In praise Of Craig Revel Horwood
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I'm a new poster so forgive me if this sort of thread has come up before. But I just HAVE to say how impressed I am by the judging of CRH. I know he takes the role of resident "Queen Bitch". But if one really listens carefully to his comments he often gives constructive criticism and WILL praise genuine effort. It was because of his comments that I voted for James and Camilla's tango a while back. And altho he gushes over Zoe and Ian like the rest of the judges he was the only one to pick up on her Charleston step being ahead of Ian's and on their training he picked up on the gap they had in the Quickstep.
He stands up to Len who in my mind coddles some (or perhaps a lot) of the less talented dancers in the show and consequently a high mark coming from CRH actually means something. Unlike Len Goodman who I noticed gave a 9 to Will and Hanna's competent Tango last week where CRH gave a 7. And then this week Len Goodman also gives a 9 to Zoe and Ian's sizzling Tango which was, quite frankly, head and shoulders above Will and Hanna's last week (and I am not criticising Will....I voted for him last week).
I understand that he may be the "Simon Cowell" of SCD but for me right now he's about the only judge I rate. Keep up the good work CRH!
He stands up to Len who in my mind coddles some (or perhaps a lot) of the less talented dancers in the show and consequently a high mark coming from CRH actually means something. Unlike Len Goodman who I noticed gave a 9 to Will and Hanna's competent Tango last week where CRH gave a 7. And then this week Len Goodman also gives a 9 to Zoe and Ian's sizzling Tango which was, quite frankly, head and shoulders above Will and Hanna's last week (and I am not criticising Will....I voted for him last week).
I understand that he may be the "Simon Cowell" of SCD but for me right now he's about the only judge I rate. Keep up the good work CRH!
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imo they have been the best from the start.
I appreciate the judge's opinions as a whole and the trends of their scores as a small guide to myself but do acknowledge that, they are people, and as such are fallible, prone to favourites, missing things, not being always consistent.
Back on the CRH point, I think his weekly segments on ITT have opened a lot of people's eyes as to how knowledgeable and considered his opinion can be. He is free to talk about technical things for an extended period of time withouth being interrupted or having to shout over boos.
Len supports the underdog, Bruno has personal faves.
Fine, he may pick out small details, but someone has to do this, & whilst he the maks he awards may, at times, seem to be inconsistent with his comments, I put this down more to his only wnating to award higher marks for something that he holds to be really spectacular than nastiness. He certainly has never done what Arlene appeared to do with Patsy & Anton, last night, & award a lower score in response to a disagreement with the other judges.
The Mr. Nasty persona seems to be one that the series producers have foisted upon him, whereas he comes across as being reasonable, if brutally honest, on ITT.
Glen
OK this is spooky - I posted a thread a couple of weeks ago with exactly the same title :eek:
Here you go... In praise of Craig Revel Horwood (mk 1)
Great minds think alike, Diamondlife!
I may not agree with Craig's opinions every time, but he is a skilled and honest judge who doesn't patronise or allow favouritism to skew his scores. I've learned a lot about dancing from his comments, and the Thursday night segment on ITT where he assesses the training vids is my favourite bit of the week.
I do wish he'd stop going on about how attractive Zoe and Ian are, though. It didn't come up last night, but sometimes it makes you wonder whether they're giving extra points for "looking like a dancer" as well as dancing like a dancer.
Yes, and I HATE that. It risks turning the whole thing into The X F*ctor.
I like ITT because it allows the judges to explain and expand on their comments - without any childish booing.
But the Saturday night show can be very irritating, thanks to the audience's dim-witted reaction to Craig and Arlene. It doesn't help that Bruce Forsyth (sell-by date: 1978) whips them into a booing frenzy as soon as the show begins. If I wanted to watch a cr@p panto I'd switch over to ITV. :mad:
I so agree with this, watching the tape of last nights show we were both yelling 'shut up Bruce' during his constant interuptions during the judges comments, and his encouraging of the booing :mad: On more then one occasion last night Craig didn't get to finish his point because of Bruce's mindless interuptions.
Good point. Len seems like a lovely bloke but he is inconsistent. You can't be an objective judge if you just want to be liked. It certainly works with Patsy - she adores him because he's the only one who doesn't tell her like it is.
The other thing, like many have pointed out, in the first series as Head Judge, it may only have taken a few weeks for them all to be typecast as a 'certain type of judge' and when enough people tell you to behave a certain way,you actually start to.
Hope that makes sense
Do forgive me for sounding mean Happyfeet. But Len should let those who are no good literally "face the music" as it were if he is to retain any credibility as a judge in my opinion. I totally understand it may not be in his nature to be as acid tongued as CRH but his marking must reflect what was in the performance and not merely to balance out Craig and Arlene.
I've noticed that CRH has torn into James Martin on many occasions but did laud him for his inventive Tango and indeed defended him when Len Goodman said his Paso Doble "petered out". I guess what I am trying to get at is at the end of the day CRH will base his marks squarely on the performance...and not on who he feels sorry for
I'd rather hear more constructive criticism than the negative. But I suppose negative brings in viewers and votes.