Not a lot to say here probably, but it deserves to be mentioned ‘cos it’s up there with the good TV of the year for sure, it got my tearducts working anyway. The challenge was to put together a 12-track album for children’s charity featuring major artists in just 5 days, and as you might expect from that set-up, the programme didn’t stand up so well to modern skepticism – of course some of it was a little too convenient. But this certainly had the edge on her “comeback” Christmas special (I can’t even remember what the challenge was there, lol).

I don’t know quite how to put this without sounding like I’m putting the show down … but somehow this one had that sorta-semi-_tackiness_ about it that made the old show so great sometimes. In the end, no matter how much the cynic in me wanted to say it was all set-up, for some reason it just felt more honest than any “reality” show (I don’t wanna put Anneka in that category, but technically, she was like some kind of pioneer I guess lol) ... I guess it’s the complete lack of hate and utter presence of innocence that the show has. Like, just looking at the faces of the children and the parents when they did the live show at the end, it’s like – doesn’t matter how well the album does, creating a moment like that is a million times more than X-Factor or Big Brother can do. I’m babbling, but I guess that was my intention … I just wanted to put down how much I loved this. And hey, the Avenue Q bits were icing on the cake … I heart Julie Atherton and Kate Monster soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad, lol.

So anyway, everyone, get onto iTunes and buy the album, ‘cos I can’t till at least payday, lol.

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