Souvenez vous de l'émission de télérealité sur TF1 qui envoyait des has-been dans une forêt au Bresil . Bien sur le concept est repris dans plusieurs pays et Fish et Nos amis de Marillion ont été approché pour participer à l'émission .
Je me suis posé la question de l'image ringarde que pouvaient avoir Marillion et Fish en Angleterre pour en arriver à cette extreme !! .
Je vous laisse ici un extrait d'un mail de Fish dâté d'aujourd'hui :
The November tour was being booked and dates were being whispered about on web sites. But I had been approached and had auditioned for "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!" only a few weeks before in London. I was waiting on the result and of course no-one could know that I was a possible contestant. I had thought long and hard about it and nearly everyone I knew including Will Smith and the Marillos, who had been sent the original e mail offer from the production company ( Lucy Jordache is still contacted by radio and tv companies about "the Marillion singer Fish"?) thought it was a great opportunity. They also thought I had a great chance of winning it. I already had a wee bit experience of the jungle when I had gone out into "the sticks" when I was with the army in Brunei and had a friend who worked in Edinburgh zoo who could let me in on some secrets and handle some reptiles if I needed a bit of "acclimatisation". I had psyched myself up and with Tara's blessing had gone down South for the audition. I thought I did pretty well and a pure Fellini moment as I left the ITV studios and ambled down the Southbank got me thinking that this might be happening. (As I entered a tunnel I threw some coins into a busking guitarists flight case and as if on cue he started playing "Horizons" from the 'Foxtrot' album just as I walked by and into the light. I was sure it was a coincidence rather than a comment on my influences!
) So there I was on stage unable to announce anything about the show and at the same time unable to confirm the November tour. As had it I didn't get the role although I was told they were very impressed. It seems the "musician" section was heavily subscribed and they went with another singer. I don't know who it is but I am sure I will be voting for him on many trials as I am sure you, dear reader, would do for me Quand on pense qu'en France , l'émission rassemblait des célébrités ringardes , des types genre Plastic Bertrand ( ça plane pour moi ) , je n'ai pu m'empêcher de faire un parrallele avec Marillion ( kayleigh ) , ces artistes qui n'ont fait qu'un tube et qui essaient de revenir au devant de la scene via la téléréalité .
Au niveau notoriété , Marillion en UK est vraiment oublié de la masse . Quand tu rentres dans un pub , Les plus vieux s'en souviennent et encore .... J'ai cherché l'équivalence en France et c'est pas évident , j'ai pensé à L'affaire Louis trio , ou les innocents ( niveau notoriété bien sur et la trace laissée dans les mémoires )
C'est pas un avis , c'est juste une reflexion ....