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I've only briefly watched the show but it felt a bit "wild west" at times. Sailing very close to the wind. With what I've seen, I felt like it was only a matter of time before there'd be a scandal of sorts.

It's just a casual way of speaking. There's nothing abnormal about it.

Again the UK seems to have given a lot to Israel.

3 years in a row, we get 0 points in the televote. You have to laugh.

That's the first time I heard the UK entry this year having been a bit disenchanted with the whole thing in recent years. Whether it does well or not, at least he gave it some welly. It was nice of us to go mad for once.

What else does she do though? The Voice is just there at this point, and they've got her as a safe pair of hands allowing them to be a bit experimental with the other roles. I wouldn't have guessed Josh Widdicombe in a million years though. I like him, but having him on Strictly feels such a random choice; I know he did the Xmas special the other year but still.

BIB: I mean, each to their own, but why is it a bugbear? So many people add terms like that to the ends of sentences, whether it be "mate" or "love" or similar.

Not sure about that. Their fanbase doesn't seem very social media/streaming heavy when compared to others who might be releasing greatest hits.

I knew Westlife would be front loaded with pre-orders but I wondered if they'd miss #1. I hope they can stay there though, they won't be as heavy on streaming as MJ.

Ted is one of my favourite comedy acts to ever be on BGT. I don't know why KSI didn't hit the GB for him but I'm very glad he won the public vote. Surprised Mizuki placed so low and Antigravity placed so highly. Surprised it took so long for one of the judges to say what I've thought for so long about those acts - there's no human element.

I'm actually not surprised that Reform are doing well. People are stupid. They'll believe whatever the likes of Farage will say regardless of how likely that is to be true. It's 100% driven by immigration. Not considering that there's other rights they'll lose in the process. And even if immigration was "sorted" they'll find something else to be angry about.

I went Green this time but my area tends to be very strongly Labour anyway so I don't expect the overall picture to change.

It's still one of ITV's biggest shows. I think an act being exciting/interesting is far more important than originality - I think it's unlikely they'll have something that's not been done in some form before. I liked the rappers cos that wasn't done on BGT before. Within the context of the show it was original, I guess.

I think with sports people it's largely availability and having those that would be good value on this sort of thing. You've got the World Cup so that may rule out a lot of ex-footballers. Joe Marler had already been on The Wheel so they had something to go on.

Shaping up to be an interesting final so far. Did wonder if the rappers might have clinched it tonight but they might have a shot at the wildcard.

Yeah, that's been floating around. He's not gonna get very far on that one.

They're a very likeable bunch this year. Losing both your dad and stepdad as a child must be rough. Poor Kush.

Somehow it was even worse than what we saw.

That's a clip from the ITV series The Assembly. Trailer more than an advert (within the context of this thread anyway).

Yes, Ant wasn't even trying to hide how much he disagreed with Jimmy, and also telling David to pipe down because he wasn't there.

Not surprised Adam is pretty dejected after that.

What an absolute wild ride. I knew it'd be a wild ride when they said they'd be talking about it, but blimey.

Yep, both him and David are there.

It feels unfair to have to leave in the middle of the night if you're leading. There's not exactly going to be much transport so your lead is squandered.

That's two elimination trials in a row that haven't gone to plan... At least Sinitta actually tried.