Originally Posted by Three Left Feet:
“Count me in as well!
I can't understand the negativity and vitriol this year. (Or any year, come to think of it!)
All this "SCD is finished because of..." and "I hate..." is depressing to me. The former because it gets churned out each year. The latter because hating someone in something so trivial as a dance competition when you've never met them is not the sort of characteristic I want in my fellow citizens!
This year has been great:
- The spectacularly bad Joe Calzaghe
- Jo taming Brendan
- Wondering quite how the judges could be any more damning of the pair of them than they were the previous week
- Jade and Ian's Quickstep - It will be a long time before a celeb lady leaps off the steps and covers 20 feet in the air whilst dragging her 6ft+ partner with her
- Delusional Craig. Each week I thought he'd fess up and admit he was cr*p but he never did
- Flavia's heroism in the face of the above
- Anton's latin - truly unique!
- Wondering each week "will Katya kill Phil this week or can the Cat charm his way through another week of messing around?"
- Pantomime outrage from Craig when Zoe and Ali were in the DO
- Anton's Charleston - truly memorable!
- Richard Whittle's parents' interviews
- Chris Hollins - He's got a more annoying dance face than Tom, but his enthusiasm and self-depracating humour are just so infectious
- And not forgetting the addition of Tina Sparkle to the pros roster. Life imitates art at last!
Other than Jade's demise, the only really bad bit was Tuffers going out; this was a few weeks too early, but hey ho. It's only Saturday night telly.
(Not that I was quite so phlegmatic when Oz got the boot last year!!)”
“Count me in as well!
I can't understand the negativity and vitriol this year. (Or any year, come to think of it!)
All this "SCD is finished because of..." and "I hate..." is depressing to me. The former because it gets churned out each year. The latter because hating someone in something so trivial as a dance competition when you've never met them is not the sort of characteristic I want in my fellow citizens!
This year has been great:
- The spectacularly bad Joe Calzaghe
- Jo taming Brendan
- Wondering quite how the judges could be any more damning of the pair of them than they were the previous week
- Jade and Ian's Quickstep - It will be a long time before a celeb lady leaps off the steps and covers 20 feet in the air whilst dragging her 6ft+ partner with her
- Delusional Craig. Each week I thought he'd fess up and admit he was cr*p but he never did
- Flavia's heroism in the face of the above
- Anton's latin - truly unique!
- Wondering each week "will Katya kill Phil this week or can the Cat charm his way through another week of messing around?"
- Pantomime outrage from Craig when Zoe and Ali were in the DO
- Anton's Charleston - truly memorable!
- Richard Whittle's parents' interviews
- Chris Hollins - He's got a more annoying dance face than Tom, but his enthusiasm and self-depracating humour are just so infectious
- And not forgetting the addition of Tina Sparkle to the pros roster. Life imitates art at last!
Other than Jade's demise, the only really bad bit was Tuffers going out; this was a few weeks too early, but hey ho. It's only Saturday night telly.
(Not that I was quite so phlegmatic when Oz got the boot last year!!)”
Excellent post.
Every time I see 'Tina Sparkle' mentioned on the forum I laugh. It is so appropriate.




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