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Dancing Girl
19-11-2009
I havw watched Children in Need but got very tired of all the stars going on the programme basically to promote their new single, new book, pantomine etc. I was very disillusioned to read that Terry Wogan gets PAID for CIN which I thought was disgraceful. There are so many exceptionally wealthy stars appearing on the show asking US ALL for money, yet I wonder how much they actually give out of their own pockets. I remember a video of Annie Lennox visiting a young family whose parents had died of AIDS and seeing how they were trying to get themselves to school and a very emotional Annie wanted us all to donate yet she had the money and fame to change these young childrens lives forever but walked away!!
Vincy82
19-11-2009
Originally Posted by svetlana45:
“yes,Alesha's going to perform The Boy Does Nothing with pros including Matt C.”

Weyhey!!!
Vincy82
19-11-2009
Originally Posted by samiskim:
“All depends what time it starts. If I am in I will watch the pro dancers and then switch off as marathon shows do not appeal to me, especially if a large chunk of it is being hosted by Alesha Dixon who cooked her goose in Blackpool as far as I am concerned.”

Oh well, some of us will enjoy it .
Vincy82
19-11-2009
Originally Posted by sammyvine:
“Arghhh surprised Alesha is presenting. I really hope she doesnt say ''you was'' or anything. Can't stand her after the way she spoke to Craig.”

I hope she does...just to wind some people up.
<3Anton<3
20-11-2009
Erin posted on her twitter that all of the pros will be performing with Alesha on CiN

Think they're opening the show or something too. BBC Strictly tweeted something about it
sally k
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by Vincy82:
“I hope she does...just to wind some people up.”

Me too
grunson
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by Dancing Girl:
“I was very disillusioned to read that Terry Wogan gets PAID for CIN which I thought was disgraceful.”

I thought it was a strange arrangement too, though even stranger is that he seems to have been unaware that he was being paid and that he seems unable to stop the BBC paying him. He is waiving his fee again this year but it isn't clear why there is still a fee to waive.
Force Ten
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by Dancing Girl:
“I havw watched Children in Need but got very tired of all the stars going on the programme basically to promote their new single, new book, pantomine etc. I was very disillusioned to read that Terry Wogan gets PAID for CIN which I thought was disgraceful. There are so many exceptionally wealthy stars appearing on the show asking US ALL for money, yet I wonder how much they actually give out of their own pockets. I remember a video of Annie Lennox visiting a young family whose parents had died of AIDS and seeing how they were trying to get themselves to school and a very emotional Annie wanted us all to donate yet she had the money and fame to change these young childrens lives forever but walked away!!”

How do you know that? Most stars give very generously out of their own pockets - they just might not publicise it.
x-cherry-x
20-11-2009
Is strictly having it's own little section like last year when anton danced with tess and flavia danced with .............can't remember?????
sally k
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by grunson:
“I thought it was a strange arrangement too, though even stranger is that he seems to have been unaware that he was being paid and that he seems unable to stop the BBC paying him. He is waiving his fee again this year but it isn't clear why there is still a fee to waive.”

Yeah apparently he used to get an fixed fee from bbc television for his appearances on BBC ONE [that covered both eurovision, eurovision-making your mind up and c.i.n]. He believed his tv salary was for eurovision alone and was surprised when it was discovered some of it came out of the bbc c.i.n production budget.
Doghouse Riley
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by grunson:
“I thought it was a strange arrangement too, though even stranger is that he seems to have been unaware that he was being paid and that he seems unable to stop the BBC paying him. He is waiving his fee again this year but it isn't clear why there is still a fee to waive.”

If "Wigon" suggested he wasn't aware of the nearly £10,000 each year he was paid for over two decades he'd have had viewers "laughing in the aisles" if that's what he said.
Every year it would have had to be on his tax return which he would have signed.
This the man who bought acres of forests in Scotland in the days when it was a lucrative tax dodge. I bet he knows about every penny he's ever received.
The only comment I'm aware that he made was "I didn't ask to be paid."
This I suppose was to conjure up visions of BBC "suits" stuffing money into his pockets.
Having been found out (I think it was a Freedom of Information Request) he certainly didn't offer to pay back the money. What was it, for 26 years?
This the man who pleaded with viewers earning a fraction of his pay (which he bleated was too low for his radio programme) to give money to CIN year after year.
He was the only one who got paid.

The man's a hypocrite.
sally k
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by x-cherry-x:
“Is strictly having it's own little section like last year when anton danced with tess and flavia danced with .............can't remember?????”

I read some where they're opening the show with their performance.
sally k
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley:
“".he certainly didn't offer to pay back the money”

source ???
Vile as usual,
vincent's mojo
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by sally k:
“I read some where they're opening the show with their performance.”



Yes bbcstrictly confirmed this on Twitter
sally k
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley:
“If "Wigon" suggested he wasn't aware of the nearly £10,000 each year he was paid for over two decades

. What was it, for 26 years?
.”

1 Each year?

2 In your first line you say for 2 decades and then you question yourself. Perhaps you should get your facts straight before you publish your vileness.
isopap
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by Dancing Girl:
“I havw watched Children in Need but got very tired of all the stars going on the programme basically to promote their new single, new book, pantomine etc. I was very disillusioned to read that Terry Wogan gets PAID for CIN which I thought was disgraceful. There are so many exceptionally wealthy stars appearing on the show asking US ALL for money, yet I wonder how much they actually give out of their own pockets. I remember a video of Annie Lennox visiting a young family whose parents had died of AIDS and seeing how they were trying to get themselves to school and a very emotional Annie wanted us all to donate yet she had the money and fame to change these young childrens lives forever but walked away!!”

How do you know that she didn't donate money out of her own pocket?

There are many children in situations like this and celebrities are used to highlight this because within our culture this is a useful way of making people take notice, would we take notice if it wasn't a celebrity presenting the story?

And besides stars such as Annie Lennox may be a lot richer than us but then in the UK the majority of us are a lot richer than the vast majority of the world. As can be seen from entering your income in this calculator.

http://www.globalrichlist.com/

PS I do agree that it is a irritating when stars blatantly plug their wares and does go against the whole idea of doing your bit out of the goodness of your heart, the airtime and generaly goodsportedness of a person that might make us more interested in them to seek out their stuff should be enough of a pull

Also I do agree there are stars who should be a little bit more forthcoming with their own money, such as global megastars who campaign against global poverty yet refuse to pay tax in their home country the same way that everyone else has to.
isopap
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by quisling:
“Once again, all the money donated to BBC Children in Need is distributed to a variety of already established charities and organisations working to benefit children and young people.
CIN is just a fundraising tool - the money goes to charities who actually do the work.”

I have a friend who used to work for a reasonably high profile charity who said that even they would have had a hard job surviving without the assistance of Comic Relief.

Many of the charities that benefit are small and local ones that wouldn't have a chance of raising the kind of cash they get from a night like this.
sally k
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley:
“Good for you!

But I wouldn't tell you what charity to support, so please don't tell me.

What I am saying is the BBC supports two charities year on year. These are their choices, not the viewers.

I just think it time that they gave other charities the same sort of support for a change.

But then they wouldn't get the same viewing figures would they?”

Again can you please learn the facts on C.I.N before you post lies.FYI C.I.N is an umbrella organisation who distribute cash to smaller charities
Doghouse Riley
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by sally k:
“1 Each year?

2 In your first line you say for 2 decades and then you question yourself. Perhaps you should get your facts straight before you publish your vileness.”

Err..


If it's over 20 years but under thirty years, it's only two decades.

If you read the post properly before you "rushed into print" you'll see if you look again I said "for over two decades," so I was being completely accurate.


Nothing vile about the truth.

It's all been done before on here, probably before your time.

Try to keep the personal remarks out of your posts, it impresses no one and just devalues anything you have to say.

No need to apologise, read it here, it's old news, including the BBC's pathetic attempts to justify it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...n-In-Need.html
Doghouse Riley
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by sally k:
“Again can you please learn the facts on C.I.N before you post lies.FYI C.I.N is an umbrella organisation who distribute cash to smaller charities”

Where's the lies?
I've not mentioned where the CIN money goes, I've just said there's a lot of charities who consider that their revenue falls sharply when these two events dominate the TV schedule.
I suggest it's time for a change, with a wider distribution to charities other than just those for children.

It's just a suggestion, not a proposal for the "massacre of the innocent." Chill out.
Dana
20-11-2009
I thought this thread was to look forward to the pro dancers appearing on CIN?

Anyway, I'm sure it will be great fun.
Tissy
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by sally k:
“I read some where they're opening the show with their performance.”

`7pm The stars of Strictly Come Dancing get the show started with a spectacular performance`

from tvguide
vincent's mojo
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by Tissy:
“`7pm The stars of Strictly Come Dancing get the show started with a spectacular performance`

from tvguide ”

It's on Twitter too from BBCstrictly
Iphigenia
20-11-2009
Originally Posted by yelsel:
“I wonder if Alesha will Perform with the strictly dancers, that would be great”

Maybe she'll do a special number with Craig Kelly.
drbolognaise
20-11-2009
What is Alesha wearing?
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