Firstly Dale said “It was such a shame that money came into the object of, you know, closing down.” This was in response to Ribble Valley Radio closing down on 14th October 2007 not The Dale Bamber Show or Ribble Valley Media and Dale would appologise for any confusion this has caused to any listeners.

Dale coninued to say: “When a project comes more about money than about quality of broadcasting, then you know it’s time to walk. If the Dale Bamber Show had stayed here any longer, then we would have been bankrupt.” Dale would like to point out that Ribble Valley Media is dedicated to the quality of broadcasting its shows puts out and Dale was referring to the cost and the funds of The Dale Bamber Show when not broadcasting on Ribble Valley Media and not directly at RVM and once again would like to apologise for the comment he made about the remarks he made against RVM.

Dale then went on to say “Sadly, you know, you start something and then people come along and they join it and it’s such a shame that what started off once as a really, really good team just destroyed the meaning of Ribble Valley Media.” “RVM may go on to bigger things; I doubt it.” Firstly as Dale helped launch RVM he knows and understands the dedication the comittee and other volunteers put into the keeping of RVM Dale apologises to the people thsi comment affected and regrets saying this as he understands how hard these people work to make RVM what it is today.

Dale would like to apologise for what he said towards Ribble Valley Media and would like to assure all listeners that this isnt his views about the station nor the people who help make Ribble Valley Media what it is today.

Dale has recently met up with RVM and has personally apologised for the comments made on the final edition of The Dale Bamber Show. As Dale understands the hard work people do put into RVM, Dale did make a donation towards the station following his final speech.

On this week’s show, The Dale Bamber Show celebrated the finale of The American Idol Talk. So we had all 10 contestants from this years American Idol along with past contestants, the top 24 American idol’s of all time, 2 comedians who give their view on American Idol plus loads loads more including the guest judges of American Idol 2010 and a sad farwell to Simon Cowell. The Dale Bamber show also brought you the official UK top 40 week ending 30-05-10 and Its week 7 of Dale’s Got Talent…and with 1 week to go till the finale of Dale’s Got Talent, will Heather be able to take on Dale’s latest challenge

The American Idol Talk Finale special

Above: The last dramatic opening for The American Idol Talk

Above: America’s top 24 of American Idol 2010 performing American Boy…and can Dale pronounce all of their names correctly?

Above: Guest Judges of American Idol 2010

Above: The top 24 American Idols of all time.

Above: Past American Idol contestants including Jessica Sierra, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson (If Dale can credit the right idol), Jordin Sparks, Brooke White and Adam Lambert.

Above: Comedians George Lopez and Wanda Sykes talk about what they think about American Idol.

Above: The girl that The Dale Bamber Show has been supporting since day 1…step forward Katie Stevens!

Above: This week’s American Idol…and It’s the finale. Who will win? A re-cap of who is still in here is Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowesox.

Above: The winner…and your next American Idol

Above: A fond farewell to Simon Cowell…includes all the American Idol winners and runner ups of all the seasons…seasons 1 to 9 singing Together we are one.

The Dale Bamber Show

Above: Heather takes on Dale’s task in Dale’s Got Talent

Above: The Official UK top 40 week ending 30-05-10 - and the way Dale is going on…has everyone been on American Idol?

What is Fearless?

Above: The Dale Bamber Show describing why she called her album Fearless

To me, fearless is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. Fearless is falling madly in love again, getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again… even though every time you’ve tried before, you’ve lost. It’s fearless to have faith that someday things will change. Fearless is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can’t breathe without them. I think it’s fearless to fall for your best friend, even though he’s in love with someone else. And when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they’ll never stop doing, I think it’s fearless to stop believing them. It’s fearless to say ‘you’re not sorry’, and walk away. I think loving someone despite what people think is fearless. I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is fearless. Letting go is fearless. Then, moving on and being alright… that’s fearless too. But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have to believe in love stories and prince charming’s and happily ever after. Because I think love is fearless. - Taylor Swift

Fearless Tour 2009

The atmosphere was unbelivable! Taylor recently won “Entertainer of the year” at the CMA’s…and after her concert…SHE DESERVES IT!!!! Taylor knew how to rock the crowd and at one point the concert came to a stand still as people kept cheering…which mearlt lead Taylor to cry. She started her tour with You Belong With Me with was amazingly coreographed followed by Our Song. After this she posed for a good few minutes while people took photos. The this posing was followed by a country hit…Tell Me Why. The Taylor told us a story about a lad she had a crush on at school…a crush Drew didn’t know about…yes she sung Teardrops On My Guitar. Then changing the words to make Manchester cheer like mad (despit the fact the amount of ylables in Manchester didnt with with the song…but it still sounded good!) she sung Fearless followed by Forever and Always which is a song she wrote about Joe Jonas. Then they played a video illustrating all of Taylors ‘victims’ whihc included Tim McGraw, Drew from teardrops on my guitar…and Stephen on the next song that she sung…yes it was Hey Stephen but where has she gone? Taylor was at the top of the arena walking down the crowd to the middle stage to sing Fifteen which she sung as an acoustic which was breath taking…then as she sung Tim McGraw she made her way back to the main stage…and OH MY GOD I SHOOK TAYLOR SWIFTS HAND Dale + shaking Taylors hand = Dale’s speechless! While Dale got over this…Taylor sung White Horse and then told us was that we were to go back in history…she was talking about Love Story and it was amazing what she was wearing and how they ripped her dress off…and as this is a family website we will leave that there!!!! Taylor got dressed again into her next dress and sang The Way I Loved You followed by You’re Not Sorry/What Goes Around…/…Comes Around which was a good meadely!!!! She then said that if anyone breaks her heart…or hurts any of her friends in Manchester (obviously aiming that at Dale) then she would write a song about them! following this she sung Picture to Burn. Taylor ended her breath taking tour with a performance that she got absolutly soaked in…Should’ve Said No.

Picture Gallery

On 14th April 2007 the airwaves changed forever! The Dale Bamber Show launched for the first time. Since then the show and of course the presenter Dale has gone from strength to strength.

Sunday 11th April 2010 saw the show celebrate 3 amazing years with past clips of the best moments, some classic on air features as well as the current number 1.

The Dale Bamber Show - 3rd Anniversary Special - Sunday 11th April 2010

Above: The Opening of The Dale Bamber Show. Presenters - Dale Bamber, PAJ, Paul Scott Bates and Martin Crabtree

Features

The American Idol Talk

America’s biggest singing competition American Idol continues and we are now down into the final 8! The Dale Bamber Show has been following the show and has supported 17 year old Katie Stevens since show 1. On this weeks American Idol, the theme is ‘The John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s Songbook’. The Dale Bamber Show will be playing Katie Stevens performance from Tuesdays American Idol plus talking about what the judges said about her performance.

Above: The American Idol Talk

Song For A Reason

Back when the show originally got comissioned on the now defunt Ribble Valley Radio Dale wanted to also show his serious side. Song for a reason is a real life story and a song dedication to support their story. Some stories that have broadcasted in the past really have touched the world with the content of the stories.

Above: Song for a reason

Guess The Girl

Arguably the most successful on air feature in The Dale Bamber Show’s history, as well as Ribble Valley Radio’s history as well. Guess The Girl is based on British pop band Girls Aloud. Each week, The Dale Bamber Show would broadcast a performance from one member of Girls Aloud during their time on Popstars - The Rivals. All the listener has to do is to guess which member of Girls Aloud is singing. Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Cole, Sarah harding, Kimberley Walsh or Nicola Roberts. Towards the end of series 2 of The Dale Bamber Show it took over an hour and a half to collect the results from listeners who played along and contacted the studio.

Above: Guess The Girl (Note - This is a clip of a game and the lines are now closed. Please dont call as your vote wont count but you may still be charged)

Glee Megamix

In January 2010 Glee launhed in the UK. Glee is a group of teenagers who make friends through singing and dancing. Glee dominated The Dale Bamber Show for the first 3 months of 2010 and Glee is still going from stength to strength with various tracks entering the UK top 40 singles charts and their albums topping the UK album charts. Dale also started the infamous argument…’Does Dale look like Finn?’…(by the way…the answer was no!) When writing the script for this show, Dale couldnt pick a particular Glee track…so hes made a megamix…full of Glee songs that have charted in the UK singles charts!

Above: Glee Megamix

The Weekly Tease

Another original on air feature from the pilot edition of The Dale Bamber Show back in 2007, the weekly tease is an on air feature where Each week, Dale would read out either a joke or a brainteaser and the listeners would have to guess the answer. This on air feature ran throughout series 1 of the show however never returned in series 2.

The Weekly tease will however be returning to The Dale Bamber Show full time as from Sunday 18th April 2010.

Above: The Weekly Tease (Note - This is a clip of a game and lines have now closed. Please dont call as your vote wont count but you may still be charged) Dale tries to talk to brand new co-presenter Heather on the phonelines…lets say it didn’t quite go to plan!

Dale’s Supermarket Sweep

Dale’s Supermarket Sweep…the game thats let’s you guess the prices of products. Originally this on air feature was meant to debut on the pilot edition of The Dale Bamber Show back in 2007…yet took three years to get the show onto the airwaves. At the time Dale pulled the plug on the on-air feature because he thought it was too cheezy! However in 2010 it finally made it to the airwaves!

This edition of Dale’s Supermarket Sweep on The Dale Bamber Show’s 3rd anniversary will be the last in the series.

Above: Dale’s Supermarket Sweep

Blooper Reel for Season 3

Specially created for the 3rd anniversary, The Dale Bamber Show has a brand new blooper reel of some of the funniest…and worst times the show has messed up live on air. This particular blooper reel is clips of the show from Aug 09 to date.

Above: Blooper Reel - Season 3…so far!

The X Factor Auditions

During “The Dale Bamber Show - The Simon Cowell Story” that broadcasted on Sunday 18th October 2009 Dale held X Factor auditions…that Paj applied for. What is even funnier is…Paj doesn’t remember what he sung how how he sang it. The Dale Bamber Show will be re-playing Paj’s X Factor Audition along with Dale immitating the 4 judges…Louis Walsh, Danni Minogue, Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell…and we will hear what Paj has to think about his singing and what he thought about Dale’s impressions. We also have the immediate reaction of Paj when Dale stopped the show dated 13th December 2009 to announce who had won The X Factor 2009.

Above: The X Factor…PAJ’s Audition - Oct 09

The Official UK Top 40

The original name of this on air feature when the show began in 2007 was called the ‘Number 1 @ 1′. The reason for this was because the show first broadcasted on Saturday Lunchtimes. When the show moved to Sunday primetime radio the feature was remaned to ‘The Official UK top 40′. Each week The Dale Bamber Show counts down the singles charts from number 40 to number 1.

As from Sunday 18th April 2010 the style of the Official UK top 40 will be changing due to the charts changing over the years.

Above: The Official UK top 40 week ending 11-04-10

Facts about The Dale Bamber Show

The Dale Bamber Show has been broadcasting for 3 years now…and below are some facts about the show.

Above: Facts about The Dale Bamber Show

Above: The End of the 3rd anniversary show

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Above: Some of the tunes we were listening to in the year 2000.

Above: The big hits from the year 2001…out of curiosity…who remembers Hearsay?

Above: Was 2002 really the best year for chart music? Well it was all about competitons in 2002…Will Young vs Gareth Gates, One True Voice vs Girls Aloud…but who came out on top?

Above: 2003 - and did we ever learn what it was like to be left outside alone? Anastasia did!

Above: We all know reality TV has taken over our lives this decade…but what have been the big reality shows of the noughties?

Above: 2004 saw Girls Aloud saying they were love machines, Bob Geldolf had a new bunch of celebrites help feed the world and much much more!

Above: 2005 and The Pussycat Dolls asked us to losen up their buttonz…what was Dale’s reaction to this?

Above: 2006 and probably one of the best ballad singers since Mariah Carey was found through the X Factor…step forward Miss Leona Lewis!

Above: The Dale Bamber show started in 2007 and has gone from strength to strength! 3 years is a long time for a live radio show…and in those 3 years…not everything has gone to plan! Above is the shows best moments…and some of the…erm…not so good…moments!

Above: 2007 was a another massive year in music. Girls Aloud called the shots this year…along with Leona having one of the biggest selling singles of the year with Bleeding Love. Also this year Avril Lavigne wanted to be our girlfriend!

Above: 2008 and this was the year that everyone sung in high pitched voices as Alesha Dixon sang ‘He does nothing the boy does nothing’…And Dale immitating Alesha…yet again!

Above: On 25th June 2009 we lost the King of Pop Michael Jackson. Above is some of the best tunes from his career.

Above: 2009 and we come up to the modern day in music. Lady Ga Ga showed us a proper dress…or not as the case may be! Miley Cyrus said it didnt matter if she couldn’t get to the other side…it was all about the climb (Simon Cowell has the same feelings as Miley by the way!) and one gorgeous country singer rocked the UK charts with her guitar and her Love Story…step forward Miss Taylor Swift!

Above: The last ever Official UK top 40 of the noughties week ending 27-12-09…could the Christmas number 1 of 2009 Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the name of stay number 1 for a 2nd week? Or could Joe McEllderry’s The Climb finally top the charts?

The Rules

Each week a task will be taking place live on The Dale Bamber Show. One week Dale will set a task for Heather and the week after Heather will set a task for Dale. The feature will last for 8 weeks. Whoever has the most points at the end of the series of Dale’s Got Talent will win.

Week One - Heather and the Ferrero Rocher Challenge.

Dale set the first task for Heather and Dale got his idea from last years Britian’s Got Talent. All Heather had to do is to eat more than 7 Ferrero Rochers in a minuite to break the world record.

Week 2 - Dale and the Marshmallow Challenge.

In week 2 and it was Heathers turn to set her very first task. She set Dale the marshmellow challenge. All Dale had to do was place 17 or more in his mouth all at once. The world record is 16. Did Dale manage to live up to his old name at the now defunt Ribble Valley Radio as ‘the biggest gob of the valley’?

Week 3 - Heather and the Terry’s Chocolate Orange Challenge

Week 3 and the competiton started getting personal between Dale and Heather. Both contestants are uping the game now to win the all important point that could potentially let them win the whole competiton. Off air and on the way to the studios Dale bought a pack of biscuits and asked Heather to hold them…which made her believe that she was going to be doing a task with biscuits…oh how wrong was she? The world record of eating the chocolate orange in the fastest time is 2 mins 51.91 seconds. Now thats along time…but could Heather do it?

We also took pictures of Heather taking on this task.

Week 4 - Dale and the tin of Spaghetti

So week 4 and after Heather not being able to do the Terrys chocolate orange, Heather set Dale the task to eat a tin of spaghetti…cold! The time limit is 53.5 seconds without using a knife, folk or spoon. This wasn’t a world record but the record was set by Heather’s friend.

Above: Dale taking on the spaghetti challenge

The Aftermath of The Spaghetti Task

Dale went to do his next radio show at RHB 2 days later and had a nice suprise waiting for him. Dale took part in the show ‘Pirate Radio hits’ and they asked Dale to re-try the task again. Dale took it on and lets say he didnt do as well the second time…

Above: Dale re-trying the Spaghetti task (Thanks to RHB for permission)

Click here for pictures of the task

On 18th May 2010 RHB made Heather take on her own task that she set Dale weeks ago. Footage of Heather eating the tin starts at 01:35.

Week 5 - Heather and the lemon eating task

Over half way through now and after the week Dale had with everyone showing him tins of Spaghetti Dale set Heather a task that would make her sick and fail. Heather had to peel and eat a lemon as fast as she could…well against the world record…which was 9.81 seconds. Do you think she could do it?

Above: Heather taking on “The Lemon”

Once again, Dale took pictures of Heather taking on the task.

Week 6 - Dale…and the onion!

Week 6 and Heather decided to step the tasks up she set for Dale…and made him eat an onion! I think I can speak on behalf of Dale…he didnt quite manage it!

Above: Dale talking on the onion!

Week 7 - Heather and the M+M Challenge

Week 7 and Dale set heather probably her hardest task yet…eating M+M’s…with chopsticks! There is a world record…40 in a minute! Could Heather do this? Could she even do one?

Above: Heather and the M+M’s

Week 8 - Dale and the bottle of Coke

The final task of the competition and it lies in the hands of Heather! Heather told Dale to down a full 500ml bottle of coke in the world record time of…24 seconds! Did he do it…well the bottle exploded in his face…so we here at dalebamber.co.uk are going to say…no!

Above: Dale and the bottle of coke

So what was the final score at the end of the competiton?

We here at The Dale Bamber Show weren’t going to leave it as 0-0!

The Sing Off

To decide who was going to win Dale’s Got Talent, Dale and Heather had to sing a song…together…LIVE! But what did they sing?

Above: Dale’s Got Talent Finale - The Sing Off

And after the sing off the general public got to decide who won Dale’s Got Talent. But what were the final results?

Above: Dale’s Got Talent Finale - The Results

Above: Dale talking to PAJ about the Believe tour on The Dale Bamber Show - 14/03/10

Katherine Jenkins brought her Believe tour to Manchester on Friday 12th March 2010. Katherine sung songs from her Believe album including tracks called ‘Who wants to live forever’, ‘Till There Was You’, ‘I Believe’, Parla Piu Piano (love theme from The Godfather) and La Vie En Rose. However in my eyes the best songs she performed were ‘Angel’ and of course ‘Bring Me To Life’. The coreography for Angel was breathtaking. Katherine started her performance lying down singing and then a man came down from the roof and grabbed her and the pair started dancing in the air. The scary part? She had no saftey gear. Luckily she didn’t fall! Bring me to life was the same coreography as what she did during her Royal Variety Performance. She started the song as a goth and as the song progressed she turned into a gorgeous butterfly.

Below are some of the photos I took from the concert.  

On Sunday 20th September 2009 on The Dale Bamber Show, Dale said that Lewis Hamilton is a fool for dumping Nicole from the Pussycat Dolls. Dale openly admitted that he would take Nicole out and never dump her…only to retrack his word seconds after saying them saying that he would never two time on Taylor Swift. So we ask you. Who would you date?

Dale announced it on his show and here is his answer:

But lets look at each singer individually

 Name: Taylor Swift

Age: 19

Nationality: American

Style of music: Country

Love life status: Single

Biggest hits: Love Story, Teardrops on my guitar, You belong with me

Facts: She writes her own music and has been doing since she was 10 years old. She started singing at the age of 14 but wouldnt sign a singing contract until she was 16. She writes songs about her past relationships. She says “Im not afraid to name and shame boys that hurt my heart”

 Name: Nicole Scherzinger

Age: 31

Nationality: American

Style of music: Pop/R&B

Love life status: Single (Awaiting confirmation)

Biggest hits: Buttonz, Beep, Dont Cha, When I grow up, Hush Hush Hush Hush

Facts: Nicole joined berlesque music group The Pussycat Dolls in 2003 and it was Nicole that got them a singing contract. Nicole has made a solo album but didnt do as well as people thought. At the beginning of September we were told that Lewis Hamilton and Nicole had split however new reports are saying that they are back together. Would Nicole two time with Dale?