Stop me if you’ve heard this one: There’s these celebrities, right, and they’re best-known for doing one thing, right, only they’re being asked to do a slightly different thing. Ah, who says variety’s dead? Anyway this one’s called Popstar to Operastar because operastar is totally a real word. The lineup includes Jimmy Osmond, that one out of McFly, a Nolan, one of the Saturdays and Darius Danesh Campbell. Wait, what? Campbell, really? Since when? If you say so, Darius Campbell it is. There’s also Cheesemaker Alex James from Blur, and you may be tempted to say he was never a singer but I think you’ll find that 30-second song he did on the Parklife album qualifies as a professional singing career, so there. We’re not sure who’s going to provide the awesome out of that lot, but our money’s on Marcella Detroit, even if she does look a bit like something out of The Dark Crystal in the trailer.
Mentoring the celebs into the world of opera are Gethin-shagger Katherine Jenkins and a man with preposterous hair so that should do the trick, while the presenting team will be the natural sexual chemistry of Myleene Klass and Alan Titchmarsh. And thanks to a mysterious Deep Throat figure who wishes to remain nameless, lowculture can “exclusively” reveal that Myleene will be wearing an ugly green dress and cracking lots of awful jokes; Darius and Marcella are probably the best, Alex the worst but in a funny way; and Kym Marsh will be hoping to get votes by saying she’s got a sore throat, while Bernie Nolan will be going for the tried and tested classic of a mother WHO IS DEAD.
- Popstar to Operastar, 9pm ITV1
