Why is it..

[pokemon_master]

..That this year's CIN night was aweful..

I know it's for charity, but why couldn't they spring for good entairtainment! I've just watched part 2, and whilst part one was exactly much better it was downright lame! I am glad they broke last years record, but by the sound of things it was only just. They only just got up to £17,000,000 by the end of the night (They have done more, but unfortunately my Sky+ box cut out before I could see the end of it) and so it was a tight scrape to get in money.

There are so many reasons why I disliked it I have to list them:

• The repetitiveness of Part 2. They repeated most of the things from part one, including the appeals. No, I don't want to see the BBC Newsreaders doing a James Bond thing again, it was rubbish the first time.
• BBC Newsreaders doing a James Bond thing. Need I say more? (Also, doesn't that just prove my first point?)
• Most of it was music acts. Last year everyone came and did lots of special things for CIN (Catherine Tate @ Eastenders, Dr. Who special and a lot more; I can't remember most of them) but this year all they did was get a lot of music to try and fill the night out. Why? Everyone knows the quickest way to a person's heart, and therefore their wallet is laughter.
• The lame false advertisements (and they have done this twice in a row now). They advertised things such as Little Britian on there, but did I see Little Britian? NO. In fact, the only offer of LB in the whole show was to be backstage for one of their shows. Two Words: False Advertising.
• No QI charity special on the main show. They got moved to BBC 2 for the night. Isn't the whole point of watching BBC 2 on nights like these because you want to get away from CIN?
• Celebrity Scissorhands ended quickly. They ended with Sharon Osbourne's dog on a chair, and that was it. Lame! The only reason I didn't watch the show (other than I couldn't be bother to) was so that way I could see it on CIN night.
• The emphasis on Radio stars being celebrities (I don't suppose it's their fault; everyone has been doing that lately). If I haven't heard of you (no pun intended) your not famous mate.
• The charity appeals. Now, I am not against them using child cases to advertise their cause, but in most of them I had no clue about what they were giving money to. In fact, most of them were a case of "Everything's fine now. Can we have some more money anyway?"

I think that was it, but there could be more reasons. There were also some goofs:

• On one of the music acts, a guiterist came on late..
• On the 2 pints of lager act, their microphones didn't work so they had to shout!
• On the same act, one of them slides a drink across the bar, and another person fails to catch it.
• And again on the same act, they tried using the kind of trousers that rip straight off. One of theirs didn't and got caught around his ankles!

However, despite all of this there was one good side. Emma Buntons song. Now, whilst I hate the fact she didn't make one up for CIN, she was good at singing it! I loved it, despite the fact the song is old now. I may even download it if I can one day.

Sorry for my long rant. I guess having given money to them I am now entitled to have an opinion now. Rant over..

 

[Sunny Soph]

[*] The repetitiveness of Part 2. They repeated most of the things from part one, including the appeals. No, I don't want to see the BBC Newsreaders doing a James Bond thing again, it was rubbish the first time.
[*] BBC Newsreaders doing a James Bond thing. Need I say more? (Also, doesn't that just prove my first point?)
[*] Most of it was music acts. Last year everyone came and did lots of special things for CIN (Catherine Tate @ Eastenders, Dr. Who special and a lot more; I can't remember most of them) but this year all they did was get a lot of music to try and fill the night out. Why? Everyone knows the quickest way to a person's heart, and therefore their wallet is laughter.
[*] The lame false advertisements (and they have done this twice in a row now). They advertised things such as Little Britian on there, but did I see Little Britian? NO. In fact, the only offer of LB in the whole show was to be backstage for one of their shows. Two Words: False Advertising.
[*] No QI charity special on the main show. They got moved to BBC 2 for the night. Isn't the whole point of watching BBC 2 on nights like these because you want to get away from CIN?
[*] Celebrity Scissorhands ended quickly. They ended with Sharon Osbourne's dog on a chair, and that was it. Lame! The only reason I didn't watch the show (other than I couldn't be bother to) was so that way I could see it on CIN night.
[*] The emphasis on Radio stars being celebrities (I don't suppose it's their fault; everyone has been doing that lately). If I haven't heard of you (no pun intended) your not famous mate.
[*] The charity appeals. Now, I am not against them using child cases to advertise their cause, but in most of them I had no clue about what they were giving money to. In fact, most of them were a case of "Everything's fine now. Can we have some more money anyway?"

Yeah thats really weird, I thought it was great last year, But this year seemed different

 

[catherine]

ITA! Every year we watch this and get into the spirit of things (this year DH raised over £250 by having a sponsored hair cut). However this year we ended up turning it off and going to bed because we were so bored that we were falling asleep!

 

[Minniespal]

I only watched the first few minutes when McFly came on. Looked ok but I'm glad I didn't have to watch 7 hours of it.

 

[Netty]

I felt that the singers/bands were on CiN only to promote their new songs...

 

[Dimplenose]

I was out on Friday so only saw the cast from Wicked which I really enjoyed. Maybe the comedians are saving themselves for Comic Relief in March.

Libby

 

[pokemon_master]

I felt that the singers/bands were on CiN only to promote their new songs...

Ditto. Esp. Jordan..