this kind of thing." |
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| Author: | JimD [ 24 Aug 05, 21:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Desperate times? Call for... Pop Idol! |
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 megastar Oscar Rose "Where politicians and a draft constitution have failed, a television show has succeeded," in uniting the Iraqis, claims the Telegraph. And the unlikely candidate is an Iraqi version of Pop Idol, Iraq Star. The programme started six weeks ago, and more than 2000 wannabes have risked life and limb travelling on the country's dangerous roads to audition, reports the Telegraph. And the reality TV show even has its own version of straight talking judge, Simon Cowell. He goes by the name of Muhammad Hadi and dresses in solemn black suits while slating the singers. One talentless hopeful was recently "mercilessly ridiculed for her inability to dance". You'd better watch your back, Mr Cowell. Let's hope the singing star who rises to fame has a bit more talent than Girls Aloud. Surely the poor people of Iraq have been through enough over the last few years? |
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