well said

its getting more ridiculous as the weeks go on that ann is staying

i wish people would see sense but no they think its a big joke

I agree with you about it being subjective, all these shows are.

I wouldn't like to see her win this though, that would make it a bit surreal. Every time I look at Chris Hollins on Breakfast I remember that he is SCD champion, then I think that the best dancer didn't actually win in his year.

Most years the public see sense when they realise the time is up for joke voting.

that was her connection with the viewers so that they vote as i am sure plenty would love to see her version of the samba

I would actually prefer Paul to still be in the competition than Ann (possibly because I much prefer Ola to Anton, but at least Ola was able to give Paul recognisable dance steps throughout his routines and he tried to dance them.)

And I think Ann is even worse than all those people you have mentioned, as they all at least tried to do proper dancing. Ann is deliberately going for the comedy factor and getting away with stomping around the dancefloor. If she did any proper steps last night I didn't see them. If it wasn't called Strictly Come Dancing I wouldn't care, but it's not just an entertainment show, there is a dancing aspect which Ann is disrespecting entirely.

And people are being harsh on everyone else for using props, why not Ann? Her lack of ability is no excuse, she used awful props last night and more lighting tricks than anyone else had. If she was allowed to do only a proper dance with proper dance steps as the competition was until this year, she wouldn't have lasted more than 2 weeks.

Have you forgotten Fiona Phillips? She was dire, Ann is so much better than her.

She was literally carried round the floor by Brendan!!

Like a Rag doll.

I was fortunate enough not to watch that year

I have seen some clips though, and I still think Ann is worse. Fiona and Brendan actually made me laugh unintentionally!

Ann will never be accused of being a rag doll, or a doll of any kind.

why should people "get sense" as you so eloquently put it, we live in a country with freedom of speech and if the BBC see fit to put Ann there to "entertain" then people are at liberty to vote for her - (and no I didn't vote for anyone last night so I am not defending my vote) - just the same as people are at libert to vote for their favourite "dancers"

Oh and to the OP why yet another thread revealing the result I thought all comments etc regarding such were supposed to be kept in the "Spoiler Thread"

But if people are allowed their own opinions (which of course they are) then people are allowed to think that the voters for Ann are silly. That's the way opinion works. Just because it's not favourable doesn't mean it's not allowed, that is the point of freedom of speech.

"SCD is all about the personalities of the contestants and how much they move us with their stories and development"

in which case AW should have bitten the dust in Week 1

Exactly but why are people always referred to as "stupid", "silly", etc etc for voting for someone who is less abled - I have yet to see anyone called stupid or silly etc for voting for the good dancers that is my point re freedom of speech - that yet again is being mis-interpreted by people

in sheer numbers it might well be the case that the 'dance' voters greatly outnumber the 'entetainment' voters (if it's even possible to frame it that way). . The people voting on dancing ability are split at least 4 ways, whereas the combination of 'entertainment' voters, plus bandwagon jumpers, anti-judge voters etc are overwhelmingly piling votes up for just one candidate.

I didn't add my comments to that thread as I felt they were a topic in their own right, rather than related to Jimi being eliminated. BTW I didn't know there was a rule book for posting on this site.

And with a very annoying topic title, may I add! Just SPOILER would have been enough.

Firstly there are rules and you agree to abide by them when you join digital spy

Regarding the thread surely you must have seen the "spoiler" thread and realised that there was a place to go to discuss the result pre show just so no-one who doesn't want to stumbles across the result - it is out of courtesy to others the results are kept in one place - its just a case of thinking about others tbh

is my least favourite smiley, it really isn't necessary to use it towards other FMs, as IMO it appears rude, patronising and condescending. I don't find it courteous or considerate, personally.


The OP wanted to have a discussion that was a separate issue from the spoiler thread, therefore they started a new discussion. They didn't post the result in their thread title, which was ambiguous in itself (it could just have equally referred to Ann leaving, and the competition becoming more dance-focussed).

weeble?

I detest it too. You might as well say - "Your comment is ridiculous and I don't know why I'm gracing it with an answer."

Well there is some suggestion that people are voting for whoever Wagner is on the other side as a kind of anti-Cowell/X Factor campaign. Not that I think SCD is in the teritory of campaigns, but clearly Annes antics are creating a wave of interest which has presumably thrown up people who dont always watch doing so because of her. She has declared that she is no John Sargeant and will go on for as long as possible-good for her! However I dont think she will win-sense will prevail in the end imo. She could get to the last 4 though.

So the fact that the question "will there be a backlash against Ann now" which was already being discussed in the spoiler thread wasnt good enough?


But quite obviously didnt refer to Gavin, Felicity, Patsy or Michelle. So very clearly not ambiguous enough.

I don't ordinarily look at spoilers but inconsiderate posting of this nature means if I really don't want to find out the results, I have to stay away from these forums completely for nearly 24 hours. That isnt fair and would be totally unnecessary if people only used a little more thought and consideration.

I think from now on, instead of staying away I shall just alert posts and threads like these and let the mods deal with it. Maybe they will do away with allowing a spoiler thread at all (that ones my favorite).