Tuesday 11 September 2012

Team GB: Great Britain or Gary Barlow? Reality TV vs. The Olympics

After a summer of amazing sport and probably the only time I have been proud to be British (excluding Royal events), I suffering from POPS  - Post Olympics and Paralympics Syndrome.  I know I have the last two weeks of my favourite programmes to try a fill a bit of the gaping hole the Games have left me with, but it’s also back to watching either cooking or home improvement programmes during my lunchtime in the work canteen and depressing local news when I get home.

Instead of super-fit Olympians achieving their dreams after years of hard work – we are back to ‘celebrities’  in a house arguing whos more important, more beautiful and more successful. Answer to their questions – none of them, if they were successful they wouldn’t sell their soul to Big Brother, I feel the same about Strictly Come Dancing and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
With the X Factor I feel its more fame hungry kids wanting to be famous without the hard work of learning an instrument, writing their own songs and performing in crappy bars for years. But out of all the reality shows, I can’t break my X Factor addiction; I think I watch the show because of the judges (especially Mr Barlow) more than the wannabees heading for Butlins or the Bargain Bins...however there are a few exceptions – Lewis, Murs, One Direction and JLS.

I haven’t got kids but I hope the Games did inspire a generation, because I feel the future would be brighter if boys want to be Chris Hoy or David Weir instead of overpaid footballers who haven’t made the country proud for over 50 years, and girls want to be Jessica Ennis and Ellie Simmons instead of the orange 'tanned' glamour models/reality TV ‘stars’.
Also I won’t name the newspaper but you know who you are – shame on you for no putting Paralympic success on your front page (like you did during the Olympics) instead you thought Cheryl Cole’s nose bleed and some sad fat loser who thinks his pregnant was more important and interesting. I think the most of the UK would agree those stories wasn't.
Oh well only 1423 days until Rio!