Saturday night on TV: The Voice, Celebrity Big Brother and The Sweeney according to Twitter
Tom Jones's reactions hit a new high on The Voice last night, but more people were interested in slagging off Ray Winstone's Sweeney remake and Stars in Their Eyes
Saturday night's alright for talking about telly on Twitter. OK, that's not exactly as catchy as the original, but it's true, with viewers taking to social media to chat about everything from BBC1 sing-and-swivel contest The Voice to Alexander O'Neal's controversial confrontation with Perez Hilton on Celebrity Big Brother.
Even Channel 4 movie The Sweeney was trending. So, what did we learn from watching Twitter watch TV last night?
The Voice was hitting high notes, peaking with a series four record of 9.5 million viewers. Even Sir Tom Jones sparked up at that.
https://twitter.com/Em_Clarke_/status/556560301416779777
Stars of the night were duo Billy Bottle and Martine: even though they didn't make it through to the Battle Rounds, they still managed to steal the show on Twitter. Could the naturist couple be the UK's new Eurovision act?
https://twitter.com/Ruther2/status/556537526199271425
https://twitter.com/petepaphides/status/556536599375515649
Although, host Marvin Humes wasn't quite so happy: none of the judges turned round for his cousin Marc Armstrong. Surely he could have pulled some strings?
https://twitter.com/MarvinHumes/status/556529901856391169
ITV's reboot of Stars in Their Eyes meanwhile struggled to find its voice for a second week running.
Can't decide if @ITV are brave or stupid, putting on #StarsInTheirEyes for another week after last weeks disaster.? pic.twitter.com/fb7gggPy8O
— XYY (@Mr_XYY) January 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/TheDazeel/status/556531683345047552
Although there was one celebrity cheerleader. Care to explain yourself Richard Osman?
https://twitter.com/richardosman/status/556532028674674688
Celebrity Big Brother saw a nasty bust-up between Alexander O'Neal and Perez Hilton.
https://twitter.com/dominictc/status/556563286578438146
Alexander was officially warned for his homophobic comments, but Twitter seemed to think that Perez was out of line too.
https://twitter.com/Schofe/status/556562954045632512
Oh, and if you enjoyed that earlier EastEnders comparison, this is what the soap's exec producer had to say.
#Perez is making me homophobic - and I'm a big ol' gay. #CBB
— DomTreadwellCollins (@dominictc) January 17, 2015
Time to calm down?
https://twitter.com/jennycolgan/status/556745431926202368
And then there was The Sweeney, the 2012 movie update of the 70s police drama, starring Ray Winstone and Plan B. Beats John Thaw any day, right? Wrong.
https://twitter.com/DarrenTSmith/status/556591365480792065
https://twitter.com/Duncan_Gates/status/556581179668041728
https://twitter.com/Hector_Shar_Pei/status/556730901682737152
Although not everyone was so down on bad boy Winstone.
https://twitter.com/gregjmchugh/status/556581809266655232
https://twitter.com/Philippa_Perry/status/556571045009031168
What did you watch on telly last night? Have something to say about The Voice, Stars in Their Eyes, Celebrity Big Brother or The Sweeney? Let us know in the comments box below...
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