Voted one of the most annoying television adverts of the year, it’s difficult to forget GoCompare’s “opera singer” advert and character creation “Gio Compario”. But the Welsh born opera singer – Wynne Evans – and acclaimed opera performer in his own right before the GoCompare advert, has gone into hiding.
Evans, now known by the masses for donning a tux and a long curly moustache rather than his credible operatic performance, has been refusing interviews and publicity calls for fear of a public backlash.
[The Daily Star writes] One pal said: “He’s always proud of the work he does but he’s keeping quiet about this one. The ads are on all the time but not everyone is a big fan! He’s keeping a low profile.†A spokeswoman for Gocompare.com said Wynne “isn’t interested in doing interviews at this timeâ€.
…can you blame him?! For those who are fans of Wynne Evans’ work, you’ll spot him in this “Fans of Jerusalum” video compiled for The Ashes:
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These adverts just get better! even a hint of heavy rock in the latest! I can’t wait till he does a rap version with Thugnigga, millions are flocking to GoCompare, no wonder with such low cost insurance, you can’t beat £113 fully comp for a year
I will lnsure at these rates
Many thanks
J
I feel VERY SORRY for the ADS THAT FOLLOW THIS advert as everyone turns the sound down. or switches the TV off or just changes the channel. WITHOUT THIS ANNOYING TWIT THE COMPANY WOULD GET MORE CUSTOMERS.
Apart from the fact that he is loved by many I find Go Compare offer the best service, I challenge anyone to beat the £104 fully comp I pay through them for a years car insurance
I will never use Go Compare because of there Ads, all I want to do when they come on is SMASH HIS FACE IN!
Gee, You should seek some help, don’t be shy, doctors can be very understanding these days, ( by the way it should be “their” not “there” in your rant)
lol, for a guess you’re on their payroll. sad-act
Mr Moterbike
I will insure at these rates
yours J
Oh dear Gee,
Dont you have anything better to do! You sound rather dangerous sweetie? If you can’t control that temper of yours i suggest to see a psychiatrist for an appraisal? DONT WATCH THEM YOU IDIOT!! If they worry you so much? Go and read a book! If you carry on like that, they might commit you! And that will be one less to stop running down an advert! For God’s sake what is wrong with people! Got nothing better to do than whinge and whine! Go get a life!
The advert is meant to annoy – thereby reinforcing the message, and increasing sales. The combination of high pitch vocal angst and mania will antagonise those forced to view / listen to it.
I always turn the volume down the minute I see this hideous, and always mutating, series. If you want to see more, use GoCompare. If you don’t, don’t.
We wish we didn’t have to watch the idiot —- But we are watching the program NOT WAITING FOR THIS MISSFIT TO SOCIETY TO COME ON AND BORE US TO DEATH WITH HIS RANTING.
jay
Sounds like u nothing better to do than suck for your job
very sad
At least we can choose our insurers and avoid yours
Jay (and others who this applies to) have you escaped from somewhere? is english not your first language? or is it you just can’t read?
can you honour the price with n,c,d
if so contact me ,3 cars to insure full bonus
WHEN YOU DO A DESERT ADVERT WITH THE DICKHEAD.LEAVE HIM THERE.OK…
I completly agree with you Gee, I wish the twat would take a run and jump for making these awful adverts…ignore the twats below who make themselves out to be superior with their sheer arrogance. They’re just keyboard warriors with nothing else to do then attempt to make you seem insignificant because of a few grammar errors. And the ‘don’t watch them’ excuse was another poor attempt. Basically the adverts are annoying and should be removed from TV for mental health issues. Go Compare? Go fuck yourselves more like:
Go Compare
Go Compare
Get the bat
and hit the twat
at
Go Compare!
good here innit? lol
Springhub,
Erm yep it sure is hehe. It’s just as bad on online bingo!!
Members complaining theyve lost hundreds in a day, I
wouldnt even say that, I’d be too ashamed! A tenner gamble is enough for me haha. Plus the things they come out with?
Oh I like the man on Go Compare! hehe. Perhaps we should all take a walk up to the TV place with banners, saying GO GO GO
MR. GO COMPARE MAN! HAHA. We might get some tomatoes thrown in our faces? But what the heck! Come out of hiding
Mr. Go Compare, you do have many fans you know! lol
Re gambling, I once put £5 on a horse at 10 to 1, it came in last at half past 4! boom boom!
Now if people want something to complain about try the latest British Gas “deal”, Banner headlines saying they’ll rush round and repair central heating for only so much a year paid via direct debit monthly *
The * being the interesting bit! when you finally find the * hidden in the small print firstly it does not cover existing faults, ie your gas boiler/system would have to be in full working condition, then it tells you there is a £99 call out fee for each fault, plus “your next years fee will be based on the number of call outs you make in first year” oh yes and for only an extra £4 a month once a year they’ll service your boiler! oh yes, and if you live within the M25 you have to give post code as prices quoted will be higher!
Normally such leaflets go straight in the bin ( unread un recycled) but thought I’d check how much I could earn self employed!, now that’s gambling!
Just renewed my insurance, it’s gone up by 50 pence! expected more so I treated myself, for an extra £8 got rid of all the excess (£300) and for another £15 got an agreed valuation, (£1500 for my 1989 Fiesta) All thanks to Gio Compari, Cheers!
you’re deffinately on the payroll
He is and he will not honour the prices
Jay
Sprughub YOU SHOULD GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT
On 14th Oct YOU SAID === I challenge anyone to beat the £104 fully comp I pay through them for a years car insurance
Then on Sept 30th YOU SAID === you can’t beat £113 fully comp for a year. This shows your a setup for THE RANTING IDIOT
Re facts right , I’m sure October 14th is after September 30th? so what’s with the “then”? And I think all is explained in my Nov 2nd post?
Facts are
Basic Insurance for the year £104.70
removal of £300 excess £ 8.00
= give or take £113
(have not included the £15 agreed valuation fee, as doubt you have anything worthy of such)
The thing is though he’s not a good singer! I can’t understand a few people that say that he is, as far as opera goes, any one that enjoys and appreciates opera would not say he has a great voice! Someone mentioned him singing puccini, what a joke! He murders a simple song like gocompare, I know he wouldn’t have a chance with italian opera like puccini (I don’t think opera should be sung if its not an italian singing anyway) his voice is harsh, rough and shrill-how can anyone enjoy listening to him? And apart from his annoying voice,song and character, the actual adverts are innane, simple ‘humour’,almost like a child would come up with them,saying that I think most kids these days would come up with better than that! And sprunghub who comes across as intellectual snob, commenting on others that aren’t as educated, was looking forward to the one with Stacey solloman in! Where has her musical career gone? She’s only famous now for being on ‘Celebrity’ jungle program and being the face of iceland!
Oh and sprunghub has got to be either a gocompare employee, knows the man personally like friend or family, or is his manager/promotor!
“An intellectual snob” , thank you for the compliment! not bad for someone who left shool at 15 without a single exam pass, and I bet millionairess Stacey is crying all the way to the bank? Know nothing of opera, personally can’t stand it and think it’s all rubbish whoever shouts it, if a top opera shouter was on in a local pub I’d buy cans in! It’s been a real good wind up, I’ve annoyed no end! but it’s dying off now, Not sure who to target next? maybe the overated Michael Jackson fans?
with a name like foxylady you just gotta be a jimi hendrix fan? think my last post answered most of your points? only promoting I did was was putting rock bands, (once got Judas Priest for £40)
C.I.D. must have a time machine! he’s gone back to October!
I fucking hate the gocompare man, he is the most annoying piece of shit ever. If I met him I would fucking attack him.
Calm down dear, it’s only an adtvert! personally I think the latest is the best yet
I dont think I have ever hated a company like I hate go compare, and I have never hated an ad like the go compare ad. When that annoying ad comes on, I fel the animal inside me want to leap at that fat fucking bastard and physically assault him. Are they EVER going to stop making these fucking ads?? I mean, are we destined to have this shit forced on us forever?
We all need to get together and find a way to destroy their fucking website
GoCompare people, when you are reading these comments and thinking that any publicity is good publicity, think again.
I will never use GoCompare, and I will do my best to make sure my friends and family never do either. Using an annoying repetitive tune to get to customers is lazy advertising 101. The more companies that do it, the worse the advertising experience is for the consumer in general. Adverts like your one are the reason people mute their TV and why genuinely interesting advertising attempts get ignored.
do you think these millionaires read this shite!
well they should, because the public views are important. Ignore them at your peril. You only have to reads this to see how many people HATE gocompare and their irritating ads
All this attention you people are giving this advert just proves it’s success as a campaign. The marketing guys must be rubbing their hands with greedy glee
@ simon – no thats where you are wrong. Just becuase it gets lots of negative attention, doesn’t automatically mean marketing success. People obviously detest this ad in their hundreds of thousands. Haven’t you noticed how all these people say they would never use the damned site? Not many companies have a facebook hate campaign with over a quarter of a million fans!
Dont confuse ANY publicity with positive results for a company.
Personally I feel violent towards the fat singer, and I’m not a violent person.
I am! though not towards him, lovely boy.
aw well Springhub, we all know you’re an employee of the company or in some way connected, its blatantly obvious. Its funny how you are the only person here who ever defends the stupid compnay and their irritating ad.
Doesn’t that tell you that people who like this shit ad are clearly in the small minority.
As mentioned more than once to you thicko’s merely here to wind you up! and it’s working, lol
Trolling is for the weak. All it does is indicate what kind of sad insecure life some people live. When a troll denies that, all it does is confirm the theory.
“Wouldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight”.
keep it up suckers! lol
heres the annoying fat bastard’s website. tell him how much you hate his ads via his contact form
http://www.wynneevans.co.uk/contact/
christ, why do I hate this man and go compare ads so much?!. Its Making me go insane.
I want to see a porn version of the ad with them singing appropriate words. I’ll leave you lot up to make up your own words.
All together now,Sprunghub is a c##t,Sprunghub is a c##t
All together now. Sprunghub is a perv.
All together now.
Thank you simon, it,s good to know I am getting to you, maybe you would like to join my official fan club? it.s not cheap, but I’m worth it
Thank you again! yes a genuine perv, really get turned on by your fisherman’s waders and gas mask, come up and see me some time, lol
I see the invisible man is now quoting me!
Ok, Ok. I will be honest, I do work for Go Compare. I thought I would stick up for them, as I know everyone hates the ad. Someone has to represent the company, so now you know.
To SPRUNHUB and your screeching CHIMP FOR annoying millions of people
A CURSE ON YOU – YOUR FAMILY and FRIENDS
you will all DIE OF AIDS AIDS AIDS
as your BLOOD TURNS TO SLIME
A CURSE ON YOU – YOUR FAMILY and FRIENDS
you will all DIE OF AIDS AIDS AIDS
as your BLOOD TURNS TO SLIME
A CURSE ON YOU – YOUR FAMILY and FRIENDS
you will all DIE OF AIDS AIDS AIDS
as your BLOOD TURNS TO SLIME
Now you know how much you are hated
Micheal , Have you forgotten how to spell your name? it’s a before e you thicko, AND you’ve missed the G out of my name, tut tut, just not good enough is it? never mind CBeebies is on soon, I’m sure you like The Teletubbies? time for tubbi bye bye’s, time for tubbi bye bye’s
Get him off my screen. I cant afford to keep replacing my telly, every time it come on if i cant get to the remote within the 4 second window my telly gets broke. 476 tellys so far
are you a pink floyd fan Paul? (we don’t need no educashun)- nob? pick? then again with your choice of words maybe more one of The Sex Pistols?
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