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Post by theatrefan62 on Oct 22, 2023 18:28:01 GMT
I follow on of the dancers in IG. Charlie Tatman, curly hair, lovely smile. I think he was associated with Jac Yarrow a while back which is why I followed him. (Well not literally). Oh thanks haha. Checked him out, don't think it was him but looked a bit like him. Need to rewatch it lol But yeah it's been something on I'm background |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Oct 22, 2023 18:32:42 GMT
I follow on of the dancers in IG. Charlie Tatman, curly hair, lovely smile. I think he was associated with Jac Yarrow a while back which is why I followed him. (Well not literally). Thanks, that lead me to Matt Jordan who I think it was haha |
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Post by alece10 on Oct 22, 2023 18:56:31 GMT
Charlie Tatman is definately one of the dancers as he has posted several pics from filming in Corfu on IG.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Oct 22, 2023 19:05:20 GMT
Charlie Tatman is definately one of the dancers as he has posted several pics from filming in Corfu on IG. Oh yeah he was, just not the one I meant haha |
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Post by longinthetooth on Oct 22, 2023 19:53:14 GMT
Not very inspiring. Thought the girls were better than the boys, but so far haven't spotted anyone I'd want to spend my money on.
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Post by Matt on Oct 22, 2023 19:56:47 GMT
Oh… this is bad 😂😂😂. The boys are awful and the girls aren’t anything special. I’ve never had any interest in mamma Mia in any form and this also isn’t gonna do it for me.
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Post by johartuk on Oct 22, 2023 20:11:44 GMT
It was better than I thought it would be, but I wasn’t keen on it being pre-recorded. The vocals felt too polished (and beefed up with backing vocals).
The judging panel was OK, but I’d have swapped the popstar for one of the male TV casting show successes.
I agree about no-one really standing out yet.
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Post by dontdreamit on Oct 22, 2023 21:03:07 GMT
I saw Craig as Falco earlier in the year at the Peacock and he was excellent vocally- hopefully as the weeks go on and there are fewer contestants we will hear more of their vocals.
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Post by marob on Oct 22, 2023 22:52:17 GMT
I kinda liked it, even if it is just a glorified advert for the show. Though by episode 6 or whatever I’ll probably never want to hear another ABBA song ever again.
Some of the lads weren’t much cop, though as the main requirement for Sky is just to look hot getting changed into a wetsuit that probably doesn’t matter too much.
When would this have been filmed? Saw “gym receptionist (and 2nd job I didn’t catch)” Desmonda as Kim in Miss Saigon a couple of months ago.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 22, 2023 23:56:32 GMT
I hope that they test the final few Sophies out with the Donna they will be working opposite. It is important that they work as a family unit.
The girls seem of a higher quality than the boys. Esme or Maisie would seem the most obvious, traditional casting but we shall see
The boys seem too generic at this stage. Tobias caught my eye and will probably shine more in a better grouping.
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Post by graham on Oct 23, 2023 7:56:40 GMT
When would this have been filmed? Looks like it was mid May - which ties in with the weather problems they had and the lack of visible Barks Bump! |
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Post by ladidah on Oct 23, 2023 8:50:37 GMT
It feels like the judges houses on X Factor.
I don't know why they put everyone through, there are a lot of people they could have cut.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 23, 2023 9:28:48 GMT
When would this have been filmed? Looks like it was mid May - which ties in with the weather problems they had and the lack of visible Barks Bump! Yes Corfu weather can be a bit dodgy in May. I was a rep there many years ago and May was very hit and miss with some storms. |
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Post by justfran on Oct 23, 2023 10:34:56 GMT
Hmm, overall I was disappointed with this. I much preferred the format to previous shows to find Maria/Joseph/Nancy etc. I missed the audition rounds and getting to know the contestants. There was too much screaming and it all seemed too staged. Hopefully it will pick up.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Oct 23, 2023 12:17:03 GMT
If there's a public vote at the end to actually decide, that's a really long time to keep them waiting.
I'd also quite like to have seen some of the earlier selection rounds, just to see why some of these got through!
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Post by winonaforever on Oct 23, 2023 14:06:45 GMT
I hope that they test the final few Sophies out with the Donna they will be working opposite. It is important that they work as a family unit. The girls seem of a higher quality than the boys. Esme or Maisie would seem the most obvious, traditional casting but we shall see The boys seem too generic at this stage. Tobias caught my eye and will probably shine more in a better grouping. I'm only watching it for Toby, I saw him multiple times in Heathers and loved him. I'd like him to win for his sake, but then I'll actually have to go and see him in Mamma Mia, which is REALLY not my sort of show! |
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Post by johartuk on Oct 24, 2023 15:44:18 GMT
It’s still early days, but it all feels a bit too happy and cheerful. Will we see anyone who’s so competitive that they’ll happily sell their own granny (after forcing her to appear in a VT, obviously!) in order to win? Will we have Sophies and Skys with gimlet eyes as they tell us that they’ve wanted to be in Mamma Mia since they were foetuses? Will we have weeping and gnashing of teeth by departing Sophies and Skys as they belt out the farewell song? In fact will there even be a farewell song?
Watching this show does make me long for Graham Norton with just enough snark to stop things getting too saccharin, ALW with his facial expressions during performance not matching his comments afterwards, and the epic farewell songs! The Josephs being stripped of their coats by the other contestants was my favourite, especially when Seamus went rogue and changed the lyrics!
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Post by jaqs on Oct 28, 2023 16:23:13 GMT
Meh, I couldn’t really tell who was singing in a lot of the duets, trios.
Most the lads don’t seem to be very good. I know Sky is the blandest of bland roles so they don’t need to have much about them. But as previously said it would have been good to see some mass audition rounds to see how these were picked.
The girls were a lot better, and most of them could easily play Sophie comfortably.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 28, 2023 16:49:34 GMT
Why are they showing last weeks episode again tonight?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 28, 2023 17:19:01 GMT
ITV always repeat things like this. They haven't worked out that people use catch up services these days!
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Post by theatremiss on Oct 29, 2023 20:34:36 GMT
Did anyone watch tonight’s (29th) episode? I watched some then switched for Strictly. Who went out?
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Post by kz on Oct 29, 2023 20:48:38 GMT
Maddy went out tonight. It's interesting seeing how engineered the process is with the song choices from the very first proper week.
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Post by n1david on Oct 29, 2023 22:27:19 GMT
My main issue with this is that the live performances in the open air sound so produced that they just don't sound like live performances. There's a bunch of reverb on a lot of the performances, where is that coming from? The music is a backing track - are the judges hearing what we are hearing? And not really respecting the judges with their input.
I'm giving it one more week but I think I'm probably out of the rest of this.
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Post by kz on Oct 29, 2023 22:41:26 GMT
There was one moment where the judges clearly winced and, while the singing at that point wasn't great, it didn't quite merit that response. I agree, they can't be hearing the same as us. That said, competition reality TV is my guilty pleasure so I will probably watch right till the end, no matter how awful!
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Post by FairyGodmother on Oct 29, 2023 23:36:46 GMT
It sounded like a backing track, but there is a live band there playing, so I was a bit confused!
I wonder whether the sound quality was a bit variable so they've done some touching up for the television?
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