For Fred's Sake
I could hardly bear to watch as Fred MacAulay fought for his place in the Comic Relief Fame Academy tonight. He was saved - not by the judges or fellow Scot Richard Park - but by the majority vote of fellow Academy students.
The whole thing looked barbaric. It reminded me of my schooldays when the two best footballers would pick their team from fellow classmates and I'd be left as the one that no one wanted. Gosh, I thought I had erased that from my memory but it all came flooding back tonight.
Yet Fred's actual perfomance was pretty good. His rendition of Living Doll had a spark about it and you have to admire any husband who sings live on network television with his wife watching from the wings. He even pointed to her at one point indicating that she was the Living Doll is his life. Awww.
Then I worked it out: there was the big Rangers UEFA game on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 2 tonight.
Half of Scotland wouldn't even have been watching Fred, let alone calling the Fame Academy line to vote for him.
Please, please tune in tomorrow night and don't put him through that ordeal again.
I can't cope with the trauma.
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