I'm not sure the watershed means it is open season on swearing, particularly that word or the C word, particularly on mainstream TV.
I'm not sure even if an hour later it would have been unsensored, as an example, if he performed on Graham Norton at after 11pm, would it not be bleeped out, I think it would.
While ITV may not have produced the event, the event is produced for a tv audience, and therefore the suitability of the acts for a live television audience (and the regulators) should have been considered by whoever actually made the bookings.
While the actual song may have been after the watershed, the nature of the event, and the start time means a significant young audience would have remained viewing. Several programmes have been told off for treating the watershed as a hard limit and not considering the schedule or likely audience when it comes to post-watershed content.
... While ITV may not have produced the event, the event is produced for a tv audience, and therefore the suitability of the acts for a live television audience (and the regulators) should have been considered by whoever actually made the bookings...
I agree with you, and that's probably why a nervous ITV uses a profanity delay on this televised event.
I'm just catching up with the show now on ITV Player - I'm sorry, that was appallingly unprofessional. Having the audio dipping up and down throughout the performance makes you wonder what the point was at all! And they still missed a couple of 'n-words'.
Agree with the posts above. It's a pity, as ITV have sharpened the show up since 2010 when there was lots of this muting, throughout the speeches as well as the performances. The 2011-onwards format has been a good one, since the show moved to the O2.
It was just after the watershed though in a show likely to have a larger than usual young audience. An hour later they might have aired it uncensored but I think the issue was more the specific word used rather than swearing in general.
Agree it was just a bad booking and I doubt ITV had much say over that one.
But ITV has a responsibility for compliance, and commissions BritsTV to produce the televised event, and therefore there would have been liason between the two to ensure the content meets guidelines.
Interesting to compare this with the O2 Country Weekend currently being transmitted on BBC R2 Country a pop-up station online and on DAB.
Several language alerts before certain acts appear on stage, language allowed through clear, well before the watershead. Presumably the argument being that those listening are mature enough to deal with it.
Interesting to compare this with the O2 Country Weekend currently being transmitted on BBC R2 Country a pop-up station online and on DAB.
Several language alerts before certain acts appear on stage, language allowed through clear, well before the watershead. Presumably the argument being that those listening are mature enough to deal with it.
There isn't a fixed 9pm watershed in radio as such.