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Hi! Just back from the booze-fuelled bloodfest that was a weekend-long session at Riva Bingo, so I thought I'd check to see if the results have been posted yet. No? What a surprise. At the very least they could put the results of the public vote on the individual band pages. I'd be interested to know if my loyalty to the acts on my mixtape was indeed misplaced... x P x

yo twizzle here. hows it goin peeps? cant wait to find out if i got through or not..the wait is killin me!

thing is though - the promotion bands can give themselves is really small fry anyway compared to when they go on tv. This is the main crux of where all their promotion will come from, so i don't see how a delay in the bands being released will have much differnce at all realli, as theyre all gonna go on tele and this isn't for at least another month anyhow

Agree with that Friedkimmel. I hope theirs some genuine reason for the announcement delay. By this weekend a quarter of the finalists will be out of the competition, and by the following week another quarter. That doesnt give the bands concerned much opportunity to benefit promotionally from getting to the final 54.
But the best of luck to all of them.

Honestly thought it would be today!
Feel sorry for the bands who got through who arent able to use all of this for promotion! Must eb a killer having to be quiet imagine how much myspace traffic they are missing out on lol!

ha! i meant to write that i DIDN'T think sam had a cruel bone in his body....

apart from the obvious...

oops...prob get told off now

; )

good moaning peeps ;)

free speech should always be inquisitive and challenging tho when it bcomes hateful i do tend to send it to the naughty corner of my mind where supernanny spanks them...

i do believe some of the tensions here would have ben relieved had the final 54 been revealed cos u cant back a horse in case it turns out to be cliff richard instead of adam ant (same goes in reverse for u mum) ...

once the final acts are allowed to blog, we will be more informed in here who to back. its a public discussion after all. as for orange i have enjoyed my experience lots but no worker is always happy with their boss no matter how temporary or lowly the position, lol. i also wouldn't think sam (after meeting him, albeit briefly, had a cruel machiavelian bone in his body...apart from the obvious ; )

anyway i have had quite the lovely weekend and got some long suffering mates to film me playing my new song 'sex it rocks' by camden lock where i was exposed to many interesting creatures of the night esp the homeless guy complimenting my voice while looking at my boobs! bless ;)

hope u had a colourful wekend too...

The standards may well be high, but not to everyone's taste.

For example, should an act who sound like the Arctic Monkeys go through, whilst I am sure that people will like them and buy their music, it wouldn't be one of them, as it ain't my bag, baby!

yes but it wont be Chris DeBurgh or Michel McManus it will be a decent act Im sure, as the standard for the auditions was very high,

bird flu - excellent - some positive engagement - we're not antagonistic - we're genuinely interested in the competition - we've been blogging from the start - and have genuinely championed artists who we have no personal interest in

We're still singing. I'll be interested to read your reaction to the final 54.

lucid interval and bird flu - you're not singing anymore - anymore - but we are on one of the coolest australian underground radio shows tomorrow at 1.30 gmt

and we're still waiting to see who got through - and thats because we are music fans not out of any sense of dissappointment - we really want to know who the fans and panel chose

jackal said: 'I know i'll be watching to see who wins, and i'll go and buy there first cd regardless of who it is'

I appreciate your passion for the contest, but what if the public voted for something like Chris DeBurgh or Michelle McManus?

Of course I may be jumping the gun here. It would be a rare thing for Jo Public to have developed their appreciation of music to the level of McManus and Burgh, although Crazy Frog and Pete Docherty have done very well in recent years.

For my own part I shall be attending this year's 'All tomorrow's parties' with a few thousand other misunderstood weirdos and trying to forget the indignity of entering yet another 'suspicious music contest'.

I can rest in comfort that years from now the world will recognise my own peculiar brand of heavy metal/lounge music and there will be much rejoicing. Largely from me.

Back to the toilets again. With haste! My microscopic fanbase awaits!

why is everyone so negative about this competition?

Because jealousy takes them over, not sure why theres no results been put up maybe its checking that the bands are eligible, but the reason that no one is posting on here to say they are through is because there not allowed to maybe.

I think the bands or artists that are through by the open audition route must be buzzing as they are the ones who have had it harder.

good luck to everybody in the competition, I know i'll be watching to see who wins, and i'll go and buy there first cd regardless of who it is.

"I pointed out to you the stars (the moon) and all you saw was the tip of my finger. "
Afican Proverb

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness... We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of -- to explain the pains and glory of our existence." Maya Angelou

cleveland ? well if you know a band thats got through why be so down on the comp.. obviously they will be pleased they got through.. and i dont agree leona lewis seems to be doing all right worlwide. this comp is a springboard to success but requires a lot of imput and commitment from the bands who get the break, to make the most of what they'r given if they think they can sit back and let it happen then they wont have longevity, they need to make it happen themselves also..
this competition is giving people a chance, and tv coverage and something to be proud of by just getting through.. hope to hear more positive comments too many negatives on here,

How come some people on here know people who have got through but the rest of us haven't got a clue? Anyway, people do care about getting somewhere in this competition otherwise they would not have entered. Last year's winner have their CDs in high street stores, which is more than most bands can say... x P x

To be honest I don't know why anyone cares about winning this. Or even why people are bitter about not getting through to the final 50...

You only have to look as far as last years winners to see that it's not a life changinging oppurtunity. Their songs didn't even get played on Radio 1 because of a conflict of terms in Jo Whileys contract. And look where they are playing now? In a pub in the next town over from me.

On top of that if you were to win this, who the hell would take you seriously? It's a cop out talent show, just like X-Factor and Pop Idol. We don't take the acts who win those competitions seriously and it's going to be the same with this one.

You'd never be known by your band name, you'd simply be known as "The band that won Orange unsigned". And as I said above, whilst you'd have moderate success at first, after a couple of months you'd fade back into the unsigned world. Just like the winners of last year did (I forget their name).

And no before anyone says: I am not a bitter musician who didn't get through. The band I voted for actually did get through and I wish them the best of luck as well as my heart-felt pity.

OK going slightly off subject here as I cannot see anywhere else to ask . . . What channel and most important what time is the fist TV airing on supposedly 30th October? I searched through C4, E4 and 4Music so I could set reminder but I could not see anything to see it is so close and the site has been promising sneak previews they are not very forth coming are they. Come on help us out here ok "Pretty Please" :-)

Yeah we lost 155,000 plays of myspace. lol
Funny stuff.

god things have turned sour on here....

i agree with the comments about "this is what you could have won"....bittersweet eh. go big brother - and no not the davina one

I am in complete agreement with Lucid.

lucid - look up irony - clogging blogs? - the point we're makeing is that as no results have been posted - despite the promise of soon... interest in blogging has dropped to virtually zero - what other comments???? we think you could be lucas - funny how our blogs went missing after your comment - and we dont want your pity - if the best comment you can muster is 'pathetic' - real class input....

Shoot the Duke: if you are referring to me, im not in a band but i have reasons for taking the songs off my mixtape, and its to do with bands getting through. thats all im saying.

hmmm, maybe its because you are clogging up the blogs with unneeded crap, and making it difficult for people to see other comments without having to trawl through your 'input'.

To all those who are endlessly pondering why it's taking so long, it's probably contractual. With most TV and indeed anything where airplay is granted to an artist, you have to wade through a contract stating you are not owned by any legal organisation (publishing, record contracts, management etc). They don't want to have to pay everytime you play one of your songs. Additionaly, the artists are fighting it out for a contract and the blokes at the top do not want to be sharing royalties with an existing legal owner.

Given that there are 50 bands reading through fine print with solicitors and whatnot, shouting the results from the rooftops would not be a good move. The TV people may yet sign up another couple of bands if someone drops out of the contest.

In contractual terms, the contest seems to be an indie/rock version of 'Pop Idol'. The music may be different, but the format is identical. Only difference being the general public selected the initial bands, opposed to a team of 'pop mavericks'.

No Formula 1 until 2 oclock, missed motogp, still no announcement on here, and 30,000 plays suddenly wiped off our myspace.
What a great start to the morning.

Correct us if we are wrong, but this blog is here to discuss a television programme, that has a competition element to it, and the subject matter is music. So basically the same as blogs about Pop Idol, X Factor, etc. and apart from the music element, similar to blogs about Big Brother, or any other programme with a competition element.
On all those blogs above you have discussion about the programme; what you hope to see, your concerns about how it will play out; who out of the competitors are good; those you dont like; and your own opinions, questions, anecdotes, etc about the subject matter.
But what is unique to this site is the occasional blogger, who invariably has no allegiance to any one band and has nothing on their mixtape, coming on here, not to disagree with what you are posting, and offer an alternative view, but to demand that you don't post! All they are basically saying is, we have no opinion about the programme, the competition or the music, and we would like no one else to have an opinion either.
You gotta luv them!

Ammendment to my last post, which was removed (Big Brother is watching me it would seem).

I don't think you have to pay to see the bands at audition (correct me if I'm wrong). Apologies for the mix up. However, I still maintain that musicians on this site will be apprehensive seeing the winners audition for the cameras. It's a bit like 'Bullseye' -

'Here's what you could have won'

If the bands are all performing next weekend we should know by then, surely?

we've had a number of our blogs suggesting that this site is very quiet removed - fair enough - but someone calling us pathetic is allowed to stay up here ??????

lucid - we ask you again - been played on the radio lately?

ahhhhhhhhhhhhghhhhhhhh... who's through.. its only a week before these bands audition.. surely they are as frustrated and us jo public as it seems they have to keep stum .. and not leak out the fact they are winners.. when will you be announcing it ..

you're pathetic

like what?

i dont think that being played on a couple of very obscure radio shows with no listeners qualifies as 'outstanding successes'

but how else can we tell all of the many contributors to these blogs of our outstanding sucesses

have we mentioned in this blog yet that we have been played on the radio three times this week

we like a bit of old school

oooh - thats a bit old school

nah - i'd rather play bingo

wecould go line dancing dressed up as hobbits

tolkinesque - thats a big word for this time of the morning

you may have a point there - but i'd rather dress up as a dwarf and pretend to be in some tolkinesque role playing game

well it beats hanging around here waiting for the results to be posted

oooh you smooth talker you

well from the very few people checking these pages we'd say you might have suceeded in that already

drink tea - tal to ourselves and blog everyone still logging in to these pages into a coma

whats that

no - we prefer a holistic solution

really? what did you advise yourselves? - heavy medication no doubt

we are a doctor

maybe you should seek help - you know go and see a doctor or something

we dont care - we're in two minds about it all

well - with that attitude you wont get very far then will you

not telling cos we dont want to be famous - or appear on the telly or audition for anyone or sell any cd's or even play many gigs - why would we want fans?

where can we buy a copy

oh yes its us - we're here to plug our ep 'area 51 revisited' which will become available as a physical cd later today

oh no - not you lot again - you losers

we're back to promote ourselves some more - our dark instrumental 'white cave receiver' featuring the excellent underground electronic genius BLACK MOUNTAIN TRANSMITTER (no relation) gets its first airplay on the very cool very underground sidewaysthroughsound radio in sydney this monday

And in case we didn't make it clear... Good Luck to all the bands that got through. I hope whoever wins gets the life changing oppotunity they desire!

Oh... and as far as our MySpace page is concerned... HUH? 37000+ profile views is not bad...

Also... "no-one wants to listen to your band"? Where on earth has that come from?

Hi Lucid:

If you look at the posts that we've made, we have not slagged off any bands that have gotten through, nor expressed bitterness. We've stated disappointment at not getting through, especially when we had gotten so close, but we have never, ever had a problem with any of the successful bands.

Our comments about Universal and money is logical. Universal is a BUSINESS and as such will be expecting a significant return of investment. It is logical to believe that, as such, the bands that have gone through are artists that Universal will hopefully make some money from. Good luck to them.

The indiefest comments have been made by many peeps, but no, I believe, by us. We've said that we'd reserve judgement until the final list had been published.

As far as promoting ourselves on here, we've met a lot of cool people on here, who liked our music. What's the harm in self promotion?!? Dunno what we've done to miff you off, but I really don't think we've done anything "wrong".

I LOVE Labyrinth ^_^ *come inside and have a nice cuppa tea* says the worm tehee classic film plus i loved watching David Bowie's Balls....the crystal ones i mean.. *looks shifty*

Good Luck to those auditioning, i know your all secretly reading these comments *waves hello*

Good luck to all the bands that get through, you have been given an amazing opportunity. Well we the idents still have lastbandstanding and we in top ten so any votes would be great! Look forward to the auditions

torn asunder: no-one wants to listen to your band. your comments on these blogs, while initially modest and accepting of your close-miss at getting through, began to ooze with bitterness and assumptions about the bands that HAVE got through. you don't know that it is probably an indiefest or the bands that will make the most money for universal. i thinking people who see a band whoring themselves and pushing themselves upon people often annoys fans. you only need to look at your fan to page views ratio on your myspace to see thats what youve been doing.

Sorry, that shgould have been The Trixx, with two x's. ;)

You could also go to http://www.lastbandstanding.co .uk/band.asp?band=451 and vote for The Trix, if you really wanted to. ;)

you can also, whilst you have nothing better to do, go to www.lastbandstanding.co.uk and vote for Torn Asunder. And if you do it daily... there's a special surprise!

Still no info on the bands through to the main auditions?

Good luck to whoever they are.

Option 5 ..... I will be busy watching one of the bands who didn't get through playing live ;)

no results - no results - no results - no results - no results no results...... boring

cheers n keep your wings on fire pheonix...

I agree - there's quite a few bands on here I'd like to see live but not knowing if any of them got through to the auditions has put me off applying for tickets. Hope you have a nice weekend too, Marie...

Alas, I am in brighton next weekend with my darling who has a siouxsie sioux tattoo...ms.soux, being the mother of all goths, i shall be seeing in concert at Koko's this very monday...

to be honest i would have liked to see the line up first had i been able to go.

(i also have a viking ex/pal who fights the battle of hastings once a year but thats another story... ha!)

i shall be frequenting some choice rock bars this weekend, maybe bump into some of you...

...and for the peeps on this site who are genuinely warm in the real world, i wish u a gr8 weekend!

Oh - and I asked my parents what went wrong and they said, "the condom burst"... x P x

Nothing at all, my dear Massive Peanut. Actually, us goths like nothing better than finishing off a battle with Vikings with some line dancing and a bit of bingo... x P x

who will be going to see then.. ? :)

What exactly is wrong with fat ugly sweaty goths?