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Post by tom on Dec 21, 2006 0:44:38 GMT 1
CHEEKY ITV has nicked the Grease talent search show off the BBC in an amazing 11th hour coup.
The move left Beeb bosses fuming as they were hoping to score their own ratings smash with the reality show.
But now their rivals are to screen the hunt for new stars for the lead roles of Danny and Sandy — played by John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in the hit 1978 movie.
It all happened at the last minute when producer David Ian — who was on How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? — secretly took the show to ITV.
He has brought in Simon Cowell’s production company Syco to make next year’s show for ITV1.
David Ian is reported to have fallen out with Lord Lloyd Webber after they teamed up to co-produce current West End hit The Sound Of Music.
Last night an ITV insider said: “We are chuffed to bits — we stole Grease from right under the BBC’s nose.
“With Simon producing, it stands to be one hell of a show.”
The winners of the talent hunt will star in the West End version of the musical — famous for hit songs such as The One That I Want and Greased Lightning — next year.
BBC chiefs last night hit back by revealing they would launch a TV talent hunt for a star to don the technicolour dreamcoat in Lloyd Webber’s upcoming musical Joseph.
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Post by ericcantona203 on Dec 21, 2006 1:05:39 GMT 1
but who will host it??
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