The Brit Awards 2021

[FBC]

Great, but what is a bubble? I take a bubble to mean they've all been living in the same accommodation with each other for two weeks - I'm guessing that might not actually be how it works?

Several negative tests for everyone, and everybody then stays together in the same accommodation with no contact outside the ‘bubble’ throughout rehearsals and until after the project is finished. Basically a very similar process as on the sets of movies, music videos, tv series, etc.

[mark]

I really enjoyed the ceremony last night - and felt sorry for the person in charge of muting the sweary bits, who clearly struggled to keep up with Lewis Capaldi.

As others have said, the set was fantastic - I thought it put this year's Oscars to shame. I particularly liked that the very colourful backdrop for the award presentations was a real one rather than just graphics on a screen.

[Yellow]

Really great effort, interesting to see (like Ant and Dec's Takeaway) ITV are being super hot with the Live DOG (going on and off during a performance as it switches between pre-record and live shots) - clearly someone thinks this is the next big scandal in waiting.

[Brekkie]

Really great effort, interesting to see (like Ant and Dec's Takeaway) ITV are being super hot with the Live DOG (going on and off during a performance as it switches between pre-record and live shots) - clearly someone thinks this is the next big scandal in waiting.

Yet it's only adding the pointless LIVE DOG which flags it. We managed for decades with pre-recorded inserts in live programming where required.

[valley]

Really great effort, interesting to see (like Ant and Dec's Takeaway) ITV are being super hot with the Live DOG (going on and off during a performance as it switches between pre-record and live shots) - clearly someone thinks this is the next big scandal in waiting.

I really don't get why. It's not like news where it being live is a key part of their mantra, it's some light entertainment which is billed as being live in the schedules (and by the CA, presumably). Doesn't have any impact on the audience at home whether it is live or not, considering there is no competition element which the viewers are involved in, and as Brekkie says by adding this live DOG it is making a big deal out of very little. I haven't seen any Ofcom guidance regarding this issue.

[James Martin]

BBC Three used to do this with a particularly ugly DOG, most notably on the Eurovision semis. Infact, I noticed from watching quite a few national finals this year due to being stuck indoors on a Saturday night it seems to be a popular thing to do on the continent.

[bkman1990]

How did Coldplay have their virtual people up on the stage. I thought it looked amazing when I saw it on UTV HD last night.

[all new Phil]

Watched it due to there being nothing else on and, despite not usually being a fan, I really enjoyed it. Incredible staging.

One stand out for me - Clara Amfo had great presence when she presented an award. I’d say she’d be great hosting the whole thing at some point in the future.

Thoroughly enjoyed Elton John singing in the club style too.

[bkman1990]

The BBC saying last week that there were some Covid cases being reported due to this year's Brit Awards. Very disappointing if true.

[gottago]

The BBC saying last week that there were some Covid cases being reported due to this year's Brit Awards. Very disappointing if true.

I would assume they were expecting a few surely? Weren't they all health workers so they all would have been vaccinated anyway. This is what the future's probably going to be like well into the future anyway, Covid being spread in the same way that colds and flu are spread at these events. It's just that most will be vaccinated against its worst effects.

I think there were 9 cases after that 6000 person Liverpool rave which is small.

[James2001]

Depends how many and if they ended up in serious illness or hospitalisation, really. If we're aiming for zero cases then we'll struggle to ever start big events like this again. We're going to have to accept the spread of cases going forwards, as long as they're not killing people or putting them in hospital, which all signs so far suggest the vaccines are doing.

[Yellow]

Were the cases due to the Brits, or were they merely detected as part of the pre/post ceremony testing of the audience?

[James Martin]

The BBC saying last week that there were some Covid cases being reported due to this year's Brit Awards. Very disappointing if true.

Has there been any fallout from Eurovision?