Channel Five. No-one really watches it do they? It bought Neighbours and Home and Away and instead of them gaining two cult imports, they managed to make people suddenly not care. But plucky little Five won’t stop trying… in fact, they Don’t Stop Believing (Five, Sunday, 8 August, 5:45pm) which is almost sad when you see the fruits of their harvest.
In an attempt to jump on two bandwagons at once – Glee and The X Factor – the show has fallen flat on its face very much like someone trying to ride two horses at the same time.
Don’t Stop Believing wants the thrill of the public vote and the blank stare of the judging panel mixed with the hideous family friendly choral nonsense that has made Glee such a runaway success in the world with people who never wanted to admit to liking musicals, when really they loved them.