Luka, Lawrence and Losers

Well it was a big night of telly last night.
Firstly Losers, with the MAKEOVER episode. They all went to JOH BAILEY's to get their hair done. Finally they took they eyebrow ring away from Sean which improved his look NO END in my humble opinion. Sharif shaved his beard and cut his hair to discover he had a jawline and Cameron removed his beard to discover he not only looked younger, but also had quite big ears which the hair and beard have clearly been disguising for quite some time. Tiffany's hair was just right the way it was ACCORDING TO JOH. And Andrew finally looked like the YOUNG MAN FROM HERVEY BAY that he is. At last they cut off the skunky black underneath of Meghan's do. Julie's bouffant job made her face look even thinner and last of all Sammy went from blonde to brunette. They all looked FABULOUS. But wait, there's more. They were then taken to a stylist at the Sydney Theatre Company to get NEW CLOTHES. This was exciting. Because then they each sashayed down the catwalk to check themselves out in the BIG MIRROR, and be surprised by the arrival of a LOVED ONE. Cue much TEARS, LAUGHING AND HUGGING. Everyone was very HAPPY, until party pooper Ajay waltzed in to announce that something VERY BIG that would CHANGE THE GAME FOREVER was going to happen tomorrow.

Then Luka Bloom was on Spicks and Specks. I am not a fan of Luka Bloom apart from his wonderful name and Irish accent. This was enough to keep me watching. The lady from Limelight magazine was trying too hard, but maybe if they give her another go she'll strike the right tone. Absolute highlight though was Mr Bloom singing an acoustic version of Can't Get You Out of My Head. He managed to turn a boring repetitive dance tune, into a melodic and harmonic masterpiece that was both poignant and humorous. Maybe I need to seek out some Luka Bloom.

And then the unmentionable half hour for which the Television is TURNED OFF.

And then I gave Lawrence Leung another go. This week's Lawrence's Choose your own Adventure was to become a Rock Star. I still enjoyed Lawrence's naivety of manner, but sneaking into the scenes and set ups was a sense of artifice which didn't sit as nicely as the innocent tone of last week's episode. Although when he sang his Choose your own adventure theme song backed by his outsourced Indian rock band through SKype on whatever that MTV show was, I had to wonder if I was witnessing a wonderfully wry and comic deconstruction of the contemporary music industry. The other option is that it was just plain silly. I am left unsure on this one.