I feel guilty that I know the line-up 
When is the line-up going to be officially announced?
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Originally Posted by StigOfTheKrump:
“I feel guilty that I know the line-up”
“I feel guilty that I know the line-up
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why dont you tell us then?
Originally Posted by ValW:
“Apparently they're very slow at signing the pros up. A guy's got to make a living somehow and he got a backstage job on Battle of the Blades, which is like the Canadian equivalent. That clashed with starting training with DOI (although surely they could have liaised with BOTB to fly his partner out & let them train with their staff, but that rant's for another thread.
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Anyway, he's not quit, he's not been dropped, he misses it like crazy and hopefully he'll be back next year. As has already been said, he's in Holiday On Ice which is doing a few dates in Cardiff & the south of England over the next few weeks.
He's not one of the headliners so you may have to scour the chorus line but apparently he has plenty of performances, more so than he'd get on the DOI tour anyway.”
“Apparently they're very slow at signing the pros up. A guy's got to make a living somehow and he got a backstage job on Battle of the Blades, which is like the Canadian equivalent. That clashed with starting training with DOI (although surely they could have liaised with BOTB to fly his partner out & let them train with their staff, but that rant's for another thread.
)Anyway, he's not quit, he's not been dropped, he misses it like crazy and hopefully he'll be back next year. As has already been said, he's in Holiday On Ice which is doing a few dates in Cardiff & the south of England over the next few weeks.
He's not one of the headliners so you may have to scour the chorus line but apparently he has plenty of performances, more so than he'd get on the DOI tour anyway.”
Maybe they are slow at signing up pro skaters, but others have still stuck with the show. I don't blame Colin at all for taking what is probably a more secure - not to mention very prestigious - job, but let's not have the excuses. Other popular pros have made the decision not to do DOI this year and there are countless reasons why they might decide that. I suspect they will all miss it to some extent, but presumably not enough for them to have signed up for another year.
As for liaising with Battle of the Blades to keep Colin on the show, why should they? I know he's very popular but I don't see why they should bend over backwards to ensure that he stays with the show.
Whether you like Colin or not, he's taken a very good job over the new series of Dancing on Ice.
Originally Posted by ValW:
“A guy's got to make a living somehow and he got a backstage job on Battle of the Blades, which is like the Canadian equivalent. That clashed with starting training with DOI (although surely they could have liaised with BOTB to fly his partner out & let them train with their staff, but that rant's for another thread.)
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“A guy's got to make a living somehow and he got a backstage job on Battle of the Blades, which is like the Canadian equivalent. That clashed with starting training with DOI (although surely they could have liaised with BOTB to fly his partner out & let them train with their staff, but that rant's for another thread.
)”
I think you need to find more important to things to get "
" about! Why on earth should DOI swallow the cost of flying someone out to Canada to work with Colin when he's done one year and has been proven to not be one of the more accomplished pros? Don't save your rant for another thread, save your energy for something more worthwhile.
Originally Posted by StigOfTheKrump:
“I feel guilty that I know the line-up”
“I feel guilty that I know the line-up
”
Tell us then. It will ease your guilt!
Matt Evers tweeted earlier that the official line up will be announced tomorrow morning on THIS MORNING !!
Originally Posted by Breadstix:
“James Ingham just tweeted the line up:
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“James Ingham just tweeted the line up:
Spoiler
Thanks for sharing!
Originally Posted by ValW:
“Apparently they're very slow at signing the pros up. A guy's got to make a living somehow and he got a backstage job on Battle of the Blades, which is like the Canadian equivalent. That clashed with starting training with DOI (although surely they could have liaised with BOTB to fly his partner out & let them train with their staff, but that rant's for another thread.)
Anyway, he's not quit, he's not been dropped, he misses it like crazy and hopefully he'll be back next year. As has already been said, he's in Holiday On Ice which is doing a few dates in Cardiff & the south of England over the next few weeks.
He's not one of the headliners so you may have to scour the chorus line but apparently he has plenty of performances, more so than he'd get on the DOI tour anyway.”
“Apparently they're very slow at signing the pros up. A guy's got to make a living somehow and he got a backstage job on Battle of the Blades, which is like the Canadian equivalent. That clashed with starting training with DOI (although surely they could have liaised with BOTB to fly his partner out & let them train with their staff, but that rant's for another thread.
)Anyway, he's not quit, he's not been dropped, he misses it like crazy and hopefully he'll be back next year. As has already been said, he's in Holiday On Ice which is doing a few dates in Cardiff & the south of England over the next few weeks.
He's not one of the headliners so you may have to scour the chorus line but apparently he has plenty of performances, more so than he'd get on the DOI tour anyway.”
So he wasn't available for DOI, so can't have been that bothered.
I shan't be scouring the chorus line for him in HOI. If I see him I see him. I'll just enjoy the show!
Originally Posted by grassylane:
“I think you need to find more important to things to get "" about! Why on earth should DOI swallow the cost of flying someone out to Canada to work with Colin when he's done one year and has been proven to not be one of the more accomplished pros?
Don't save your rant for another thread, save your energy for something more worthwhile.”
“I think you need to find more important to things to get "
" about! Why on earth should DOI swallow the cost of flying someone out to Canada to work with Colin when he's done one year and has been proven to not be one of the more accomplished pros? Don't save your rant for another thread, save your energy for something more worthwhile.”
Oh I'm not getting into a debate about this because it's off topic in this thread but I've heard enough from Colin to know just how gutted he is to not be able to return.
I have plenty of energy for worthwhile things and know exactly where to aim it, thank you very much.
Am I not allowed to answer a question about why he's not returning without being made out to be bitter? I'm just saying things could have been organised better to get their hugely popular runner up (hardly "not accomplished") back on the show when he desperately wanted to return.Anyway, I've been offered the chance to lead the DOI chat on another forum so I'll leave you to it now.
Well, having seen the official line-up, was it worth waiting for? Uninspired list of unknowns would be my description.
Originally Posted by penelopesimpson:
“Well, having seen the official line-up, was it worth waiting for? Uninspired list of unknowns would be my description.”
“Well, having seen the official line-up, was it worth waiting for? Uninspired list of unknowns would be my description.”
Yes, it certainly was!
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