I am sure Ryan O'Shaughnessy is a nice chap, and I have nothing against him, but I am confused about the fuss surrounding his participation in the two talent contests, The Voice and BGT. He has recently auditioned for the Irish version of The Voice, and entered a three-month contract which makes his appearance on BGT illegal. The fact that he's a nice, clean-cut chap, and can sing, with a good back story does not mean we can ignore his fuck-up in trying so hard to get famous that he didn't check what he was getting into. More at issue, for me though, is why he was allowed on BGT when he's Irish.
Again, nothing against the Irish, but it's Britain's Got Talent, not Ireland's Got Talent. Last year we had entries from French citizens, and we've had a German this series already. In fact, there are loads of entrants whose talents may be dubious, but their nationalities are not! How the fuck can someone not from Britain be put in front of the Queen (actually, she'll probably not turn up for the Royal Variety Performance, which is her own talent) as the winner, and proof that Britain's got some talent?
Get it sorted, Simon Cowell - or you may as well call it "There's Talent Somewhere Out There - We're Making a Programme - Come On Down". Entrants should be British Citizens. Or perhaps resident in the UK, but certainly not people who fly in to perform. If something's not done on this point, there will at some point be a fiasco to deal with.
Britain Imports Talent.
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