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Quit blubbing,Victoria
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This is NOT the Olympics. You were the best bicyclist in the world, now you may be the worst dancer. Get over it. Laugh, and enjoy the ride learning a new skill from one of the most charismatic dancers in Britain. Nobody (except Brendan) cares whether you win (you won't) but we want to watch the progress of a determined young lady giving her all. I for one don't want my enjoyment of the show marred by your histrionics. You are not Princess of Strictly. I cheered you in the Olympics, now be good enough to make me smile with your dancing.
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I honestly don't think so. She really annoyed me last night. This woman is granite - am reading her book at the moment - and what she had to overcome, even without actually doing the cycling - is incredible. Okay, as soon as I saw her in the line-up I could tell she wouldn't be a dancer - she is rigid and humourless - but Strictly should be her present to herself after the grinding work of the Olympics. But what we saw last night was the meltdown of somebody who can't cope with not being top dog and I didn't like it.
... I am slightly influenced, should admit, by my devotion to Brendan and I had so wanted him to get a goodie this time.
Stealing a quote from a BBC article - "Pendleton has managed to keep her emotions in check but credits British Cycling psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters with helping her. In the BBC One documentary, Peters said he had spoken at length with a very emotional Pendleton following her disappointing Olympic campaign in Athens, where she finished sixth in the time trial and ninth in the women's 200m sprint.
"She basically cried for two hours," he said.
"Vicky had no self-confidence, she had no way of controlling impulsive thinking, she had no way of containing emotion, she didn't know how to deal with emotion, she couldn't communicate well with people, she wasn't assertive... the list went on and on."
Pendleton says the discussion had a positive impact on her, helping to turn her from Olympic failure to Olympic champion."
Thanks for that quote. She has a very complex character and I find that intriguing. I like that mixture of steely determination and vulnerability - it makes her human and, for me, endearing.
I do wonder if people who find open displays of emotion annoying find emotion of any kind a bit scary. I'm sorry for you if that's the case.
and she is different from the others, how?
I don't think it's that she wants to necessarily win but she does want to do her best & she was upset because she felt she let Brendan down by not doing that. (she's definitely a people pleaser)
Am sure she can bounce back - for all her vulnerability she clearly has a feisty/determined side to her charachter too to have overcome her lack of confidence to do so well in cycling.
Her attitude & work ethic is a million times better than Brendan's partner from last year & he clearly likes her.
Oh dear, it starts. I am commenting on a dancing programme which I watch for light entertainment at the weekends. And in return I get a piece of amateur pyschoanalyis of my, apparently, warped character, and some faux sympathy..
Please guys, lets keep to the show.:eek:
She was the only one who actually forgot the routine, if that's what you mean - other people were bad but remembered what to do. Anybody would be upset at screwing up live on national television like that.
This. She completely messed up her routine- I'd have been upset if I'd done the same. Probably felt like she let Brendan down- kept apologising to him in fact... I don't see the problem with her showing some emotion.
ETA: I don't think for one minute it was a meltdown because she 'wasn't top dog'... I think shd was upset because she'd messed up so badly.
Rant over.
Others in previous series who have screwed up completely have also been visibly upset (even Matt Di Angelo)
She is not the first to cry in circumstances like that especially as it was quite an unfair disqualification but she accepted it afterwards and did not make a fuss like many would.
The press seem to have decided on an image for her so highlight any crying or even the slightest tear in her eye.
Just imagine the comments if she had not shown any emotion after screwing up.
Exactly... Hard faced cow, 'robot', obviously doesn't care about the show etc, etc.
She can't win in either case. I know there are a few people (me included) who want her to do well, but there also seems to be a fair chunk of people who are expecting her to screw up all the time.
I'm not defending her because I'm a fan but I think this sort of thread is just an invitation for a bullying mentality and it's mean-spirited.
Exactly. There was this expectation on her to be really good from the outset- which was just never going to happen. She's ridden a bike for the past 20 odd years- not exactly helpful for dance training. I really would love her to do well- she showed enough to me on Friday night to say there is potential there. Maybe Brendan needs to do a simpler routine next time too...
Having said that, I think she'll recover from her setback and do pretty well next week. It should be less frantic than her CCC in any case.
Completely agree, well said. This thread doesn't really go with Strictly tbh, which is always full of encouragement and compassion. That's why I love the show - regardless of ability, everyone wants everyone to do well.
Exactly, Noone! *waves hello*
As Tiger Rose said earlier, Victoria is a people-pleaser - she was upset because she felt she'd let Brendan down and kept saying so. She's on record as saying that she's doing Strictly because nobody expects her to do well, so she can just enjoy herself. When I heard that, I did think there was a humungous chunk of wishful thinking in that statement.
I do hope she can learn to relax and enjoy the experience, and not beat herself up when she gets it wrong, as she will. She's a novice dancer with no experience of performing, rigid ankles and not a huge amount of musicality, but I wish her well.