This programme would be so much better without the warbling opera. Enjoyed watching Meat, who was his usual unpredictable self, but had to switch the sound off when they all sang.

I can't stand the jenkins person, her voice makes me want to puke:sick: (go on jump on me opera fans). can't stand the racket, never have, never will.

Loved seeing Meat on a prime time TV show, great exposure.

It did seem quite hurried - actually, pretty refreshing compared to most reality/contest shows where things are dragged out as interminably as possible! I also noticed it ran 3 minutes over, so presumably the skipped judging parts were due to that. Maybe as contestants are eliminated and the format is tweaked, we'll get to hear more from the judges.

Alex was from Blur, not Pulp btw...but I did think he was the weakest of the lot, despite being pretty good.

i hope meat performs the new single on it!! not a bad show really!

lol .. now, I loved the singing Christa :) I don't go to the opera because all the bits between the singing, usually in Italian, drag when they're incomprehensible :) But I do like the music and the voices. And I liked how Meat wanted to explain to the audience the meaning/emotions of the arias .. so important to him, and because he conveys the emotion of a song so powerfully when he delivers it, he carries us with him and away from the mundane world .. which is what a great aria should do :) Just think of that great Callas aria in Philadelphia .. It's not just that voice .. it's the emotion she conveys that moves me to tears just as it does Tom hanks in the film.

Have to say, I don't watch these kinds of show normally .. Celebrity Come Prancing, Celebrity Ass on Ice etc .. and if Meat handn't been a judge I'd have probably not watched this .. and I'd have missed out! So thanks Meat :) I shall enjoy watching this reality show!!

Caryl

Thank you for a little insight into the show. There is a pic of Meat online (from the show of course) and he looks ah-maz-ing. Enjoy the show and don't forget to give details to us next week :)

Suzieq

Hey! and found out if u want to get tickets this is the site!
http://www.sroaudiences.com/ :)

Well as celebrity talent contests go it was about average, almost certainly wouldn't have watched it had Meat not been on the progamme.

As long as we get gems like "Listening to you sing was like watching two women kissing on the subway" from Meat then it's worthwhile. That dog was hunting! :))

Changed the title of the thread to something more relevant, think it can stay in here for now as it's such a high profile project.

:lmao:

Thanks for the reviews everyone, sounds like Meat was great on it.

Carole

As long as we get gems like "Listening to you sing was like watching two women kissing on the subway" from Meat then it's worthwhile. That dog was hunting! :))[/QUOTE]

Do you reckon he has now got a 'compliments' app for his iPhone instead of the insults one we saw him using in Twiter a few months ago!!!!:lol:

Like others - I wouldn't have tuned into this had Meat not been involved and I did only watch the bits with Meat in - continued working through the singing.

Well I watched it and from now on will record it and make rather energetic use of the fast forward button when replaying it, can't believe Alex went lol.

As a format it's been done to death and to be honest what the hell is a gardener doing presenting a show on opera??????

Will continue to record it in the hope that there's promo news or even a tune from the the man himself but that's it, then again I'm already a fan and guaranteed to buy album/single etc so no loss that I wont be watching again.

kinda weaid seeing meat on there but gets him in the public eye,

and thats what its all about!! he was very good on it

To me the show was ok at best. Did seemed hurried. I think it the show had better presenters it would be better. Myleen Klass is a awful presenter. She was slated in the US for her awful presenting skills on I'm A Celebrity, how she got the job doing this over here, I don't know. I as well will carry on watching, mainly because of Meat. :D

There is a you tube clip of Danny Jones and Meat's comments on him. First, I think the presenter guy (I don't know his name) is going to get a five knuckle shuffle from Meat if he keeps hurrying him through his critiques. :) Either that or they'll just go back and forth like Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell do on American Idol. But anyway, Meat's comments were animated and point on. As he motioned to the beautiful ladies in the front row mentioning the commitment to THAT kiss. I couldn't help but think.....a kiss is a terrible thing to waste. Meat looks comfortable and happy to be there. From a tweet yesterday, he may be singing?!? Keep us posted everyone.

Suzieq

Alan Titchmarsh .. well known gardener, then author and presenter on daytime TV .. lol. He was hosting the Paul O'Grady show when Meat appeared on it ..

Some friends watched it last night and commented on the quality and knowledge shown in Meat's comments, plus that he seemed constrained by the format and being rushed to feed back in just a sentance or two. Alan Titchmarsh wants to constrain him? .. well, I wish him good luck with that!

Meat has so much more to offer the performers than the scant bit he was allowed last night .. I hope as the numbers of performances reduce he gets to show more of what he can give them .. and suspect might do so backstage anyway? :)

The two professional opera singers concentrated on the voices .. which is entirely appropriate. Their feedback was interesting, constructive, and I noticed Meat listening intently to them. But Meat has so much to offer in terms of the drama and conveying the passion/emotions of the pieces .. and drama and passion after all lie at the heart of opera .. Which is a signal reason why his performances are always described as operatic of course ;) So I hope AT reins back his constraints and Meat isn't left again trying to elbow in a useful and interesting piece of feedback in just a few words .. although his were well chosen and hit the mark each time imo.

Caryl

Thanks for the name, it really escaped me.

Why does everyone try to constrain him? Don't they know he's a bull in a china shop!?! :wink:

I can't help but to agree wholeheartedly.


Suzieq

Same here. 90 minutes (was it that? Seemed like hours ...) of my life I won't get back. The subway comment was the only worthwhile bit in the whole show.

Dave

popstar to operastar
 

I thought popstar to operastar was really good and i thought meat loaf did a fantastic job as a judge.

I thought it was crap. Meat was good but the overall presentation and format was poor. No need for two presenters or LLBowen.

I agree with you that the presenters left much to be desired. Myleen Klass has very limited skills imo, and Alan Titchmarsh is perhaps more comfortable when he's in an armchair with his own brand of talk show. He seemed ill at ease last night, and his efforts to rush through the judges' comments irritated me no end. I don't see any need to always have two presenters either .. (apart from providing jobs for that ever-growing industry). I understand a little chat with performers after they've sung to settle them back, but this could be done just as easily by one presenter for the whole show, and certainly by someone with more substance than Klass.

LLB didn't make much of a contribution, although he was also being rushed through.

I enjoyed the concept of the show and the performances, but then I really enjoy operatic music even if I find the recitative of an entire opera hard to manage. I love the music, the passion, the voices. I'd certainly like to see Meat being the time to make the valuable contribution he could, and one presenter more comfortable and skilled at managing the process. The latter won't happen .. I hope the former does ..

Caryl

alan t . killed it for me stick to your garden mate , your got as much passion as an old cabbage :(

Here's a great promotional clip about the show on YouTube :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o3fZUCjhoI

Meat appears very briefly near the end, starting at approximate 2 minutes 46 seconds :wink: He looks great !!

I think we can all agree that Meat Loaf is the numbah one cooliest judge EVAH, but some of the "popstars" on there were lackluster. I found myself just wishing Meat would hop on a motorcycle and ride up to the stage through a stream of fire and tear the place down with a performance of a new song, but that didn't happen. His comments are worth the watch though, and hopefully this show will wake up some of the people that still think he's retired.