Originally Posted by
grimtales1:
“I've never posted in here
But I think I can see a reason why she was chosen to be a judge. It's rather like Cheryl on XF - because she (Alesha) was on the show as a contestant and won, she will understand what the celebrities (non dancers?) will be going through so will be able to judge from that perspective
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Welcome to the forum grimtales

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since most of us are friendly. I can see the point you are making, and I think that that is a useful perspective. However some of us have a concern that it leaves us with a panel of judges which is a bit lightweight on the technical side (although it always was - just no need to compound an already poor situation).
Originally Posted by thenetworkbabe:
“The DOI panel has people who can skate but it doesn't necessarily follow that people who skated other people's choreography can teach how to skate or comment on whether something looks entertaining on TV or whether it hangs together as an acting/skating/exciting whole. They can say it looked good but their view on the acting side and what might have been done particularly is no more valuable than anyone watching's.Both shows really need someone to judge the performance as a whole with the benefit of some acting or choreographic or directing experience .”
I wasn't dismissing choreographic experience. I was just saying that there had to be a balance and that the DOI panel is better balanced. Since ballroom and latin dancing is viewed as a sport and marked against technical criteria (like ice dancing) then some technical knowledge amongst the judges is desirable. Surely it is not unreasonable to expect at least 50% of the judges to have in depth technical knowledge of the area they are judging. Then everyone can be happy, the ballroom/latin geeks, like me, and those watching it just for entertainment value.