Originally Posted by
quisling:
“A very small gap filled by a very small talent.
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On the contrary, RC may be very small, but he's been in the business for years - and you don't get to stay at the top by having no talent. Even if it's as someone else's sidekick.
He was there to take the pressure off of Tess, no one knew how it was going to work out, so if she'd fluffed it he would have been able to help. He was probably there as a contingency, in case things went horribly wrong, as he's got all the experience in the world in live performance (probably why they have two presenters, in case one of them can't perform). As it turns out, it doesn't look as though he was really needed, which is a good thing, but we don't know how much moral support he provided, or how it would have been if he hadn't been there.
I don't know what so many people are complaining about, he didn't really interfere with the show, and provided suitable breaks (with suitably awful jokes to replace Bruce's) which must have taken up all of 5 mins out of the running time.