Capital Summertime Ball 2024

[Chippy]

I saw the headline and was just like....oh god...

Psychic medium Derek Acorah will attempt to contact Michael Jackson in a live séance on Sky1.

Two newly commissioned shows, Michael Jackson: The Live Séance and Michael Jackson: The Search For His Spirit, will air in November.

June Sarpong will host the events, which aim to give fans "a final chance to connect with their hero". The séance will apparently take place at a secret location which was once inhabited by the 'Thriller' popstar.

"There is an insatiable appetite to find out more about Michael Jackson. He was an extraordinary figure and the curiosity surrounding his life - and his death - stretches well beyond fans of his music," said Sky1 director of programmes Stuart Murphy.

"These programmes will explore whether it is possible to make contact with Michael and will seek to give his fans new insight into their idol."

Former T4 presenter Sarpong added: "I think viewers will find this programme intriguing and will want to tune in to see what happens. It's the first time I've done anything like this but I'm open minded and can't wait to see what Derek uncovers."

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a181956/sky1-confirms-michael-jackson-seance.html

[Jono]

I saw the headline and was just like....oh god...

You seem to like these things.

[Nik B.]

OK. Thats going a bit too far a bit too soon isn't it? Derek! You naughty boy!

[DC]

i bet he'll contact the wrong michael jackson, a new york construction worker who died in 1965.

[Chippy]

You seem to like these things.

Well, could be entertaining and of course a BIG LOAD OF CRAP

[Behelzebub]

I don't think the word 'tasteless' even does justice here...

[Chippy]

I don't think the word 'tasteless' even does justice here...

Yep yep yep yep yep! yes.

[Jono]

Derek was axed from Most Haunted for lying about stuff I read. I wondered what he'd been up to since then.

[DC]

i get the feeling he's a bullshitter. the dead are dead.

[Nik B.]

His own show, and touring the UK doing live seances. Hes also written some books. Not too many people take him that seriously any more though, as it was proved that he was lying on Most Haunted often.

[Lee.]

derren brown proved seances are bullshit this is just a waste of sky 1 not showing the simpsons episodes all the time. lol

[cxx666]

I'm sick fed up of hearing about michael bloody jackson! so glad I dont have sky so there is no danger of me seein yet another program about that arse.

Regardless of what I think of him or my beliefs on seances ouija boards etc etc, I do however think its a bit soon to be thinkin about puttin 1 of these on tv. They've probably already been in done in private but putting 1 on a major tv channel is a bit much

[DaNNiP15]

I love Derek!

[Chippy]

I love Derek!

Leave now.

[DarkAngelMJH]

As soon as I read that I thought 'Oh My God,' I can't believe that they are putting something on like this already. Rather tasteless Sky but I bet lots of people watch it.

[sinister]

I think it's cruel what people like him do.

[DaNNiP15]

Leave now.

shuddit!

[Chippy]

What a touching piece of TV it was last night. So funny...and TV at its crappest

[Viv]

i get the feeling he's a bullshitter. the dead are dead.

They're not.

[DC]

yes they are, my nan died in 1998 and i haven't seen or heard from her since.

[Viv]

She watches over you though. You may not realise it, but she's there all along. Fact.

[DC]

when people die they die, they are not part of this world anymore they just move on to whatever is beyond. if they could be part of here, then wouldn't the police solve more murders than they do now? i wish i could speak to some of the people i knew once and have lost, but sadly i can't.

bastards like derek acorah just exploit peoples emotions and mind just to make money.

[Chippy]

She watches over you though. You may not realise it, but she's there all along. Fact.

FACT??!

People are like plants, they are born, they grow, they die, the end.

I get it that it is nice for people to think that dead relatives are looking over them, or in heaven but, nothing at all, not a single thing has been proved.

So really not fact in the slightest....at all.

[Guest]

when people die they die, they are not part of this world anymore they just move on to whatever is beyond.

You've just answered their question there DC: 'they move on to whatever is beyond'. The point of the show is to contact those who are in this supposed beyond but there isn't one and so it is all fiction, with actors like Derek Acorah prancing around declaring Mary loves Dick. C'est la vie!

[DC]

i do think there may be something beyond. what i'm saying is there is no way they are connected with this world anymore, they move on completley. acorah and the likes of piss me off because they think they are someone special who can connect with them. when all they are doing is getting carried away with their own imagination to make money.