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Britain's
Got Talent is a British television show on ITV (also on TV3 in
Ireland), and part of the Got Talent series. Presented by Ant &
Dec, it is a search for Britain's next best talent act, featuring
singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other talents of all
ages.
The show was originally planned to air in 2005 (before
America's Got Talent) and be presented by Paul O'Grady. However, after
O'Grady's defection to Channel 4 for The Paul O'Grady Show, O'Grady
refused to appear in another ITV show, so the series was put on hold
after just one rehearsal show
Anyone who believed they have
talent was encouraged to audition. The winner of both series received
£100,000 and are given the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety
Performance in front of members of the Royal Family.
The live
finals are broadcast from Fountain Studios in Wembley, which is the
same studio as Britain's Got Talent's sister show, The X Factor.
The
show's secondary theme song is "Lux Aeterna" (originally from the movie
Requiem for a Dream), which is used to create tension.
The first
series of the talent show premiered on 9 June 2007, and was broadcast
daily with a live final on 17 June 2007, revealing Paul Potts as the
first winner. The second series began on 12 April 2008. The final was
aired on May 31, 2008, and was won by George Sampson. The third series
began on 11 April 2009.
The series made its début soon after the
conclusion of its U.S. counterpart, America's Got Talent, and is the
creation of The X Factor creator and Pop Idol/American Idol judge Simon
Cowell who has created a Got Talent series across the globe. On 12
February 2007 it was announced by ITV the judges would be Simon Cowell,
Piers Morgan (who had also judged America's Got Talent), and Amanda
Holden (a late replacement for Cheryl Cole). Originally the judge
line-up would have been Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and David Hasselhoff,
from America's Got Talent. In a similar fashion to The X Factor, the
show has an ITV2 counterpart called Britain's Got More Talent,
presented by magician and former CITV presenter, Stephen Mulhern.
The
show was originally planned to air in 2005 (before America's Got
Talent) and be presented by Paul O'Grady. However, after O'Grady's
defection to Channel 4 for The Paul O'Grady Show, O'Grady refused to
appear in another ITV show, so the series was put on hold after just
one rehearsal show.
stunningly handsome, yet reserved, duke. A roguish sailor whose quick wit and biting sarcasm hide an underlying passion. A charming prince whose love is not bound by society’s barriers. The insubstantial cotton candy of the dreams of lonely teenage girls and single women alike. Such are the typical heroes of romance novels, the men upon whom writers heap their own desires and ideals, the men who are so puffed up with varying women’s wants and needs that were they to be poked, they would deflate into nothingness.
The most obvious and superficial trait of a romance novel’s hero undoubtedly and invariably springs to the mind first: good looks. In an imaginary world where impossible meetings become merely fortunate coincidences, the man must be handsome; he must have eyes like the sea after a storm and an unruly lock of hair that the heroine forever wants to brush to the side with her hand. He must be thin as well as muscular with perfectly defined abs and pecs that are unmistakable should he happen to be swimming or to be doing grueling work on a farm or field. Although not always described as a demi-god, the man must have something about his looks that catches the eye, that makes girls stop and stare, that makes him irresistible.
The other obvious trait the hero must possess is intelligence. A man with looks as his only attribute will never truly capture prolonged admiration and love from the typical girl found in romance novels. No, she dreams of a man who, from his finely sculpted mouth, utters words of wisdom. She dreams of a man who can stand his own in any intellectual discussion but who avoids the pompousness of many an older and fatter man. If the man does not possess the wisdom of a distinguished university, he will invariably possess a wit and cunning that compensates for his lack of formal education. To possess both handsomeness and intelligence, however, is to meet the absolute minimum requirements for a hero in the “dog-eat-dog” world of fluffy romances.
He has brains and brawn; what else could possibly be left? Clearly, he must also have the initiative, and the charm, to elicit more than an admiring glance from the heroine. He must have the self-confidence as well as the interest and utter lack of scruples to ignore any other prior attachments the woman may have. If the hero were concerned with propriety, the story line would go nowhere. The hero will most often possess a seeming brazenness that will impress the heroine despite her claims to the contrary, a boldness that she admires despite her feigned shock.
To these three rather common characteristics of a romance novel’s hero, a little spice can be added through some other traits that are not quite as universal; he could be a lady’s man, possess a strong and fiery temper, or even be from a foreign country. Quite frequently in romance novels, the protagonist will be able to woo all the ladies he could possibly want, except one, and this exception to the general rule of swooning females attracts the hero’s attention. It becomes his goal to woo her when she is really wooing him. Often alongside the “lady’s man” persona comes a fiery temper or an ill-contained passion. The hero may engage in lively disputes and heated arguments, and thus the chemistry between the two characters is made. The author cleverly exploits the fine line between love and hate to make a hero worthy of his or her readers’ fantasies. To put the cherry on the romance-hero sundae, the author need only make the man a foreigner; there is something about a soft Irish brogue that makes any man more attractive, sending girls into countless swoons.
In romance novels, the hero is quite consistently and quite shamelessly given the major traits most women would have their ideal man possess. Their bodies are puffed up like Schwartzenager and their minds like Shakespeare. No man from the real world could completely fit into these sugary fantasies of the impossible, and putting a romance novel’s hero next to a regular guy is like placing the blown-up frog balloon from Shrek, distorted beyond recognition, next to an ordinary frog. Although both are undeniably frogs, one is formed in such a way that it could never conceivably exist. After a visit to the cotton candy world of the romance novel, perhaps it is best for women to simply brush their teeth and then go for a thick, juicy steak.
