Britain’s not got talent

[Scaleybrat]

I’ve had the misfortune to be in the living room while the OH watches BGT. In the 15 minutes I’ve seen it, one act was from Columbia and now there are a dancing act from Mumbai. Is this an admission that there is insufficient talent in Britain to provide a decent watch or, as I suspect, this has just become a bloody gravy train for Cowell and his judges?
Based on what I’m seeing tonight, it’s a load of poo and couldn’t be any worse if they actually tried to find and promote home grown talent. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with acts from outside Britain but the programme hardly reflects its title.

[descentia]

BGT contains more screaming and shouting from the audience than any other product

[Geffg]

Annoys me too. Should have to live here to be in britains got talent. It’s not called the world has talent.
Also annoys me when singers come on and get through, isn’t that what X factor or many of the others are for.

[anonymous-user]

It's all naff. Odd how the tv crew always manage to interview the winner from start to finsh out all those contestants.

[Last Visit]

That Bruno Tonioli has made it even more unwatchable. Cant stand him, so irritating. My wife is watching it so I'm catching a few bits.

[steveatesh]

Good excuse to go to the other room and watch Netflix, Prime or Now….
Same when the two man boys do the celebrity jungle thing.

[dudleybloke]

If people stop watching it they might make something else instead.

[UTH]

descentia said:

BGT contains more screaming and shouting from the audience than any other product

I've noticed so many times that if you see a shot from the back of the stage looking at the audience during an act, the audience is basically doing nothing, yet the sound overlaid is of an audience screaming at the top of their lungs and cheering etc. Very annoying.

[UTH]

Geffg said:

Annoys me too. Should have to live here to be in britains got talent. It’s not called the world has talent.
Also annoys me when singers come on and get through, isn’t that what X factor or many of the others are for.

Agreed.

[anonymous-user]

UTH said:

descentia said:

BGT contains more screaming and shouting from the audience than any other product

I've noticed so many times that if you see a shot from the back of the stage looking at the audience during an act, the audience is basically doing nothing, yet the sound overlaid is of an audience screaming at the top of their lungs and cheering etc. Very annoying.

Not just me then.

[UTH]

pocketspring said:

UTH said:

descentia said:

BGT contains more screaming and shouting from the audience than any other product

I've noticed so many times that if you see a shot from the back of the stage looking at the audience during an act, the audience is basically doing nothing, yet the sound overlaid is of an audience screaming at the top of their lungs and cheering etc. Very annoying.

Not just me then.

Haha, ditto! Not like Mrs UTH ever notices.

Lots of things annoying about this show, which is a shame because sometimes you do just get 3 mins of something really awesome, and that's what keeps me watching. The French Beatboxer last week was pretty epic IMO

[DaveTheRave87]

UTH said:

pocketspring said:

UTH said:

descentia said:

BGT contains more screaming and shouting from the audience than any other product

I've noticed so many times that if you see a shot from the back of the stage looking at the audience during an act, the audience is basically doing nothing, yet the sound overlaid is of an audience screaming at the top of their lungs and cheering etc. Very annoying.

Not just me then.

Haha, ditto! Not like Mrs UTH ever notices.

Lots of things annoying about this show, which is a shame because sometimes you do just get 3 mins of something really awesome, and that's what keeps me watching. The French Beatboxer last week was pretty epic IMO

This is what I love YouTube for, they'll show the acts worth watching without you having to sit through the rest.

[UTH]

DaveTheRave87 said:

UTH said:

pocketspring said:

UTH said:

descentia said:

BGT contains more screaming and shouting from the audience than any other product

I've noticed so many times that if you see a shot from the back of the stage looking at the audience during an act, the audience is basically doing nothing, yet the sound overlaid is of an audience screaming at the top of their lungs and cheering etc. Very annoying.

Not just me then.

Haha, ditto! Not like Mrs UTH ever notices.

Lots of things annoying about this show, which is a shame because sometimes you do just get 3 mins of something really awesome, and that's what keeps me watching. The French Beatboxer last week was pretty epic IMO

This is what I love YouTube for, they'll show the acts worth watching without you having to sit through the rest.

Yeah maybe I should switch to this tactic as 90 mins of TV show seems to be offering about 10 mins worth watching these days

[Chainsaw Rebuild]

What annoys me is there is loads of great singers, dancers and bands that could be on a show like that and it would be great.

[UTH]

Chainsaw Rebuild said:

What annoys me is there is loads of great singers, dancers and bands that could be on a show like that and it would be great.

I may be wrong but it did feel like X Factor was a better platform for genuinely good singers - potentially singing to a live audience every week for many weeks, showcasing lots of range etc etc

Lots of very good singers have performed once maybe twice on BGT and never heard of again.

For the record, I couldn't stand X Factor after watching a couple of series many years ago, and I switch off to the singers on BGT.

[Raccaccoonie]

It is all a fix, a lot of acts are well known, even booked, have agents etc. It is just entertainment, I guess.

Edited by Raccaccoonie on Monday 15th May 11:45

[MBVitoria]

Raccaccoonie said:

It is all a fix,can lot of acts are well known, even booked have agents etc. If is just entertainment I guess.

Yep, like a lot of these shows the sweet spot was a couple of seasons in but now they've kicked the arse out of it and it's mostly scripted garbage.

[Legacywr]

TBF, the singers they generally get on BGT aren’t the sort of singers that The X Factor are looking for.

It’s the fking dance acts that piss me off.

BTW, I went to be in the audience about 10 years ago, the production staff hold up plaques with clap, stand up, etc on them, they also halt the auditions to get the cameras in front of the judges to record a lot the facial reactions.

[anonymous-user]

Legacywr said:

TBF, the singers they generally get on BGT aren’t the sort of singers that The X Factor are looking for.

It’s the fking dance acts that piss me off.

BTW, I went to be in the audience about 10 years ago, the production staff hold up plaques with clap, stand up, etc on them, they also halt the auditions to get the cameras in front of the judges to record a lot the theatrical reactions.

Fixed that for you.

[Legacywr]

pocketspring said:

Fixed that for you.

Spot on