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X Factor Vote
The public will decide who returns to The X Factor and all
profits from this one off phone vote donated to Help For Heroes.
The four X Factor contestants who have never faced the public vote after
being eliminated by the judges in the first Live Show have the chance to
return to the competition this Saturday by facing a public vote. With a
place in the show up for grabs following Frankie Cocozza’s departure, the
public will decide via a phone vote which one will re-join the competition.
The four contestants, one from each category: 2 Shoes (Groups); Amelia Lily
(Girls); James Michael (Boys); and Jonjo Kerr (Over 25s) left the
competition on the first live show.
The act with the most votes will re-enter The X Factor and perform live on
Saturday night's show alongside the six remaining acts left in the
competition.
This week's theme is Queen and Lady Gaga so each of the returning acts will
prepare a song – but only one will get the chance to perform it on Saturday
night’s show which starts at 20:15 on ITV1.
ITV and producers talkbackThames and Syco have decided that all profits from
the phone vote, at least 22 pence per call, will be donated to the charity
Help for Heroes.
Elaine Bedell, ITV’s Director of Entertainment said: “In these unprecedented
circumstances I’m pleased that we are giving viewers the opportunity to vote
for one act to return to Saturday’s show and that all profits from this vote
will be donated to Help for Heroes.”
Voting started today at 16:00.
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New Drama For BBC
One
Dervla Kirwan and Ewen Bremner join Christopher Eccleston in
an original four-part drama for BBC One, called The Fuse, written by Bill
Gallagher.
Also appearing are Andrew Scott, Lyndsey Marshal, Rebecca Callard, and
Branka Katic.
The Fuse follows Daniel Demoys (Eccleston), a stranger in his own life. Over
the years he has gone from being an idealistic young man with a burning
desire to make the world a better place, to a disillusioned and corrupt
council official. His alcoholism has driven a wedge between him and wife,
Alex (Kirwan), and their three children. The fallout from his
alcohol-fuelled actions prove agonising for all around him.
When Daniel wakes up after another drunken night, he realises that he might
be responsible for a murder. A dramatic act of redemption buys him public
adoration, so much so that he has become a candidate in the race for Mayor,
persuaded by council official Jerry Durrans (Bremner), and lawyer sister
Lucy (Marshal).
Christopher Eccleston said: “Bill Gallagher has written a
fantastic four episode drama about obsession, addiction and redemption. I’m
very excited about the role of Daniel Demoys and to be working with Red
Production Company and BBC One”.
Filming has started and will take place on location in Liverpool and
Manchester, for a Spring 2012 transmission.
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Call To
Save Somerset's AM Service
The leaders of two councils are calling on the BBC not to
switch off one of its local radio transmitters in Somerset.
At present BBC Somerset transmits on both 95.5 FM and 1566 AM but the BBC
Trust wants to switch off the AM service where it is duplicated on FM.
But councillors from Taunton Deane and West Somerset say up to 30,000 people
are unable to receive the FM service.
A BBC spokeswoman said it was currently examining the impact of the
withdrawal of its AM service in Somerset.
She added: "We have said that we'll end medium wave (AM) transmissions,
except for stations where listeners depend on medium wave as an alternative
to FM.
"Any decision will be subject to the approval of the BBC Trust who are
currently consulting on BBC local radio proposals."
The leader of Taunton Deane Borough Council, Councillor John Williams, said
the BBC Trust's plans would not work in Somerset.
He said some 30,000 people living in the lee of the Quantocks and Blackdown
hills are shielded from the FM transmitter located on Penn Hill, near Wells.
"There's a huge swathe of our borough, including major settlements such as
Wiveliscombe, Norton Fitzwarren, Cotford St Luke, Bishops Lydeard and
Milverton, who will effectively be disenfranchised if the medium wave
transmitter in Taunton is switched off."
Both Mr Williams and Councillor Tim Taylor, from West Somerset Council, said
in times of emergency people tuned into BBC Somerset.
"It could be which schools are closed because of snow or which roads are
impassable due to flooding.
"As councils, we are very aware of the need to make savings but this
proposal by the BBC would have a huge impact on people who value and rely on
their local radio station."
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Piers Morgan
Quits Talent
Piers Morgan is to quit America's Got Talent.
He said juggling being a judge on the show and his CNN
programme is "harder than it looks" and wants to focus on his chat show.
Morgan says the last six years on the show have "been a blast".
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