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Feirm factorStarts 15th on TG4

  • 07-01-2009 4:12am
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    Bondvillain
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    Having been plugged in press releases since Early 2008, the final product is in the can, and ready for broadcast on the 15th of Jan at 9.30 pm on TG4. :

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    Feirm Factor

    It’s Agriculture – with a bit of bull – in a new x-factor style show for farmers.
    A Nationwide search has found 12 farmers aged from 18 to 60 to compete on Feirm Factor for a top-of-the-range Land Rover.
    The men and women will face a series of tasks – including backing a tractor through obstacles, making a silage pit and guessing the weight of a bull.
    “We are looking for Irelands finest farmer, and they have to show they have the ability to do all the things farmers do and a little bit off the farm” series producer Evan Chamberlain said, “ the support for the show so far has been overwhelming”.
    “It is a great opportunity for farmers to show themselves as great business people”
    The show was filmed over Summer 2008 in agricultural colleges throughout Ireland.
    Having a cupla focal proved to be a bonus, but producers were not putting pressure on entrants to speak Irish.


    There will be no public vote and judges will choose the winner.

    The tasks will include:

    Tractor Backing – Against the clock
    Showing strength and stamina by stacking bales or shovelling grain
    Guessing the weight of the bull
    Buying the best animal at the best price at a mart
    Milking a cow by hand
    Cooking and serving a meal
    Teaming up to make a silage pit.

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    There's no Simon Cowell, sadly (thus denying the Irish viewing public of the image of the high-waisted dwarf telling some redneck that "Honestly, you are the worst guesser of a Bull's weight I have ever had the misfortune to come across. And I include Mariah Carey in that. Seriously. Go be a singer. Farming is not for you. " , but very tall man & former Fine Gael Leader Alan Dukes is a more than able replacement for the wonkily-constructed music mogul.

    I wont be watching, as , well, I cant be bothered, but I do wish them the best of luck, although I think they missed an opportunity by not calling it "The Tractor Factor".


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