The death of TOTP (11th July)

[Muinimula]

Did anyone witness the final episode of TOTP on BBC1 tonight? I sat there for half the show mourning - where did it all go wrong? Tonight we had:

> Kanye West - Diamonds... (Probably the best performance of the night, and that's coming from someone who seriously dislikes hip-hop.)
> EXCLUSIVE Crazy Frog - Popcorn (Whose benefit was this for? Are we not going to see this song enough in ad breaks over the next three months? Did we really need an 'EXCLUSIVE' 'performance'?)
> 24/7 (Crammed with sizzling news stories. Or something. We even found out Anastacia's favourite superhero.)
> James Blunt - Wisemen (I always disapprove when they play a track from the number one album. It always strikes me as underhand tactics.)
> EXCLUSIVE Roll Deep - The Avenue (What were they doing? They just stood there for half the song listening to the backing track. These 'EXCLUSIVE' 'performances' were clearly worth the money.)
> FROM LIVE 8 U2/Paul McCartney - Sgt Peppers... (Unnecessary and so last week.)
> EXCLUSIVE Heather Small - Proud (For goodness sake. The only thing of merit in this performance was the almost exciting Olympic rings in the background. Shame they didn't set off the sprinkler system.)
> 2Pac ft Elton John - Ghetto Gospel (Sadly, TOTP spent too much on other 'EXCLUSIVE' performances, as 2Pac was unable to perform in the studio. Priorities?)

Seriously, why don't they go back to how it used to be?
1. Show the songs that are in the chart that particular week.
2. Stop force-feeding us with 'EXCLUSIVE's we couldn't give a toss about.
3. Don't fill up valuable performance time (which could have been devoted to Rachel Stevens) on non-existent news stories or competitions.
4. Any guest presenters should not have the words 'Jeremy' or 'Clarkson' anywhere in their name.

I despair. I really do.

[Steveweiser]

A really tame death. Sunday's show really needs to be exciting, and with Ben Moody & Anastacia the only confirmed act, there isn't much hope of that.

[materialgirl1982]

Yes the last TOTP on BBC 1 was absolutely awful, and fully showed why the show is being ditched by the channel.

The worst part of the show was definitely Roll Deep's "performance". My god, they make Blazin Squad look like professionals! Terrible performance of an excuse for a song.

[AcerBen]

and they didn't even have Mariah Carey as promised on Friday;'s show just because she didnt make it to no1

[Trixie]

I think she cancelled on them rather than the other way round to be fair.

[materialgirl1982]

On Radio 1 they said that they were meant to have Mariah on the phone, but her management cancelled saying she had to rest her voice or something - the DJ then claimed it was cos she wasn't number 1. I like Mariah, but she needs to lose some of her ego, that's just ridiculous!

[Mr. Sponge]

materialgirl1982 said:

I like Mariah, but she needs to lose some of her ego, that's just ridiculous!

I disagree, I don't think that she should have to make an appearance for everything she is asked to do. And it's her agent's doing, not her's. Resting your voice is also very very important, especially when you have to use your voice as much as mariah does. I don't give a toss that she didn't appear ont TOTP. We see enough of her around other places. But yeh she is a bitch.

[MJH]

When I remember the times TOTP was THE music show to watch - the highlight of the week - it's really sad that it disintegrated into a nothingness.

[hotzappa12]

They are even giving away free tickets on the website because nobody wants to watch such a horrible show anymore.

[NumanumAnzej]

It was always free to get in wasn't it? You just had to ring the BBC and got randomly drawn. It's pretty sad though :-(

[Steveweiser]

CD:UK is much better for tickets, every show is easily available, and you usually get a ticket when you ring up. They're even going to give me a backstage pass next time for putting up with 4 hours of studio heat.