Who Watches This Stuff?

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I made the mistake of watching Australia's got Talent, and they had an average magic act, (yeah, another one) of an Asian lady and a pretty crappy hand puppet.

She made it sing, something average, and to be honest, if this was on the Muppet Show, l would have turned it off, within 10 seconds!

But what was really weird was the judges acted like it was the best thing they have seen!!!!

From what my brother told, me, (he works for a commercial tv station) it isn't uncommon for a British act, to be acted out or faked in other countries, in order to get some cheap, ratings!

The ratings for this stuff must be on the incline, least l hope so....


The first two looked good, but the third, no, too many scotches!


Yet again last act was good visually, but crap!

Free tv at it finest, groan....

But Australia is getting yet another new tv station, since the 20 or so we currently have aren't enough.

More crap, l guess, but they are playing Gravity so that is one show l could watch again, yeah, l know, a bit stupid here and there, but it has its moments!

  • Profile picture of the author trader99
    same idiots that spend all day on forums/blogs/facebook..
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  • Profile picture of the author salegurus
    My Stepmother, she's glued to the TV when any of these talent shows are on....
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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      Originally Posted by trader99 View Post

      same idiots that spend all day on forums/blogs/facebook..
      Yes, should have guessed from the screaming teenage girls in the audience!

      Originally Posted by salegurus View Post

      My Stepmother, she's glued to the TV when any of these talent shows are on....
      Yep, my Mother is also, she wanted me to watch one of the acts with her, but l had seen it all before!

      She also said something about screaming into the night if another magic act appears.

      So after 10 years of this dribble, maybe, the die hard fans are getting tired of it!

      I was tired of it after l could barely hear the act over several stupid screaming girls on the audience!

      Well, that and hearing about an act in the UK version, with the judges who hit their buzzers repeatedly, and went a bit overboard for some ratings.

      Then the AU, version did exactly the same thing, basically BS'ed for a money grab.


      Yep, hard to tell if the judges are sensire or just putting on an act to make a buck!

      But either way, the constant stream of 20+ year olds, saying "l love this, so l need to win" groan, no idea!

      Maybe l should start saying l love ceramics, so l deserve to win Tatts!


      I know that Dancing with the Stars, AU, is suffering, ratings wise, so there is hope that people are finally getting over this!

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  • Profile picture of the author Oziboomer
    Yes it's true...

    Free to air TV in Oz has died.

    Apart from the limited current content the National broadcaster ABC puts out there is little quality.

    Thank G for ABC with Adam Hills, Gruen Transfer, Catalyst, Sherlock, Lateline...after that it get's hard to think of anything...oh...the footy finals...otherwise na..nada...nich....no....nothing...well apart from a few glimmers like Jack Irish, the weekly or black comedy...

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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      Originally Posted by Oziboomer View Post

      Yes it's true...

      Free to air TV in Oz has died.

      Apart from the limited current content the National broadcaster ABC puts out there is little quality.

      Thank G for ABC with Adam Hills, Gruen Transfer, Catalyst, Sherlock, Lateline...after that it get's hard to think of anything...oh...the footy finals...otherwise na..nada...nich....no....nothing...well apart from a few glimmers like Jack Irish, the weekly or black comedy...
      ABC, on tv Wi Fi, it used to be jam packed with good stuff, but now!!!

      Frickin wasteland!


      And as for channel 10 and Zero, impossible to get anymore with a normal stand alone tuner, you need a Freeview tuner to get them, or other new device!

      And Freeview, sometimes it works and other times,.....no, we get the message loud and clear, unless we are shareholders or pay $100 a month for Foxtel, forget it!

      No, if Foxtel goes bankrupt, then free tv's clock will go back to the 90's, or before the elite F*** it all up!

      I watched the Odd Couple movie a short while ago, after waiting 13 years for these creatures!


      Forgot how funny it was!

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