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Why didn't ITV just call Popstar to Operastar the @DeccaRecords show and when did Decca first start planning winner Joe McElderry's album? Three judges (Rolando Villazon, Kath Jenkins, Alfie Boe) guest singer Andrea Bocelli and winner Joe McElderry are ALL signed to @DeccaRecords. So can ITV and Decca answer the following:
(1) As was announced on Tyne Tees TV on 11 July 2011, Joe will start recording his new album with Decca the week beginning 18 July 2011 with a release date at the start of August. How could they plan and produce an album in just two weeks?
(2) According to Joe*, he was talking to Decca at the latest on 5 July, 5 days BEFORE the final of PSTOS so when did Decca first approach or enter into talks with Joe or his agents?
(3) Joe told the Daily Star** before the final that his new album was going to contain NOT opera but pop: so why did PSTOS continue the fiction that the show was about getting a former popstar into an opera role?
(4) How did Joe McElderry get invited onto the show in the first place: he was never a popstar, having just been dropped by his own record label following the failure of his album: http://t.co/dzA0oSG
(5) Was there any input by Decca records, or anyone acting for them, into PSTOS and in particular into the choice of songs for Joe McElderry (mostly easy Italian arias, compared to the harder songs given other competitors) or the choice of judges or in financial terms?
(6) The New York Times reported*** on 12/5/06 that Decca’s parent company The Universal Music Group agreed to pay $12 million to settle accusations that executives paid radio programmers to play songs, following an investigation by the New York attorney general. Can Decca assure people that they have never done anything similar?
*RT@joemcelderry91: Very exciting meeting this morning can't wait to share with you guys!! ;) 2:29 PM Jul 5th
**http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/200196/Joe-McElderry-s-new-deal
*** http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/business/12payola.html
(1) As was announced on Tyne Tees TV on 11 July 2011, Joe will start recording his new album with Decca the week beginning 18 July 2011 with a release date at the start of August. How could they plan and produce an album in just two weeks?
(2) According to Joe*, he was talking to Decca at the latest on 5 July, 5 days BEFORE the final of PSTOS so when did Decca first approach or enter into talks with Joe or his agents?
(3) Joe told the Daily Star** before the final that his new album was going to contain NOT opera but pop: so why did PSTOS continue the fiction that the show was about getting a former popstar into an opera role?
(4) How did Joe McElderry get invited onto the show in the first place: he was never a popstar, having just been dropped by his own record label following the failure of his album: http://t.co/dzA0oSG
(5) Was there any input by Decca records, or anyone acting for them, into PSTOS and in particular into the choice of songs for Joe McElderry (mostly easy Italian arias, compared to the harder songs given other competitors) or the choice of judges or in financial terms?
(6) The New York Times reported*** on 12/5/06 that Decca’s parent company The Universal Music Group agreed to pay $12 million to settle accusations that executives paid radio programmers to play songs, following an investigation by the New York attorney general. Can Decca assure people that they have never done anything similar?
*RT@joemcelderry91: Very exciting meeting this morning can't wait to share with you guys!! ;) 2:29 PM Jul 5th
**http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/200196/Joe-McElderry-s-new-deal
*** http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/business/12payola.html