The Hit List

Great concept but it just doesn't flow. I couldn't get through 20 mins.

• The first glaring error is Marvin & Rochelle. If someone just reads a script & doesn't add anything more, it becomes bland (maybe the show needs a comedian). They're also very rigid & don't seem relaxed (Marvin especially) - which makes the whole thing feel overly formal & not fun.

• The show doesn't really get going. It's feels overly structured, literally: play, stop, talk (on repeat). It doesn't have a natural flow. I skipped loads, just wanting to hear the songs. And there are loads of awkward pauses.

• Every episode should kick off with a bang. For example, the first round could be a quick fire round, with tunes playing (and no pauses for talking) & any contestant can buzz in to guess.

Another variation on 'Name That Tune' where three pairs of players aim to identify the song first. Sadly, this variation does nothing to revitalise an old format and the fairly bland quiz hosts don't help. It all looks a bit tired and dull.

That was 45 minutes of my life I will never get back. I cannot believe this was the warm up for the Strictly Come Dancing 2019 final lol. I love music but this actually made me angry. It is poorly put together, the contestants were hopeless and the hosts are so cringeworthy. The final two were horrendously awful and did not know any songs. Music makes such a great basis for a show and that is the only reason this got two stars.

UK TV has a long history of music quiz shows from Face the music, Name that tune, Pop Quiz and Buzzcock's which each has been entertaining for anyone who likes to test their music knowledge and this is the latest attempt at a prime time show. The basic format is relatively well structured working against the clock and the other teams to identify popular music clips to win a cash prise - That's the good part, unfortunately this is 2019 and we have to adhere to Right-on producers idea of what must be included in a show, so we have lots of whooping and screaming accompanied by crass cliche's : Give it up for (who) Make some noise ?? everybody is "Amazzzing" It's as though the X Factor's audience has been pushed into a studio when there's been a technical delay and they are confused by what's in the studio so they just carry on screaming. What can you say about the presenters, well I use that term loosely - two flavours of the month attempting to wing their way through their Auto cue challenge punctuating their interaction with the contestants with witless bland comments and the constant repetition of O-Kayee ! I counted this repeated over 70 times in one show. It's these 2 who destroy the show with their amateur attempt at fronting a programme, they would be more suited to a Saturday morning slot on QVC I think the producers should recruit people who have some actual ability and watch a few episodes of Buzzcocks and have a re-think.

Great when the game is actually being played. Even though I am a fan of Rochelle's former group, we really could do without The Saturdays and JLS being mentioned without fail in every single episode. Shoehorning the 2 groups into nearly every conversation and sometimes into the actual game is beyond cringe. That aside, it's great to see music from loads of different decades being given an airing instead of the usual modern "anything pre-2000 is never mentioned" attitude. Even more "old music" would be very welcome, less JLS/The Saturdays patter would be even more welcome.