Would another channel possibley save doi and bring it back in 2015:)
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It is ending as T&D want out - it wouldn't work without them.
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DOI is ending at the right time though and won't return elsewhere for reasons already stated.
I've toyed with the idea does it need a couple to lead it as SCD just has the pros and celebs, and on balance I think DOI does, somehow.
No it wouldnt unless someone known like the Kerrs as Sallyforth mentions, take over. T and D must feel tired after 10 years. But on the other hand the Kerrs would find it odd to take over T&D who are so iconic in their own right. Bring in non-joke acts in 2014 and the rating might even go up. IMO what killed it for me was the jokers staying on for so long.
The problem is the names. Most of the UK's theatres are filled with shows who producers think will sell on name recognition to an elderly/older middle aged audience. The result is pretty unwatchable, but its cheap, nasty, and enough people turn up.There's no one else in that field who is know by more than a tiny few.
Changing choregraphers could deal with the big problem that there's too few good routines. You would also open up the possibility of using your pro skaters more and using some of the current , or more likely past, olympic standard, talent to put on a display.The pros have already organised such a show this year. You could also follow the line of attack they have tried a bit by having good singers on to accompany routines. If your new skating names are cheaper than Tand D , other possibilities open up. there may be a shortage of talent - but the first place to look now may be the SCD graduates, and the reuniting bands on other Tv channels- and theres so little theatre or TV drama made now that the ranks of resting actors must be expanding.
The TV trend seems to be to cheaper shows . Splash and the new singing show just use fewer celebs, and less expensive set ups. Splash though showed what you could do using current talent, and had a scoring system that actually reflected the difficulty of the moves. Emma Bunton's singing show may also have avoided the problem of too little content, becoming less week on week, by not sending someone home every week and adding scores? There's probably numerous better ways of filling the time.
The name to attract viewers to week one is the problem, but you have options of using a popular presenter (a Biggins if absolutely necessary) and someone like Alesha to pull people in. You just have to make the show spectacular enough so that people don't conclude its T and D light.
For me series 3 has yet to be bettered, because right up to the very end I had no idea if Suzanne or Chris was going to win, plus the required elements meant there was something to compare the skaters against every week. I wasn't a fan of his, but I cheered when Chris nailed the spin in Cry Me A River. As a non-skater, the judges can tell me something was good or bad, but if I can't see examples of good and bad technique to compare then their comments don't really guide me and I vote on who I like the most (if I can be bothered voting). The show doesn't feel like a competition to me, but rather a series of celebs and pros doing routines that may or may not be difficult, because there's little to no meaningful contrast.
While I'm ranting, I'd also set a maximum number of lifts per routine..........
Maybe the Kerrs could do a show with non-celebs? Doesn't have to be celebs for me to watch.
1. Too expensive
2. Torvil and Dean make the show (wasn't it their idea)
3.Too many risk factors and I should think they would find it hard to attract celebrities.
4.This year they got Pamela Anderson and despite the big name, the audience didn't take to her and homegrown 'A' listers would never have time to do it as many celebs only go on these programmes as they have nothing lined up.