Hardly shocking that TV talent shows are fixed
but the level of manipulation detailed here is (if true) really quite remarkable. Involves reading
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TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:13,
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hahaha
I was just in the process of posting this
though I went for "Sony exec blows whistle on Britain's Got Talent" for extra comedy headline
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Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:16,
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This story has left me shocked and completely unsurprised in equal measures
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It's a weird feeling isn't it?
I mean, obviously this is all unconfirmed, but...
Well, i don't know if it just rings true, or I just want to believe it to prove everything i've ever suspected.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:37,
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As Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer said on the subject "It's a shit business". He was actually asked to do BGT, he said no.
(, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:56, Reply)
I'm genuinely amazed
Is it Britain's got talent final this weekend?
I had no idea they had started yet another series!
My ability to filter out mainstream shite is working far better than I thought :D
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HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:29,
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having just seen the kid on youtube
he's got an amazing voice (whether its had years of training or not). Shame he chose to take it this route, can't imagine he wouldn't have found success/a career from it normally.
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HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:42,
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:45,
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^^This
That said, I'm heading to te bookies and putting a fiver on Ronan...
(, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:49, Reply)
Just been to Corals
5/2 seems (a) less than generous and (2) suggestive of some fairly hefty wagers having been made already
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TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 14:17,
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The best thing I ever did was move to Spain
now there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to turn the TV on! :P
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sPUNKer do your pictures for nothing get abuse for free, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 13:30,
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the problem is...
the people who need to know this... once they know about it, will completely ignore it...
its like finding proof that there is absolutely no god... it will make atheists feel better, and not change a thing elsewhere....
knowing its all a crock of shit, apparently does nothing to stop people believing in it.
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Haha!
"Scouts working for SYCO first saw Ronan Parke (the 12 year old singer) some two years ago when he was just 10 and was singing at a birthday party for former Norwich City goal-keeper, Bryan Gunn"
That's obviously a prime scouting occasion...
(, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:43, Reply)
And I bet that drunken sot Delia was staggering around in the background,
shouting abuse, befouled knickers round her ankles.
(btw I am a HUGE Delia fan)
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:49,
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I just had a friend who works in "the industry" look at it, he ran it through a filter and it does this...
justpaste.it/c9p
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HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 13:04,
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Ha ha I like this
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ERG1008 is climbing in yo windows & snatchin yo people up, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 13:19,
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Brilliant.
Quite...... brilliant.
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Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Thu 2 Jun 2011, 15:17,
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Heh
My thoughts exactly. Well that, or the actual setup is whoever is second place behind this kid, so destroying his voter base with these allegations will push the person in second up to the top, letting SC market them as a rebellious anti-establishment artist, fighting the system.
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Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 2 Jun 2011, 15:36,
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Haha! Nice!
Well it was all interesting reading and I've no doubt some of it is true if not all, which is why I don't vote, or indeed care who wins, but I will still enjoy the program, it's good TV in the old Variety act stylee, regardless of the ridiculous amount of ads and Simon Cowells clicky fucking pen!
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..wil, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 15:49,
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Hahaha!
I think that sums it all up for me as well
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Jahled Three shades of black, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 16:12,
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i bet assange is well annoyed
He didnt get the exclusive on this one!
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this reminds me of what is supposed to happen in Angry Boys
...which is Chris Lilley's (Summer Heights High, We Can Be Heroes) new series, currently airing in oz. downloadable from loads of torrent sites.
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Spunky McPunk not dead yet, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 13:20,
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No surprise on my face,
but the sheeple that are already brainwashed by the show will just assume it's all lies and carry in watching, supporting and sending them money by phoning in.
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Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Thu 2 Jun 2011, 14:51,
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I just don't give a fuck
tell me a real election is being fraudulently manipulated, and you'll get my interest. Who care if some blatantly commercial talent show, which make no bones about pushing the shit artists on it's label, is doing something else commercial and manipulative?
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 16:01,
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Removed
But here's another source:
posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/litmanlive/W8Rlr26SKTz92GmVWvJ7408nP2NvSHRcNNAu6eIKHpi4qecDYB6Im1Ra5bDa/c8g-justpasteit.pdf
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Mx-Dr Trying to be somewhere between an ape and a robot., Sat 4 Jun 2011, 1:59,
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Now it just reads this:
"Removed due to a claim from Simco Limited ("Syco") and Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited ("Sony")."
I didn't have a chance to read the article but now I can't help but think whatever it did say had more credibility based on the fact that Sony didn't want you reading it.
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shovelboy This is bad - Two minutes to Belgium, Sat 4 Jun 2011, 2:00,
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I neither agree nor disagree...
iamjamesward.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/syco/
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I think it would be kinda impossible
To pull of such a manipulative feat, even by Syco's standards.
Ofcom would be watching that phone vote very carefully after past allegations.
As an alternative view........What if you had put a bet on someone with Longer odds and decided to make the public feel disgust about the favourite?.....Just a thought.I can see no other reason for the tirade of accusation and finger pointing of creative homosexuality.
If the original post was written by a Sony Exec - I'm Darth Vader!
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