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Current mood:  hot Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Sorry I've been neglecting my blog - but tonight I just had to come back here and post today's experience.
Those of you in the states would already be familiar with the highly successful NBC gameshow Identity www.nbc.com/identity Well, the programme has crossed over to the UK and BBC is currently recording the first series. And as a D-list (or more Z-list) celeb I was invited to be on the show. At first they were going to use my 'identity' as a BBC children's TV star (a bit of an exaggeration but I was in Numberjacks) but they got another BBC children's TV presenter recently, so they used 'appeared in a Madonna video' instead.
The filming was at the 3sixty Studios in Manchester and I was really looking forward to it - I've seen the American version online and it looked like great fun. And boy it was a TOTAL anticlimax. Where do I begin?
Firstly, the format of the game was dumbed down. Whatever for? In the US version, you have one life line which allows you to get away with one mistake, and after that, one wrong answer and it's game over. In the UK version, you merely take a step down the money ladder with each wrong answer.
In the US version, one stands to win $500,000 a cool half a million bucks - in the UK, the top prize is just £10,000 (approx. US$20,000). If it's any consolation, we've got Donny Osmond presenting the show instead of that fat guy in the US version. Whooppee. Go on Donny, do Soldier Of Love for us, I'm old enough to remember that one.
Anyway, game shows like that are only fun when the contestants are good. In my episode, we had a really really thick guy. Two of the "identities" included: "Mensa member" and "Freemason". And he turned to Donny and asked, "where's Mensa? What's a Freemason?"
This thicko contestant kept making wrong guesses and his best friend, girlfriend and brother were equally thick. Especially the girlfriend. And he thought I was a member of a heavy metal rock band. Yeah right. Which one? Lordi? Metallica? Iron Maiden? Guns 'N' Roses? I mean, do I even look vaguely like someone who could even own an Iron Maiden CD? Actually I do have a Metallica CD somewhere, I bought the single for Enter Sandman in 1991. Folly of youth. I much prefer Dannii Minogue and Scooch to heavy metal really.
Anyway, the series is coming out in late August. According to the crew, this guy was not the worst yet - they've had far worse contestants. Now this is really bad TV. Nobody wants to scream at their TV sets at dinner time saying, "YOU THICK THICK THICK BASTARD, HOW COMPLETELY IDIOTICALLY RETARDED AND DUMB ARE YOU?" No, you'll wanna see someone who's stunningly intelligent impress you with their knowledge and skill in these game shows and win the big prize. Do they ever screen these contestants? Shouldn't they ask questions like, "Are you a total idiot? Are you devoid of common sense and basic reasoning skills?"
But hey, if everyone who takes part is really that good, then they'll have to give out loads more prize money. Maybe this is why they are deliberately inviting these really stupid thickos to take part.
Alex
6:52 AM
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