Scala - Live Electric Violins - Britians Got Talent

They were for their novelty value and that's all ...

BGT is NOT about showcasing talent, it's about sensationalism and Cowes record company exploiting otimism.

The girls have talent, but they were never going to be able to be a 'commercial success'

So, you think I'm cynical ?

Well, before you try to shoot me down in flames go read Ben Elton's book 'Chart Throb' ... it actually set out many of the game plays and strategies used by BOGT

Quotes review of book

" During the initial selection process for Chart Throb, the successful applicants are split into Clingers, Blingers and Mingers – respectively those who'll plead and beg, those who'll boast about their staggering talents, and those whose appearance alone will get a laugh.

After that, every aspect of the show is scripted in advance – from the judges' arguments to who makes the final.

The auditions are a sham, the panel having already decided from video evidence which contestants to see, and what to say about them.

The ugliest wannabes are made up to look as ugly as possible.

The most delusional have their delusions built up by the researchers – so that the judges' destruction of their dreams will be shattering enough to provide great telly.

Anything that doesn't go according to plan is put right in the edit, and even the live finals can be engineered with a spot of judicious song-selection and a horrible costume.

Perhaps sensing there might be readers who'll wonder why he's expending so much moral indignation on a TV programme, Elton does try hard – and often convincingly – to spell out the wider dangers. Shows like Chart Throb, he argues, aren't merely lacking in ideas and substance. They "actually make ideas and substance look boring and stupid". Worse still, they're "part of a society that wants to be Paris Hilton".

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