[Galwayguy35]

Originally Posted by Elmo

Lucinda Evans has been knocking about since You're a Star every now and then you hear about her on the radio.

Yeah she had an ad on the Galway Advertiser giving singing lessons. Hardly the success she hoped for. The point I am making is that very few of the people who win Irish talant shows have real success compared with Britain. And even over there has anyone heard of Little Mix since they won X Factor?

[Elmo]

Originally Posted by Galwayguy35

Yeah she had an ad on the Galway Advertiser giving singing lessons. Hardly the success she hoped for. The point I am making is that very few of the people who win Irish talant shows have real success compared with Britain. And even over there has anyone heard of Little Mix since they won X Factor?

I would give Little Mix a chances.

We don't get behind our acts at all (regardless of talent). We continue to have an inferiority complex, Irish Radio stations just won't play Irish acts, this is not just from Talent competitions but in general.

[couch_dweller]

Originally Posted by Elmo

I would give Little Mix a chances.

We don't get behind our acts at all (regardless of talent). We continue to have an inferiority complex, Irish Radio stations just won't play Irish acts, this is not just from Talent competitions but in general.

no , its just that the ( talent ) which appeared on irish tv singing competitions was of a pretty mediocre variety

as for the uk shows , they are more contrived than you can imagine , most of the acts who reach the live shows on X factor were known in some shape or form by the industry prior to thier appearance , which is why a huge number of incredibly talented singers never even get near round one on tv , they are rejected at the unrecorded audtions

[Elmo]

Originally Posted by couch_dweller

no , its just that the ( talent ) which appeared on irish tv singing competitions was of a pretty mediocre variety

Even if you take this as the reason, Radio and TV do not talk up the Irish Talent shows as much as they do Britain's Got Talent or The X-Factor. Irish media (including RTÉ) tend to completely flood the market with English Talent shows.

Ryan O'Shaughnessy will get more time from BGT in the Irish media then he did for The Voice of Ireland.

I will take one other example from TG4. And this feeds in to the previous diatribe by another poster about Country and Western Music. Glor Tíre gets 100,000 viewers each week on TG4. A fairly minority music talent contest on a minority channel, however you would think that country music radio stations and radio programmes would support such a competition for The Country Voice (Glor Tíre). They don't.

[DeepBlue]

Originally Posted by Elmo

Irish media (including RTÉ) tend to completely flood the market with English Talent shows.

The Late Late Show and The Saturday Night Show seem to always have someone on from these UK "talent" shows. If you don't follow them (and read about them in the tabloids) you've no idea who they are and yet they act as though we should all be completely familiar with them and their private lives.
I've never understood why RTE feel the need to promote these people. I guess they have their own inferiority complex and have to pander to it.

[flyswatter]

The same as X Factor, these arent about music just entertainment shows. If you want a music show watch Jools or something similar.

[Ash.J.Williams]

Hilarious...yer man from the voice getting booted off and now he's in the final of BGT singing his own material....I thought the voice was supposed to be the the show with credibility!!

A Joke!

[JP Liz V1]

Originally Posted by Elmo

I would give Little Mix a chances.

We don't get behind our acts at all (regardless of talent). We continue to have an inferiority complex, Irish Radio stations just won't play Irish acts, this is not just from Talent competitions but in general.

Simon Cowell backs the winner from BGT and Fix Factor and he has loads of cash to put into launching the winner's career whereas in the Irish talent shows there isnt a head honcho or mega cash there to help launch them so while they do relevantly well in Ireland they dont succeed internationally and Bressie isnt know internationally also so he cant help Pat

I am surprised Ryan O'Shaughnessy go on the TVOI as he didnt have a great voice himself he is doing well on BGT but he is quite a talented song writer

I say Sexy Pat needs to get a sex tape linked

[Galwayguy35]

I was thinking back on the various talent shows that have been on and I can't think of anyone who had real success through any of them.
If a person wants to be successful them it makes sense to go on a show across the pond which will lets face it give them a better deal.
Although sometimes people themselves can make the wrong decisions. Nadine Coyle has more singing talent then Cheryl Cole could ever hope for but didn't have the same success.

[JP Liz V1]

Not too bad imho

[Skid]

Originally Posted by JP Liz V1

Not too bad imho

I walked past Pat in the street yesterday and I kept staring at him thinking 'I know him from somewhere', thinking he would remember me

Decent enough song, I haven't seen it get much coverage on RTE since its release, surprisingly.

[not yet]

I had a jam with him about 2 months ago in mullingar, He is such a nice decent guy. Wish him the best with his career.

[Elmo]

Originally Posted by Skid

Decent enough song, I haven't seen it get much coverage on RTE since its release, surprisingly.

Not really Irish Radio does general support Irish singers/bands, except on a few occasion when the over play a song e.g.

[Skid]

Originally Posted by Elmo

Not really Irish Radio does general support Irish singers/bands, except on a few occasion when the over play a song

True, but when they have announced another series of The Voice of Ireland, you would think RTE would be trying hard to promote last year's winner.

That's what any other Broadcaster would do, but God knows what goes on in RTE.

[Skid]

Pat Byrne's debut Album 'All or Nothing' is released today

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/1112/byrnep.html

And he will be performing on The Late Late Show tonight.