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 time”.
…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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Sorry but I think the Daily Star were getting a little bit carried away here – if it were true, it must be the worst game of hide and seek in history! In recent weeks, Wynne has been “in hiding” singing at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and will shortly be “in hiding” on the Katherine Jenkins radio show, along with several Christmas concerts around the country, some of which are televised. In fact, the only place he seems to be hiding is in your video footage, which actually features tenor, Sean Ruane.
@Lynsey – you’re right, that does sound like the worst game of hide and seek. Tidy.
The ad is annoying though…
Extremely annoying. Funny how the Meerkat managed to skirt the annoyance factor from the general public and scrape through to cult status pretty quickly – nothing like the Gio Compario advert.
i really enjoy the go compare advert because he has a wonderful voice.i am not into opera but i think he has a wonderful voice,
THIS IS THE WORST ADVERT COMMERICAL I HAVE EVER SEEN, ITS PURE CRAP, DISTURBING, VULGAR, WHY DOES NOT THE T.V. STATION BANN THIS JERK OF TELEVISON! YOU MIGHT KNOW ITS A FLY BY NIGHT AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY, JUST LIKE USED CAR SALESMEN, THE LOWEST OF COMPANIES AND PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH. ITS COMPANIES LIKE THIS THAT ADD NOTHING TO THE BETTER OF THE WORLD……..
I Nwrote to them, they told me it was only meant as a bit of fun.
Who for?????
Trouble is, Go Compare have invested heavily in this creative so it’s unlikely to be leaving us in peace and quiet any time soon! Hopefully they’ll find a way to put a new spin on it if they must keep it.
how can anybody not like wynns singing in the advert.it doesnt matter wether you are an opera fan or not.hes brilliant,so is the advert.bring it on.
I’ll punch the fat welsh c**t so hard in the throat he won’t be able to whisper nevermind sing.
message to f**koffatc***.what sort of a vulgar cretin are you.wynn is making money from his singing.what are you doing you stupid soft tw*t.get a life.
i agree the fat c**t should be smacked in the throat he’s annoying as f**k, i’ll join in if we can arrange it. I thought we’d got over shit adverts a long time ago but obviously not
I now know that there is someone who admits to enjoying the Advert. unbelievable!
Wynns singing contibution has had a profound effect on me ,and im sure many others- I will no longer be using GO-COMPARE !
I hate opera, i do like a very wide range of music from some classical to some quite heavy rock, i know the bloke in this ad is only doing a job by useing his voice fair enough but this ad has got to be by far the most anoying one of all time followed by a close second we buy any car dot com i have to either turn the tv over or mute it and as a result will not use the site any more………I wish they would ban it or at least change it without putting singing init..
Its ok now I havnt seen the viral drivle for 2 days now so I think they have listened to the public.
Sorry it was really upseting me and making me mad
I think the ad makers had lost the point behind the viral Rick Astley youtube video and thought yes annoy the public and they will thing Gocompare
But no no no
The ad works, you’re all talking about it the company name is etched in your mind.
I can think of far far more annoying ones where the company advertising is completely lost.
Well I knew there would be someone who liked it. God knows why.
I will never have go compare on my TV I pause ads now thanks to Sky plus. It drives me crazy cant stand it, its rammed down our throats every 9 mins. we now have a programme between adverts. I boycot all annoying ads and hope everyone else does the same. Its now on our local radio station, I have broken 2 radios by throwing spanners at it. Thats how upsetting its getting, 118 118 can shut down too. BOYCOTT them ALL
umm i dnt understand this advert everytime i hear it i leve the room it is so bad man it wwud b betta if he was singing a real gd song bt instead ths sickning song
i h8 ths ……
I no longer listen to talksport because this advert is doing my head in. If Go Compare think that this is good for business then they’re mistaken. Everyone I know will NOT use their site anymore.
I just want to punch his lights out. Enough FFS!
I had NEVER complained in my WHOLE life about anything I´d seen on the TV, but I have to say this advert is enough to make your toes curl. I actually emailed GO COMPARE to tell them so. I actually feel quite sorry for the opera singer, as he is making himself so unpopular. I can´t STAND this advert. Does anyone else think he´s actually quite out of tune?
I can’t stand this advert, It makes me so mad every time it comes on, i have to put it on mute otherwise i am in my complete horrors!!!! when are they going to take the damn thing off the tv, i certainly will not be going to go compare!!!
It could push you over the edge and we have had enough of this
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What is it about this guy and advert that it sends people crazy?I was in a bar in Glasgow when a man threw his pint at the TV then tried to rip the entire set up off the wall while it was still going, how he did`nt get electrocuted or whatever i`ll never know.I logged on to the net to see if there were any reports of him being jailed etc and somehow ended up here,it seems that this mans singing and the advert itself annoys more people than him alone.
PS… I beat a hasty retreat and GO COMPARED the beer elsewhere.
What I find annoying is the fact that the TV sound goes up by about 15 decibels when his add comes on.
Which makes it even more annoying.
NEVER EVER use their website , there is no such thing as bad publicity, the more people hate it the more we will get. I understand the guy in the bar, I can’t watch TV unless the mute button is close to hand
This advert makes me want to rip off his moustache an ram it up is ass then pull it out an ram it down his throat and then rip his head off an piss down his throat!!!!! arggghhhh!!!
The ad has got me on tranquilisers and i will be forced to sue for stress .
Anybody who likes this ad is a simple brainless moron.
The ad does work as we will never use this sad company .
Ring the company waste their time and then tell them to stick it where the sun dont shine as i do.
jay in torquay where the council are just as bad at running the place
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I dont get why they like showing annoying adverts i would never visit go compare purely because of the adverts…..They seem to keep making them aswell i hope it angers people that much they also refuse to use the website
i hate this advert and i don’t know anyone who likes it! Gio Compario is a good singer but should really try to get this advert taken off air!
The tosser is in the sea now lets hope he drowns
James Woodbury – You talk about wynne in the go compare ad being annoying. No sir, you are the annoying one with your use of capital letters (look at me), you bad spelling.
Vulgar, disturbing? Are you on the same planet as the rest of us? Maybe your watching pron online or something lol
buy Wynn a couple of beniamino gigle records and a pair of wellys for sea paddling
I’m just interested in the idea that it etches the advert on your mind. There are certain ads that do this successfully (Compare the Market, Compare the Meerkat)…
But it seems to me that this crosses that line in advertising: where something is SO annoying that it’s etched in your mind to avoid. If the concept was so successful, all ads would be like this. It’s just not. The two which stand out negatively for almost everybody are Go Compare and We Buy Any Car… they may attract some people, but they turn away as many as they do.
Zero stars, yuck! But I neither despise nor feel sorry for the guy. I mean, if you’re paid to do something you do it. And if anything positive can come out of this garbage dump of an advert that infects our lives daily, it’s that he seems to have got a career boost out of it. And maybe some day (soon) he won’t need to do the adverts anymore and we will no longer be cursed with this hideous insult!!
i really enjoy the new go compare advert. i always enjoy listening to him. i can never understand why so many people do not like him.