YouTube & Monty Python... will this idea work?

I have blogged about this subject a few times before. It is the shear impossibility of protecting Copyright on YouTube. With a short browse you will find a vast collection of material that has been illegally uploaded. There are entire seasons of Lost, whole episodes of Star Trek, music videos, film clips... even the entire Jurassic Park film was once on there running at over 2 hours!

YouTube will eventually remove any offending material if informed by the Copyright owners. But it is a fruitless task. There are Millions of users using YouTube each day and at least one of them will re-upload the deleted material very quickly.

This costs the Copyright owners dearly in lost Sales and Revenue. So what's Monty Python's answer to all this?

An Interesting idea, but I don't think it's going to work. Revenue created by clicking on links and buying Monty Python DVD's after seeing the clips? Surely people are just going to download the YouTube Material directly from the Monty Python Channel and burn it direct to DVD aren't they?

Maybe I'm missing something. Monty Python seem to have made their problem worse. Now users have access to their back catalog in High Definition for free. I'm not sure how this is going to generate more money, but I look forward to watching this Channel often. Monty Python are the greatest!

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X Factor 2008 - Week 8, Diana Vickers Still Favourite to Win

Diana Vickers remains the Favourite to Win the X-Factor at odds of 13/8. She has had her troubles having to miss a week through severe laryngitis and then singing the following week when still ill. Through all this, she has never once slipped from being the strong Favourite in the betting market. If anything, her battle against adversity has only gone to strengthen her support with the voting public who love a story to get behind.

Week 7, Take That week, Diana Vickers had clearly fully recovered.

Patience was a difficult song for Diana to sing, and like everything she performs, she clearly made it her own. In X Factor 2008, Diana will be tough to beat. Her biggest threat appears to be coming from the merging Eoghan Quigg.

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X Factor 2008 - Week 8, Latest Odds to Win

There are just 5 acts left in this years X Factor Competition. Just one act will go on to win the coveted recording contract... all though to be fair.. most of these Acts will now be snapped up by someone. Simon Cowell probably, no one can deny, that the X Factor is one of the best promotional tools ever devised!

Here are the latest odds on who will Win!

Diana Vickers 13/8
Eoghan Quigg 9/4
Alexandra Burke 3/1
J L S 5/1
Ruth Lorenzo 16/1

Diana Vickers remains steady as the Favourite. She has maintained favouritism for quite some time now. Oddly this may make her vulnerable. The Public generally like to see an underdog win and if she finds herself in the final against Eoghan Quigg, she could have a problem.

Eoghan moves Second Favourite for the first time and is gaining support. He probably has the weakest voice of the solo acts left in, but is arguably the most marketable in terms of potential record sales.

JLS found themselves in the bottom two sing-off last week, which would seem to indicate they may not have quite enough power to take the title. The very underrated Ruth Lorenzo remains at the back of the field at a staggering 16/1. In a one on one sing-off, Ruth can beat anyone act left, which will be a big worry for everyone else.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Week 10, Rachel is Perfect

So.. you're in Strictly Come Dancing and you manage to survive a bottom two dance-off. How do you come back from this?

Well, if you're Rachel Stevens, you score an amazing 39 the next week, followed by an Outstanding maximum 40 the week after !!!

Yes, 40 was the perfect score awarded to Rachel Stevens and professional dance partner, Vincent Simone for this wondrous Foxtrot.

Rachel was falling out of favour with the Betting market to win Strictly, and at one point, her odds has edged out to as much as an incredible 10/1 ! She is now back down to 11/4 and this still looks amazing value. The quality dancing of both Austin Healey and Tom Chambers are allowing her odds to remain this high, but I still think they maybe a little too high. Rachel has a great chance of winning the series.

Miss Stevens, just has to maintain this standard. She has come good, just at the right time and hopefully she can win this on the finishing line. How do you follow a week where you scored a perfect 40 though? We shall see !

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Week 11, Latest Odds to Win !!!

Week 10 saw two of the Strictly Come Dancing Celebrities leave the contest. First in dramatic fashion, John Sergeant and then, through more conventional means, Jodie Kidd.

The contest is really too close to call this year, but here is how the Market currently values each Celebrities chances of winning.

Austin Healey 7/4
Tom Chambers 2/1
Rachel Stevens 11/4
Christine Bleakley 7/1
Lisa Snowdon 12/1

Austin Healey has edged out slightly to 7/4 and is now more or less the same odds as Tom Chambers to win.

The rapid improving Rachel Stevens looks fantastic value at 11/4. Last week she scored 39 and this week a perfect 40. If she maintains this form, Rachel will be virtually impossible to beat.

Christine has undoubtedly got very strong support with the voting public, but it looks very much as if this will finally develop into a three-way tussle between Rachel, Tom & Austin. I would personally bet on Rachel, simply down to the great odds offered.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Week 10, John Sergeant out with Dignity intact

Who will ever know exactly what went on behind the scenes this week on Strictly Come Dancing? Not me, that's for sure.

Anyway, its seems like John Sergeant has done the right thing by opting to pull out of the competition. He will retire undefeated with his popularity as high as it can perhaps possibly go and his dignity firmly intact. This week he performed a farewell dance with dance partner, Kristina Rihanoff.

It was Kristina's first foray into the world of Strictly and she did a fantastic job with John.



John Sergeant was a breath of fresh air for Strictly Come Dancing and will be one of the most remembered celebrities that the show has ever had. He did the right thing to retire the show. It had got to a point where News reporters were camped in his front garden each day and he was making headline news just for being in a dance contest. When he pulled out, he even had to call a Press Conference. John was fully aware that the whole situation was getting well out of control and he had to put a stop to it.

Respect to John on this tricky but correct decision.

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X Factor 2008 - Week7 - Rhydian Returns

All's fair in Love and War... but not on the X Factor. If it were then Rhydian surely would have won the X Factor 2007 last year. He lost in the final to Leon Jackson.

The blond haired wonder has a unique and powerful voice and like all true professionals it all seems so effortless. You just know that Rhydian will deliver time and time again and there will not be a note in the song that he won't be able to hit.

Rhydian returned to the X Factor studio this week to sing his version of Impossible Dream.

Wow! There is no one quite like Rhydian Roberts. His new album comes out on the 24th November and I hope he is around in the Music Industry for a long time to come.

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X Factor 2008 - Week 6, Fantastic Ruth Lorenzo

Ruth Lorenzo has been massively underrated throughout the X Factor 2008 Competition. She has landed in the bottom two more than once, but luckily survived each time. She is a fantastic singing who deserves to have great success.

Thankfully this week, her version of Robbie Williams' Angels was enough to see her through.

Ruth is not fancied at all in the betting market and they predict her to land in the bottom two in Week 7. I for one, hope she doesn't. Although, it does look likely that either Ruth or Rachel Hylton may be knocked out.

Like all of these Public Voting competitions these days, it's sadly not totally based on a performers talent. This was 100% proved this week when John Sergeant decided it best to quit the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing programme for fear of becoming a laughing stock.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 9, Tom Chambers blitzes the Salsa

35 points? That will do nicely, Tom Chambers and professional dance Partner Camilla Dallerup move through to Week 10 with ease.

Judge Craig said, "It was a little too much about you. It felt slightly selfish." The other judges disagreed strongly, with Len Goodman labelling Craig "a born again plonker!"

Craig seems to be taking a lot of Stick this series... maybe it is written into his contract.

This week, Tom and Camilla take on the Tango. Should be no problems and this dance gives them a strong chance of topping the leaderboard after the Judges scores.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 10, Austin Healey still the Favourite

Austin Healey was back on form with a fantastic Tango in Week 9 of Strictly Come Dancing. Great music, Great choreography and a Great performance sees Austin maintain his place as the Favourite going into week 10.

The ever excitable Bruno Tonioli said of the dance, "You went for that Tango like a rampaging beast!". I think that meant he liked it.

This dance was Austin's best so far and scored an impressive 38 points. This was somehow beaten by a 39 from the new and improved Rachel Stevens.

With the shock exit of Cherie Lunghi, Strictly looks set to eventually become a three-way battle between Austin Healey, Tom Chambers and Rachel Stevens. There are some that would add John Sergeant to this trio. Good God!

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - Week 9, Christine Holding her Own

Nine weeks have passed on the BBC Strictly Come Dancing series. Although never being amongst the favourites in the betting market or have topped the Judges leaderboard, Christine has continued to dance well and has never appeared in the bottom two. Could she be the dark horse of the contest?

Christine is popular with the voting public and one feels she would only need to improve slightly to be right up there fighting it out.

Her Waltz with Matthew Cutler this week was another sound performance which earned her 34 points. Christine is considered an outsider and is quoted at 12/1 to win the contest.

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X Factor 2008 - Week 7, Eoghan Quigg to win?

Can Eoghan Quigg win this years X Factor?

As each week goes by, it's looking like he could.

Cheryl Cole's original acts of Laura White, Alexandra Burke and Diana Vickers were so strong in the betting market it was very hard to look elsewhere for the eventual winner. But, Laura White is gone, Diana Vickers is still recovering from illness and Alexandra Burke is now joint second favourite with the improving Eoghan.

Louis Walsh has always maintained that Eoghan would reach the final, but I seriously had my doubts... until now. He doesn't have the most powerful voice in the world, but a quality pitch and smooth tone. You could imagine him selling records and having Number ones.

I'm still behind Diana Vickers to win, but a final between her and Eoghan Quigg would be quite exciting to see. Down to just the Public Vote, guessing the winner would be extremely unpredictable.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008, Rachel Stevens Coming Good

In Strictly Come Dancing, Rachel Stevens is getting good just at the right time. She had a fairly modest start, but last week scored 35 and this week, an astonishing 39!

Her Rumba earned the highest score of the Series so far and one suspects there maybe even more to come.

I can't believe that Rachel's Boyfriend had to sit and watch this. To describe the dance as steamy would be a bit of an understatement. It certainly ticked all the boxes with the four Judges anyway!

It was a fantastic dance by Rachel and dance partner Vincent Simone. Maybe they will start getting a bit more Public support from here on in. They finished in the bottom two the previous week.

A very tight competition this, but it will probably be down to 4 couples. The Enigma that is John Sergeant is not one of them, but he may very well take out one of the Favourites along the way. Not directly of course. The voting public will save him from the Bottom two one week and two of the Favourites will have to battle it out for survival.

The big four are currently, Austin Healey, Tom Chambers, Rachel Stevens and Lisa Snowdon. Lisa landed in the bottom two this week, but survived to knock out Cherie Lunghi. Both Jodie Kidd and Christine Bleakely were safe this time and it will be interesting to see what they can come up with to close in on the leaders. The task will be tough, but not entirely impossible.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Week 9, Shock: Cherie Lunghi Out !!!

Cherie Lunghi had a serious chance of winning Strictly Come Dancing this year, but now shockingly, after landing in the bottom two with Lisa Snowdon, is out of the running.

When Cherie danced Ballroom she was outstanding, maybe the best in contest. Unfortunately, the latin side let her down slightly and this sadly was her eventual undoing. Still... she probably deserved to progress further than John Sergeant, but this is what we have come to expect of these types of public vote orientated TV competitions.

Lisa Snowdon was a tad better in the dance off and based on that alone, deserved to stay in with professional dance partner, Brendan Cole. The decision was not unaninmous however,

This would have been a scare for Lisa & Brendan who have before finished top of the Leaderboard. Stictly Come Dancing is now wide open.

Can John Sergeant now get to the final? I can see him avoiding the bottom two for a few more weeks, which would see him pick off Christine Bleakley, Jodie Kidd and Lisa Snowdon. Sometimes you don't know whether to laugh or cry... maybe a bit of both is appropriate.

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X Factor 2008 - Week 6, Leona Lewis Returns

Global Pop Star, Leona Lewis won the X Factor in 2006. Since then her career as exploded forward like a powerful shooting star.

This week she returned to the X Factor stage to perform her new song, Run. It was a song originally performed by Snow Patrol.

Leona is a rare talent. This was an extraordinary performance, but every performance Leona give is extraordinary so maybe that is no surprise. The competition would be hard pushed ever again to find somebody of her quality. There are some fantastic acts this year, but Leona Lewis is Leona Lewis.

X Factor 2006 saw her Mentored by Simon Cowell and I'm sure he knew, pretty early on, he had a guaranteed chance of winning.



I wonder what happened to Ray?

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008 - Week 9 - The Judges Scores !

It's week 9 and the dancers of Strictly Come Dancing are really looking good now. Well... all of them apart from one. But that one was so entertaining then I will let him off this week. Here are the Judges scores!

Rachel Stevens & Vincent - 39
Austin Healey & Erin - 38
Tom Chambers & Camilla - 35
Christine Bleakley & Matt - 34
Jodie Kidd & Ian - 33
Cherie Lunghi & James - 32
Lisa Snowdon & Brendan - 30
John Sergeant & Kristina - 25

After drifting in the market week after week, suddenly a bomb goes off and Rachel Stevens delivers the performance we all she was capable of. Last week she performed will with 35 points, but this week was something else entirely with a huge 39 to top the leaderboard. Wow! She is safe from the bottom two this week... unless some one changes the rules.

Austin was back in gear, scoring 38 and everybody did particularly well. If the Public save John Sergeant again, the bottom two are going to be fairly unpredictable.

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I'm a Celebrity, What are my Chances of Winning?

The yearly Jungle show hasn't even properly started yet, but already the Bookmakers are quoting odds on the eventual winner. I suppose it is not much of a surprise really, such is the popularity of the show. Ever since the Celebrities for Get Me out of Here! were revealed, interest has grown to the usual expected frenzy.

If anything can be drawn at this early or pre-early stage, here are the market odds of victory.

Joe Swash 7/2
Simon Webbe 4/1
Martina Navratilova 7/1
George Takei 7/1
Esther Rantzen 8/1
Carly Zucker 8/1
Dani Behr 12/1
Brian Paddick 12/1
Robert Kilroy Silk 14/1
Nicola McLean 14/1

Ex-Eastenders star is installed as the early favourite from Simon Webb, formally of the boyband Blue.

Robert Kilroy Silk has never been in a Boyband or Eastenders or indeed very popular which may explain why he is not very favoured to win. He is however, equally favoured to glamour model Nicola Mclean, who is largely unknown to just about every one outside her own house.

I'm hoping that Mr Sulu wins, aka George Takei. He never let the Starship Enterprise down so I'm definitely with him. If Martina Navratilova turns out to be a Klingon, then it could really get interesting.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2008, Week 8/9, Is Lisa Waltzing to Victory?

Are Lisa Snowdon and professional dance partner Waltzing to victory? Well... they very well might be!

After a fairly modest start to Strictly Come Dancing, Lisa Snowdon has shown she is more than capable of Winning the Title. Not for the first time this series, Lisa finished again top of the table after the Judges votes and has to be considered a serious contender.

This beautiful Viennese Waltz scored a high total of 36 points to land joint-top with Tom Chambers and Cherie Lunghi.

The four judges all gave glowing praise.

Head Judge, Len Goodman said, "...from week one you are the most improved dancer of this series."

This week Lisa Snowdon has to successfully navigate the Samba. This dance has caused a number of the celebrity dancers a few problems. It saw the demise of Andrew Castle and was Jodie Kidd's lowest scoring dance so far. But... if anyone can do it, Lisa can!

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X Factor 2008 - Week 6, Will Diana Vickers have to pull out of the Competition?

Due to severe Laryngitis, competition favourite, Diana Vickers was given a bye last week. This meant that although unable to perform, she was allowed to progress to the next round of the X Factor.

It is now Thursday and it is still very unclear whether Diana has recovered. We are just 2 days aways from the next Live round.

She has been to the Doctor's this week for a second check-up, but there is still no news of her progress. Such is Diana Vickers popularity, people are now asking,

Should Diana be given another week off if she is still too sick to sing?

No doubt, she would have got through any way, but is this exactly fair on the other entrants? The answer is probably no... it will be interesting to see how this one plays out.

It is an uncomfortable time for Mentor Cheryl Cole, who last week saw Laura White surprisingly leave and now faces the chance of Diana Vickers having to leave the show through illness.

Fingers crossed that Diana can comeback this Saturday. Last week she was certainly missed.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing - It's Week 9, Who is going out this time ?

Not many weeks left to go now. Week 9 marks the start of serious territory in the BBC Strictly Come Dancing show. Here is how the betting market values each celebrities chances of being eliminated from the dance floor this time round.

John Sergeant 8/11
Jodie Kidd 9/4
Christine Bleakley 7/1
Rachel Stevens 12/1
Lisa Snowdon 14/1
Cherie Lunghi 14/1
Tom Chambers 50/1
Austin Healey 66/1

John Sergeant is odds on to go, which probably means he won't. Judges have never seemed to grasp in these contests, the worse you say about a performance, the more the Public vote for the performer to stay in. There will be plenty of bad things to say about John this week. That is a given.

Taking the Sergeant Factor into account, Jodie Kidd looks extremely vulnerable. Jodie was very appreciative that the voting Public kept her in last week and has promised to give a great performance in thanks.

Rachel Stevens scored a fantastic 35 points last week, but still ended up in the bottom two with seemingly very little or no Public voting support. You need the Public behind you on Strictly Come Dancing otherwise it is very difficult to win. If this pattern continues, the bottom two this week could well be Rachel Stevens verses Jodie Kidd.

If this is the case, Jodie would have to pull off something pretty stunning to stay in the running.

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