Tonight was the 10th anniversary of Rove Live which meant a 90 minute special of past cast members and favourite clips. If the world ended tomorrow and all that survived was a tape of Rove's 10th anniversary show, aliens would think that the human race consisted of juvenile pranksters obsessed with self-harm and bad fashion who told far too many bum jokes and had no respect for themselves or anyone else ... and they wouldn't be too far off really. The laugh out loud moments were courtesy of Hamish & Andy and Ryan Shelton, otherwise it was an excercise in cringeworthy self-indulgence - a bit like a 21st birthday party where your dad makes a speech with a whole lot of gags that no one laughs at. Nonetheless, there is something lovable about Rove McManus and it must be said that the show has filled a void in variety entertainment and has endeared where many others would have fallen by the wayside.
Besides all that - an interesting program change for 10 tonight - moving Australian Idol back to 7:30pm and putting a repeat of Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation before it. Obviously ten were hoping that their biggest success of late might lead into some good audience numbers for the failing Aus. Idol. Unfortunately Idol seems dead and buried with it's only stand out performer knocked out in round one, it's left with better than average karaoke and forced bickering between the judgeing panel.
Besides all that - an interesting program change for 10 tonight - moving Australian Idol back to 7:30pm and putting a repeat of Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation before it. Obviously ten were hoping that their biggest success of late might lead into some good audience numbers for the failing Aus. Idol. Unfortunately Idol seems dead and buried with it's only stand out performer knocked out in round one, it's left with better than average karaoke and forced bickering between the judgeing panel.
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