Originally Posted by LittleTinker:
“ He judges on the skaters poise and elegance...on their overall way they carry themselves....why does he need to be a good skater to do that?”
If only he did stick to judging poise and elegance he would probably be fine. He is there in his capacity as "famous choreographer" (but has anyone ever seen or heard of any shows he has been involved with? - No? - thought not!) but he seems to exceed his remit every week. He quite clearly has NO real idea about skating or the difficulty of some of the moves the celebs do ON ICE and he has challenged two of the country's greatest skaters on skating technique in the last few weeks. He argued with Robin (!) about the spiral element one week, and challenged Nicky about a celebs speed - Nicky said it was too slow Jason said it wasn't...
Originally Posted by LittleTinker:
“Does that mean that Simon Cowell doesnt know what he talking about either because he cant sing?”
Unlike Jason - Simon Cowell has track record in finding acts which can sell a lot of records for his label. He is someone who is clearly at the top of his field, and totally knows who will be a big seller and who will be a flop. That is why he can get away with being Mr Nasty when in fact he is really Mr Cruel to be Kind! He doesn't raise people's hopes when they are utter rubbish, and you can see that the X factor and BGT hpefuls know that he is the one to impress. With that track record - he doesn't NEED to be able to sing. Its the same with Louis Walsh - he has put together at least two of the most successful bands of recent years. They both seem to have an inner sense of who (or what) will do well - and who won't. They shouldn't be judged on what we see see on XFactor or BGT - their companies and bank balances show they are much more successful than that! that
Jason hasn't got anything like the same level of knowledge and expertise - even in his own field. His main claim to fame seems to be as an actual dancer in Cats, but his choreography credits seem a bit sparse when compared to the other judges on other shows - Craig and Arlene are both very well known for their work in the West End - Bruno less so but still has done some West End work. What has Jason done??
