I think it’s because I have hosted hundreds of talent shows onboard over the last 17 years that I have been a cruise director that the thought of watching similar shows on TV has always made me feel like vomiting. Also, I think my hatred of American/British Idol type shows is that, unlike our talent shows on the ships where everyone is a winner, I hate the sight of grown men and women reduced to tears by Simon Bowell and the gang when they are told………….they are crap!
OK……..yes………..I admit that there have been times onboard in the talent shows when I have had to walk out on stage telling the audience how wonderful Sarah from California was with her version of “I Will Always Love You” even though there were dogs howling around the Caribbean …………..and I have to admit that if I ever have to hear “Wind beneath My Bloody Wings” ever again I may have to hurt someone with the microphone.
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