Re Comparing myself and my fellow pals to AI winners. I said that AI winners were perhaps not as good and could not survive in my environment. I put forward the following reasons.

AI contestants have vocal coaches and choreographers they only have to perform 3 or 4 songs per show. They have hairdreseers make up artistes and wardrobe asistants. They have a week to learn the few songs they have to sing which are usually standards that most folk know anyway. They are told what to sing what to wear where to stand an when to go to the toilet. Usually being one trick ponys they only usually have to sing in one style anyway. They have sound engineers and lighting guys and a huge team pampering them. They do not have to cart heavy gear about. They do not have to present discos and Karaoke. They do not have to perform for over three hours at a time and be fresh next day to do it all over again. They have plenty of rehearsals and soundchecks.


We have to do all these things ourselves we cart heavy gear in and out perform for hours songs we have not had the chance to practice. We have to be comedians and other things which are part of our unwritten remit. We have to sing many styles and genres and cater for ever changing audiences of all ages. Compared to what AI folk struggle to go through they could not handle that pressure and have not the multi task talent.

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