Any opinions?
Sadly I thought it was so boring I kept watching BBC1 instead (Have I Got News - funny; Jam not; News hilarious) but what I did see looked like good old Vernon introducing live act after act which is fine for late night Ch4 or BBC2 but not ENTERTAINING for the mass audience.
My theory is - you need EXCITEMENT to hook the TV viewer and that is only very rarely a performance.
I'll watch the ratings with interest but I suspect the excitement of the Winners announcement (will East Anglia go for Hips Don't Lie?) is better TV - even when it boringly reflects fan base - than live performances one after another (plus idiotic pop chat).

Which could be bad for the TV Executive view that "music on TV doesn't work". The right music cleverly presented in a different but visual format CAN work. You just need imagination - and excitement.
Any Tipster comments?

note that at 12.45am on Ch4 they have a music show starring jamiroquai who opened the itv show- your point exactly!
i thought 2006 was a very well put together show in the wrong place at the wrong time - with the wrong host - if you're trying to seem credible, dont book vernon.

Didn't work at all for me, wrong format, wrong time and some painfully bad bits. I'm all in favour of as much music on TV as possible of any genre but I would imagine a lot of people turned over after 20 minutes which is a real shame.