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[harry]

Browsing the WOS news/gossip areas, Niamh has been cast in a new musical 'Only the Brave' at Edinburgh Fringe, and rumours are that Jessie might [post="harry"]delighted for jessie[/post]go into Bill Kenwright's Cabaret tour.

Both these bits of news I'm a bit dissapointed - I really liked Niamh on the show, but she's only 17 or 18, I thought she'd go and get some professional training and reappear in a few years, like it seems Sam is going to do. Jessie I really, really didn't like on the show - yeah her voice was fine but her movements, facial expressions, 'emotion' (which always came across to me confused/bewildered rather than anything she was supposed to be portraying) I didn't get on with at all, I don't particularly want to pay money to see her perform. And I'd like to see the Cabaret tour. I thought that Kenwright would probably cast a reality contestant, but was really hoping for Rachel from IDA or Abi from HDYSAPLM (I'd noted she finished Betwixt before Cabaret started).

What are others' thoughts?

delighted  for jessie i know she get loads of offers

[Haz]

There's no denying that the original implication was that the winner did every performance (hence all that talk of 8 shows a week)

exactly... it would be interesting to go back and see how many times ALW commented on not being sure about whether 'contestant x' would be up to 8 shows a week.

perhaps there should be a new vote that also includes all of them?

[harry]

delighted for jessie knew she would get loads of offers she seems to  be getting lots of negitive comments from you guys i dont understand if you dont like somebody why keep talking about them its a bit scary even after show your making comments about her next work give the girl a break noticed sam got same treatment is it because there young and beautiful is there a jealousy thing have have you guys got problem in the looks department or something alot of people in britain love this irish girl she got to final without home vote and will go see her so move on people big brother on at the moment im sure that will keep you ammused

[Haz]

delighted for jessie knew she would get loads of offers she seems to  be getting lots of negitive comments from you guys i dont understand if you dont like somebody why keep talking about them its a bit scary even after show your making comments about her next work give the girl a break noticed sam got same treatment is it because there young and beautiful is there a jealousy thing have have you guys got problem in the looks department or something alot of people in britain love this irish girl she got to final without home vote and will go see her so move on people big brother on at the moment im sure that will keep you ammused

good grief - take a breath. i'm tired just reading that.

[art87]

I do agree with your point, and also that I am prejudiced probably because I just don't get Jodie, or why people voted for her. She truly was not the best of the bunch - and although that of course is my opinion, I am very far from being alone in it.

Whatever your opinion, you are clearly in the minority - Jodie won...

[jimee1987]

delighted for jessie knew she would get loads of offers she seems to  be getting lots of negitive comments from you guys i dont understand if you dont like somebody why keep talking about them its a bit scary even after show

I presume you haven't read the comments made by people who don't like Jodie that were made durng the show and since it ended.

[Matthew Winn]

i dont see why anybody would want their vote money refunded? if both jodie and jessie share the role,then all fans of both women are happy.

If "sharing the role" meant they were both on stage at the same time then you'd have a point, but if someone had booked to see Jodie after voting for her and under the impression that she'd be doing a full week's work, only to find that the schedule had changed and Jessie was there instead, then they'd have every right to be disgruntled. I'm sure there are some people who don't care who they see so long as that person has been on the telly, but many of the audience will want to see "their" Nancy, not somebody else's Nancy.

It's not like the situation when someone's off sick and a replacement must be used. If people book to see Jodie and the producers don't even try to provide her then the audience is fully entitled to get a refund or an exchange.