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Challenge have apparently bought the rights to Bruce’s Price is Right and… Bob’s Full House! One of these things likely to be of more interest than the other.

So here’s a format that’s gaining traction around the world (it’s just sold to NBC in the US, and the BBC are apparently piloting it), John De Mol’s The Winner Is…. In it, 64 people duel off singing in front of a panel of judges (101 members of the audience in the original). After each… Read More »

Here’s some fun news, The Amazing Race Australia begins its second season on Wednesday. I haven’t been able to watch TAR for such a long time – obvious editing, not interesting challenges, poor route decisions, but I really enjoyed TARA last year which avoided most of the original series’ pitfalls and added some fun ideas of… Read More »

Friend of the Bar ThatDarkSpark is doing a Summer project translating Wie Is De Mol series 10, from Japan, from Dutch into English on Youtube. Episodes will be going up irregularly. Episode 1 is here. Click on CC in the bottom corner for the subtitles (it’s much quicker to do it this way than hardcoding… Read More »

8pm, BBC1 Official ESC Live Stream It’s here! Join Graham Norton as 26 countries from around the Eurovision battle it out in the contest literally nobody is referring to “the Superbowl of Singing”. Engelbert Humperdinck represents the UK with Love Will Set You Free, other ones to watch out for include the Russian Grannies singing in sixth… Read More »

It would probably be remiss not to point out that we’re having a chat about Japan’s Battle For Money in the Exit Stage Right thread here. It’s Celebrity Adventure Dodgeball, basically. Meanwhile it’s the TV Choice Awards 2012, most shows have been nominated. You can decide who wins. In other news, 14-18 year olds who… Read More »