Sorry I didn't mean it to sound like I was saying Alesha was bad, I actually like Alesha better than Arlene but I think a lot of people were unhappy with the change

How on earth can you possibly know Alesha is obnoxious? unless you know her personally of course...you can't judge that from a couple of hours per week on TV


Alesha wasn't the problem on Strictly last year - the problem was too many couples, presenters who are not entertaining and a lack of decent guests and well-known celeb faces. The pros do not need changing again and the judging panel should not be the priority either. New presenters and some decent celebs would revitalise the show.

No need to be sorry, you are correct in that some people were unhappy with the change, probably the same people who had been asking for change the previous year, but because their personal choice didnt get the job, they blamed ALesha....... and probably the same people who are wanting changes again this year, and if they dont get the changes they want they will still moan about it. The way i see it is that it is only a TV show, and not worth getting all worked up over

don;t know if its just me, but I hae watched all 7 years so far and all this talk of younger, sexier, axe this person, replace that is putting me off the show.

If they want an other X-factor than I won't watch so maybe they can replace audience like me with younger people but I personbally think they have a different audience (I hate X-factor).

However, I am now thinking of going out on Saturday nights again as I cannot be bothered with all these revamps they want to add.

Yeah i find all the talk of changing things to get a younger audience abit of an insult to all those that already watch, it seems they don't think about us and are only interested in the new viewers

Essentially the show hasnt really changed much over all 7 series, it's still the same format, all this talk about sexing it up and competing with X factor is really more the work of the media trying to drum up some headlines and sell newspapers. Yes they changed Arlene for Alesha last year and at no time did the BBC say that it was an attempt to bring in a younger audience, what they actually said was that Alesha was brought in a she had a unique perspective as a past winner. This change of course did not please some viewers, but if they had changed any of the judges for a past winner then the same debate would have followed.
The actual numbers who complained to the BBC were minimal in comparison to the viewers , but this was picked up by the press and magnified significantly , this of course gave the media the opportunity to bash SCD, ramp up the competition with X factor and of course sell more bloody newspapers....
What i guess i am saying is that if you ignore all the newspaper talk and just focus on the show, i think you will find that it hasnt really changed much at all from the show you have watched over the years... dont believe the hype !!!