Wasn't sure where to put this, but at the X Factor Press Conference, Simon Cowell has reportedly said "might be announcing something soon about a new music show" according to OK!

 

I guess we'll soon get proper press reports soon

That would be brilliant!

Its got to be a new music show, BBC own the rights to TOTP unless he bought the brand name of BBC

God, what a horrible idea that would be. Given his narrow music tastes I can already imagine the tripe guests that'd be on it. It certainly wouldn't have any of what made Top of the Pops so great: the variety of music genres that it represented...

 

I'd love to have a flagship music show back but with someone music knowledgable and who actually cares about music in charge; having Simon Cowell at the helm would really be the worst possible thing.

totally agree, it will mean the charts will be skewed every week of the year like it is by xfactor performances between sept - dec.songs which were never popular enough to be official no1 will hit the top spot due to hyped performances like the BEPs this week!!

 

IF such a Show goes ahead, Simon will 100% certainly be planning

to use it to promote Acts on the SyCo Label - and any Acts that are

his Mates, or connected to his Mates etc.

 

It would just be free advertising - to get his Acts higher in the Charts.

 

I wonder which TV Channel would be stupid enough to pay him, to

Advertise his own Acts?

 

Still - if people keep falling for it, then Simon will carry on laughing

all the way to the Bank.

 

He's already learned that he can make Millions from 'X Factor' Votes -

then ignore them whenever he feels like it. (Making sure to keep the

Voters cash, of course!).

 

Simon Cowell with his own Pop TV show, would end up being a

disaster for Music. But - if so many people let him get away with

it, then who can blame him for manipulating them? Maybe it

is their own fault, for being so naive?

 

 

 

 

Id love it to happen, regardless of what acts he puts opn whether its all his artists or not there would be at lesat 1 performer most would enjoy, we def need a new music show and hopefully it will be similar in nature to TOTP.

If the programme was used solely to promote sicko acts or Cowell's mates, then that would almost certainly be against the BBC Charter so there's no chance of them showing it.

God, what a horrible idea that would be. Given his narrow music tastes I can already imagine the tripe guests that'd be on it. It certainly wouldn't have any of what made Top of the Pops so great: the variety of music genres that it represented...

 

I'd love to have a flagship music show back but with someone music knowledgable and who actually cares about music in charge; having Simon Cowell at the helm would really be the worst possible thing.

 

You've summed up exactly how I feel. A new music show would be very welcome but not one with Cowell's grubby little hands all over it, giving him yet another avenue to promote his already over hyped acts & associates. :puke2:

I agree it should happen and hopefully it will not just feature Syco acts and friends of Simon.The UK needs a good television pop show that reflects the charts.Simon is not the devil, I am sure it is being done to give him some credibility after this awful X-factor series.

If this is true, I'm VERY happy about it. More music TV shows on mainstream TV would be great, and I really do miss TOTP so much. :(

 

Simon Cowell gets me a bit worried though, mainly because he seems to only really like pop music. I like pop music, but I like many other genres too, and I would hope pop music and his record label don't dominate the show.

 

There's also the problem that lots of artists are really anti-Cowell, and will just refuse to have anything to do with him, which could be annoying.

 

Basically, I hope the show would just reflect what's in the charts. If a certain genre sees some sort of boom, I would hope it's reflected in the show.

Edited December 9, 201014 yr by Eric_Blob

If this is true, I'm VERY happy about it. More music TV shows on mainstream TV would be great, and I really do miss TOTP so much. :(

 

Simon Cowell gets me a bit worried though, mainly because he seems to only really like pop music.

 

He needs a show like XF to appeal to a family audience, so rap is pretty much a no-no!

Edited December 10, 201014 yr by vidcapper

Well if rumours are true about TXF being put on hiatus until 2012 due to the American version, Cowell is going to need some new platform next fall to launch all his precious acts off. I mean c'mon. Diana Vickers/Shayne Ward NEED another mild top 15 hit that would've been about 20 places lower without the help of good ol' (f)ix Factor innit. :smoke:

 

I think we do need another music show to promote music - whether it's popular or underground or combining both. It may help undermine the predictability of the charts. I just shudder to think of Cowell at the helm of it :(

Hopefully this will be all contrived lies like the 5000 other times he was supposed to be resurrecting it.

Well if rumours are true about TXF being put on hiatus until 2012 due to the American version, Cowell is going to need some new platform next fall to launch all his precious acts off. I mean c'mon. Diana Vickers/Shayne Ward NEED another mild top 15 hit that would've been about 20 places lower without the help of good ol' (f)ix Factor innit. :smoke:

 

I think we do need another music show to promote music - whether it's popular or underground or combining both. It may help undermine the predictability of the charts. I just shudder to think of Cowell at the helm of it :(

Hopefully this will be all contrived lies like the 5000 other times he was supposed to be resurrecting it.

 

Simon said TXF will be back next year so them rumours aren't true

Thought I'd check on the record this year of guest artists - and remember you'd naturally expect far more Syco on X-Factor than you would get on a normal "pop show" as returning contestants would always be given prominence.

 

2010 Guest Artists + record company

 

Joe McElderry - Syco

Usher - LaFace/Arista

Diana Vickers - RCA Records

Katy Perry - Capitol Records/EMI

Cheryl Cole - Fascination

Michael Buble - 143/Reprise

Bon Jovi - Island

Jamiroquai - Universal/Mercury

Rihanna - Def Jam

Shayne Ward - Syco

Kylie Minogue - Parlophone

JLS - Epic

Westlife - Syco

Take That - Polydor

Olly Murs - Syco

The Wanted - Geffen

Justin Bieber - Island/RBMG

Nicole Scherzinger - Interscope

Alexandra Burke - Syco

Glee - Columbia

Black Eyed Peas - Interscope/A&M

 

Doth people complain too much? Remember X-Factor is aimed at a slightly older audience than a pure pop show would. And given his duties elsewhere I doubt Cowell would have much to do with it other than owning the idea/show/production rights. He'd call in a professional to run it, as they've done with the X Magazine launched this year and edited by PopJustice's Peter Robinson.

 

A proper pop show with X-Factor production values? Bring it on. Would be a good balance to the BBC's non-pop related music programming.

Edited December 10, 201014 yr by 6weeksatnumber7

I didn't think of him hiring someone else to run it...

 

Maybe it would work then if he had VERY little input.

 

Oh and if he kept Fearne and Reggie away from it with barge poles...

It's not the Cowell artists that bothers me, it's the lack of variety that I'm expecting. If the sort of guests present on the X Factor are anything to go by then we can expect a shocking lack of hip hop, rock/indie music and dance which would be just terrible. I know the charts aren't exactly the most brimming with variety of music they've ever been but there's still parts of the market that would need to be represented, and maybe if the show really takes off it could even act as a tool to really push some artists that wouldn't normally get into the charts in the current era. That would be amazing, and would work as a really great complimentary figure to Radio 1 and their attempts to do the same thing. I can hardly see any of that happening with Cowell in charge as he's hardly on the pulse with any of that kind of music. All he knows is manufactured pop and novelty acts basically. And the idea of any fool from a site like PopJustice kind of fills me with similar horror to be perfectly honest.

 

I wouldn't watch a show that targets itself squarely at teenage girls with a rotating line-up of JLS, The Wanted, McFly, The Saturdays etc., which is exactly what I can imagine this show being. And that would do the complete opposite of helping the charts - it would make them even worse! It really needs to cater to every music fan or it's just going to go the same way as CD:UK did by the end of it - completely down the drain.

 

HOWEVER, I will say that having Simon Cowell launch it is one thing that could really make this music show successful...

Well if rumours are true about TXF being put on hiatus until 2012 due to the American version, Cowell is going to need some new platform next fall to launch all his precious acts off.

 

With the adverts to audition for X Factor 2011 being shown for the last two weeks on ITV1, the show is definitely not going on a hiatus in 2011.

 

People are saying we don't need another show to promote Simon's acts, but who could complain about the acts we got this year on the X Factor? A lot of big international acts wouldn't even do promotion in the UK if it wasn't for the X Factor. I can't say anything negative about it really. Yes, we got Shayne Ward and Joe McElderry, but the whole list of performers have been great overall.

 

Of course it's not 'underground' that is promoted on the show, but if you look back at TOTP of CD:UK history, it wasn't really underground neither. All of the acts who performed on the X Factor would definitely be the kind of acts that TOTP would want on their stage.

I'd much rather they brought back The Chart Show. 100% music videos without the egotistical overhyped "OMGZ, ** celebrity ** is presenting TOTP next week :drama: :drama: :drama: " spending more time introducing the acts than the acts themselves had performing (TOTP circa 1995 R.I.P. - 2 minute performances?!!! :manson: ).

 

Anyways, I'd reserve judgement until I saw what Simon Cowell came up with. If his first show included Leona Lewis, JLS, Joe McElderry, Westlife, Michael Buble, Black Eyed Peas and Cheryl Cole performing I'd be seriously unimpressed.

 

However would big rock groups like Kings Of Leon, Foo Fighters or Kasabian want to perform on a music show where Simon Cowell pulls all the strings?

Thought I'd check on the record this year of guest artists - and remember you'd naturally expect far more Syco on X-Factor than you would get on a normal "pop show" as returning contestants would always be given prominence.

 

2010 Guest Artists + record company

 

Joe McElderry - Syco

Usher - LaFace/Arista

Diana Vickers - RCA Records

Katy Perry - Capitol Records/EMI

Cheryl Cole - Fascination

Michael Buble - 143/Reprise

Bon Jovi - Island

Jamiroquai - Universal/Mercury

Rihanna - Def Jam

Shayne Ward - Syco

Kylie Minogue - Parlophone

JLS - Epic

Westlife - Syco

Take That - Polydor

Olly Murs - Syco

The Wanted - Geffen

Justin Bieber - Island/RBMG

Nicole Scherzinger - Interscope

Alexandra Burke - Syco

Glee - Columbia

Black Eyed Peas - Interscope/A&M

 

Doth people complain too much? Remember X-Factor is aimed at a slightly older audience than a pure pop show would. And given his duties elsewhere I doubt Cowell would have much to do with it other than owning the idea/show/production rights. He'd call in a professional to run it, as they've done with the X Magazine launched this year and edited by PopJustice's Peter Robinson.

 

A proper pop show with X-Factor production values? Bring it on. Would be a good balance to the BBC's non-pop related music programming.

 

Aren't quite a few of those owned by Sony though who also own Syco?