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Post by steve10086 on Feb 8, 2017 22:09:49 GMT
Let me start by saying I am not a regular One Show viewer, but saw Danni Minogue on it tonight and she explained the way the voting would work. Let's see if I understood it...
The bands with the most votes each week automatically go through. Of the two bands with the lowest votes the judges will chose their favourite 5 individuals and form a new band from them, with the other 5 going home.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 22:11:32 GMT
Let me start by saying I am not a regular One Show viewer, but saw Danni Minogue on it tonight and she explained the way the voting would work. Let's see if I understood it... The bands with the most votes each week automatically go through. Of the two bands with the lowest votes the judges will chose their favourite 5 individuals and form a new band from them, with the other 5 going home. As someone who hasn't yet got around to watching the show (and increasingly wondering whether I should bother at all...) that sounds utterly ridiculous and just a bit bizarre... |
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Post by d'James on Feb 8, 2017 23:15:23 GMT
So the best bands will continue to get better and gel further while the worst two's members will have to start working together from scratch for the following week? Very bizarre.
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 8, 2017 23:39:32 GMT
Sounds a shambles!
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Post by Kim_Bahorel on Feb 9, 2017 4:06:38 GMT
Thats a strange way of doing things 😕.
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Post by infofreako on Feb 9, 2017 7:01:51 GMT
That sounds such a confusing way of going about things
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Post by freckles on Feb 9, 2017 9:21:12 GMT
Let me start by saying I am not a regular One Show viewer, but saw Danni Minogue on it tonight and she explained the way the voting would work. Let's see if I understood it... The bands with the most votes each week automatically go through. Of the two bands with the lowest votes the judges will chose their favourite 5 individuals and form a new band from them, with the other 5 going home. This would at least allow for some movement between bands, which is a good thing. But a band with any weak members almost needs to get in the bottom two, in order that they can be re-shuffled. |
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Post by dizzieblonde on Feb 9, 2017 11:39:04 GMT
Let me start by saying I am not a regular One Show viewer, but saw Danni Minogue on it tonight and she explained the way the voting would work. Let's see if I understood it... The bands with the most votes each week automatically go through. Of the two bands with the lowest votes the judges will chose their favourite 5 individuals and form a new band from them, with the other 5 going home. As I suspected, there's going to be some rather weak contestants carried through, owing to the presence of stronger/more popular ones in certain groups. It also puts the reformed groups at huge disadvantages to the other ones, having little time to develop as a group of 5 singers, and work out what their strengths are as a team. The saved groups, even if they are being carried by just one or two popular contestants, get the automatic advantage, even when there are much weaker performers there. I predict lots of complaints of unfairness, owing to this method. |
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Post by steve10086 on Feb 9, 2017 11:46:06 GMT
I'm not defending the process (as I also think it is bizarre!), but Danni did say that forming a new group from the "losers" each week is similar to life in a musical, where an understudy can take a role at any point, and the "band" will have to work as a group with whoever is on stage that night. Which makes some sense, even though I don't think it justifies this process.
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Post by dizzieblonde on Feb 9, 2017 12:15:45 GMT
I'm not defending the process (as I also think it is bizarre!), but Danni did say that forming a new group from the "losers" each week is similar to life in a musical, where an understudy can take a role at any point, and the "band" will have to work as a group with whoever is on stage that night. Which makes some sense, even though I don't think it justifies this process. I call BS on this - why not change all the groups every week, if this is something they're wanting to challenge the contestants with? There will be at least one group who get to the final without ever having dealt with this, because of this elimination method. |
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Post by kathryn on Feb 9, 2017 12:27:19 GMT
Let me start by saying I am not a regular One Show viewer, but saw Danni Minogue on it tonight and she explained the way the voting would work. Let's see if I understood it... The bands with the most votes each week automatically go through. Of the two bands with the lowest votes the judges will chose their favourite 5 individuals and form a new band from them, with the other 5 going home. As I suspected, there's going to be some rather weak contestants carried through, owing to the presence of stronger/more popular ones in certain groups. To be fair, that's how boybands work in real life. |
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Post by steve10086 on Feb 9, 2017 12:52:03 GMT
As I suspected, there's going to be some rather weak contestants carried through, owing to the presence of stronger/more popular ones in certain groups. To be fair, that's how boybands work in real life. lol Yes, Take That being a prime example. Who would vote for Howard or Jason if they'd been on this show?! |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Feb 9, 2017 18:55:05 GMT
To be fair, that's how boybands work in real life. lol Yes, Take That being a prime example. Who would vote for Howard or Jason if they'd been on this show?! Least they paid their taxes... oh wait a minute hang on |
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Post by shady23 on Feb 10, 2017 21:42:31 GMT
I thought the opening number was hideous. Ok it was big, you should be able to make something look spectacular with 40 plus people on stage, but WTF was Minogue doing in it with one of Latoya Jacksons hats on? Striding around barking out statements in that whiny, nasally voice. Dreadful. Also, the tops coming off was cheap on every level. I've just caught up on last week's show. The opening number was a remake of the "making of a boyband" section of Take That's comeback tour. When dancing and singing and a bunch of "boys" were thrown together to form a boy band by a mad scientist (now reworked to be Dannii's bizarre captain character). Source: I am a bit, OK a lot, of a Take That fan girl. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 10, 2017 22:02:23 GMT
Um..... ok  Nice to know there was some some sort of rationale behind it. I suppose.  |
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Post by freckles on Feb 11, 2017 12:36:45 GMT
I thought the opening number was hideous. Ok it was big, you should be able to make something look spectacular with 40 plus people on stage, but WTF was Minogue doing in it with one of Latoya Jacksons hats on? Striding around barking out statements in that whiny, nasally voice. Dreadful. Also, the tops coming off was cheap on every level. I've just caught up on last week's show. The opening number was a remake of the "making of a boyband" section of Take That's comeback tour. When dancing and singing and a bunch of "boys" were thrown together to form a boy band by a mad scientist (now reworked to be Dannii's bizarre captain character). Source: I am a bit, OK a lot, of a Take That fan girl. That's interesting. It did look to have been arranged by someone other than the usual choreographer! Thanks for your TT expertise. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2017 12:50:53 GMT
I hope today's episode will be a bit better than last week's. Last week's was very strange because they had to get rid of 3 guys for every group, which is hard enough to do when there's 8 people singing. But putting an extra band or singer on stage with them made it all very chaotic. I hope we'll just get the bands this time. Is today the first live show by the way or when do they start?
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Post by d'James on Feb 11, 2017 12:56:04 GMT
Yeah I think today is the first live show.
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Post by Steffi on Feb 11, 2017 15:59:04 GMT
Just to say I am a bit of a Take That fangirl too shady23 . ;-) |
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Post by shady23 on Feb 11, 2017 17:35:38 GMT
They're filming something for the show with a Jersey Boys theme and Motown the Musical are filming something else next Friday.
I'm just looking forward for the last show. I don't care who wins but there is likely to be a reunion of a certain band! Well, four of them anyway <faint>
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Post by d'James on Feb 11, 2017 17:38:55 GMT
Is it Scooch??!!! *SCREEEEAAAMMMMM*
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Post by shady23 on Feb 11, 2017 17:43:16 GMT
Oh I hope so!
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 11, 2017 18:47:55 GMT
According to the TV guide there are only 3 live shows - the first being tonight. So it's all over quite quickly - mercifully!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2017 19:09:48 GMT
The opening song medely accapella was good. Riki Lake as the guest judge is a bit odd. She is good but not someone I would expect to be a judge on this I thought it could be someone like Jessie j or someone quite current but we will see how she is.
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 11, 2017 19:16:21 GMT
Watching this live....not out tonight - far too cold!
Iron Sun ( the name is terrible) but despite the poor slot (first) I think they will go through. Good song choice.
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