[AndyK]

Meat's fellow critic Lawrence has his own blog about the show here

Here are some snippets which mention Mr Loaf ...

Originally Posted by week 1

The atmosphere in the critic’s box last night was part play pen, part high brow judging panel, part Muppet Show.

I have decided that the Mighty Meat and I are indeed Waldorf and Statler

Originally Posted by week 2

Katherine sparkled like an extraordinarily glamorous Welsh daffodil but I was extremely disappointed to find that despite her avid, energetic commitment last week that she failed to find the time to bake brownies for the critics box. Meat and I sat there in unsatisfied mouth-watering hunger because Dame Jenkins had mislaid her oven glove, still there’s hope for next week when perhaps Meat Loaf and I might get to experience her drop scones.

Originally Posted by week 3

So onward and upward, week four comes into view and the entire production team and I have made a secret pact to ensure that Mighty Meatloaf is denied the blue smarties which we hope will mean that this week he stays in his seat.

Originally Posted by week 4

At the end of the show when Rolando and Katherine have to scamper right the way round out lavish set to present the flowers to our loser it’s always a close run thing to get the glamorously-frocked mentors to the right place in time for their camera angel. This week Katherine needed a bit of a heave up or heave down to deal with the Critics Box step. All well and good and Mr Meat in gallant mode offered her his arm as she lunged at high speed towards the back of the box. This was gratefully received. Less gratefully received was that he inadvertently trapped the end of Katherine’s pink silk fish tale under his rock and roll biker boot. Dame Jenkins was very nearly de-frocked by Meatloaf!

Much more publicly there was the saga of Darius’ flies. As he very persuasively gave us his finest Figaro, I noticed a metallic glint from beneath the jacket of his bespoke Tom Baker suit. I hissed at Meat that I thought the seven-foot singing Scotsman was infact a flying low Scotsman. Of course Meat (like George Washington before him) can’t keep his gob shut and bellowed at Darius that he needed to check his fly.

Originally Posted by week 5

But let’s face it nothing is going to outshine what my mate Meat did on Friday night. That was the first ever time that Bat Out Of Hell has been performed live on television and what an experience - come on everyone lets all admit that one can still rock at 62.