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Originally Posted by Patrick
(Post 4296800)
LOL No.
It's just another silly ******ing American show that they stole from us, got it into their heads that the rest of the UK wants to see how awesome and amazing they are - so they air it on a silly channel over here - when no one gives a ******.
Because they know our versions is 10 times better but don't want to loose ratings in the US versions.
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Not stolen but purchased. It brings a lot.. i mean a LOT of cash money into the UK television and entertainment world.
Having said that, yes, it does seem like nearly everything on US television is the USA version of ___ Burnett or Cowell or ___ some British program.
Then again, wasn't Big Brother Dutch? Wasn't 'Survivor' originally Dutch too.. or what was it.. 'Modern Swiss Family'??
As a rule the UK versions really are better. BB UK is just a whole entire level beyond the US ones.
BGT has been much better.... however.... i have to say it... I think AGT has been better this year!
This season.
Can't explain it but it has been better imo. BGT just kinda went nowhere for me.
They seem to have 'caught their stride' now. Mandel is turning out to be a hit. Piers is great. Really playing up the gimmicks well.
Wanna mention something here:
- One thing I DID love about BGT was that audiences WERE realistic and didn't leap from seats in tears at every slight 'journey' or high note. This is what makes a Susan Boyle or a Paul Potts genuine feel-good moments.
- One thing I hated about AGT was the over-the-top smarmy buttering of nearly EVERY act... the heart-wrenching backstories need only be a single mother or 'unpopular in school' to turn the USA audiences into a weeping mess,
THEN,
the contestant only needed to sing (or dance or play) semi-decent for less than 5 seconds before THE AUDIENCE ROARS AND CRIES LEAPING TO THEIR FEET IN TEARS ALMOST FAINTING AT THE LITTLE NOBODY WHO WON THE HEARTS OF AMERIC....
...FFS just calm down America. Really.
But there is the thing now:
BGT Audiences are the ones doing that at every act now.
- American audiences are now getting a bit more savvy and real.
So AGT just might be the top man this year.
*in fairness I've already seen the first 2 or 3 or whatever episodes. So no spoilers.
Paper Cup Man FTW!