Happy International Rachel Stevens Day!

By | May 13, 2011
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I’m so excited about this, we’ve got our Rach flag up and flying and everything. Today is dedicated to pop chanteuse Rachel Stevens, of whom Come and Get It was one of the greatest pop albums of the last decade. This day came about because really, when she comes back with new material she ought to cover Kate Ryan’s Eurovision classic Je t’adore and Jedward’s Lipstick.

At this juncture we wanted to put up something Rachel and gameshow related. Unfortunately the only bit of Rachel Stevens onĀ Dick ‘n’ Dom In Da Bungalow appears to be this:

Which is not actually the sort of Dick and Dom/Rach thing we wanted šŸ™

In other news, @OfficialBanker is desperate for everyone to watch today’s Deal or No Deal and is asking people for their Twitter commentary on #dealornodeal. Apparently something happens today that has never happened before.

Show discussion: Impossible?

By | May 11, 2011
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Thursday at 10pm on Five.

Mindreader and illusionist Philip Escoffey challenges members of the public to determine if things he can claim he can do are possible or impossible. Each dilemma is worth an increasing amount of cash.

When I first heard about the show I said (and you can look this up if you want) that it’s basically going to be a big money version of that thing Derren Brown did on Mind ControlĀ with the money in the envelopes where he tries to persuade people to pick the wrong envelope. Well, this does indeed appear to be the show’s endgame. The best strategy will probably be ignore everything he says and just pickĀ a briefcaseĀ on some sort of ibble-dibble system, but there we are.

Eurovision 2011 Semi final 2

By | May 11, 2011
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Right, the second one and the one I’m reliably informed is the stronger semi final.

Fingers crossed, I might get a chance to watch some of this one.

Once again, this begins at 8pm UK time/9pm in Europe, and if you can’t watch with Scott Mills and Sara Cox on BBC3 then there should be a live stream here. The BBC scorecards are here. Watch Jedward sail through, despite/because the UK can’t vote in this one. please feel free to give your opinons and marks out of ten!

International news

By | May 11, 2011
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  • The French Pointless pilot films today. Let’s hope they call it Nul Points. If you go to this, do let us know what it’s like.
  • Speaking of the French, it’s being suggested that the US want to film kids episodes of Fort Boyard on Fort Boyard in July. Interesting – there was meant to be a domestic junior version of the show being done the year before last but it didn’t happen (presumably because of the ratings collapse).

Maths and Gaeilge

By | May 10, 2011
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Right, semi 1 out of the way and well done indeed to whoever it was who got through.

However, the danger, the POP MISSILE coming on Thursday that is going to surprise everyone is Jedward’s Lipstick.

Alright, ignore the bits at the beginning that are likely to sound just as off and tuneless on the night, once you get past the first ten seconds, this song becomes amazing, and they’re going to really sell it. And they seem to reference trendy but unpopular bands like Hurts and The Pet Shop Boys in the video.

We can prove this using maths:

Britney + Womanizer = AMAZING

Jedward + A song that’s a bit like Womanizer – the first ten seconds = AMAZING

I do not expect this to be the popular opinion around the UK but it remains the correct one as the maths proves beyond doubt. They’ve got a good song, they’re nice guys, Bother’s Bar OFFICIALLY BACKS JEDWARD for DUSSELDORF 2011. To finish in the Top 15.