I am stunned that she is back for a second series. I switched off because of her. Totally and utterly pointless judge. Cannot beleive the beep didnt take the oppertunity to get rid.

I'm very happy to see Alesha back on the judges panel

I love the irony of the title of this thread, very droll. Unless of course the grammatical error was not deliberate.

How pathetic !!

Sorry what is wrong with saying coupling?

I would of thought she would of learned by now, she were proper hacked off at the dissin she got last year.

yeah could be one of the reasons why the beeb boards are closed this year......to much dissin of everyone mayhaps?

Going off the subject for the moment She looked fit as f*** tonight!

Me don't care wot she sez and how she sez it.
She looks divine.

What has that poor woman done to deserve such a harsh treatment?

I would HAVE thought so too. She should just not talk and look pretty.

See? Inevitable.

Well put Philly

I'm really pleased Alesha is back again. She was one of the few entertaining parts of the last series, her and Bruno. And since I kept being told off for complaining about Chris Hollins getting through last year (people left and right were saying this was an entertainment show, not a dancing competition) I really hope the people complaining are not fans of his, seeing as this is supposed to be all about entertainment and very little to do with dancing. In that regard, Alesha is a welcome breath of fresh air. Also, if the best people have got to complain about is the way she speaks, I'd say she's starting off in a better position than last year when she was painted as an ally to ageism and bigotry.

People will always find something to moan about and some of the new SCD posters that have arrived from the BBc seem rather snooty and want to put down the woman and moan about her.. im sure there are an equal amount of posters already here to defend her that think shes going a good job and dont post with a stick up our arse over someones grammar.

Its all good

She just repeats what Len says anyway, so no wonder she has a problem with her grammar.

I just wish she was not sitting next to Bruno. He was far more together sitting next to Len .

So just how does she manage to do that when she speaks before Len?

They defended her so much last year that they couldn't get rid of her now, without admitting that it had been a mistake casting her in the first place.

I could care less about her grammar. It's her lack of professional dance experience that makes me dislike having her as a judge. I don't find her comments particularly useful, and she doesn't have the same authority that Arlene or the others do. If Arlene criticised someone's hands, I'd automatically assume she knew what she was talking about. If Alesha did the same, I'd be more doubtful.

Having seen some of the pros last year disagree with her comments definitely didn't help me accept her opinions either. I think Erin, in particular, never looked too impressed when she criticised Ricky.

My memory might be failing, but IIRC it was only Erin who made any kind of comment.

.....you mean they wasnt here last year? bummer I would of come here instead of the Beeb boards if I had know....I felt like I was back at school last year with the grammar police spamming the boards with "the right way to speak"...thought it would be worse over here....obviously wrong again

Nope the DS has a point on their rules about letting people make a point without constantly correcting their grammar, people attempting to do so from the Beeb boards will find themselves banned for a few hours while they cool down, they start with small bans of a few hours, then a day or so then a week then youre gone for a month.

It means we can debate without the usual "its "their, not there" etc : and patronising posts, im sure that will come up a lot in Alesha threads

I never took anything Arlene had to say seriously either. I suppose that's why I didn't see the big deal with the switch. She generally talked absolute rubbish week in, week out. When the professionals disagreed with Arlene (or for that matter, any of the judges) I would take their word for it because they are currently ballroom and latin dancers. Len may have more experience but it certainly doesn't come into play when he's on Strictly, he's never truthful. If the rest are mean, he's nice (even if the dance was atrocious), if they're nice, he's too critical. Craig is the only judge whose opinion I've ever taken seriously but once again, if the pros disagree at large, I'm far more likely to listen to them. So really, your point about Alesha means very little to me in regards to judging dance talent.

And I'm genuinely not trying to be bitchy but this drives me insane when I see it written down - it's I couldn't care less because you care the least amount it's possible to care, not I could care less because then, you care more than the least amount.

Yep. It is in the rules here (look at the 4th para up from the bottom of the page).

Ive fallen foul of it before when i first arrived from other boards, now i find it entertaining finding ways to get my point across without being reported lol.

wow thats nice.......my spelling leaves a lot to be desired and I come from the same place as Alesha so I understand her perfectly - some of the mistakes she makes are the same as I made at school many many many moons ago.....got slapped quite often but didnt make any difference...LOL.

Well I might be reported for my previous post but I genuinely wasn't trying to be bitchy to prove a point, it just drives me insane to see that written down.