Can I have a go? It's like her entering a cookery competition, being asked to cook a Beef Wellington, making it with lime jelly instead of beef, and then expecting everyone to take it seriously as an alternative take on the dish. She's going against the fundamentals of what she's being asked to do, because she can't handle it.

Of course she has it in her contract that she doesn't have to do anything she doesn't want to. I would imagine none of them are going to be forced to do anything they're uncomfortable with. It's just if they started openly laying down demands and shaping choreography in the way Ann is, they'd be identified as a diva. Kelly Brook pushing Brendan to do the choreography she wanted practically led to cries of "BURN THE WITCH!" and all she wanted to do was have a little go with the cape.

Yes - I've noticed that it's annoying you. It isn't annoying everyone though. It isn't annoying those who voted in sufficient numbers to keep her out of the bottom 2 for instance.

well yes of course at the end of the day the GBP can vote for whom ever they like even if said contestant just comes out and farts to the music

but I'm with the DJ - you can't just say something is a salsa for example when it demonstrates absolutely none of the atributes that define a salsa (though having said that, virtually none of the so called salsas on saturday warranted that description but that's whole other thread)

Ann's political stereotype seems to me to be that of the professional 'whinger'. Everyone else in the world is doing something wrong, except her.

She complains that the youth of Britain needs a kick up the backside. If the cap fits, wear it.

I was watching the Salsa in anticipation of Craig saying something about a hippopotamus on acid.

But it wasn't even that, was it.

I appreciate your point - as I've said elsewhere, for as long as she has public support she has every right to stay in.

However this is a discussion forum and those who feel that her demands go beyond reasonable are perfectly at liberty to say so.

Is that a sneak preview of next week's routine?

And a significant improvement on last week. The wind of change.

Anton does not do sweaty, though Ann might.
A gaucho in a shirt and tie with a cowboy hat, and Ann could be the butch one?

Tonight's ITT sealed the deal for me - 'I just won't move my hips at all'. FFS Ann, my mum is well into her 80s, has bad hips and a dodgy knee and also a devout Roman Catholic and I watched her give it more the Ann has managed on the dance floor at a recent family do, and she was moving her, dodgy, hips (mind you, she had been at the sherry before hand )

That's exactly it.

I can't fathom what on earth possessed her to agree to appear on the show, as she is so fundamentally unwilling to participate. Surely she's not that desperate for the cash?

Maybe sherry would help Ann

I have this arguement with my mum but just because someone isn't the 'best' dancer doesn't mean that they are rubbish or it's a farce of they win - comparing Chris Hollins to Widdy is insulting.

I agree with the OP and would like to add the BBC are trying too hard to make her the John Sargeant type because if I remember correctly, she was given the role I suppose, before she had even danced!

She is funny though but for me, I think it would be better if she tried harder.

The fact that she is still in the show having had the lowest score shows that they have - at least more than Peter and loads more than Goldie considering he was equal fifth on the leaderboard.
Watching the clip of her dance on youtube, many of the contestants were watching and applauding from Tess' Tower and also gave a great reception to her when she got back so I think they have warmed to her too.

Not to me it isn't. I loathed his gurney face and rubbish dancing. I almost stopped watching for good after last year but decided I would not let the odious little man stop me watching a show I have stuck with since the very start. And very glad I am I did too Ann is my revenge mwahahahaha

In all fairness you are entitled to think what you like , I am swimming against the tide in my dislike of Pamela this year .
But I will admit she can dance and I think even you have to admit Chris danced better than Ann !
You may enjoy it less cos you dont like him , but he did do a better job.

But, as I was told endlessly last year by the fans of the vomit inducingly named Team Cola (there were only 2 of the ffs...that is not a team!) it's all about the entertainment

I find Ann far more entertaining than Hollins.

Ann Widdecombe is well-known for her strict moral and religious views (however distasteful you find them). Inviting her to be in a dancing competition is like asking Heather Mills to be in a cookery competition. You know that you won't get beef wellington from Heather and you also know that you won't get sexy salsa from Ann. That's the deal and if you don't like vegan wellington or virgin salsa then the blame lies with the producers.

There are plenty of good reasons to dislike Ann Widdecombe but I really don't think that this is one of them.

Yes, but I'm sure Heather Mills will try and cook something. It's debatable whether Ann tried to dance.

? You mean she wanted to do a Dracula and suck Brendan? I thought we had to wait for Lisa & Brendan's showdance for delusions of Dracula.


I don't know what it would take for gaga Mills to surprise me. I imagine her hollow leg is stuffed with two feet of salami.

Wouldn't the best thing be to address this comment to Anton via his website?

She was hoping a little of the John Sergeant "magic" would rub off on to her, and help her sell her books.

I can't stand the sycophantic laughter every time she makes what she considers to be a joke, rather like the fawning attitude every time prince Charles opens his mouth.

Having my 10 pence worth. She apparently signed up to have fun. Ok but as a license payer that means her fee's are paid partly by me. Now the show is about dancing and learning to dance. She is doing neither. Her fun isn't amusing to all and she isn't fulfilling her promise to dance, so why would anyone want to vote to keep her in? She can be a guest on Claudia's show and have a verbal with Craig if this is the reason to vote for her. Why bother with her when she doesn't try at all.

House of Commons tactic number 3(B) -- to strike first in verbal sparring with a subdued Craig and distract paying customers.

Christ, don't give them ideas, OK?


Well, yeah, and an Anton salsa was never going to be exactly scintillating anyway - what bits I did recognise looked simply like (a really really bad) chacha.

I admit, had I been Anton, I'd have failed also. The requirements of salsa as a dance (spinning, fast movements, and so on) were never going to work with Ann.

And if she insisted on limited touching, and she has no concept of the rhythm, how can she be led? Telepathy?

Ann, let me explain it to you in small words: the reason why ballroom is easier for you is because you're in more contact with your partner. Your partner is called the leader. He leads you. Physically. The more physical contact, the easier it is to lead you.

Got that?