According to the sun today, the viewing figures for Sat nights Strictly were better than they have been all year, implying that Bruce's absence was why people tuned in!?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...stay-home.html

I personally don't mind Bruce, but on the odd occasion when I am not home to watch the live show (will watch when I get home via Sky+) I do fast forward alot of his jokes etc..

I thought Tess did a good job front of house and liked Claudia at the back, as the conteatants are already relaxed with her from being on the couch on ITT though the week.

Well, it was the only reason I watched SCD, the first time for 2 years. Bruce completely puts me off anything he's in these days, I'm sorry to say.

I watched the first two shows live, then have relied on the iPlayer since then.
I watched on Saturday though, because I'd read about Forsyth's absence and I absolutely loved it!

I did cringe alot watching his 'singing' in Blackpool!

I don't have a problem with Bruce Forster; I thought Saturday's show was the worse for him being absent , and for the presence of Ronnie Corbett .

The problem is with the overuse of scripted jokes etc , he would be far better left to adlib.

However , Claudia was fab back stage .

Strictly is not going to attract large numbers of the teen age group, it aims to attract family viewing , whilst X factor sets out to appeal more to that younger age group .
Replacing Bruce with a trendy front man , so to speak , won't attract more viewers.

I alos think a far proportion of SCD viewers are recording Xactor ; I'm not too sure the opposite is true . Viewing figures include those recording the show don't they ?

It would be incorrect to draw that conclusion based upon one set of figures (especially as no proper survey was undertaken to find out the reasons why people chose to watch). There are of course many reasons why people watch, and why viewing figures increase. This is just an opportunistic and liberal interpretation based upon one single week.

Hardly conclusive.

Who he?

Isn't it a natural progression that the interest in the programme increases as the series goes on?
Last week was likely to be a "crunch week" regarding eliminations.

Is it not more likely that the viewing publics' interest was slightly peaked by the change in helmers. I was certainly wondering how it was going to turn out with Tess taking Bruces spot. Personally I find her quite annoying with a complete inability to adlib. Claudia on the other hand is glorious.

I never liked Bruce's presenting much, and was even more annoyed when I read he earns more to do SCD than ALL THE PRO DANCERS TOGETHER. That's outrageous, THEY make the show .
So I'd find it funny if the title of this thread were true.

Hmm , I wrote Forsyth My Pc changed that !!!

If that's true, I agree its an OUTRAGE!

Actually it could partly be a number of switchovers from X Factor - I know a lot of people who said they were boycotting it after the Deadlock debacle and were going to try Strictly instead - maybe that was a fairly nationwide opinion?

Bruce earns about 350.000 a year the pros earn 17.000 its a shame. The judges earn about 32,000 or more.

THE SHOW WOULD NOT EXSIST IF THE PROS WERE NOT THERE....EVERYONE ELSE - QUESTIONABLE.

17 grand isn't much, is it? But if the public like you, you can probably earn five times that in private lesson fees, enrolments at your dance school(s), appearances and endorsements.

Once you're accepted into the Strictly family, all you really need is a good agent.

It's also, technically, wrong.

The professional dancers earn about 30K. We don't know how much Bruce earns.


There are hundreds of gorgeous and talented professional dancers out there who could take the place of any pro at the drop of a hat.

Supply, meet Demand.

Clear?

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The problem is with the overuse of scripted jokes etc , he would be far better left to adlib.
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i totally agree. remember karen and mark's microphone tangle? He handled that really well, giving the lady who came to sort them out a quick twirl. that's what he does, not an autocue automaton like Tess. Although, I have to conceded Tess wasn't too bad front of house!

Is 10.9 million one of the highest peaks so far this series? I've seen lots of viewing figures with 8-9 mill, but don't recall seeing any with 10 mill (I don't check them weekly though, so I wouldn't know for sure anyway).

If so, I think that's brill. At one point, I heard something about peaking at 8 mill (again, it may not be certain) and I thought we were quite lucky with that, considering the fact the show didn't really get of to the best start and a lot of viewers threatening to switch off etc. So if we managed a peak of 10 mill, I doubt anyone would complain.

Hit. Nail. Head.

Getting a slot on Strictly is only where the pros earnings start. And I'm sure they all can smell the breath of no end of others who'd jump in to their shoes.

You can leave the show to go and set up dance schools, start a 'media' career ... only AFTER you've been on it.

If the BBC are still after cutting the wages bills, am sure they'd have no trouble finding talented replacements willing to do it for half the money. Same ought to be the case for radio DJs.

They mean Brendan Foster

I can believe that. I can't stand bruce. His tired old jokes, stumbling over the autocue, poor attempts at singing and general presenting have all been a turn off for a long time.

The majority of my friends record the show, or watch it on
a time delay so they can forward through his wittering.

I doubt if all the pros get paid the same, anymore than the celebs do.
I expect their agents all haggle for the best deal they can get and the most popular ones are bound to get more than, say, a new, unfamiliar pro.

However, Brucie gets an astonishing amount of money for misreading an autocue.
Probably more then 10 times the wage of even the most well paid pro -


http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle6831679.ece

I do think that paying an 81 yr old man £500k for 4 months work a year is a bit extreme!!
I hink that the dancers DO deserve more as they put much more time and effort into the show than Brucie does, he does the rehersals on Friday and the show on Sat.
But, the dancers work everyday, we've seen VT's on ITT showing that the pros spend Sunday coreographing the next week dance, and then spend all week training with the celeb, the BBC is certainly getting value for money from those guys!!
Although, you have to remember that this is not the only thing that the dancers do, I am going to see the Anton and Erin show 'Steppin Out' in January and the tickets for that are £34.50 each, I am sure they are getting a healthy chunk of that!