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Originally Posted by sharleen  But I had at least 5 people tell me on the night that the best act there was Justin Hamilton, yet he was edited out entirely from the tv screening?!?!?! We Are Klang didn't make the cut either (I assume it was the nudity on the night, but then, Spy Monkey aired on the Gala last year?), nor Akmal, Meshel Laurie and Lawrence Mooney. |
We Are Klang and Akmal both had their to-camera pimping of OxFam still in the broadcast (though neither were remotely funny) but I don't think any of the others were seen at all, can't recall for certain.
I can understand cutting some people but it did strike me as weird that they didn't cut them out entirely. And I find it hard to believe that Akmal wasn't funnier than, for example, David O'Doherty... which makes me question why David was in the broadcast and Akmal wasn't. Maybe Akmal's shows had already sold out and David's show is struggling? Hrm.
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Originally Posted by JD3000 Tim mentioned that he was wondering if that sang would make the cut (what would OxFam say?), but being such a big production number they could hardly put something else in! |
Thing is, it was a smaller spectacle than the underwhelming introduction, even. It was Tim at a piano, Pete leaning on it and a trio of backing singers... and that was it.
Honestly, they could have ended with Tripod's song, which was a bigger production - they had an Australian flag on the screen in the background. And their song was funny, instead of sounding like something the Whitlams would have done.
Perhaps the GNWTV people were just too busy to put much effort into this but it didn't exactly inspire me to go see more than one or two shows from the entire broadcast.
Given that it's supposed to be a fundraiser, I expected a bit more...
