Having watched the entire first episode on youtube I have to say that the person who wrote this article in The Mirror deserves to be slapped.
Id hardly call Meat Loaf a "madman" based on what he does in the show. Maybe"The Mirror" is some ultra conservative, proper British magazine or something.
As an somewhat consistent American TV viewer I can say Ive seen a LOT worse from reality televsion hosts. Meat was tame if anything. That article reeks of arrogance and pretentiousness. Screw em.
> Unfortunately, The Mirror wasn't very kind about poor old
> Meat today. I think that they are being unfair. They had a
> big headline saying: "PRAT OUT OF HELL" with a picture
> that makes him look older than he is.
>
> The article/review said: "It should be Pop Star to Opera
> Star. But mangling the language was nowhere near the
> biggest mistake of ITV's illiterately named "Popstar To
> Operastar".
>
> That would be madman Meatloaf, a raving lunatic who makes
> Stephen Baldwin look sane.
>
> Jumping up and down like a judge out of Hell, the giant
> singer screamed meaningless nonsense at the top of his
> considerable voice. After first-night reject Alex James'
> tonedeaf performance, Mr Loaf roared: "That was like two
> women kissing in a subway." What?
>
> Desperately trying to tame the beast, horticultural host
> Alan Tichmarsh kept pleading: "Breifly, please Meat." Meat
> ignored him. But an enjoyable show, in a shambolic cheapo
> sort of way. Live car-crash telly. Who will win? Who
> cares?"
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