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What are you watching on TV? Page 256

Any and all London-ness is pretty.

Although, mostly north of the river. If we're honest.

Quote: Richard Wells @ August 10 2008, 10:26 PM BST

Wikipedia can explain the show better than me

The studio audience of 100 people all attempt to sing to win a potential jackpot of £50,000. In the first round, all 100 people sing along to a song, but five performances of the song are selected at random and judged by a super computer called SAM (short for Sound Analysis Machine). The two that score the highest go through to a "pitch battle", for a place in the semi-final round.

These two will then pick a song each from a "karaoke songbook", and will then perform it. The main idea of the game it to hit and hold the "hot notes", as close to the original song as possible. The one who scores the highest out of 100 goes through to the semi-final round. This is repeated for both the second pitch battle and the semi-final round.

The winner of the semi-final round, then goes forward to the final. They are given a choice of five songs and can sing at maximum three of them. For the first song, they score 40 or more to win £5,000, the second song is worth £25,000 if they score 60 or higher, and the third song is worth the £50,000 jackpot, if they score 80 or more. After the second and third songs, the finalist is given the choice to take the money they've got at that stage or gamble. If they gamble and fail to reach the score target, they leave with nothing.

Oh right then. I thought the audience gave the scores.

That computer is really shit isn't it!

Quote: David Chapman @ August 10 2008, 10:49 PM BST

Oh right then. I thought the audience gave the scores.

That computer is really shit isn't it!

Well yes and no.

They already said you don't need to be the best singer to get the higher score.

Something that was very evident Saturday night lol.

Quote: Richard Wells @ August 10 2008, 10:59 PM BST

Well yes and no.

They already said you don't need to be the best singer to get the higher score.

Something that was very evident Saturday night lol.

god no that chick that won was tone deaf

the studet was cute though;)

Quote: Gavin @ August 10 2008, 11:00 PM BST

god no that chick that won was tone deaf

the studet was cute though;)

And DVO too of course!

Quote: David Chapman @ August 10 2008, 11:08 PM BST

And DVO too of course!

oh god no.

ok i'm thick as shit, what does DVO mean ?

Quote: Richard Wells @ August 10 2008, 11:28 PM BST

ok i'm thick as shit, what does DVO mean ?

Denise Van Outan

Oh of course.

She's pretty hot for a common Essex bird lol.

Tell you what, I was watching How To Look Good Naked on E4 earlier. It was one from the first series and it's astonishing how that programme's raised its game. In those days all you saw was a bit of bum, now they have to strip off in Oxford Street and Bluewater. At this rate, two series from now they'll come round to your house and thrust their tumpsies in your face.

"Tumpsies"? Do you mean boobies?

No, front bottoms.

Tell us more of your exotic language, Bandage!!

See, it's exotic to you, but it's the ordinary and everyday in my world.

A biffer's tumpsy would be known as a "glumpsy".

o_O

Are these north words, or just the world of Graham?

I reckon you're just making them up as you go along.

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