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I preferred it like that too.

Enjoyable episode, I thought the GB was great. There were some other acts that had a nice idea but could have been expanded. The continuity across the episode was interesting as they don't usually have that for auditions. It's normally just a load of auditions from different days sliced together.

Are these actually confirmed or just a guess? Would they release the tickets this early?

Series 19 begins tonight!

With Joe and Mike, I kind of get it because they seemed to be arguing most of the time we saw them on screen even before Mitch came into the picture. Having said that, where I thought it was out of character for Joe was with how keen he was to foster Schuey in the first place.

It's not a singing contest but I will be surprised if a non-singer does actually win. I do feel this series could have done with some more "moments" from the professional singers.

I like Everest though the tilt probably needs some adjusting. It doesn't really allow for using your feet at all. Interesting episode this week. Nikki's height seemed to disadvantage her, plus I thought the way they just let her walk through the last part of Gauntlet was a bit odd. Duel was fascinating with 3 of them basically breaking the roles.

Dermot did the most recent Christmas special, though I appreciate you may not have known.

Keisha is the fifth female winner (out of seven) and the fourth to be from a band. First ever non-white winner too. 🏆

I'm more surprised they weren't able to make the link with Cat Deeley. But obviously he was on the panel earlier in the series so I can see why they wouldn't have considered him.

Somehow not remotely surprised that Conkers beat Toastie. 😄

Nice to have Will Young back - he didn't really get much of an opportunity to showcase his vocals last time.

Not keen on the animation sequences at the beginning which are clearly AI and seemingly running at about 5 frames per second. I'm quite solid in my guesses, though the reveals this series have thrown a bit of a curve ball a few times.

I like this. Yes, it doesn't reinvent the wheel but it's catchy. I liked the idea of it being a speed awareness anthem as joked about on Capital.

I'm liking this! Reposting because I think my earlier post got removed - either that or I didn't submit it at all!

I think insisting on in-person auditions and (seemingly) not even allowing any video applicants - at least for the very early auditions - gave them an unnecessary headache.

The problem is that the show went out on Netflix and, given audiences aren't really going there for documentaries like this specifically, it wouldn't have reached as many people as if it was a three parter on ITV. Silly to expect top 5 though. I don't think anyone has debuted that high in ages.

I'm enjoying it a lot. I am annoyed it's on TLC though. Firstly the original showing has no subtitles so I have to wait until Tuesday. Secondly, I know there is a workaround to watching it on catch-up but it's not as easy.

I agree with the other two being Keisha & Brenda. I think Conkers is Ben Shephard.

No chance Conkers is a professional singer. You can tell by whether or not they have much in the way of rhythm.

I was very sure on Can of Worms. Shame he didn't make the final.

I think they're just hoping that a clip will go viral or something. I doubt they're expecting the viewership of the actual programme to be up to much.

Okay, that's one I should have really got. 😄 I love the fact he was still wearing his trademark collar.

Can of Worms is definitely someone from JLS. The thing is, the clues (the farm stuff) all point to JB but it sounds more like Marvin. Conkers could either be Tom Daley or Ben Shephard.

Red Panda not being Alan Carr would surprise me at this point.