The stars will be whisked away to their hotels, but don't forget they are going to have to rehearse, and not all of them can do that at the Odyssey Arena, so there will be rehearsals popping up all over the city.

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"I just wanted them to have an escape where they could get skills that would help them, but also just forget all the difficulties outside, " says Mussarat.

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But we are all supposed to read such stories at election time, and then forget them for the next five years until the next elections.

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Last year may have been one to forget for these businesses but analysts at Nomura believe that banks will be lucky if income from them scrapes the same level in 2011.

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