October 8, 2007 – 9:11 am
The BBC has commissioned Endemol-owned Initial to produce The Ultimate Tribute (working title), a new prime time
BBC One Saturday night series.
Presented by Graham Norton, The Ultimate Tribute is a brand new talent show that will leave viewers amazed … and wondering if seeing is believing.
The show will be looking for tribute acts who think they are the best.
Performers don’t have to just sing like a superstar, they have to look like them, dress like them, and act like them. In fact they have to live, breathe and actually turn themselves into the superstar of their dreams. Continue reading ‘The Ultimate Tribute Coming To BBC One‘ »
October 3, 2007 – 1:29 pm
Movie star Russell Crowe is to star in his own reality TV show, South Side Story.
The show document how Russell helped to restore a failing Australian rugby club.
Producer Marc Fein explained: “If you can imagine the city of New York owning the Yankees and letting the team fall into disrepair, you can start to understand the magnitude of what Russell and Peter were up against to rejuvenate the club.”
October 3, 2007 – 12:54 pm
Earlier this year 26 year-old Neil Fingleton from Durham officially became the tallest living person in the UK. He’s trying to make it big in tinseltown and features in ITV1 documentary Superhuman: Giants which is on next Tuesday 9th October at 9pm.
The video below shows how despite his massive frame, some people still feel brave (or stupid) enough to have a pop at him. Continue reading ‘Superhuman: Giants ……ITV‘ »
September 29, 2007 – 6:17 pm
The X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, Fame Academy, American Idol, I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here, Big Brother, Dancing On Ice, Hells Kitchen; if you haven’t heard of any of these programmes you must have been in a coma and have just come around, you’re a recluse and you live in a cave or you have been wading through a jungle in Vietnam, not yet realising that the war is over.
Reality television is at its peak at the moment and you either love it or you love it but pretend you hate it; locking yourself away on a Saturday night, in a basement somewhere, pretending to watch the Discovery Channel. So what is it that has our 21st Century Generation hooked on watching other people’s lives?
After the DIY and “Changing Rooms” generation in 2001, and after critically acclaimed success in the Netherlands, Big Brother made its way onto our television screens and took the UK by storm. Never before had we seen something so unique and yet revealing from a television show and, presented by Davina McCall, Big Brother became more than a television show on C4; it became an international phenomenon. But why?
People had become bored with the recycled jokes and the predictability of sitcoms and drama. The new reality TV shows were a blank canvas on to which a creative arena that played out in unpredictable ways was created. Reality TV shows appealed to people because of how easy it was for the audience to relate to the contestants as they were real people; not scripted characters. Continue reading ‘Why We Will Always Watch Reality TV‘ »
September 20, 2007 – 9:23 pm
LIVING has commissioned Jamie Oliver’s production company Fresh One Productions, (Jamie’s Chef /Channel 4, Road Kill Chef /BBC3), to make To The Manor Bowen, an eight-part observational documentary, capturing the highs, lows and tantrums, as the gloriously eccentric Bowen family settle into village life and discover the differences between city life in the fast lane, and a gentler pace of life in the country. The show will air on Living this October Continue reading ‘To The Manor Bowen – October‘ »
September 20, 2007 – 11:19 am
Move over Paris Hilton, take a back seat Li-Lo, one of the hottest A-listers around, Kimberly Stewart, is in search of two flatmates to share her new swanky London pad, in brand new TV show Living with Kimberly Stewart, exclusively on LIVING this October. With Kimberly helping to handpick the potential flatmates from hundreds of applicants, the final 12 have been selected and handed their keys to the trendy West London pad. But which two will make it to the end, surviving Kimberly’s challenges and the other flatmates, to live in the house rent free? Continue reading ‘Living with Kimberly Stewart – On Living‘ »
September 20, 2007 – 12:23 am
As the dizzying highs and incredible lows of Pete Burns’ life unravelled to a gob-smacked audience during LIVING’s Pete Burns Unspun last year, we all realised that the flamboyant 80s gender bender and living legend may be many things, but organised he ain’t. Continue reading ‘Pete’s PA – Living TV This September!‘ »
September 7, 2007 – 11:07 am
A Fame Acdemy for classical musicians, will be coming to BBC Two later this year.
The show will see young people aged 14 to 19 battle it out to win a prestigious recording contract.
Show boss John Silver said: “The kids are all virtuoso performers and will be judged on their musicianship.
“We’re also looking for someone who can be a soloist and appear on the cover of CDs.”
August 23, 2007 – 1:31 pm
Channel 4 is to launch a new reality show which has been nicknamed Big Brother for beautiful people.
The show will see 10 self declared highly attractive people, live in a house together and compete for a £100,000 prize. T4 presenter Alexa Chung will host the show.
Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, Sangeeta Bhaskar, said: “Vanity Lair will give us an fascinating insight into the notion of what makes someone beautiful through a series of unique and entertaining experiments across a 10-week period. Continue reading ‘Vanity Lair To Launch On Channel 4‘ »
August 21, 2007 – 7:58 pm
Heidi Klum returns for a third season with 15 eager designers, desperate to showcase their work in the world’s most exclusive Fashion Show: Olympus Fashion Week. With a new set of challenges that will push the contestants to their limit, who will reign supreme in the fashion stakes?
This explosive series promises to deliver drama, excitement and surprises. With the competition getting fiercer at every stage, what will the contestants do to ensure their position on the runway? In the most talked about episode in the USA to date, Tim Gunn and company have to decide whether a designers’ action warrants disqualification…not once, but twice! Continue reading ‘Project Runway Back On Sky One‘ »
