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Darren and Ian plus a bunch of misfits who aren't any good - what a complete waste of talent! :mad:
Ian was brilliant dancing with Natalie last year and yet they have been split up with her now having to dance with Brendan...who looks like a midget by comparison
Darren without Lilia is just...strange
Why did they need to hire three new male pro dancers when they already had two perfectly good ones :mad:
Ian was brilliant dancing with Natalie last year and yet they have been split up with her now having to dance with Brendan...who looks like a midget by comparison
Darren without Lilia is just...strange
Why did they need to hire three new male pro dancers when they already had two perfectly good ones :mad:
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Darren (along with Lilia) is my favourite pro and from what I've heard the dance troupe were supposed to be performing "spectacular" routines, the competing pros did more than them! The competing pro's got fancy lighting, sparkly light up dresses, coming down on wires, chairs e.t.c and the dance troupe got nothing! I can see why Matthew and Lilia turned it down.
I also think it was really bad that they didn't even get introduced properly unlike the other 3 new pros. Bruce didn't even say their last names!
On the bright side; I did think Darren was amazing and it was good to see him still on the show as part of the dance troupe, even though he deserves to be a competing pro.
Hopefully once the others start competing the dance troupes routines will be better as the competing pro's were definitely better last night (imo).
Yep, I noticed this and it did look realy odd having Ian and Darren dancing but not as part of the main show. I have mixed feelings about them competing as part of this new troupe: just not sure, I'm kind of glad Matt C isn't part of the show as it just doesn't look right to see them when they're not competing as professionals...
I agree with you but alot more "Wow" things were put into their routine, as I mentioned in my last post light up dresses, props, coming down on wires e.t.c whereas the dance troupe had none of that which is why I think the competing pros routines were more interesting. Maybe if the dance troupe had all these factors then it would have been better. I did enjoy their routine though.
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Exactly. What was the point? Didn't the pro dancers perform as a troupe anyway?
Maybe the troupe are there to give the pros a break/more time. But it just didn't seem right. Darren and Ian relegated to some dance troupe of 6. It looked like a poor man's pro dance.
I hated the gimmicks in the competing pros' second dance, but I still preferred it to the dance troupe dance. There was just so much more energy in the competing pros, and they at least looked like they were truly enjoying it!
For me, Ian and Aneta were the only saving grace for the troupe number, but still not a patch on Ian & Natalie, and he is too tall for her. I just don't see the point in having the dance troupe, at the minute it's looking like Matt and Lilia made the better decision in turning it down, and I say that with sadness because I did miss them both...
I can't believe they got rid of Lilia for her
I think the problem is some of these dancers are just faces. We don't know them. I hope we get a chance to on ITT or something. Maybe then we'll be more interested in their performances.
Also the competing pros danced more than the dancing pros.
I think the BBC may have quietly abandoned what they were originally planning after they lost Brian, Matt and Lilia- who I suspect had bigger fanbases than those remaining. I imagine the dance troupe has now been relegated to 'filler', where originally it might have had the production now going into the competing pros' routines.
Darren without Lilia is just plain wrong, and I think the show will miss them competing this year.
They don't really though - Ola, Natalie and Brian dropped out of the pro group routines at the quarter final stage last year, Ola's rumba with James in week 11 was her last pro contribution of the series!
So the pros never have more than maybe 3 routines per week to perform, the same number they did on the launch show alone!
Which begs the question, what is the point of the troupe?? I mean, I'm glad it's there because at least we still get to see Ian and Darren, but would much rather see them competing.
My thoughts exactly, I think it's pointless. Wasn't impressed by the troupe on the launch show, although was happy to see Ian dance (not a Darren fan, sorry). Would much rather have had Ian or Matt still in the competition over Jared judging on Saturday night alone.
Completely agree, I think the DT pro's have been left high and dry
Hopefully, the new male pro's will all break a leg and the BBC will be forced to beg Darren and Ian to cover for them.
I don't know why he was relegated to the dance troupe
... and poor Lilia at home watching Darren doing this to bring home the bacon.
I initially liked the idea of the DT and with the likes of Brian, Matt, Ian etc it would have been fabulous. On Saturday well it was OK but it most definately felt like filler. Hopefully it'll improve, the problem I think is that the BBC can go about things so half arsed that what could have been great will just be so so and I congratulate Brian and Matt for opting out.
I think that by introducing so many new professional partners, the BBC has shifted the attention back to the celebs and their progress, rather than "How's Matt Cutler/Darren/Lilia getting on, and who is that person they're dancing with?"
Now that training has started, the new system will give the dance partners more chance to focus on teaching their celeb, while the troupe will hopefully be able to perform some amazing routines without the distraction of having to teach Ann Widdecombe to samba. I'm staying optimistic for now.
Matthew and Karen did the choreograpy, which should mean I was happy, but I thought both music choices were poor.
Same with the troupe dance - thought the music choice poor and they were struggling to keep up with the speed.
Mybe they are being 'encouraged' to use a certain type of music?
Overall the show looked under-rehearsed, and hanging Flavia and Vincent on wires didn't work.
I still think the one big plus for this year is the celebs and I think they did the pairings well too.
And for our next trick (drumroll): Anne Widdiecombe, Paul Daniels. Wow.
Someone could put a few strategically placed banana skins on the stairs to Tess's new room.:D