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Britain’s Got Talent

Doctor Who thing of the day: Dalek impersonator Martyn Crofts

Tue, May 08, 2012
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From ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent…

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‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Closing Time”

Sat, Oct 01, 2011
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Daleks and Slitheen are more plausible than “I speak baby.”

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has Ronan Parke been prechosen as the winner of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’? are reality talent shows fixed? do you need to ask?

Thu, Jun 02, 2011
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An anonymous Sony exec reveals just how micromanaged and staged Britain’s Got Talent is… if we can believe it…

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question of the day: Did we get punked by Simon Cowell on this Susan Boyle thing?

Mon, Apr 20, 2009
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I don’t watch American Idol or similar shows — because I hate the Gong Show-style exercises in humilation they seem designed to be, and even at their best, it’s still just a bunch of bland pop singers — but it’s been impossible to avoid hearing about Susan Boyle, the Scottish woman who apparently startled Simon … more…

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