There you go again saying everyone. The judges have said that she is entertaining,surely that constitues praise? If she wold just listen to their constructive criticism instead of jumping to her idea of repartee she might learn something.

Do you dance, Terry?

You're projecting here, as I've said in another thread Craig almost always tops the best judge polls.

To be honest, I preferred Arlene's scoring over anyone's.

poor old Terry M22, you just can't win, there are too many voices outshouting yours.
You very nobly support Ann wherever you can, but it's like a leaking sieve - you can't block all the holes at once. Whenever you've tried to save her on one thread, six more threads spring up (bit like the brooms in the Sorcerer's Apprentice).

Brave of you anyway to try.

Best not mention the Arlene word, she was much worse than Craig, we just need him to join her in the off show wilderness.

In your opinion, yes.

In mine; she didn't score quite as harshly as Craig does, but would use her 3 and 4 paddles if required. She'd dish out 10s to fabulous dances. Didn't like her alliteration or raw sex-type comments, but she was the fairest and most consistent judge.

She's isn't his waltz was better than anything she's ever done - IMO of course.

Well I'm pretty sure Bruno's "spontaneous" remark about AW looking like a bottle of Pepto-Bismol was scripted. It didn't sound natural from him and I'm sure it wouldn't have sounded natural from anyone else either.

The problem is that the judges have to be in theory anyway both informative and quotable about someone's performance. I don't actually see how many of Craig's critisms are actually that bad - Mark Foster doesn't seem to have been broken by hearing he danced like a stick insect on acid. You have to say sometimes that some is bad and if animal imagery does the job then so be it. Let's get real here - actors have to deal with sometimes quite blunt rejection on a regular basis and sportsman get plenty of tough love to help them improve - most people are not going to be destroyed by being critised on live tv.

To judge by the quote 'if you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all' or to sugar coat so not offend would mean the judges aren't really judging and it makes their comments andoyne. I find Len's I must be nice at all costs except when I'm in a bad mood or someone really annoys me a lot worse than Craig. Brendan's fans would take issue with Len's Mr Nice Guy image he likes to project.

"Off show wilderness"...HA! Not only has she gone back to her day job of being a respected West End (she choreographed the stage version of Flashdance that opened recently) choreographer...her old mate Nigel Lythgoe phoned her up and asked her to be a judge in his So You Think You Can Dance show, which should air once SCD is finished. Dance is for everyone....and you can make a living out of it if you're good enough

Do you even watch the show? Or if you do, do you watch it wearing earplugs?

Craig very clearly gave Ann advice about her posture and balance on Saturday. Ann, as ever, rudely dismissed what he had to say.

And you also missed Ann explicitly saying the Latin dances are not for her. So not all dancing is for Ann - is it?

Craig personally insulted Ann on Friday on ITT the day before Blackpool, I wish I was wearing earplugs when that happened.

There is courage and there is discretion. It is very dangerous encouragement from a matriarch if inexperienced young persons are reading. A young person diving into a situation for which she is not equipped will not survive through bluff, smiles, thick skin ignoring all feedback -- certainly not in Afghanistan and Iraq.

There is a time and place, an age and a body, prerequisites for every performance. The paying audience like to see what they like to see, and the seller cannot force the buyer to like what they do not. Hard to see the benefit in turning a weekend feelgood show into civil war pitting minority against majority. As the rounds progressed the joke wore thin, and only then did the bile escalate. What else should she do next, commendable on grounds of defying unqualification and courage against the odds? Enter a 100 metres race then walk it? Enter a Miss England contest then wear a burka?

A good joke does not always improve for repetition. John Sergeant decided discretion was the better part of persistence, thus saving two irreconcilable factions from hot war. There is courage too in making peace. The alternative to peace could be worse.

Yes there is a lot of that on here and with the judges. I'm thinking of putting in a hundred protest votes for her.

How much battle experience have you exactly?

I think the voting viewers might just be following you in their droves.

???

Have you been on the lemonades soulmate???

But that isn't what I asked about - as well you know.

You are repeatedly asked by many posters to answer specific questions, but hardly ever do. Editing out the bits that conflict with the point you are trying to promote doesn't really strengthen your argument. Indeed, it makes it look even more flimsy ...

Nice to see someone on here recognizing that Ann just might have feelings.

You can repeat this as many times as you like, but that isn't what happened, at all. Maybe you forgot to take out your earplugs.

Craig has tried. Ann wouldn't listen.

But when she is so resolved to not show them at all, why should we bother wondering what she might or might not be feeling? Particularly when her most evident character traits are arrogance, rudeness and self-obsession?

I'll be there, guiding his hand.

Oh, er, some Ann voters wil be receiving their monthly phone bills and may be regretting being so generous with their redials.


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