Board of Excitement 10th-16th October 2010

By | October 10, 2010
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Sorry, this is a bit late this evening:

  • The Cube (7pm, ITV1, 7pm)
  • The X Factor (Tonight 8pm and Saturday basically all night, ITV1): The great thing about The X Factor on Saturday is that now it’s got about 46 different acts singing each week, it’s like having a mini-Eurovision Song Contest every weekend. Especially as one one contestant is Italian (yes I know Italy haven’t participated for a while, smartarse) and Wagner sounds as though he should be German and yet isn’t (he’s from Brazil). Also, how many of last night’s perfomances will make the OFFICIAL Top 40, now you can download them on iTunes? Also it’s a shame wildcard acts weren’t picked from other categories than the judge’s own, I think that would have been more fun.
  • Only Connect (8:30pm, Monday, BBC4): Mensans vs Bloggers, it says here.
  • The Apprentice (9pm, Wednesday, BBC1): “Everything I touch turns to sold!”. I’m currently enjoying Alan Sugar’s new book.
  • The Challenge: Cutthroat (Wednesday, MTV US): Last week had tear gas and tantrums, what’s in store this week?
  • Mission 2110 (5:45pm, Thursday, CBBC): Well I thought the first series was a bit disappointing, and I suspect the second series will have been filmed back to back, so I’m not expecting great things here. It’s a shame there’s been no Raven special series this year.

That’s what I think is interesting this week, what say you?

Don’t forget…

By | October 9, 2010
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… that if you want the best chance of winning Fantasy X Factor, remember to get your teams in before the first live show this evening at 7:40pm.

This week I will be reviewing the Bullseye iPod app, but it won’t happen until midweek.

Meanwhile, Davina McCall’s just announced on her Twitter she’s hosting the next series of The Biggest Loser.

Campaign 2010

By | October 8, 2010
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The story so far:

Kieran Joeseph Jupe:

Meanwhile in Clacton, I asked the guys who made the Cube soundtrack about personal use/release and I got told to ask some other guys. I will keep you posted on progress.

…

‘Dear Kieran,

Thanks for your enquiry.

The Cube music isn’t available commercially I’m afraid and you are the first person who has enquired to be honest. We normally release commercially if we get inundated with enquiries. In the event that we do decide to release the music then I will keep your contact details and notify you accordingly.’

Can everyone email politely sarah@bdimusic.com otherwise it might never happen.

Meanwhile:

Tim:

Done 🙂 Please can everyone else join in? Ask for links to MP3s rather than a CD release (it’ll be less effort for them).

So there you go, I endorse this campaign.

In the meantime, unfortunately I’ve yet to find The Challenge: Cutthroat availiable for download anywhere, but don’t let that stop you. If you’re in the UK download something like Ultrasurf and then go and watch it on the mtv.com site.

The rules of The Challenge change from season to season, this season thirty contestants (as is usual for The Challenge, most of them are previous challengers, or have participated in The Real World or the now defunct Road Rules) are split into three teams. They compete in challenges and live in a big house in Prague, winning a challenge wins $20k for the team’s bank and a lovely prize. Losing a challenge means your team must secretly vote to send one male and female into ‘The Gulag’, a tough (usually) physical competition where one male and one female will be sent home with no money. Anyone left after the ninth week of challenges splits their team’s bank between them, and the survivors compete in one more mega-team-challenge for an additional $120k prize.

Our opening episode had a drunken fight and nudity within the first twenty minutes, a really hard challenge involving cracking codes in rooms filled with tear gas followed by putting together a large 3-D puzzle, followed by a Gulag challenge which was basically pretty hardcore wrestling. Worth a watch.

Show Discussion: The Apprentice 2010

By | October 6, 2010
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BBC1, 9pm

Lord Sir Alan Sugar returns with some more people who would like to work for him. It’s interesting that the US show is in the ratings doldrums, yet the UK show seems to go from strength to strength. As I have said previously, The Apprentice is a blind spot for me, so would anyone like to have a guess as to why that might be?

In other news, Bid TV is ten years old today and has a new set and graphics. Years ago when it was Bid-Up TV and acted like a proper auction, I found it majorly addictive to watch – engaging personalities, Peter Simon shouting at viewers and shopping that felt like a gameshow. These days it’s no more than a standard shopping channel with exciting sounding music beds. Still though.