I don't usually watch much UK telly "live" these days. Most things are on the Sky+. Other than that I'm usually on the laptop or reading a book. As a family we tend to watch the main entertainment shows on a Saturday night together. Well, I say family. It was the three of us but with the loss of my dad in June 2012 it's now me and my mum. Here is a round up to what we watched last night.
Britain's Got Talent
BGT is back for their seventh series where Simon Cowell finds his latest star to make millions of pounds from whilst destroying the competition on the other channels at the same time. The new series started with a flash mob in London performing to Walking on Sunshine. It was not as good as last year's opening with Ant & Dec miming to Queen's Don't Stop Me Now but this year had cameos from 2012 winners Ashleigh and Pudsey (Pudsey is a dog for those who have been on another planet), 2012 runners up, opera singers Jonathan and Charlotte and 2009 contenders Stavros Flatley (are they still around?).
All four judges return. Strictly Come Dancing defector, Alesha Dixon, The Louie Walsh of BGT, Amanda Holden, The Dark Lord, Simon Cowell and Cowell's secret lover, David Walliams. I will admit the inclusion to Walliams on the last series was sheer genius. He was like a breath of fresh air. Interacts with the acts well and even has fun with them. Remember The Showbears? As with tradition they get the crap acts out of the way first then bring on the good ones. The crap acts included a guitar player where David claimed would probably do well on The Voice.
In terms of the good acts. There were Jack Carroll. A 14 year old Cerebral Palsy sufferer who can do comedy (EDIT: I almost typed stand up comedy but due to his condition he is required to sit down). I do admire his courage for taking the piss out of his condition but I felt the jokes were a bit flat and didn't laugh once. Maybe I got a rubbish sense of humour but he impressed the judges and got through. I suspect we will see him in the semi finals. We had Arisxandra Libantino. An 11 year old singer who sings like an older woman. She was okay, nothing outstanding. Before we switched over to BBC One the last act were Hungarian shadow dance group Attraction. With a team of eight and the power of producing shadows they created a true story of a man and woman getting together, deciding to get married, having a daughter but the man losing his life in a war conflict. In what they performed in 2 minutes was totally sensational, inspiring and nearly brought a tear to my eye. My mum said "the best two things I have seen this week are Derek (Ricky Gervais's comedy) and that shadow act".
The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins
We usually watch the lottery game shows on a Saturday night unless they are crap (we mean you, Millionaire Manor and This Time Tomorrow). My mum loves In It to Win It with Dale Winton but she don't mind Who Dares Wins. I actually like Who Dares Wins as if you know your lists of useless information you can dominate this show.
We had the carry over champions, Gill and Peter. I stated on twitter last week they were lucky to beat the previous champions but also they looked weak as they could only walk away with £5,000 on the money list featuring characters from Dallas since they never watched it (yes, really). This was a list I probably would get high up although I never watched it but have got he box set and know some of the characters. They faced against their second pair of challengers Kim and Zoe. First list were performers at The Queens's Diamond Jubilee Concert. I would've collapsed on this list as I was too distressed to watch it due to my father's death earlier on the very same day. I probably would get about 4/5 from what I've read online. The champions had lost the list on their second answer by giving Take That but they never performed at the concert as a group but have done at the Olympics. Next list was English football teams that have won the premiership (1993 onwards) or the old first division (1992 and before). The champions had a go by answering 8 but once again lost the list by giving West Ham United as a wrong answer. I would've got about 10-12 as if you can name all the premiership winners you already banked 5 answers then you can work your way backwards to the likes of Leeds and Liverpool. As proven to what I said on twitter last week they lost the champions crown and left with the lowest cash prize possible with £5,000. That said, the new champions didn't fare much better. They tackled the money list with Dustin Hoffman films and walked away with £5,000. I would also struggle on this list since I haven't watched many of his films. I do know Rain Man, Hook, Meet the Fockers, Little Fockers, Tootsie and that's it.
For their second match they faced against Collette and Baz. First list were states of the USA with the letter o in them. The challenges won that list easily. In fairness it is a list you can blitz on since nearly half the states have a letter o in their name. Second list was highest grossing film franchises. In other words any of the top 50 highest grossing film franchises that have had two or more films. The key to this list is popular series of films. So the likes of Batman, Pirates of the Caribbean Bourne trilogy, James Bond, Toy Story etc... would definitely be in the top 50. It seems Kim and Zoe didn't grasp the logic for winning the list and lost the list and the match by saying Rambo. Turns out Rambo was the 51st most grossing franchise and therefore not in the top 50. Probably because First Blood and Rambo was brilliant but First Blood Part 2 and Rambo 3 were crap. What is surprising when the other answers were revealed that The Lion King was on the list. Either I am wrong but although The Lion King had 3 films, the second and third films were direct to video/DVD releases and not released in the cinema. So we've had two sets of champions who bombed out with £5,000 after winning one match. Luckily, it wasn't for a third time as the new champions, Collette and Baz secured £25,000 with female grand slam tennis champions. What I liked about Baz was he played the money list in the perfect way by working out three answers before attempting them. Also he tried to name the winners in chronological order where I would've done the same thing but from now backwards. They return for their second game next week where it will be moved earlier 7.30pm and probably get slaughtered by Britain's Got Talent, shame.
Britain's Got Talent
Back to BGT for the last 15 mins to see singer Alice Fredenham who in my mum's opinion is the new Amy Winehouse. Turns out she appeared on The Voice but failed to get through the blind auditions. I suppose Universal Music's loss is Simon Cowell's gain. There was one thing I didn't like at the start of the new series. There were hardly any mention where the auditions were coming from. It mentioned London at the start and Manchester later on in but Birmingham were hardly mentioned until a shot outside the ICC at the end.
The Cube
Last episode of The Cube from the 2012 recordings last night. First guy was Christopher from Wales. I swear when I first saw him he spookingly looks like David Bodycombe, seriously. We get to see old favourites Quantity, Balance and Bloody Barrier. He walked with £20,000 since he couldn't balance on a very small platform in Balance. Essex lad Scott followed but lost many lives the classic game Gradient. The same game that defeated Kelly Holmes many years ago. He ended up being defeated on Exchange. Although he used a simplify to give him more time to move the balls rather than give him 2 less balls.
From the last £100,000 win earlier this series, I am convinced that a member of the public will never beat The Cube, let alone go for it and risk £100,000 due to interference from friends and family in the audience. Mo Farah might have beaten The Cube last July but we will never see a regular joe winning the top prize. Same goes for a female winning £100,000. I don't think a woman will win six figures on The Cube.
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