March 13, 2008 – 11:48 pm
The search for Oliver and Nancy starts on BBC One this Saturday night and the shows host Graham Norton is promising fabulous things for this series!
“Every returning series says it’s bigger and better than the last but this truly is,” Graham told The Sun.
“I’m really excited about this year. The standard has just been terrific.
“This year is phenomenal and nobody has a fixed idea of who Nancy is.
“There’s a really broad range of ages, experience and looks.”
He added: “The big question is who’s going to steal the show – and my money’s on the Olivers.”
Host of BBC One reality TV show I’d Do Anything, Graham Norton, has claimed that the launch of the show on Saturday night will raise the British birth rate.
He thinks the young boys that are auditioning for the role of Oliver are soooooo cute that they will have all those maternal urges rearing their heads in ladies all over the country.
Graham told The Mirror: “They are adorable. Across the country 1,000 ovaries will pop. People who gave up having kids will say, ‘Why don’t we try again?’”
January 5, 2008 – 1:26 pm
Tonight on BBC One Graham Norton will host an exciting new Saturday night entertainment show which spotlights the UK’s leading tribute acts as they battle it out to win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – a three-month performing contract in Las Vegas with the renowned Legends In Concert, one of the world’s longest-running celebrity impersonator shows.
Imagine the glamour and glitz of swinging Sinatra doing big-band battle with the undisputed princess of pop, Kylie, or the timeless Sir Elton John fighting it out against sexy chanteuse Cher in a bid to take the tribute act crown. Performers must not just sing like a musical superstar, but they must also look like them, dress like them and act like them.
Ohhhh it sounds too camp to be real!
November 1, 2007 – 5:50 pm
Camp television host, Graham Norton has hit out at this years X Factor finalists, for not being “dazzling” enough.
In fact Graham has revealed that the only person he thinks has any talent is Niki Evans.
He told The Sun: “I quite like her. She’s OK, but the rest aren’t exactly dazzling.”
Norton added: “This year’s show has not been particularly great - you’ve got 12 people who are, basically, not up to much. Continue reading ‘Graham Norton Hits Out At X Factor Acts‘ »
The Sun has reported that Graham Norton has been lined up to present a new BBC reality TV show, which will search for the star of the stage and screen classic, Saturday Night Fever.
Keen to replicate the popularity of their current search for a star in Any Dream Will Do, reports suggest that BBC1 chief Peter Fincham is already in talks with Saturday Night Fever’s producer Robert Stigwood, 73, who owns the rights.
A BBC source said: “He’s very keen to get the show, it would get everyone strutting around their living rooms on Saturday nights.
“It’s iconic, everybody knows the Bee Gees hits.”
Andrew Lloyd Webber has admitted to being in awe of Graham Norton and believes he is a great presenter for BBC’s Any Dream Will Do.
“I’m just in awe of Graham. His talent is boundless,” Andrew told The Sun. “He does the whole show with an earpiece in and has to concentrate on what he’s saying while someone is firing instructions at him from off-stage. I couldn’t do that!”
He added: “I absolutely love doing the show. I always forget the cameras are there and get caught up in the moment. The show is constructed like a musical in itself. Keeping the audience entertained from start to finish is a challenge and we have to carry their concentration through from A to B.”
Sinitta has spoken about her hurt feelings after reading the derogatory remakrs made about her by TV host, Graham Norton.
“He’s just bloody rude,” Sinitta told the Daily Star Sunday. “I’ve never even met him but I could definitely tear a strip off him if I did. He obviously feels very threatened by me and our show. But all I’d like to say to him is, ‘Both of us are girls, but only one of us is a lady - and it’s not you!’ Continue reading ‘Grease: Sinitta Upset By Graham Nortons Comments‘ »
Graham Norton, host of BBC’s Any Dream Will Do, has spoken out once more about ITV’s rival show, Grease Is The Word.
Graham told the Sun.:
“Grease Is The Word is Simon Cowell’s show but he’s not on the panel. People would take it more seriously if he was,”
“Our panel really know what they’re talking about.”
He then turned his attention to judges David Gest and Sinnitta:
“I’m not quite sure why [David’s] there,” he added. “He looks crazy like an utter nut job but he’s probably the most sane and normal person in there. And what about Sinitta? That’s the question the nation is asking. She’s finally got a job now so she can pay the rent.” Ouch!
April 21, 2007 – 12:53 am
Legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his panel have whittled down thousands of hopefuls to just 11 finalists in their nationwide search to find a new Joseph.
In tonight’s live show, the remaining hopefuls take to the stage to prove that they have the drive, determination and sheer unadulterated talent to land one of the best-loved roles in musical theatre.
In the presence of Andrew Lloyd Webber and his esteemed panel of experts – Broadway and West End leading lady Denise Van Outen, celebrated theatre producer Bill Kenwright, Torchwood star John Barrowman and outspoken vocal coach Zoe Tyler – the West End wannabes battle it out to prove that they have the charisma and star quality worthy of the Technicolor™ Dreamcoat.
Graham Norton hosts as the Josephs give it everything they have for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to star on the West End stage. Once the panel have given their expert opinion, viewers are able to vote for their favourite. Whose dreams will be shattered? And who will still have the chance to be the public’s Joseph?
Later this evening, at 9.55pm, viewers can find out which Joseph has been voted off by the public – and which Josephs have survived to perform in next week’s live show.
Saturday 21 April
7.40-8.45pm BBC ONE
9.55-10.20pm BBC ONE
Having successfully solved a problem like Maria, legendary composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his panel have whittled down thousands of hopefuls to just 12 finalists in their nationwide search to find a new Joseph. Now the hard work really begins as the finalists take to the stage in the first of eight live shows to prove that they have what it takes to land one of the best-loved roles in musical theatre. Continue reading ‘Any Dream Will Do: First Live Show!‘ »
