...like Widdy. She might be an okay dancer. though perhaps not great.
Edwina might not be a farce...
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I reckon she would have a genuine interest in learning to dance and yes I reckon her ballroom could be good.
She'll be in the same mould as Esther & Gloria- score well for her slow Ballroom's but lose points in latin.
Originally Posted by MaryS:
“Please,please don't give her to Brendan,i couldn't take it!
Hope he gets someone good this year.”
“Please,please don't give her to Brendan,i couldn't take it!
Hope he gets someone good this year.”
He had Michelle last year who was raved about and ended up being crap and having an attitude.
Originally Posted by SCD-Observer:
“Maybe with Anton.
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“Maybe with Anton.
”
Brendon with Anton.......
That would be a laugh
It's the same every year, some people are chosen, not for their ability to dance, but just to be "controversial."
This show would be the poorer, without the "Pantomime Factor."
This show would be the poorer, without the "Pantomime Factor."
I think she'll take it more seriously than Ann and actually try and learn the dances instead of dictating what she wants them to be. I doubt she expects to go all the way though. I agree with the poster who said she'll probably be another Gloria Hunnicut or Esther Rantzen - I wouldn't imagine she'll be another Pamela Stephenson.
Originally Posted by memmh:
“I think she'll take it more seriously than Ann and actually try and learn the dances instead of dictating what she wants them to be. I doubt she expects to go all the way though. I agree with the poster who said she'll probably be another Gloria Hunnicut or Esther Rantzen - I wouldn't imagine she'll be another Pamela Stephenson.”
“I think she'll take it more seriously than Ann and actually try and learn the dances instead of dictating what she wants them to be. I doubt she expects to go all the way though. I agree with the poster who said she'll probably be another Gloria Hunnicut or Esther Rantzen - I wouldn't imagine she'll be another Pamela Stephenson.”
I'd say more an Esther Rancid.
They both like to be the centre of attention when anywhere near a TV camera.
Originally Posted by petertard:
“...like Widdy. She might be an okay dancer. though perhaps not great.”
“...like Widdy. She might be an okay dancer. though perhaps not great.”
Why should she be a farce? I mean, yes she's getting on a bit, but what makes people think she'd automatically be rubbish?
Originally Posted by DavidJames:
“Why should she be a farce? I mean, yes she's getting on a bit, but what makes people think she'd automatically be rubbish?”
“Why should she be a farce? I mean, yes she's getting on a bit, but what makes people think she'd automatically be rubbish?”
I guess people are making the association of older + ex-politician = expected repeat of Widdy, but it looks to me like Russell Grant is expected to fill the 'loveable joker' space.
Originally Posted by tangos_with_tim:
“I guess people are making the association of older + ex-politician = expected repeat of Widdy”
“I guess people are making the association of older + ex-politician = expected repeat of Widdy”
But widders wasn't rubbish because she was an old, unfit, female - or not just because of that.
Widders was rubbish mainly because she didn't want to dance. Widders being a politician was totally irrelevant.
So it doesn't make much sense to link them that way - in fact, it seems a little unfair to Edwina.
I know that Edwina certainly keeps herself fit, she is often in the paper for completing huge bike rides and runs etc.
Originally Posted by Vivadiva:
“I know that Edwina certainly keeps herself fit, she is often in the paper for completing huge bike rides and runs etc.”
“I know that Edwina certainly keeps herself fit, she is often in the paper for completing huge bike rides and runs etc.”
She might not be at her fittest at the moment though:
Originally Posted by BuddyBontheNet:
“Hiya ***waves***
From her interview -
What made you decide to take part in Strictly?
After being approached previously, I had second thoughts this summer, as I broke my ankle in January and was in plaster for weeks and then found it hard to get back up on my feet. For a while I got quite depressed about it and wondered if I might ever walk without a limp again. But slowly it has improved, and then came the invitation. I thought, really I should try, and if I can do it, then it might encourage other people who have had injuries or accidents (especially older people like myself) that they should get out of the chair and start dancing. Life is to live – to make the best of yourself – and to enjoy!”
“Hiya ***waves***
From her interview -
What made you decide to take part in Strictly?
After being approached previously, I had second thoughts this summer, as I broke my ankle in January and was in plaster for weeks and then found it hard to get back up on my feet. For a while I got quite depressed about it and wondered if I might ever walk without a limp again. But slowly it has improved, and then came the invitation. I thought, really I should try, and if I can do it, then it might encourage other people who have had injuries or accidents (especially older people like myself) that they should get out of the chair and start dancing. Life is to live – to make the best of yourself – and to enjoy!”
I find Edwina Currie a whole lot more likeable than Widdy.
She's also vey feisty- she threw a glass of water over John McRirrick in Wife Swap and during Hells Kitchen she gave Gordon Ramsay as good as she got. I can't remember whether it was Edwina or Amanda Barrie who slapped him?
She's also vey feisty- she threw a glass of water over John McRirrick in Wife Swap and during Hells Kitchen she gave Gordon Ramsay as good as she got. I can't remember whether it was Edwina or Amanda Barrie who slapped him?
Originally Posted by 21stCenturyBoy:
“I find Edwina Currie a whole lot more likeable than Widdy.
She's also vey feisty- she threw a glass of water over John McRirrick in Wife Swap and during Hells Kitchen she gave Gordon Ramsay as good as she got. I can't remember whether it was Edwina or Amanda Barrie who slapped him?”
“I find Edwina Currie a whole lot more likeable than Widdy.
She's also vey feisty- she threw a glass of water over John McRirrick in Wife Swap and during Hells Kitchen she gave Gordon Ramsay as good as she got. I can't remember whether it was Edwina or Amanda Barrie who slapped him?”
Amanda tried to. I think they all wanted to
Originally Posted by 21stCenturyBoy:
“She'll be in the same mould as Esther & Gloria- score well for her slow Ballroom's but lose points in latin.”
“She'll be in the same mould as Esther & Gloria- score well for her slow Ballroom's but lose points in latin.”
That's how I see her too - maybe a little bit better than them, but that sort of level. Hope her ankle holds up. She's not a 'joke' contestant like AW.
Originally Posted by 21stCenturyBoy:
“I find Edwina Currie a whole lot more likeable than Widdy.”
“I find Edwina Currie a whole lot more likeable than Widdy.”
Agreed. Although for all Widdecombe's faults - and God only knows they were many and varied - at least she didn't, ummm, do the horizontal tango with John Major.
Christ, there's an image I now wish I could remove from my mind.
Originally Posted by DavidJames:
“Agreed. Although for all Widdecombe's faults - and God only knows they were many and varied - at least she didn't, ummm, do the horizontal tango with John Major.
Christ, there's an image I now wish I could remove from my mind.”
“Agreed. Although for all Widdecombe's faults - and God only knows they were many and varied - at least she didn't, ummm, do the horizontal tango with John Major.
Christ, there's an image I now wish I could remove from my mind.
”
I wish people would stop mentioning that unless they're handing out copious supplies of brain bleach at the same time!
Originally Posted by BuddyBontheNet:
“That's how I see her too - maybe a little bit better than them, but that sort of level. Hope her ankle holds up. She's not a 'joke' contestant like AW.”
“That's how I see her too - maybe a little bit better than them, but that sort of level. Hope her ankle holds up. She's not a 'joke' contestant like AW.”
I think she might be a bit like Christine Hamilton when she was on Celebrity Masterchef - and against every fibre of my being I actually liked her and grumped when she didn't win
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