Talking of old people, a group of singing pensioners who auditioned for Simon Cowell's 'Britain's Got Talent' have complained about the way they were treated. The Ebbw Vale Male Voice Choir, whose members are all aged between 60 and 93, were apparently invited to try out for the show, and they spent £250 on travelling to Cardiff to sing for judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden.
Chairman David Jenkins told The Daily Star: "It was a nightmare. We were made to queue for hours and kept in a holding room packed full of people. Luckily I had told everyone to bring food and drink. If it wasn't for our supplies we would have been keeling over. There weren't even enough seats".
He continued: "We had an absolutely horrible time. This sort of thing is not something we would usually do but we were invited, so we went along. The worst part was when Simon told our pianist, who is 72 and has been our accompanist all her life - that she looked like she was going to go through the piano because he thought she was too loud. It was like we were set up as comedy entertainment on this. If we are invited on TV again, we will definitely not go".
I can believe it. That they were set up to be comedy, not that that they won't go on TV. Although I can believe that too.