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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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Daytime talent show, in which contestants are given three minutes to do their act, and win more money the longer they remain on stage (£100 for one minute, £200 for two, and a whopping thousand quid for the full three). The studio audience have voting pads and the contestants are booted off once 50% of the audience have voted to get rid of them. Contests run across a week, with the top two performers from each day going forward to the Friday final. The last act in each regular show is someone from the studio audience who's been nominated by their "friends" and don't know they'll be performing until they are surprised by Brian Conley during the show.
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Daytime talent show, in which contestants are given three minutes to do their act, and win more money the longer they remain on stage (£100 for one minute, £200 for two, and a whopping thousand quid for the full three). The studio audience have voting pads and the contestants are booted off once 50% of the audience have voted to get rid of them. The top two performers from each day go forward to the Friday final, from which two go on to the grand final at the end of the series. The last act in each regular show is someone from the studio audience who's been nominated by their "friends" and don't know they'll be performing until they are surprised by Brian Conley during the show.
There's nothing terribly groundbreaking about this format (in essence it's just a toned-down variant on the classic US format [[The Gong Show]]) but with the daytime light entertainment genre currently going through a mini-boom (''The [[Paul O'Grady]] Show'', [[The Price is Right]], even [[Deal or No Deal]]) it's a neat idea to tap into that market with a talent show, and it works.
There's nothing terribly groundbreaking about this format (in essence it's just a toned-down variant on the classic US format [[The Gong Show]]) but with the daytime light entertainment genre currently going through a mini-boom (''The [[Paul O'Grady]] Show'', [[The Price is Right]], even [[Deal or No Deal]]) it's a neat idea to tap into that market with a talent show, and it works.
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==Theme music==
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Fiz Shapur
==Inventor==
==Inventor==

Revision as of 16:19, 25 August 2006

Contents

Host

Brian Conley

Co-host

Christine Bleakley

Broadcast

Lion TV for BBC Two, 2006

Synopsis

Daytime talent show, in which contestants are given three minutes to do their act, and win more money the longer they remain on stage (£100 for one minute, £200 for two, and a whopping thousand quid for the full three). The studio audience have voting pads and the contestants are booted off once 50% of the audience have voted to get rid of them. The top two performers from each day go forward to the Friday final, from which two go on to the grand final at the end of the series. The last act in each regular show is someone from the studio audience who's been nominated by their "friends" and don't know they'll be performing until they are surprised by Brian Conley during the show.

There's nothing terribly groundbreaking about this format (in essence it's just a toned-down variant on the classic US format The Gong Show) but with the daytime light entertainment genre currently going through a mini-boom (The Paul O'Grady Show, The Price is Right, even Deal or No Deal) it's a neat idea to tap into that market with a talent show, and it works.

Theme music

Fiz Shapur

Inventor

Adam Wood, who also devised Cash Cab.

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