Belfast boy, Nick Parks, was seen on Any Dream Will Do tonight wowing firstly Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and secondly the four judges at the audition recalls.
Nick badly wanted to impress his grandparents, who have raised both him and his brother, and if his version of Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar didn’t do that then nothing will!
As an Irish girl, it’s great to see a fellow irish person far well. I hope to see Nick in the final 10!
Thousands of hopefuls have auditioned up and down the country and the judges now have the arduous task of whittling down the best in a series of call backs, followed by Joseph School and a final live performance to find a new Joseph.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is looking for a completely raw talent that he can turn into a superstar. “There have been some great Josephs,” says Andrew, “but, unlike Maria, there hasn’t been an ‘iconic’ Joseph.
“The audience have their favourites but I’m looking for someone with star quality, real charisma, to hold that show in what is a really complex character.”
Andrew continues: “There hasn’t been a male rock superstar cast in a role for some time and that’s what I’m looking for ” somebody like Justin Timberlake.”
And just a few months ago, at the regional interviews, they didn’t disappoint when thousands of talented boys auditioned in Cardiff, Glasgow, Belfast, Manchester and London. Continue reading ‘Any Dream Will Do: The Auditions‘ »
Dark Roots: The Anna Nicole Smith Story tells the tragic story of how a pretty brown-haired girl born Vicky Lynn Hogan became world famous supermodel Anna Nicole Smith. Married to a geriatric oil billionaire, her life took one bizarre turn after another, dogged by litigation, tragedy and addiction, culminating in her mysterious death earlier this year.
Dark Roots returns to her hick-town home in Mexia, Texas, to the family left behind and pieces together the dark roots of this blonde bombshell.
Channel 4 Sunday 1 April 2007
Music mogul Simon Cowell has been nicknamed ‘The Child Catcher’ on the set Britain’s Got Talent due to his unfriendliness towards kids who audition.
X Factor’s Mr Nasty, who has no children of his own, was given the name as his fellow judges, including Amanda Holden, noticed his dislike of the younger auditionees for the new ITV talent show.
Amanda stated:
“He just doesn’t like children, he’s not interested. When they come on you can see he isn’t interested.”
“I would not bring my daughter to work. I had a photo of her on my phone and Simon just said, ‘You’ve got dogs too, haven’t you? Have you got a picture of a dog?’”
Sir Alan Sugar becomes so angry with his apprentices in next weeks show, that he loses his temper and fires TWO of the incompetents.
This is a first for the show and The Mirror reported today that Sir Alan fires the first loser and then says to the remaining pair: “I’m telling you now - as unusual as it is - one of you is still going to get fired.”
He reportedly adds to the unfortunate team members: “I told you never to underestimate me. And don’t try to second guess what I’ll do.”
I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes at that meeting!
John Barrowman has been accused of being ‘fattist’ this week after comments he made about applicants to the BBC’s new reality show, Any Dream Will Do.
John will appear on the Charlotte Church show tonight, and Charlotte confronts him saying:
“You were quoted last week in the press saying that fatties need not apply”.
To which John replies: “That was a mis-quote and what I actually said was that you have to be physically fit in order to perform in eight shows a week, but that doesn’t mean you have to be a size 0.
“It doesn’t mean you have to be thin to be physically fit … you can still be full figured”.
Do you believe him?
Denise Van Outen has revealed to The Sun that she is delighted to be working on BBC reality show, ‘Any Dream Will Do’ with Jason Donovan as she had a massive crush on him during his time in Joseph.
‘I had such a crush on Jason Donovan,’ she told The Sun. ‘I remember seeing him in Joseph when I was about 18 and thinking: “Cor!”
‘So I’m very excited he’ll be on the show as an expert. He’s lovely. I know him from years ago, but I have to say, he’s very happy with his wife and kids.’
ITV announced today that Dermot O’Leary will be the new host of The X Factor. The presenter has signed a deal that will see him host the hit entertainment show for the next two series.
Dermot said: ‘I was very flattered to be offered the job to host such a hugely successful show. I’m really looking forward to working with Simon and the team on the kind of Saturday night entertainment show I grew up watching.’
Dermot is best known for hosting Big Brother’s Little Brother, Big Brother’s Big Brain and the BBC’s lottery show 1 vs. 100.
Duncan Gray, ITV’s Controller of Entertainment said, ‘Dermot is a star. He’s warm, clever and funny and he was our number one choice for the job. We’re thrilled to have him on ITV and we’re sure he’ll keep The X Factor the nation’s number one entertainment show for many years to come.’
Dermot and the team will commence their audition tour in May and will visit city centres across the country in the biggest talent search on television. Leona Lewis, winner of last year’s series, scored a number one with her single ‘A Moment Like This’ and runner up Raymond Quinn is currently at number one in the charts with his debut album.
The X Factor’s fourth series – which starts on ITV in the summer – will feature a fourth Judge and another category. Contestants will be split into 14 – 24s Boys; 14 – 24s Girls; 25s and Overs and Groups.
Richard Holloway, Executive Producer of The X Factor said: ‘With each series of The X Factor we have always strived to make the show bigger and better and this year with Dermot and four Judges I’m sure the viewers are in for a “xtra” special series.”
Well folks, after a lot of work, Unreality TV is proud to reveal our brand new design!
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You’d better shape up for Summer Nights of Greasemania, as the Sing-A-Long-A-Grease tour rolls into major cities all over the UK, giving everyone the chance to become a T-Bird or Pink Lady for the night.
Sing-A-Long-A -Grease invites you to experience the No1 Greatest Musical (* 100 Greatest Musicals: Channel 4), like never before. Enjoying the film on the big screen, you can feel just like the stars of the movie by singing along to the on-screen lyrics and even experiencing the famous prom dance-off by strutting your stuff in the aisles.
They will host free sing-a-long events on Friday nights, prior to each Grease Is The Word ITV1 transmission on Saturday nights. In the run-up to the grand finale of the TV show, the sing-along events will culminate in a final week at the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, London - the home of the Sing-Along-A-Sound-Of-Music events.
The audience is very much encouraged to dress up and there will be prizes for the best costume at each event. A host will compere the three-hour evenings, starting with a vocal warm up, before song sheets are handed out, Grease goodie bags are opened and the truly unique performance gets underway.
Get tickets by logging on to www.itv.com/grease
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Liverpool
FRIDAY 20 APRIL
The Little Theatre
Bath
FRIDAY 27 APRIL
Metro Cinema
Derby
FRIDAY 4 MAY
The Duke Of York
Brighton
FRIDAY 11 MAY
The Cube
Bristol
FRIDAY 18 MAY
Chapter
Cardiff
FRIDAY 25 MAY
The Showroom
Sheffield
FRIDAY 1 JUNE
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Manchester
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London
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Nottingham
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