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some 20,000 wannabes from up and down the land will flock to the auditions. ordinary workers from all walks of life, who wish to escape the rat-race for ever.
from these, the jury must pare the numbers right down to 10 hopefuls.
each week, the contestants have to take on a really grotty job and
make a fair fist of it, with a display of flair and individuality: jobs like lumberjack encyclopaedia brittanica salesman fast food operative taxi driver famous magicians publicist construction worker pig farmer ballet dancer grease dumpster emptying guy that person who has to desemenate a bull proctologist
at the end of their ordeal, they must face the jury, who will undermine the skills and talent exhibited, with rude sarcasm and rapier wit. however, a baying television audience controls the final votes.
the winning contestant receives a massive cash prize, new car, luxury holiday in Hawaii and a lifetimes supply of chocolate digestives. every week there are floods of tears and dashed dreams that occasionally make this show uncomfortable viewing - but it is a timely reminder of how early retirement with a full pension whilst retaining your compos mentis and a full set of teeth is an almost unattainable dream.
Another article about the Arab show
http://www.hollands...new_081903053.shtml Because krelnik's link didn't work right, for me. [Vernon, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Sam should have won by a mile...
http://www.itv.com/popidol/bios_sam.stm [po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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This is almost too real. Oh wait, there's good stuff at the end. |
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Some of those seem like distinctly
ungrotty jobs - maybe that's just
because I'm unemployed... |
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which one do you fancy doing then, hippo? |
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(Some translation for Americans: "grot" is British slang for dirt or grime, and "Pop Idol" is the original title of what you know as "American Idol"). |
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thank you krelnik. I thought yours was called the same :) |
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What do egyptians from Port Said call their regional version of Pop Idol, I wonder? |
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(first one to guess the correct answer gets a big orange) |
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// C'mon, at least give them some real suck-ass jobs: // |
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Nope [waugs]. Not even close. |
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See my last anno. I like your answer though. Quite surreal. Just made me choke on my tea. |
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Actually, there is an Arab world version of "Pop Idol," it just wrapped up a few weeks ago. It is called "Superstar". See link. |
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I'll give you all a clue. It's a feeble pun on how I feel after watching one of these shows. |
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+ Instead of just a regular cash prize they should give you a million-dollar contract to do one of the jobs for a year. |
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Aw. You spoil all my fun you do [waugsqueke]. |
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Alright . It was Suez Idol. |
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(but proctologist would work too) |
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<SC>Dont take this the wrong way but I prefer you when I close my eyes</SimonCowell not StarChaser> |
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Telemarketer... sorry ;-) |
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<Thinks that "American Idol" has certainly not replaced "Pop Idol" in most vocabularies.> |
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The mexican version is called "Pop stars" (yes, in english). |
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But we claim we're an ideologically independant country. |
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If I could bash out all my teeth and lose my mind right now, would you give me the prize? And what the hell do I need the digestive biscuits for? Oh, bikkies. Sorry, my un-England mind took a minute on that one. Yes please, as well as a lifetime supply of Jamaican ginger cake from Sainsbury's. |
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Oh, and I'd like to be David Blaine's publicist. I could use the hamburgers. |
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even the //that person who has to desemenate a bull
// ? |
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let this programme be the end of all talent shows. woowoo. croissant po! |
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how come the US has had 3 Pop Idols when we are just concluding our 2nd and we started the event? |
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Because we overdo everything until everyone is sick of it, then we move on to the next thing. |
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thats a shame. less is more in my mind. |
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by the way - thank you for the link, Vernon. you don't do that very often. |
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congratulations to Michelle. |
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