Let Me Entertain You (1)
Synopsis
Daytime talent show, in which contestants are given three minutes to do their act, and win more money the longer they remain on stage (£100 for each full minute). The studio audience have voting pads and the contestants are booted off once 50% of the audience have voted to get rid of them. Contests run across a week, with the top two performers from each day going forward to the Friday final with a £1000 jackpot. The last act in each regular show is someone from the studio audience who's been nominated by their "friends" and don't know they'll be performing until they are surprised by Brian Conley during the show.
There's nothing terribly groundbreaking about this format (in essence it's just a toned-down variant on the classic US format The Gong Show) but with the daytime light entertainment genre currently going through a mini-boom (The Paul O'Grady Show, The Price is Right, even Deal or No Deal) it's a neat idea to tap into that market with a talent show, and it works.
Inventor
Adam Wood, who also devised Cash Cab.
