Popstar to Operastar

I'd put this in the requests forum, but you can actually turn this into a thread about how crap this programme actually is when my question's been answered.

Which orchestra's being used and who's the conductor?

So, how did everyone else enjoy hearing all their favourite arias from adverts?

Laziness goes to a new low. It ripped off The X Factor from start to finish! Even the script was almost identical. Terrible.

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would!!

I thought Katherine was the best judge. not just to look at, but her criticism was constructive and technically accurate and was much better than Cheryl Cole is on the X Factor.

They really need to sort out Meat Loaf ejector seat!

It certainly was a very surreal experience - Titchmarch, Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen & Meatloaf - although I thought the set was nice - made Studio 1 at TLS look bigger than I've seen it before

Took one 30 sec glance and saw Meat Loaf gobbing off and the audience sound levels far too high - that was enough.

I actually thought Joe Dolci/Dolmio puppet on the end was the best - he said exactly what I'd said about Vanessa's limited technical ability towards the lower end of her range.

None of the c**ts on the X Factor would have picked up on that.