What a fantastic new television show that has graced our television screens this evening! I have had a bit of a rough week, and this really couldn’t have come at a better time! Popstar to Opera Star has got to be one of the most amazing programmes I have watched this year. It has everything, from popstars (obviously) to graceful music and scary judges.
This evening on ITV1, we saw 8 popstars battle it out to stay in the new competition. They all had to sing songs from Operas, and to be honest, they did blinking amazing! My Dad just sat and criticized and I will develop when the comments become appropriate. I will start with the judges though. On the panel of this sensational new show was Katherine Jenkins, who is very attractive and a fantastic singer. She deserves to be on the panel. Next up was Rolando Villazon. He is, in all honesty, an amazing opera star and has a brilliant voice, but bloody hell, WHAT IS UP WITH THOSE EYEBROWS? They aren’t just bushy, they are long. And his hair is scary! My Dad said he looks like an Oopma Lumpa, which was quite funny. (It was the only funny comment I think.) I permit him to be on the panel. Meat Loaf. Not quite the opera star, but my oh my is he excitable. I have never seen anyone stand up and sit down so often. He gets sooo excited by everything! He adds to the funny factor of the panel. Apparently there is another judge on the panel, which I didn’t notice. That is a lie. I did notice him, I just chose to ignore him because he is such a twat! Laurence Llewelyn-Fricking-Bowen. I’m sorry, but the website says he was a former opera student. Emphasis on FORMER. What does he do now? NOTHING. What did he do prior to that? Prance about in a pink frilly shirt, decorating rooms with cushions. NOT A WORTHY COMPONENT OF THE PANEL!
But obviously, the stars of the evening were…the stars. The vocal talent that swarmed the stage this evening was out of this world. The notes that some of those celebs hit just blew me away! I will role with the running order.
1. Jimmy Osmond – In that man you could see confidence on the outside, but on the inside he was cacking himself. The note that he hit at the end was brilliant though. You could see in the VT (look at me all technical) that he had over practiced and that his voice was getting tired, but he really proved himself on the night. Plus, you can’t beat an Osmond for a smile
2. Kym Marsh – Now I love this lady, (To which my Dad, who watches Corrie with us every time it is on, stated “I know her from somewhere. Is she a news reader?”) but her nerves were way OTT. She definitely has the voice to be an opera star, but she just didn’t use it to her full potential. She could have pushed more on those notes. She had a very poppy voice. You could tell she was using her throat and not her diaphragm, which was a shame, but that will develop as the weeks go on. And didn’t she look fantastic in that dress.
3. Alex James – No. Just no. He wasn’t a good singer in the first place, so why he thought this was a good idea is beyond me. He tried to hard to cover up his dreadful singing with stupid actions and shit. I didn’t enjoy his performance. To his credit, it was a hard song, and he got the words in well, and if he was still in it, he might have been able to work on the notes.
4. Marcella Detroit – Famous for what now? That is besides the point on this one. Her singing was good. It did get a bit waaarbly towards the end, but she used her diaphragm well and her phrasing was excellent, but I can’t help thinking that she wont go far in this competition. I was about to predict where she would come, but I might save that for the end.
5. Danny Jones – Everybody loves the McFly singer. I don’t want to say this, but he will go a long way in this competition. He has a good voice, but it is really suited for pop. However, he did try and he definitely pulled of the Opera star factor and I am proud. As the judges said, he needs to work on transforming his popstar voice to an opera star warble. It was nice to see the McFly boys cheering him on and offering their support.
6. Vanessa White – My Fav. I am an absolute adorer of The Saturdays, and you may believe this to be a biased comment, but BARRY SCOTT SHE WAS GOOD! I am listening to The Sats right now and it is so interesting to her the transformation in her voice. If you listen to her in the band, her voice is still amazing, but on the show, she was PHENOMENAL! The high notes she hit were beautiful and I felt proud to love her. It was like one of those beautiful moments when you see a parent cry as their child graduates uni. I was a proud parent and so were the rest of the girls. Mollie, Rochelle, Una & Frankie were, like McFly, cheering her on and they had some fantastic T-Shirts which I would defo like one of. She did not deserve to be in the bottom two, but she got through which is important. She was already nervous, so I worry that this may have knocked her confidence, but I reckon she will pull through and come out on top
7. Darius – This is where I begun to get bored. I had seen my Ness, and I wasn’t really interested. The number was saved to my phone and put on to speed dial, so I didn’t really mind if I missed these performances. But, I am glad that I watched on. I was quite disappointed with Darius however. My Dad said about him, “He looks like he should be selling me a kebab. And he has the complexion of the very product as well.” Which was amusing, but a little harsh. He didn’t have stage presence. I don’t know if it was just me, but I sat there and though meh. I may have even expressed this sound as well, but meh. He didn’t wow me. He wont make it to the end.
8. Bernie Nolan – Last, but by no mean least, was Bernie. When I watched the VT I did feel that it was a bad move to say that you were bigger than The Beatles. Even if it was just in Japan, it is still a bad move. Wasn’t she adorable though. She came out with some corkers before she performed, but her facial expressions made it for me. Reminded me of the stroke advert, you know the Face, Arms, Speech, Tits advert. Her performance was very good and the comments from the judges were fair and I am looking forward to seeing what she brings to the stage next week
I think that our bottom two next week will be Marcella and Darius. Let’s see if I am right!
Well, there you have it. An hour and a half of my life certainly not wasted on watching 8 celebs attempt to WOW me. Clearly they were only performing to me, and I must say, I was impressed. I predicted that Marcella would go this evening as she wasn’t as grasping as some of the other acts. I was hoping for Alex to leave, but I didn’t think he would, based on the laughs he received from the audience and my Mum, who chuckled in the corner like a mental patient, splashing about in her own piss, sucking on old Pickled Onion Monster Munch she found in her dressing gown pocket (We like to call the straight jackets ‘dressing gowns’ as it makes the residents feel more comfortable!) When Vanessa was in the bottom two I thought ‘Shit. That is 50p I have wasted’ and I was making all sorts of whimpers from my sofa. My heart was beating fast, my throat was dry and when they went back to the public vote, I felt shooting pains up and down my left arm. When they said Vanessa, very quickly for a reality show, no, what I like to call, the Davina occurred, I was so happy I practically punched my Mum with excitement! All in all a good week and I shall be voting again next week, and so should you guys. The number you need to Vote Vanessa is 09011 32 10 06. Please vote and get her to the winners circle
Your tasks for this week readers is to:
- Watch Popstar to Opera Star, ITV1 9pm next Friday.
- Vote Vanessa on 09011 32 10 06.
- In all your tweets you need to put #votevanessa for a TT.
- The Sats have also started a Vote Vanessa campaign in which they create two Vs with whatever possible. Whether it be your fingers, legs or your grandparents, I want to see your best VVs and the best one will feature on next weeks blog
I will try to update this next week at this time, but no guarantees. I don’t like to set a time to write a blog. It is like when I call my Granddad every week. I don’t do it the same time every week, just in case I forget or am just not around, so that he doesn’t worry I have fallen down a well
Until next time, love to you all…Daniel xxx