Rock Rivals

I reviewed 'Echo Beach'/'Moving Wallpaper' recently and this show joins those in the category of bright ideas that ITV had that never really panned out.

This show tried to show behind the scenes (something else it has in common with the previously mentioned shows) of a talent show like The X Factor, which was at its peak at the time.

Sadly it's not good. It's poorly written, and acted in such a daft way that you don't even buy into to the rubbish the characters are talking about.

ITV do lots of types of shows well, shows that see them poking fun at themselves are not one of them.

If outrageously over-the-top camp dramas are your thing, you may just enjoy this long-forgotten series, very much along the same lines as Footballer's Wives, but amazingly even more trashy.

Sometimes a series with 6 or 8 episodes can become pedestrian and boring, with a mid-point lull; this certainly doesn't suffer that fate. It is wonderfully entertaining, funny, and cringeworthy in equal measure and incredibly outlandish.

It's wonderfully over the top; the scenes with Adam Leese (Felix) and his blow-up doll were just hilarious and a bit creepy at the same time, especially when they were sitting by his dead mother!

Sometimes the acting was a little on the dodgy side, but who cares? I thought Michelle Collins was rather good, but let's be honest, Cindy Beale herself is wasted here.

This show was sort of a cross between Footballers Wives and Dream Team, with all the fun of both. The series finale was great; I really enjoyed it. It was such a shame that we didn't get a second series.

8/10.

After all the advertising campaign against this and the trailers looked very decent, and i was always familiar with Michelle Collins work, i sat down to watch this and was so very disappointed.

Its so painfully bad.

And, im not so sure why people are saying Michelle Collins is great in this, i am a huge fan and i can admit it's not her best work.

The Storyline is unrealistic The girl that plays the role on Bethany is a terrible actress It without a doubt unnecessarily exaggerates everything and isn't funny at all.

The new ITV1 Drama, The Fixer wasn't advertised as well as Rock Rivals and gets more viewers now because of how bad Rock Rivals is.

The Fixer is beating it in viewers and if there not careful soon The Bionic Woman will take over there viewers (and thats on a digital channel), because The Bionic Woman is fantastic!

Please ITV, cut Rock Rivals before your viewing get under 2m.

Im thinking of you, and the public.

Rock Rivals rating,

**/***** (2 Stars out of 5) 3/10 (3 out of 10)