Fame Academy

**Joined:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:36 pm **Warnings:** 0

Anyone else watching this? I probably shouldn't admit it but I absolutely *beep* love it...it's so much better than The X Factor or anything else like that. And now Claudia Winkleman is presenting it, it's even better!

**Joined:** Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:27 pm **Warnings:** 0

daniel4389 wrote:

Anyone else watching this? I probably shouldn't admit it but I absolutely *beep* love it...

No, you shouldn't admit it! Which 'celebrities' are in it this year?

**Joined:** Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:15 am **Warnings:** 0

Claudia Winkleman is awesome.

I'm not watching the show but I hope that Ray Stubbs wins, simply because the idea of Ray Stubbs standing on stage and singing makes me laugh.

**Joined:** Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:12 pm **Warnings:** 0

It is better than the rest of the music shows but they're *beep* anyway.

Ill probably end up watching it though....

**Joined:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:42 pm **Warnings:** 0

I am watching it

whilst surfing the Internet

**Joined:** Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:04 pm **Warnings:** 0

Tim Vine - legend, anyone else remember "Whittle"?

**Joined:** Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:27 pm **Warnings:** 0

I do! It was rather good.

**Joined:** Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:12 pm **Warnings:** 0

I just saw VENTRESS!!!!!!

Which one of your many reality show apperances is this, VENTRESS?

**Joined:** Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:12 pm **Warnings:** 0

Tim, Rowland or Ray to win!

**Joined:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:42 pm **Warnings:** 0

I do remember Whittle I used to watch it on five every night when it was on

**Joined:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:36 pm **Warnings:** 0

I loooooooove Fame Academy. The first series, and the first Comic Relief one they did (with DOON MACKICHAN, officially the best person ever) are like DOND from March '06 to me...I'm so glad it's back. I even went to see the tour of the first one when I was about 13. :oops:

I don't like that one of them is voted off immediately, though...I want them all to stay! But I guess I'll have to choose Tim Vine or that Scottish guy.

**Posted:** Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:55 pm **Author:** Will **Post subject:**

Power5 wrote:

Tim Vine - legend, anyone else remember "Whittle"?

No, put on your whittle mask...

I love Fame Academy, I was gutted when the BBC dropped the original series.. There were some awesome singers on the first two series.

**Joined:** Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:44 pm **Warnings:** 0

Shaun Williamson & Tricia Penrose were by far the 2 best singers of this evening and should stay in

**Joined:** Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:04 pm **Warnings:** 0

bluewater wrote:

I do remember Whittle I used to watch it on five every night when it was on

For anyone not familiar with Whittle, it was an ultra-low budget quiz show that Tim Vine hosted in the very early days of Channel 5 - the idea being to "whittle" 100 contestants - who also formed (part of/all of?) the audience - down to one winner, through a series of multiple choice questions.

The top prize was a blue-tastic £500 (this was the pre-Millionaire era remember) and the show was full of corny catchphrases and Whiteleyesque puns (Tim Vine for next Countdown host - the campaign starts here!) Those getting a question wrong were knocked out and had to wear a "Whittle mask", they also had the "four to follow" who they had selected at the start as the most likely winners, and invariably did really crap. One of the memories of my student days!

**Posted:** Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:20 pm **Author:** Rhyd **Post subject:**

Some of them really were terrible tonight :lol:

but at least they were slightly entertaining.

**Posted:** Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:33 pm **Author:** Simon F **Post subject:**

Power5 wrote:

bluewater wrote:

I do remember Whittle I used to watch it on five every night when it was on

For anyone not familiar with Whittle, it was an ultra-low budget quiz show that Tim Vine hosted in the very early days of Channel 5 - the idea being to "whittle" 100 contestants - who also formed (part of/all of?) the audience - down to one winner, through a series of multiple choice questions.

The top prize was a blue-tastic £500 (this was the pre-Millionaire era remember) and the show was full of corny catchphrases and Whiteleyesque puns (Tim Vine for next Countdown host - the campaign starts here!) Those getting a question wrong were knocked out and had to wear a "Whittle mask", they also had the "four to follow" who they had selected at the start as the most likely winners, and invariably did really crap. One of the memories of my student days!

Of course, Whittle was just Everybody's Equal with masks. Funny that this has been mentioned as it's been up for discussion on Bother's Bar this week, complete with youtube video of Chris Tarrant pre-Millionaire.

**Posted:** Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:39 pm **Author:** Will **Post subject:**

Power5 wrote:

bluewater wrote:

I do remember Whittle I used to watch it on five every night when it was on

For anyone not familiar with Whittle, it was an ultra-low budget quiz show that Tim Vine hosted in the very early days of Channel 5 - the idea being to "whittle" 100 contestants - who also formed (part of/all of?) the audience - down to one winner, through a series of multiple choice questions.

The top prize was a blue-tastic £500 (this was the pre-Millionaire era remember) and the show was full of corny catchphrases and Whiteleyesque puns (Tim Vine for next Countdown host - the campaign starts here!) Those getting a question wrong were knocked out and had to wear a "Whittle mask", they also had the "four to follow" who they had selected at the start as the most likely winners, and invariably did really crap. One of the memories of my student days!

Now I think about it, it was like a *beep* 1 vs 100 wasn't it?

**Joined:** Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:04 pm **Warnings:** 0

Will wrote:

Now I think about it, it was like a *beep* 1 vs 100 wasn't it?

In money terms yes, much more entertaining though!

**Joined:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:36 pm **Warnings:** 0

Ogh I *beep* love Fame Academy.

I predict:

Bottom three - Linda, Tim, Miranda

Judges save Linda (even though she was *beep* *beep*...they like her)

Students save Tim

Miranda goes. She's sweet but really, really crap. I'd rather someone boring like Shaun or Tricia went, though. (Yeah I know they're the best singers...but that isn't really the point...)

**Joined:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:36 pm **Warnings:** 0

daniel4389 wrote:

I predict:

Bottom three - Linda, Tim, Miranda

Two out of three ain't bad...and I predicted the right person to go. Poor Miranda...she was *beep* rubbish and absolutely deserved to go, but I still loved her.

I'm now addicted to the live streaming on BBCi...I fear that I may have to quit school so I can just sit at home and watch them rehearsing all day. And I'm also in love with Angellica.

Fame Academy is the best thing ever. *cough*evenbetterthandond*cough*

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