October 25th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
I have to admit that I never was that good at maths when I was 16; in fact I even had to retake my maths GCSE just to achieve a C Grade. But then again working out percentages and how they will relate to selling a certain product will ever come into my life also I’m not currently studying for A-Levels in maths, further maths or Economics unlike Hannah, Hayley or Lizzie three of the girls competing on this year’s Young Apprentice. While trying to work out how many litres of ice cream they would need to produce in order to make a profit they were struggling immensely carrying point threes and basically over-complicating things. To be fair to the trio they did have Nick Hewer breathing down their necks looking like a disappointed maths teacher who went as far to tell the camera that they couldn’t add, subtract, multiply or divide. Possibly Hewer was a bit annoyed that he had to give up more of his time to participate in a second series of The Apprentice in a time in which he should be on a break.
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October 20th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
The hugely popular hit show The Magicians returns to BBC One in the New Year, with a show-stopping live new format, a dazzling new host and an astonishing line-up of magicians.
Following last year’s ratings success of over six million viewers, the 2012 series will be extended to six 75-minute programmes which will transmit live – which will see the first time a magic series has been transmitted live on the BBC in over 30 years.
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October 2nd, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
BBC have promised they will get some big named stars for their new reality TV series The Voice and if the latest rumour is true, then we’d say they are on exactly the right path.
Lenny Kravitz is reported to be in talks with channel bosses about joining the new show – the American version of which stars Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera – in which he would be required to properly mentor and not just cast judgement on a group of aspiring singers.
Lenny would act as a mentor and vocal coach and a source told the Sunday Mirror:
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September 25th, 2011 by Anna Howell.
With less than a week to go before the glitz and glamour of Strictly Come Dancing bounces back on to our screens, it would seem that the wholesome family show’s halo has slipped somewhat amidst claims of betting on the part of the production crew.
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September 13th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
BBC have opened applications for their new TV talent series The Voice.
The show launched in America earlier this year and achieved record ratings and high critical acclaim, as judges Christina Aguilera, Cee-Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton set out to find the most amazing singer in the states.
In January 2012 the UK version of the series will kick off on BBC One and open auditions will be held for the show this winer.
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July 17th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Jim Eastwood became the first person to be fired on tonight’s Apprentice final.
Helen Milligan, Jim Eastwood, Susan Ma and Tom Pellareau were the four candidates who made it through to tonight’s final episode and the hopefuls had a hard time during their tough interviews with Lord Alan Sugar’s business contacts.
None seemed to overly impress the gurus. The panel thought Jim was too full of clichés and bull sh*t, Susan’s numbers didn’t add up, plus she likes a bit of tax evasion, Helen is organised but some felt her business idea lacked potential (Alan Sugar in particular was ‘terribly disappointed’ by her business plan) and Tom is an amazing inventor, but a few of the interviewers thought he lacked the real life business acumen to make a business succeed.
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July 16th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
BBC bosses are reportedly embroiled in the process of recruiting judges for their newest reality TV venture, however they have seemingly already met with some obstacles.
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has claimed that he was asked be a panellist on the show – in which four celebrity judges, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process – but turned producers down flat.
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June 22nd, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Shayne Ward is said to be in the running for the presenters role on new BBC’s talent show The Voice.
The channel paid a whopping £20 million for the rights to air the US format, which is currently proving to be a massive hit stateside with celebrity mentors Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine, and insiders they are keen for the former X Factor winner to front the show alongside One Show star Alex Jones.
A source close to Shayne – who was dropped by Simon Cowell’s record company earlier this year – told the Daily Star:
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June 18th, 2011 by Anna Howell.
With the ever animated circus that is the reality TV show race that is currently engulfing our news headlines, we can confirm that you will not be asked to split your loyalty when it comes to new BBC talent contest, The Voice, as bosses have confirmed that the show will not be shown at the same time as, or in direct competition with ITV’s X Factor.
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June 11th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Gary Barlow reportedly first turned down the chance to appear on The X Factor, because he wanted to work on the BBC instead.
The Take That singer had been signed to work on a new reality TV show, which would search for a singer to perform at the London 2012 Olympics ceremony. However, he agreed to work on the ITV talent show instead, after Olympic organisers insisted they only wanted big named acts for their event and the BBC show was cancelled.
An insider told The Sun:
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