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Am I the only one who, upon seeing headings about 'Rove' being in trouble, gets excited and then disappointed when he realises that it's not about Rove McManus but Karl Rove, only to belatedly get excited again upon realising that you do actually hate the latter one more?
Apparently Rove Live has become a ratings disaster of late. So who the hell is going to win this year's Gold Logie?
Natalie Bassingthwaighte?
PROS: She's a cool character and is the only Neighbours person up for it, and should appeal to those likely to vote by text message (a new innovation). Extra points for being in Rogue Traders.
CONS: If Delta can't make Neighbours and a singing career add up to Gold, I'm not sure Natalie can.
Bridie Carter?
PROS: Channel Nine's only real contender (if Bert counts as Channel 10).
CONS: 'Best of a bad bunch' is hardly a winning formula. Won't appeal to anyone who doesn't regularly watch McLeod's Daughters.
Bec Hewitt?
PROS: She'll have psyched herslf up using the 'Balboa' method.
CONS: Glut of Home and Away nominees. Hasn't been on TV all year. Writes the worst poetry this side of student publications. General bint.
Rove McManus?
PROS: Incumbency. He's the safe option. He's not on Home and Away. The sort of person people vote for when they don't actually watch any of the shows from which the nominees come.
CONS: There must be the odd person who has noticed he's a total fucktard by now, and the ratings slide suggests that if he does win Channel 10 might be faced with the embarassing prospect of axing their Gold Logie boy.
Bert Newton?
PROS: Kitsch value - possibly an asset with text voters. He's cool, even if no-one watches his new show.
CONS: Anyone who has seen Bert's Family Feud won't want to encourage Channel Nine to stick with him.
Ada Nicodemou?
PROS: Won Dancing With The Stars, easily the most consistently high rating show on Australian TV. Wog vote is surely worth something.
CONS: DWTS viewers may not be able to compete with younger text-happy fans of other shows. Glut of Home and Away nominees. As my flatmate put it: "She's no Rebekah Elmalogalou".
Kate Ritchie?
John Wood?
PROS: Sentimental favourite (eight million nominations and never a win). People might feel extra sentimental because Blue Heelers has now been axed.
CONS: It didn't get axed for nothing.
My pick:
My gut is telling me that Natalie might get up, but I wouldn't rule out Ada or John. Of course maybe Rove will just win again. If he's finished giving evidence.
Sportingbet reckons I'm way off, at least on Natalie. Maybe she's worth a small bet? Am still kicking myself over the picking-Casey-Donovan-when-she-was-100-to-1 fiasco. Radar is similarly skeptical of the Bassingthwaightemeister.
Apparently Rove Live has become a ratings disaster of late. So who the hell is going to win this year's Gold Logie?
Natalie Bassingthwaighte?
PROS: She's a cool character and is the only Neighbours person up for it, and should appeal to those likely to vote by text message (a new innovation). Extra points for being in Rogue Traders.
CONS: If Delta can't make Neighbours and a singing career add up to Gold, I'm not sure Natalie can.
Bridie Carter?
PROS: Channel Nine's only real contender (if Bert counts as Channel 10).
CONS: 'Best of a bad bunch' is hardly a winning formula. Won't appeal to anyone who doesn't regularly watch McLeod's Daughters.
Bec Hewitt?
PROS: She'll have psyched herslf up using the 'Balboa' method.
CONS: Glut of Home and Away nominees. Hasn't been on TV all year. Writes the worst poetry this side of student publications. General bint.
Rove McManus?
PROS: Incumbency. He's the safe option. He's not on Home and Away. The sort of person people vote for when they don't actually watch any of the shows from which the nominees come.
CONS: There must be the odd person who has noticed he's a total fucktard by now, and the ratings slide suggests that if he does win Channel 10 might be faced with the embarassing prospect of axing their Gold Logie boy.
Bert Newton?
PROS: Kitsch value - possibly an asset with text voters. He's cool, even if no-one watches his new show.
CONS: Anyone who has seen Bert's Family Feud won't want to encourage Channel Nine to stick with him.
Ada Nicodemou?
PROS: Won Dancing With The Stars, easily the most consistently high rating show on Australian TV. Wog vote is surely worth something.
CONS: DWTS viewers may not be able to compete with younger text-happy fans of other shows. Glut of Home and Away nominees. As my flatmate put it: "She's no Rebekah Elmalogalou".
Kate Ritchie?
PROS: Hahahahahahahahahaha. Um, OK... well the guy in her porn film looked pretty cute. Does he get an award?
CONS: Glut of Home and Away nominees. Glut of her boobies. Glut of her in general. Glut, glut, glut.
John Wood?
PROS: Sentimental favourite (eight million nominations and never a win). People might feel extra sentimental because Blue Heelers has now been axed.
CONS: It didn't get axed for nothing.
My pick:
My gut is telling me that Natalie might get up, but I wouldn't rule out Ada or John. Of course maybe Rove will just win again. If he's finished giving evidence.
Sportingbet reckons I'm way off, at least on Natalie. Maybe she's worth a small bet? Am still kicking myself over the picking-Casey-Donovan-when-she-was-100-to-1 fiasco. Radar is similarly skeptical of the Bassingthwaightemeister.
posted by weasel at 8:44 PM
3 Comments:
When I worked in finance, my boss would always go with Centrebet - their current fave is Rove, with John Wood and Kate Ritchie close behind.
These are role models?
I'd vote for Kate Richie. Just for the hilarity. Just for the cringing. Just because I still haven't gotten over the fact that Sally now has boobies.
Thank god it wasn't Rove! By the end I was sucked in to the setimentality and was happy John Wood got it (but in my mind, it was for Rafferty's Rules) and ecstatic when Richie won silver.
Kate Richie for PM, I say.
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