Three months after she took over, do you think Jameela has saved the chart show, and the ratings will improve when the next Rajar figures are released.

 

 

No, she hasn't. I always tune into the Big Top 40 towards the end when I've had enough of her. Needless to say, she's GHASTLY.

I don't think chart show ratings will go up because of Jameela. I do prefer her to Reggie it must be said but I don't think she's saved the show from dipping in ratings. If anything the lack of Reggie will mean less ratings. Buzzjack may have hated him but he's very popular in the real world (hosting The Voice and Christmas TOTP etc)

I agree, she's terrible. Sometimes it's as if she has discovered the English langauge for the first time, having difficulty stringing a sentence together. Her interviews are toe curling and generally Radio One need their heads tested giving her this show. Still, at least it's not those t**ts Dan and Phil.

I like her! Much prefer her to Reggie. Although, I can see why she would get annoying to some of you.

The best presenter since sliced bread? Maybe not. But Radio One are (perhaps) toting for the female listener. Though Miss Female Average listener probably listens to Heart FM.

 

She's not that bad (for a female radio presenter). Better than Miss "over lipgloss" Cotton for instance. But Radio One have an age group to look after & it ain't the over 30s. Apparently (so one DJ told me) the over 30s don't buy single downloads.

 

Will R1's figures improve? In this case, No (although the presenter's figure has!) A lost cause on the listener front for the top 40. 1 million listeners is pretty average in a world single market, that doesn't appeal to a wide age group these days.

 

Why does Big Top 40 Circus have 2.5 million, with a nonsense chart? Possibly because their audience are as daft, as the show itself (plus they give away free mobile phones, every week) & the average listener doesn't have a mind to make opinions & let media tales, rule their empty heads.

She's not that bad (for a female radio presenter)

OH DEAR! :(

I like Jameela, but I liked it before her anyway, so I don't think it needed saving. At least in terms of the presenting (sometimes the songs in the chart were awful, but that's not the presenters fault).

 

Why does Big Top 40 Circus have 2.5 million, with a nonsense chart? Possibly because their audience are as daft, as the show itself (plus they give away free mobile phones, every week) & the average listener doesn't have a mind to make opinions & let media tales, rule their empty heads.

 

The reason the Big Top 40 Show has such a large audience is because it's broadcast on like 150 radio stations at the same time (including some massive ones like Capital FM and Heart FM).

 

I don't think the people tuning into the Big Top 40 Show are daft, or have "empty heads". Most of them aren't intentionally there to listen to the charts, they simply turn on the radio, to the station they normally listen to, and it happens to be a chart show at the time (this applies to probably most of the people listening to the Radio 1 chart show too). And also, just because you listen to the Big Top 40 Show, it doesn't mean you think it's the official chart. That's a bit of an assumption. I used to listen to it a lot, and I was fully aware it wasn't the official chart.

Edited April 7, 201312 yr by Eric_Blob

I like Jameela a lot but then I always thought the Buzzjack hatred for Reggie was pretty irrational and uncalled for. Every week you'd get posters slagging him off for no reason - and if there was a reason, it'd be a petty one. I think many just jumped on the "I hate Reggie" bandwagon.

I like Jameela, but I liked it before her anyway, so I don't think it needed saving. At least in terms of the presenting (sometimes the songs in the chart were awful, but that's not the presenters fault).

The reason the Big Top 40 Show has such a large audience is because it's broadcast on like 150 radio stations at the same time (including some massive ones like Capital FM and Heart FM).

 

I don't think the people tuning into the Big Top 40 Show are daft, or have "empty heads". Most of them aren't intentionally there to listen to the charts, they simply turn on the radio, to the station they normally listen to, and it happens to be a chart show at the time (this applies to probably most of the people listening to the Radio 1 chart show too). And also, just because you listen to the Big Top 40 Show, it doesn't mean you think it's the official chart. That's a bit of an assumption. I used to listen to it a lot, and I was fully aware it wasn't the official chart.

Hence you've got to be rather desperate to listen to the small playlist stations like Heart & Capital. Awful stations & shadows of their former self, Eric.

 

I mean The brilliant Network Top 30, really did nick R1s listeners. Rendering Jimmy Savile top show in 1986. Seems that I believe you Eric. People listen to Big Top Circus, coz they always listen to those repetitive stations. I guess R1 essentially lost it's key listener in 1993. Funny though, as The Pepsi Chart was about as nonsense as Big Top 40 is. Where did R1 listeners go after 93? Oh, Radio 2...but not on Sunday Afternoons, surely?

 

Recently I asked a manager at an Independant Station: "If you won the rights to the Music Week/Milward Brown Top 40, would you play all the songs in it?" The reply was "Any chart on Independant Radio, would always include Airplay & we would not play the complete top 40, as stations in the Global Radio group don't play certain songs". So, I guess they don't really want to run a more accurate chart, anyway.

Edited April 7, 201312 yr by davetaylor

I like Jameela, but I liked it before her anyway, so I don't think it needed saving. At least in terms of the presenting (sometimes the songs in the chart were awful, but that's not the presenters fault).

The reason the Big Top 40 Show has such a large audience is because it's broadcast on like 150 radio stations at the same time (including some massive ones like Capital FM and Heart FM).

 

I don't think the people tuning into the Big Top 40 Show are daft, or have "empty heads". Most of them aren't intentionally there to listen to the charts, they simply turn on the radio, to the station they normally listen to, and it happens to be a chart show at the time (this applies to probably most of the people listening to the Radio 1 chart show too). And also, just because you listen to the Big Top 40 Show, it doesn't mean you think it's the official chart. That's a bit of an assumption. I used to listen to it a lot, and I was fully aware it wasn't the official chart.

 

That's one of the reasons for decline in audience numbers. Large numbers of people used to switch on specifically to hear the chart, even when it was several days old. That doesn't happen so much any more.

 

 

Hence you've got to be rather desperate to listen to the small playlist stations like Heart & Capital. Awful stations & shadows of their former self, Eric.

 

I mean The brilliant Network Top 30, really did nick R1s listeners. Rendering Jimmy Savile top show in 1986. Seems that I believe you Eric. People listen to Big Top Circus, coz they always listen to those repetitive stations. I guess R1 essentially lost it's key listener in 1993. Funny though, as The Pepsi Chart was about as nonsense as Big Top 40 is. Where did R1 listeners go after 93? Oh, Radio 2...but not on Sunday Afternoons, surely?

 

Recently I asked a manager at an Independant Station: "If you won the rights to the Music Week/Milward Brown Top 40, would you play all the songs in it?" The reply was "Any chart on Independant Radio, would always include Airplay & we would not play the complete top 40, as stations in the Global Radio group don't play certain songs". So, I guess they don't really want to run a more accurate chart, anyway.

What a depressing statement. I used to listen to Capital a lot in the early days when it was purely a London station. They had a playlist but also allowed DJs to choose some of the songs. Those DJs included many who really cared about music. Roger Scott did the 3.00 - 7.00 slot and was one of the first to play Bruce Springsteen on British radio.

 

I wouldn't say Jameela Jamil has "saved" the chart show but she has definitely improved it. With Reggie, the show was all about him. At least the chart gets more of a look-in now.

You make it sound like the Chart Show was at risk of being removed from BBC Radio 1 (was it? I'm not sure). Even if it was, I don't think a change of presenter - unless it was a well known one, which Jameela was not - would have helped dramatically. I thought she had potential at first but she's just becoming a female version of Reggie.

Reggie was pretty good. Jameela is absolutely diabolical. Seriously dreadful. I can't even put into words how bad she is. Those fools on after her are terrible too and they seem to think they're incredible, which makes it worse.

She's a million times better than Reggie, but the show has begun to go downhill since her first couple.

 

Axe this stupid competition, and stop cutting records short, and less general chatter (who cares if Siobhan in Shrewsbury is listening to the chart while doing geography revision?)

She's a million times better than Reggie, but the show has begun to go downhill since her first couple.

 

Axe this stupid competition, and stop cutting records short, and less general chatter (who cares if Siobhan in Shrewsbury is listening to the chart while doing geography revision?)

The problem there is the move to having the top ten start at six(ish). The first two hours can sometimes be a bit rushed but then the final hour needs a load of filler.

The problem there is the move to having the top ten start at six(ish). The first two hours can sometimes be a bit rushed but then the final hour needs a load of filler.

 

Totally agree with you here. Tracks being cut short can be annoying. Jameela isn't as bad as Reggie, who would spend most of the show talking about The Voice/XFactor and other irrelevant topics that would not relate to the chart. He would also give out inaccurate information, I have known him to even go as far as playing the wrong song, I remember him starting to play Embrace's Gravity instead of Pixie Lott's Gravity, then stopping it and having to search for Pixies song live on air, that's one example I can think of and there are probably lots more. So overall Jameela and a new production team have made the show better, and alot smoother. It's less one song, stop to talk for ageess then another song, maybe two then have messages read out, then Reggie would start talking about his Hiphop friends or having a rant because he doesn't like the music that's in the chart. I'm glad all that nonsense has gone. Reggie's a TV presenter, who only turned to radio because he wasn't being given much TV work at the time, but now his TV work has increased again, he's gone back to it.

 

What I would like Jameela to work on if I want to be really picky is her links and how she introduces the music, it grinds on me when she say's "climbing all the way up to Number 38 is a new entry by...." and I'm thinking No, it's not a climber it's a New Entry, to most listeners the chart is The Top 40, even though here we know it goes beyond.

 

As for the 6pm hour, it can be very drawn out with constant plugs for Grimmy/Dan & Phil or they've just sent someone with a camera out to find stuff to fill the slot, I think it would be better and probably wouldn't cost much more is if they visualized the entire Top 40, then there would be no rush to hit the 6pm camera switch on. I do wonder if that's the next step? If this were to happen, I think it would be good if they shown it on the BBC red button, like they did with some of the Chris Moyles show specials, I think it would generate more of an interest in the chart overall. That's my 2 pence anyway :)

Edited April 8, 201312 yr by gavindeejay

The charts are now meaningless, ergo the show is too...

I liked her on the previous show she did but she is DREADFUL on The Chart Show. In fact every time they replace the presenter I start to think the previous one wasn't so bad. I'd be quite happy for JK & Joel to come back quite frankly. Apart from the format of the show, they were fine. She just isn't a chart show presenter. Partly down the producer - the show doesn't sound like a chart show. It just sounds amateurish. Not enough stings and beds. Songs played one after the other with no proper segues.

The problem there is the move to having the top ten start at six(ish). The first two hours can sometimes be a bit rushed but then the final hour needs a load of filler.

 

Yes it's bloody ridiculous. I actually like the pace of just playing the songs - but the way it is done is just really unprofessional, and it's probably not the most entertaining way of doing a chart show in the 21st century. Then at 6 it gets really slow and tedious. They should just scrap the video streaming. I bet the people watching it is a tiny fraction of the total listeners. "GET ONLINE NOW"! What, to see music videos that we can watch on Youtube anyway? What's the point?

 

Two more points about the amateurish of the production - a lot of the time she speaks with no music behind her. Just silence. It sounds like a student radio production. And the week before last, they did a recap from 40 to 31, but then didn't bother with 30 to 21 or 20 to 11.

No, definately not. She is quite dull to be honest. There is too much chat in the chart show and most of it is about a pile of rubbish.