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thamesweb	Jessie... Simply Stunning!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1075 (05/05/08 15:36:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Nothing whatsoever to do with Windsor, but what the hell! When it is possible to identify the very moment when a true star is born it is worth reporting. In this instance the moment was 7.50pm on Saturday 3rd May 2008 when Jessie Buckley sang 'The Man That Got Away' in the BBC TV programme 'I'd Do Anything'. "The Man that Got Away" was written for the 1954 version of the movie... wait for it!... A Star Is Born with Judy Garland. Now, I am not normally a 'popular' music person. Radio 1 and 2 are unknown territories to me. My favourite tipple is some Shostakovich or some Rostropovich (the late, great..) but I have enjoyed the BBC TV series. That enjoyment turned to enthralment as I watched and listened to Jessie the other day. I have since watched her performance a good number of times and remain totally bowled over. Just watch and marvel as she moves elegantly and eloquently through the song until she arrives at "There is nothing!" which is delivered so explosively it literally turned heads. That is the moment. That is the moment when 'A Star is Born'. Wow!!! There are two websites where you can watch Jessie if you missed her performance, one of which expires on Saturday when it is replaced by the next programme, the other will be 'permanent', but you won't get the panel's comments, which are well worth listening to. [Edit: Apparently they feature on You Tube after the next singer, Ashley, sings her song.] 1 So until Saturday only Saturday's programme, fast forward to about 43:25 mins if you just want the Jessie intro, 45:40 for her song and then the panel's (remarkable) comments which follow Ashley's performance. 2'Permanently' available You Tube clip, in both regular and high definition is here: Jessie -The Man that Got Away But there are no panel comments, instead the public have contributed there own, some informed, some less so! Enjoy... several times, as I have! Last Edited By: thamesweb 05/06/08 04:37:41. Edited 1 time.
Pat Larkin	Jessie	#1	[-]
Posts: 115 (05/06/08 00:20:51) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	She was terrific wasn't she. Andrew Lloyd Webber spotted her right at the beginning of the series and if anyone can recognise true star quality, he can, (and by the sounds of things, you, too!). We're not phone-in voters, but had we been, Jessie would've been our choice. I hope it bodes well for her. What a professional performance too, she gave it 'her all'. We were mesmerised when she finished the song, and just said 'crikey, she's good'..(or words to that effect!!). Roll on next Saturday.
Pat Larkin	Jessie	#2	[-]
Posts: 138 (05/12/08 06:59:13) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Not as good a performance as her previous, but she's still in there.
Pat Larkin		#3	[-]
Posts: 142 (05/14/08 07:07:09) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Just watched Ashley singing her 'swan song' - wasn't she great.....A.L.W. did make a kind of an apology saying 'I was harsh on you', yes, he was, but she took it in her stride. We wish her well and one day, she'll make it. Last Edited By: Pat Larkin 05/14/08 07:52:00. Edited 2 times.
thamesweb		#4	[-]
Posts: 1332 (07/29/08 14:46:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	July 08 Here is an article from the Irish Examiner: The gifted Killarney teenager Jessie Buckley has no immediate plans to tread the boards in London's West End. Rumours persist the 18-year-old Kerry girl has been offered an understudy role of Nancy in a production of the musical, Oliver, due to start in December. She won the hearts of millions of TV viewers in Britain when she finished second in the BBC's I'd do Anything talent search series. The prized role of Nancy was landed by Jessie's main rival Jodie Prenger, 28. But Jessie's mother Marina Cassidy said yesterday the teenager has not signed up for the understudy role. No decision had been taken on anything - yet, she said. "She has started a Shakespearean course in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and has also got a very good agent in London. Everything else is still in the pipeline," said Ms Cassidy, a well-known harpist and soprano. "At the moment, negotiations are also still going on about other things. She's very keen about her future training and is really concentrating on that." But, judging by the reaction of the British public to her TV performances and the acclamation she received from leading West End figures such as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh, it won't come as a surprise if a role is found for Jessie in Oliver. Managing director of Cameron Mackintosh Ltd Nick Allot was quoted as saying the company was hopeful of getting Jessie to take the understudy role. "We obviously think she's fantastic. Cameron's enthusiasm for her talent was obvious for all to see," he said. Jodie Prenger, meanwhile, is contracted to play the role of Nancy in six shows per week - with another artist filling in for the other two performances. Mr Allot felt an understudy role would help develop the talents of the Killarney singer who now envisages a career in musical theatre. "It's very important she's nurtured because she has an extraordinary talent. The temptation is sometimes to thrust people too quickly into the limelight without properly bringing it [talent] forward," he remarked.