Talking of talent shows and judges, the BBC is signing up talent agent Addison Cresswell to be the main judge on a new Graham Norton fronted talent show which has a working title of Saturday Showdown (not to be confused with the aforementioned 'Joseph' talent search, which will also be fronted by Norton). Cresswell represents the likes of Jack Dee, Lee Evans and Jonathan Ross for his Off The Kerb agency, and was the man who secured Ross his much reported, slightly controversial and undeniably excessive £18 million deal with the BBC. Ironically, Creswell has appointed one of his main rivals, Richard Allen-Turner of Avalon, to negotiate his deal with the Beeb for the new show and while it won't be worth anything like the Ross deal, you can expect loads of stupid and pointless demands to be made - including a reported £1000 per show clothing budget.
Dec 21, 2006
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BBC signs Addison Cresswell as judge for new Graham Norton talent show
The BBC is signing talent agent Addison Cresswell as main judge on a Graham Norton-fronted talent show, with Cresswell negotiating through rival agent Richard Allen-Turner.