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Old 15-07-2009, 17:05
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I agree. Otherwise you may as well bring back It's A Knockout and have Brendan and Vincent wearing roller skates and a diver's suit, balancing leaky buckets of water on their head whilst trying to walk over a greasy log...
That sounds lile It's A Knockout
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Old 15-07-2009, 19:31
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That sounds lile It's A Knockout
It was supposed to.
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Old 15-07-2009, 20:46
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Another aspect to this I hadn't really considered is that someone who has received three months' training from a pro, is now being a given a salary more than three times what that professional earns. That is just beyond insulting.
Totally agree with that. I still find the whole thing unbelievable and I think it is really going to change SCD from being an exciting competion to an entertainment show I for one cannot view it in the same light.
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Old 16-07-2009, 15:02
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At least Arlene wasn't jetting to and fro across the Atlantic each week!

There are beautiful women amongst the contestants and pro dancers. I think the BBC has done this to be controversial and it's worked. The next step will be Brendan telling Alesha she doesn't know what she's talking about.
For example Camelia's not exactly ugly is she? I think the real issue is not that Arlene's being replaced but that she's being replaced with someone who knows a lot less. I like Alesha but I think this is wrong and she'd have done better not to have accepted the beeb.
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Old 16-07-2009, 15:26
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I actually starting to hope this is a "disaaaaaaster". JUst to stop the Beeb making stupid changes (ie bringing in the dance off!)
However hated the dance-off is I believe it was brought in to stop travesties like Spoony being voted off before Jan and Georgina who were both hopeless that week (or at least that's why I originally supported it - it may have been an attempt to keep the likes of Emma in the competition which a lot of people have suspected vis a vis Lisa last year which was a bad idea). Unlike the dance-off this is a step too far the other way - the lady behind seems to be of the opinion Strictly is an entertainment show solely which is ignoring the fact that the dance element is also important.
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:11
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However hated the dance-off is I believe it was brought in to stop travesties like Spoony being voted off before Jan and Georgina who were both hopeless that week (or at least that's why I originally supported it - it may have been an attempt to keep the likes of Emma in the competition which a lot of people have suspected vis a vis Lisa last year which was a bad idea). Unlike the dance-off this is a step too far the other way - the lady behind seems to be of the opinion Strictly is an entertainment show solely which is ignoring the fact that the dance element is also important.


She might like to study the title of the programme- which I believe is still Strictly Come Dancing

Bear with Jay Hunt though- she might be struggling to define the word dancing- so it will take her time to find it in the dictionary
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:22
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yep, the title does rather give it away, doesn't it!
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:26
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yep, the title does rather give it away, doesn't it!
To those who can read-and have a modicum of intelligence
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:28
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Perhaps one of the changes will be a rebranding to Strictly Come Entertainment.
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:30
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Perhaps one of the changes will be a rebranding to Strictly Come Entertainment.
Don't give the idiot any ideas- after her recent effots- shudders
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:31
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Don't give the idiot any ideas- after her recent effots- shudders
Sorry
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:33
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Don't worry about it memmh
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:35
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Don't worry about it memmh
'Tis a horrible idea, isn't it?
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:36
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I am VERY surprised that Karen wasn't asked to do it.
Karen is like Marmite. You either love her or detest her with a passion. I am of the latter disposition and am seriously hoping for another dud partner this year. Trouble is you see more of her on ITT then.
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:38
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I love Karen- she is so bubbly and effervescent- and what a dancer she is

I hope she gets a good partner
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:45
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'Strictly Come Entertainment' is far too stuffy a title to bring in 'da yoof'. I think something like...

'Hit the floor...er, bitch!' would be much better, innit?
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Old 16-07-2009, 20:48
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'Strictly Come Entertainment' is far too stuffy a title to bring in 'da yoof'. I think something like...

Hit the floor...er, bitch!' would be much better, innit?
Too many words there Stu

Strictly no OAPS
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Old 16-07-2009, 21:03
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Another aspect to this I hadn't really considered is that someone who has received three months' training from a pro, is now being a given a salary more than three times what that professional earns. That is just beyond insulting.
How do you know what salary Alesha will receive - It's all hearsay that is written in the tabloids which is mainly made up rubbish.

I hope Alesha does a fantastic job and has people eating their words.
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Old 16-07-2009, 21:12
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How do you know what salary Alesha will receive - It's all hearsay that is written in the tabloids which is mainly made up rubbish.

I hope Alesha does a fantastic job and has people eating their words.
The tabloids are often fairly accurate about stories on Strictly actually. After all they broke the story on Alesha coming in to be a judge long before the press release.

Realistically Alesha has not got a chance of doing a fantastic job because she doesn't have the right knowledge to be a judge. The best she can hope for is not to show herself up, in which case she will be restricting herself to comments on effort and performance which are totally unnecessary to anyone who is actually watching along.
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Old 16-07-2009, 21:13
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Well let's hope it's all heresay then... I daresay we'll hear something more definite at some point soon
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Old 16-07-2009, 22:21
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yep, the title does rather give it away, doesn't it!
Kind of!

I love Karen and hope she gets a good partner this year and when she does stop dancing on SCD I hope she is appointed as a judge - preferably replacing Bruno but as well as if that's not possible.
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Old 16-07-2009, 22:44
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'Strictly Come Entertainment' is far too stuffy a title to bring in 'da yoof'. I think something like...
Cool on the floor, man
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Old 17-07-2009, 11:14
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Karen is like Marmite. You either love her or detest her with a passion. I am of the latter disposition and am seriously hoping for another dud partner this year. Trouble is you see more of her on ITT then.
And you used to be such a fan back in the day!

Am tempted to hope she eventually becomes a judge just to stir things up a little with those who claim to dislike her!
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Old 21-07-2009, 19:35
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According to this week's Woman's Own magazine:

"It's caused a few rumbles with the pro dancers", an insider at the BBC reveals. "They're obviously not happy that they, as professionals, will be judged by someone with minimal dance training and no qualifications in the field."

One pro dancer, who asked not to be named, tells Woman's Own, "Alesha is a great girl but at the end of the day, she doesn't have the experience to comment on dance technique like Arlene."
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