I'm guessing phones lines between W12 and WC1 were pretty hot yesterday. There seems to have been a pretty swift reverse ferret on negotiations to secure the services of Kylie Minogue as a judge on BBC One's hoped-for-2012-blockbuster, The Voice.
The Sun yesterday said her fee had been battered down from £2.5m to a mere £1m. Then it got mentioned in the Commons adjournment debate on cuts to BBC local radio, by Sara Newton, Tory MP for Truro and Falmouth. The Sun this morning says Miss Minogue will not be a judge after all.
W12 is the home of BBC Director of Vision, George Entwistle and Controller BBC1 Danny Cohen. WC1 is the home of Wall-to-Wall productions, part of Shed Media. CEO is Nick Southgate, Executive Producer is Leanne Klein and producer is Mark Saben.
If the UK version follows the format used in the USA, there'll be 12 episodes to determine a winner; a £1m contract would have netted Kylie an £84k fee per programme.
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