Are there any singers/actors/tv presenters whose continued success you find utterly baffling?

[Pinkarsedfly]

I’m just watching TOTP from 1988 and Kim Wilde’s on.

I’m sure she’s a lovely woman, but fuck me, the lass couldn’t sing. Or dance. Or mime.
And yet, she’s still doing the rounds, all these decades later.

See also Bananarama. Who goes to see these acts?

I’m not sure if it’s me that’s missing something, so which acts leave you confused at their success?

Neither Kim Wilde nor Bananarama can sing but they are my youth and I love them. Kylie is terrible but again she is just part of life

I will see your Derek Thomson and raise you one very bland, over acting, same face for everything....Cathy Shipton!

I liked Duffy when she was first in casualty, but CS seemed to forget how to act when she came back from one of her many many breaks.

Oh I like Alan Davies. He's funny

Neither Kim Wilde nor Bananarama can sing but they are my youth and I love them. Kylie is terrible but again she is just part of life now.

Came on to say David Morrisey OP. He can't act. He just shouts all the time and is the same in every part I've ever seen him in. I can't watch anything with him in it.

Steve Wright
The actress who plays Mary in Corrie (I feel embarrassed for her!)
Neil Pringle, BBC radio Sussex, he stumbles over every word, its excruciating
I'm sure I will think of loads more!

Jeremy Clarkson, he is so utterly charmless. I don't know why people pay him to be on the telly.

I will stand up for David Morrisey, I have met hIm and he was absolutely lovely. So there.

Denise's sister in eastenders. Cant remember her name. Have no idea how she made it to TV because she cannot act.

jeremy clarkson yes yes, goes without saying 😂😂😂😂

Serious question. Lorraine pure brilliant, so it is Kelly is universally loathed yet never off the telly. Why? What makes producers opt for such a neverbeen when there is talent pouring out of drama schools every year? I really, really don't get it.

Claudia Winkleman - she must be well connected as she is totally talentless
Gemma Collins - appalling
Kylie - average at best

I think Tess and Amanda continue to do well because theyre both stunning looking women and quite often, on TV, that’s all it takes. I cant believe Tess is 50.

Paul Hollywood.

Robbie Williams

David Walliams (just creepy).

The unfathomable enduring "appeal" of :

Ant and Dec
Cheryl
All former members of One Direction
Gary Barlow
Fearne Cotton
The Kardashians
Paul Hollywood

And most controversially for MN Tom Fucking Hardy who is not that good looking and not an amazing actor. He pretty much destroys every scene of Peaky Blinders he is in chewing the bloody scenery with his OTT accent and delivery.

I agree with all the suggestions so far apart from Clare Balding..I think she is great and love watching her on any of the sports.

I have to turn off the TV when Gary Walker Lineker is on...how the hell is he paid so much for being so talentless?!
All the Saturday Night TV lot have already been mentioned both BBC and ITV and now there's Danny Dyer talking to the Wall ffs
Thank fuck for Netflix!

NOT DAVID MORRISSEY, THE AUDACITY

Lorraine Kelly, Lorraine Kelly, LORRAINE FUCKING KELLY

Are you reading this ITV?!

But also Kylie and Jessie J.

The latter might have a good voice (although I've not heard it) but there's something about her I just can't warm to. She's smug, insincere...overrated

The KarTrashians.

I'm not keeping up with any of those morons.

See I don’t mind Tess Daly. There’s a little bit of warmth there and she has the kind of good looks that are rare ... Amanda Holden is just cold.
John Bishop - smug grinning buffoon trying to stretch it all out after a brief bout of being funny 20 years ago.
Russell Brand - pointless, rambling no-mark. why do people want to shag him? He has nothing all that horrible passé rock n roll clothing. And that voicemail to Andrew Sachs just proved how utterly petty and small-minded he is.
Jonathan Ross - see the above. And perving/asking inappropriate questions to women young enough to be his granddaughter. He seems to think shocking=funny. No, Ross, if you’re funny you can get away with being shocking.

Instantly thought tess daly, she’s dead behind the eyes
Amanda Holden, thinks too much of herself, needs to cover up and stop having work done. Smug
Stephen mulhern I find very cringey and creepy, I’m sure I’ve read he has skeletons in his closet but can’t think what it is
Phoebe waller grace, heard flea bag is amazing but she puts me off watching
Eamonn and Ruth
Holly willouby
Joe pasquale
Bradley Walsh

@Nottoomuchgarlic

I always have a bit of a Titter at the quality of Norton guests vs the Jonathan Ross guests

Like Norton has proper proper A listers and then you go on JR and he has British D listers

Missed Michael McIntyre he makes my blood boil

I know Vanya. That voicemail was the equivalent of Gerald Ratner describing his own products as tat. You could just hear the doors slamming shut on him.

He demonstrated to us that he really was a mean-spirited, puerile, misogynist piece of shit.
To me now he just has the look and body language of someone who is cringing. He knows we’re never going to forget.

Poor old harmless Andrew Sachs.

Cheryl several names.
Keith Lemon
Plastic Simon Cowell
Paul Hollywood.

@Drinkciderfromalemon I just googled the feeder lyrics attached to your name. Am in shock. I've forever been convinced it's 'drunk cider from eleven' as in they were drinking early in the day. Wow!!!