Possibly the worst idea ever.
My new and exciting friend Andrew Ward sent me this and I have to blog about it for two reasons, those two reasons being:
1) It pretty much defies comprehension and
2) I accidentally drank an espresso martini just before bed last night and have barely slept. LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES, PEOPLE.
Anyhow.
'Talkers battle to be the Bloggy Idol
THOSE who blog about their passions and gripes are needed for a new show launched by Channel V and MySpace.
Blog Party will merge online video blogs with TV by screening two-minute web blogs for 30 minutes each night on the Pay-TV music channel.
Viewers vote for their favourite blog, and those with the most public support can win $100 cash and prize packs.
On a recruitment campaign for content, executive producer Angela Beal said people had submitted "revealing" blogs to the MySpace site.
"There's no major censorship on content so anything goes ... but we won't show anything too sexually explicit or violent that isn't tasteful," she said.
"We just want an environment on TV where ordinary people are the celebrities who can express themselves."
People without recording facilities can make a video at face-to-face auditions.
"We will have two cameras set up where people can easily record their blog," she said.
The show will air weeknights from January 22 at 8pm. Visit www.myspace.com/channelv'
Yes, it's actually called 'Blog Party'.
Jesus christ. Whose brainchild was this? Don't people realise that the majority of bloggers look like this guy
'Mind if I...blog?'
and shouldn't be allowed out of the house without an electronic ankle bracelet and a promise to cease loitering near primary schools? Why would anyone want to see what we look like when we're unleashing our inner idiot on the greater interweb world?
Most of the time when I blog I am done up like a demented 50's housewife in an oversize man's Bluey and a headscarf. The idea of grinning gamely into a camera so the teenlettes of channel V can be privy to my dementia is frankly horrifying. TOO FAR, MEN AND WOMEN OF MUSIC TELEVISION.
291 days til the next election.
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If I was going to demean myself by appearing on 'Blog Idol' I'd want more prize money than a paltry $100, too!
is that the second coffee martini? or the same one from about a week ago and you still haven't slept?
take care of yourself, ms fits.
WHY DO I HAVE TO CEASE THE LOITERING NEAR THE KIDDIES?
I'M NOT HURTING ANYONE!
I so look like 'that guy'.
How is a Expresso Martini made?
I want one?
Is andrew ward statler? Or waldorf?
I am watching channel v at the moment actually, they have many many ads for the blog party. Not so many photos of "that guy" though.
I think that might be what is referred to as "network bias"
Surely there's a limit to how camera-worthy we find people typing and going
"Heh. Heh heh heh".
And also, what the hell does this mean:
"but we won't show anything too sexually explicit or violent that isn't tasteful"
In other words, "snuff away...as long as it's TASTEFUL".
we get to blog snuff now? Sweet.
As long as you don't get blood on the keyboard, Ms Fits.
Be careful.
Or at least lay down some plastic.
It's video weblogs. Yawn. Does tv really need more fake teenagers sitting round complaining cause their dad didn't let them go to a party, or dancing like a demented monkey on heat to a bad RnB track?
I think not.
Ms Fits, I think it might be time to have a few more espresso martinis, if only to celebrate Vanstone being dumped.
Now I am worried though. The Workplace Relations dude as Immigration Minister?
Dear Ms Fits,
I am deeply offended that you have used my picture on your blog.
You have breached copyright using my image.
You shall remove it at once, or you will be hearing from my lawyers.
Love
BLL
"Don't people realise that the majority of bloggers look like this guy [sad photograph] and shouldn't be allowed out of the house without an electronic ankle bracelet and a promise to cease loitering near primary schools?"
And that's how you met your new and exciting (and adorable) friend Andrew Ward?
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"The trouble-plagued immigration minister was sacked from cabinet and is now tipped for an overseas diplomatic posting"
I'm not any muppets sadly.
This Lady has missed my favorite bits;
"This week Channel V producer Josh Martin has been in the Melbourne CBD bar the Phoenix tracking talent.
Karolina Velayuthen, 27, of Richmond said she should be on because she was positive and "passionate about new things"."
Ward.
i'm every muppet*.
it's all in me.
*with a particularly noticeable Beaker streak, tempered with a dash of Animal.
21st century culture just died a little bit more. Didn't famous people used to be interesting, or at least good at something?
One thing about the "War cabinet" is that J-Ho is obviously concerned about the election. This can only be a good thing, I feel.
Better idea for a show.
We get 12 bloggers and week by week we vote them out until the remaining one is killed in a snuff blog post.
Spam, spam, spam...
Re: Vanstone and an oversea's posting.
I think Amanda would be well suited to Somalia right now. I mean what could go wrong? a) It's already a disaster area so Little Amanda could do limited damage and b) It's a disaster area and if we're lucky someone might shot her or dismember her with a machete.
Hmmm, I do like combining politics and snuff in a comment...
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