Your A Star

Moby

You heard it hear first, Sinead Mulvey is going to win YOUR A STAR on RTE. With the help of all you Board Members vote.I beg you all to vote for her and make her a winner. She will not let Ireland down in Eurovision. so go on please and give her your vote on Sunday Jan 15

Evilution

Moby wrote:

You heard it hear first, Sinead Mulvey is going to win YOUR A STAR on RTE. With the help of all you Board Members vote.I beg you all to vote for her and make her a winner. She will not let Ireland down in Eurovision. so go on please and give her your vote on Sunday Jan 15

Personally, I'd be better off having NOT heard that. Your a star is, arguably, one of the worst programmes ever concieved by RTE. Add to that 3 total spanners as judges and you have a real reciepe for disaster. I hate, repeat HATE, that programme.

lolly parten

Hey, don't mean to be rude but i don't think much of Sinead.
Fair enough she is a good singer but i wouldn't hope for her to win.
Thers a girl called Lorraine Maher and i think shes absolutely class, she got through in the wild card selection the other night.

Kali

Hadn't a clue about this years contestants so had a quick look.. they're all listed here anyway for those interested:
http://www.rte.ie/tv/star/contestants.html

Doctor J

Dave's Radio were actually rather good but the singer came across as a serious twat, unfortunately.

Trev C

Have to agree that Lorraine Maher seems to be best at moment.
Dave's Radio have a good shot aswell, but cant see the grannies voting for them.

Moby

Sorry lolly , If Lorraine was that good she would not have to struggle for a wild card. Sinead Mulvey is a trained classic singer and can sing anything. Just watch her play Belle in Beauty and the Beast in Liberty Hall , That is what I call a class singer

Milkman Dan

you're a star is complete an utter crap.
as a result of the show, everyone on it is destined to play the local toilets for years to come, when they finally end up working in the local toilet.

jimmycrackcorm

Trev C wrote:

Have to agree that Lorraine Maher seems to be best at moment.
Dave's Radio have a good shot aswell, but cant see the grannies voting for them.

Isn't she the one with the haircut that resembles a German Army helmet?

Fast_Mover

lol....

Miles

Nice.


LOL

TCamen

Put me on the Lorraine Maher bandwagon -- Really like her.

Shame she did that stupid Avril Lavigne song on the Wild Card show, but she's still much better that most of the rest.

BTW -- does anyone actually LIKE that freak Anne Harrington???? She creeps me out :eek:

Moby

What are you all slagging the show for, There are some very good singers and bands on the show ,Good luck to them all. Sinead Mulvey sang in the Submarine Bar last night and she rocked the place,She is singing there again tonight. She is going places.

TCamen

I think most of the slagging comes from the fact it's Irish, maybe I'm wrong *shrug*. I like the show, but ultimately anyone I like never wins, mostly 'cos idiotic teen girls vote for the guys -- lots of great female soloists this season for sure.

Moby -- I actually just looked @ the site, Sinead Mulvey is indeed my favourite -- I thought ya were talking about Sinead Hand or Áine O'Doherty -- my bad.

Sinead Mulvey seemed to come outta nowhere in the Killarney workshop, but she's excellent!

If she doesn't win, I'd like to see Lorraine Maher take it. Either way, I hope they both go far, esp. considering that Anne Harrington has made it through. :mad:

Mossy Monk

Moby wrote:

I beg you all to vote for her and make her a winner

as much as i appreciate your support for this person, i will not encourage programming like this by voting for it

TCamen

as much as i appreciate your support for this person, i will not encourage programming like this by voting for it

In fairness, one person not voting won't really affect things -- I'm guessing you haven't voted the past 2 seasons, and look how well they did :rolleyes:

Also, this season the profits from the voting are going to Irish charities, and on to the tsunami relief effort, so I won't see it so much as a vote for RTE, but for the singers themselves and for the relief effort.

Doctor J

Doctor J wrote:

Dave's Radio were actually rather good but the singer came across as a serious twat, unfortunately.

yeah i had the same opinion untill i met the guy after they supported the frames(no slagging allowed!) on New Year's Eve.

He's slightly mad but within 5 mins of talkin to him he had agreeed to put me on the guestlist for his whelan's gig on thursday, pity i was sick! He seemed really sound though, and he is a little arrogant, but you need your front man to seem like a prick sometimes!

Wertz

Moby wrote:

What are you all slagging the show for, There are some very good singers and bands on the show...

No-one's slagging the singers/artists/performers/try-hards/wannabes; they're slagging RTÉ's production values which they display on any show like this or of a similar vein.
They're crap. they're an idea ultimately copied from "Star in their eyes" on ITV (more shíte), and they've been a part of RTÉ's prime time scheduling for far too long. Mnay of us are sick and tired of the genre but Montrose keep on churning them out...

The best of luck to the people performing on the show, but TBH if they had that much talent shouldn't they already have made the grade some other way?
As the "prize" is to compete in the travesty that is the Eurovision, then who it is that actually wins matters little to me, and I suspect many other license fee paying viewers have similar opinions.

d22ontour

shoud you're a star be allowed in music/radio would humour not be a better place to have it

Moby

:eek: Watched the show last night and my money is still on Sinead Mulvey,She is so much better than anyone I have seen so far.If you get a chance to hear her sing dont miss it .

Mr. CooL ICE

I've never watched it, but David Hope is a legend. My band supported his band, Incognito, back in August and he's one of the soundest people ever. The afro does it for me too

GeorgeBailey

Moby wrote:

:eek: Watched the show last night and my money is still on Sinead Mulvey,She is so much better than anyone I have seen so far.If you get a chance to hear her sing dont miss it .

Are you Sinead Mulvey/Sinead's Mother/Sinead's Father? Your support seems a little ott for someone who's just watching the show.

Dr. Loon

GeorgeBailey wrote:

Are you Sinead Mulvey/Sinead's Mother/Sinead's Father? Your support seems a little ott for someone who's just watching the show.

Took you a while to cop that. Moby's un-shakeable/blinkered support is obviously that of a relative/friend/lunatic.

If you believe this show has any artistic merit you should probably... I don't know... eh, plunge a fork into your ears or tear out your own eyes.

Moby

:cool: Dr Loon I think that should be Dr Looneybin .If you think there is no artistic talent on the show you be better off watching The Simsons or some other trash good bye. :eek: I am proud to say I have worked with Sinead Mulvey and I genuinely think she is very talented ,Thats why I am pushing for her vote. I agree Dave Hope is excellent he will go far even without the Eurovision.He does not need to win the show to be a star

Doctor J

Moby, read his post, he said artistic merit not talent so quit the childish name calling. They are mutually exclusive properties and some people, myself included, happen to consider artistic merit to be quite a virtue. Sadly, no artist who submits to this manufacturing process has turned their back on artistic merit for the sake of trying to get a short-cut into the music industry.

Dr. Loon

Moby wrote:

:cool: Dr Loon I think that should be Dr Looneybin .If you think there is no artistic talent on the show you be better off watching The Simsons or some other trash good bye. :eek: I am proud to say I have worked with Sinead Mulvey and I genuinely think she is very talented ,Thats why I am pushing for her vote. I agree Dave Hope is excellent he will go far even without the Eurovision.He does not need to win the show to be a star

Please tell me you don't take the Eurovision "song contest" seriously? It's a joke. It's designed to give the Americans something to laugh at. Just like the Daniel O' Donnel show.

Although some of the applicants/runners for Eurostar might be somewhat talented, all artistic merit and integrity is out the window as soon as they appear on the show.

By the last two lines of your paragraph above, it sounds like you're one of the judges spouting the same old shíte clichés. "He'll go far without Eurovision", "He/she is too good for Eurovision." "Even though ye lost "you're a star". :rolleyes:

BolBill

Isn't the show called "You're A Star" !!!!!

Dr. Loon

BolBill wrote:

Isn't the show called "You're A Star" !!!!!

Yeah, whatever!

comet

TCamen wrote:

............does anyone actually LIKE that freak Anne Harrington???? She creeps me out :eek:

I know where your coming from, she's way over the top and she got voted through as a wildcard!! The fact that Ray dropped the piece of information about her being the niece of former winner Paul Harrington swung a few votes I think :rolleyes:

Moby wrote:

......... Sinead Mulvey sang in the Submarine Bar last night and she rocked the place,She is singing there again tonight. She is going places.

Theres a big difference between playing the Submarine bar and going places i think. It was like the panel last year talking about George Murphy filling the Point. I'll keep an eye out for her all the same on this weeks show.



I thought the format was pretty decent this year, fair play to RTE for listening to some of the feedback, the sad thing is that once the competition goes to the Helix the public start voting, the public being young teenage girls i'm guessing by the way the vote goes (and obviously family and friends). So unfortunately talent and taste doesn't come into it, reflect on past "stars": the talentless mickey harte, simon casey, george"cover band"murphy or the dire McElheny twins to name but a few. For example I thought the one who got voted out last Sunday wasn't that bad at all, while I thought Donna and Joseph McCaul hadn't much to offer bar the novelty factor. In the wild card I thought Mahoney and their song Follow The Girl was really good and Daves Radio weren't bad either. I would have put both of them through.

Moby

BolBill wrote:

Isn't the show called "You're A Star" !!!!!

Yes you are right, My mistake I apoligise. Dr Loon is now worried about what the Americans think of our TV programs ,Who Cares,Have you seen some of their Television shows

Mr. CooL ICE

Moby wrote:

The Simsons or some other trash

Don't you dare to ever call the simpsons trash. It has shaped my sense of humour over the last 10 years, is the only eveningtime show worth watching and Homer is my hero. End of story.

Tiriel

LordChessington wrote:

I've never watched it, but David Hope is a legend. My band supported his band, Incognito, back in August and he's one of the soundest people ever. The afro does it for me too

Oh my God I knew I recongnised him!! I used to work in the Abbeygate Hotel in Tralee and Incognito used to play there.. and still do gig there!! They were fantastic! Used to keep me sane while the place was dead as hotel bars can be.. stupid tourists!!
He definitely has my vote now!!! Great on-stage personality too!

Kingp35

most of the acts on the programme are absolutely rubbish in that all they is sing other peoples songs.I dont get that.thats what annoys me about these programmes.Ireally like the irish artists that write and play their own stuff otherwise its just a glorified kareoke competition.

I dont really care who wins just as long as its an original song. All of those programmes like X-factor are terrible for that simple reason. These shows would be very good if they actually had proper musicians on the show who could write music thats what it should be about.

Anyone agree??

Oh and i do hate the way teenage girls just vote for who they think looks the best.again what somebody wheres or looks like has no effect whatsoever on how they can write or sing songs. If it was a proper show with real musicians on it then people who are actually interested in proper music and know something about it would take interest in the show, people of an older age group namely the 20 somethings and then we would get some real quality irish acts. Like where is chris doran gone last years winner. He was absolutely terrible. Thats what i think and serious changes need to be made to ensure all this kareoke rubbish is done away with and the real music can begun to be made

Mr E

Have you watched it at all, kingp35? Alot of the artists in this season DO write and perform their own songs.

comet

Kingp35 wrote:

I dont really care who wins just as long as its an original song.

Its for Eurovision the winner will have to at the very least sing an original song in the final! As TmB says some artist have been singing their own songs already.

Kingp35 wrote:

Like where is chris doran gone last years winner.

Come on Kingp35 as you know only too well Chris Doran is now an international superstar singing sensation.

Kingp35

TmB wrote:

Have you watched it at all, kingp35? Alot of the artists in this season DO write and perform their own songs.

I know they do. If you read my post properly you would know this i said I dont like the ones that arent singing original stuff and that I hope one of the contestants that are wins the competition. My point is I wish it was all original for the good of Irish music and music as a whole.

comet wrote:

Its for Eurovision the winner will have to at the very least sing an original song in the final! As TmB says some artist have been singing their own songs already.

Yeah I no the songs are original but they arent written by the winning artist they are written by someone else so in affect the artist is still singing someone elses song. It should be the winning artist who writes the original song and represents our country in the competition.

comet wrote:

Come on Kingp35 as you know only too well Chris Doran is now an international superstar singing sensation.

Oh yeah I forgot about that cant wait for his stadium rocking world tour

Moby

Some of the best songwriters in the world cant sing to save their lives and some of the great singers cant write good songs, put them together and you get a winner . Most of the finalists peform their own material but cant sing it on the show. They are given a range of songs to sing, to see who can sing any song best ,that is picked for Eurovision .Anyway enjoy the show this week . To all the moans and begrudgers, have a nice day.

VOTE SINEAD MULVEY

maherw2

Moby,you should maybe try listening to some good music."Your a star" is a complete joke and i can't believe your actually calling some of these glorified pub bands talented.

aidan_walsh

maherw2 wrote:

Moby,you should maybe try listening to some good music."Your a star" is a complete joke and i can't believe your actually calling some of these glorified pub bands talented.

Now that, sir, is an uncalled for slur against a lot of good names. I demand an appology.

There are actually quite a few talented pub bands out there

Cork

I think a good treatre director is now more important for a Eurovision act. It is not the singer or the song.

maherw2

Cork wrote:

I think a good treatre director is now more important for a Eurovision act. It is not the singer or the song.

You mean choreography?

Cork

maherw2 wrote:

You mean choreography?

Well - A eurovision act is all spectecle - something to grab your attention & encourage you to waste your money texting or phoning to vote for the thing.

BuffyBot

Well - A eurovision act is all spectecle - something to grab your attention & encourage you to waste your money texting or phoning to vote for the thing.

Not really..last year, yes...other god knows how many years, not so much..

Trev C

This show is really beginning to become a "Eurovision" show cause its a farce. Didnt think that bloke Fran deserved to go last nite, he made a good attempt at something differnet (blondie song). I reckon Dave Fanning could be right about the whole Dublin thing. I think there could be a possible bias although is more likely to be that Dublin people have better things to do than watch this programme.
Áine O'Doherty was brutal last nite, and deserved to go.
Lorraine Maher still the most unique but no way she would win eurovision.

I reckon 90% of the acts there would prefer to get to the final of Your a Star and then loose so the dont go through the humiliation of being just another eurovision entry.

Kingp35

Moby wrote:

Most of the finalists peform their own material but cant sing it on the show. They are given a range of songs to sing, to see who can sing any song best ,that is picked for Eurovision.

This is not true the performers are free to play whatever song they want to while on the show they are not given anything to sing it is purely there own choice. They are given songs to sing while deciding who they want on the actual show but once on it they can sing what they want.

Trev C wrote:

I reckon Dave Fanning could be right about the whole Dublin thing. I think there could be a possible bias although is more likely to be that Dublin people have better things to do than watch this programme.
eurovision entry.

This is right.people might not agree with this but people in dublin have a better idea of wha good and proper music is simply because it is available to us in the clubs and venues in dublin so generally peope in Dublin dont watch the show. Another reason is that people from one town in the country always vote for the performer from that town or county. Like my girlfriend is from athlone and it doesnt matter if they are rubbish or not she will vote for the athlone performer. its run like an election. I have no idea why people from the country do this.

Anyway the show is a joke it needs real usicians playing real songs and maybe it will gain the interest of people who know something about music instead of teenage girls who vote purely on looks or where the person comes from!!

Terrible show absolutely terrible

Moby

Was at the Helix on Sunday and thought the voting was a joke,Aine O Dotherty was a disgrace and her dress taste was a disaster how did she get to finish second. If Dublin people dont vote God help us , The country people have no intrest of voting for the best acts, they treat it like a football game, County V County. So come on Dubliners show our friends in the Country we want the best act to win whoever it may be , We all want to do well in Eurovision.

Kingp35

Moby wrote:

Was at the Helix on Sunday and thought the voting was a joke,Aine O Dotherty was a disgrace and her dress taste was a disaster how did she get to finish second. If Dublin people dont vote God help us , The country people have no intrest of voting for the best acts, they treat it like a football game, County V County. So come on Dubliners show our friends in the Country we want the best act to win whoever it may be , We all want to do well in Eurovision.

very true Moby very true the country folk always stick together and it soesnt matter if the performer is absolute rubbish they will vote for em anyway.

Dunno about the dress comment tho last time i checked the type of clothes you wore didnt really affect how well you could sing :rolleyes:

Moby

:mad: Daves Fannings quotes about your a star in the Evening Herald last night "some poor idiot is going to have to sing in Eurovision" he also said about being a judge on the show "Id do anything once im having a laught"
.Is this the right man to be a judge, He is having a good laught at all the acts on the show , and getting well paid for it. How can anyone perform in front of him while he is sniggering at them. I think he should be kicked off the show now ,and let someone take his place who will take it seriously

Check out www.sineadmulvey.com

BuffyBot

You are *really* taking it too seriously..

Moby

BuffyBot wrote:

You are *really* taking it too seriously..

:cool: Thats because my money is running on Sinead at 5/1

Moby

:mad: I am lost for words, Sinead is out. The best act by miles last Sunday was voted out ? The show has turned into a farce, all the Dubs are gone, why ? They were not the worst on the show, look whats left. I think its a fix, one thing for sure we wont win Eurovision this year