I don't blame Alesha for leaving, ever since she got the job of a judge, a considerable amount of people have never shut up about it, always moaning about her, knocking her and now they can't do that anymore!

I will miss her though and I think she will be missed from the judges lineup and SCD generally. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a dip in the viewing figures too.

I think I'd prefer one of the ex SCD professionals to replace her, maybe the lovely Camilla Dallerup.

I think that there might have been 350,000 better reasons for her going:


http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/v...-Come-Dancing/

Good riddance to Alesha i say, she was never a popular choice for a judge. I for one will not miss her.

RE BIB, Speak for yourself, not everyone else. We don't need all 4 judges to be giving technical critique to the extent that 3 of them often do. It was good to have an ex winner as a judge.

You can hardly say she was a wholly popular choice now can you?

So the vocal lot always represent the majority do they?!

Not in my book!

That money will probably rise over time too if the programme lasts. Good career move for her generally I think. I'm not sure how much longer SCD will last anyway. Its more to do with getting behind the personalities/celebs that appear on it these days rather than how good they are at dancing or not.

I know which show I'd put money on having the longevity factor . And it wouldn't be BGT

these two statements are unconnected. She clearly was unpopular. Bit like Christine Bleakley.

How the hell can you say that BGT is more secure than SCD is beyond me.

SCD is a lot more secure than BGT. BGT is on the decline and Cowell is know to keep making changes to the panel to keep things ''fresh''

ERRRR I didn't! Maybe you shoud re-read it!

I don't know where Bleakley comes into this but If Christine Bleakely was unpopular, why did ITV give her a supposed 6 Million deal to join them?

That's what i got from you saying ''I don't know how long SCD will last for''. I got the impression you think BGT will give her a longer stint than SCD.

She isn't moving because of some of the internet people hating her, she is leaving becuse ITV have offered her 3.5 times the amount the BBC were

If there was no $$$ offer from ITV then she would be back on SCD in the Autumn



She has become unpopular because of the move to ITV, she was V popular before the move but all the money grabbing and trying to get the BBC and ITV into a bidding war has backfired spectacularly!

I started off by saying its a good career move "if the programme lasts". That was about BGT. BGT and X factor could both fizzle out and SCD could well fizzle out too because the dancing and progress of the celebs is getting very predictable and people watch it more for just the celebs on it rather than how well they can dance.

It was Holly who kept me interested mainly because I find her so attractive to look at but she was good as well and I thought Jason was soooo overated and done a lot of daddy dancing but it was overlooked because a lot of people like him looks wise too.

Harry Judd, another on the looks front. I wasn't blown away by his dancing,it was alright but not as good as other winners, thought Holly was much better but Artem getting injured didn't help her at all.

Exactly. Bleakley did well on The One show. She got too big for her boots and then it backfired. Not many who leave the BBC for ITV1 ends up excelling.

In other words, you mean people are just jealous?! Thats what I think. Its what they did with Jonothan Ross but left Ant and Dec alone over the years who get paid tens of millions and where also poached from the BBC too by ITV which is why the Beeb gave Ross all that money as ITV would have given more!

Proper green eyed monster stuff this is all because the chickens have finally come home to roost on the economy which should have happenned years before it did with the crazy way people where borrowing and the stupid conning housing market etc etc

Why all the money grabbing comments? I would have done the same. Steve McLaren did the same when he left his comeback club FC Twente. There's nothing wrong with that. Football and showbusiness are fickle by nature. One day you're a star, the next day it can all be over. So get as much as possible out of it for a nice pension plan.
McLaren now apparently returns to FC Twente after his misfortunes at Wolfsburg and Nottingham Forest. A return to Strictly will be out of the question for Alesha.
I will miss her.

This is what i don't get. I think some don't think it is a good move. Who knows..it may end up to be a great move which sells many albums.

All those who left the BBC haven't done too well tbh even if they are earning £££££

I remember when Des Lynam made the move and he has been quiet ever since.

I don't blame Alesha for leaving but the only reason I'll miss her at all is that she has become less irritating than Bruno and Len this year.

If only she'd taken them with her!

I think the negativity towards her ever since she got the job played a massive part in her wanting to leave. The extra money was a good way of saving face. Its SCD loss and BGT's gain. Good luck to her!

I think the move will open more doors for her generally and even if it doesn't and goes pear shaped, the extra money should leave her financially secure. I really wish her well because I like her as a person, I think she is a very nice person and am sorry that she's had so much hassle over the years. It was always nice of Brucie to subtlely protect her too by always calling her "my darling" and sometimes singing with her, I could see through the intentions of that and i would have done the same if I was him. Thats me generally, often go to protect those that need protecting.

1. Said she IS unpopular
2. Haven't the faintest idea. ITV have made some bad decisions

Oh please, it's not as if the BBC got rid. She choose to leave. She was doing well last year and was earning a good amount of money (probably). Plus she had that BBC show Alesha's Steet Dance Stars, and was part of the CIN lineup as well. In time maybe the BBC may have given her, her own chat show or something.

Fair enough BGT has a younger audience, but would you really leave the BBC to work with Cowell especially with his background with other ''female talents'' he has ''nurtured''.

how will BGT help her career more than SCD though, unless she wants to do Panto like A.Holden?

She is 33, no way old but it is hard to make a comeback in music at that age. Her last album flopped and i think her last single went to No.84. Do you think Simon is really going to help her turn into Adele, Beyonce or something. TBH Simon is more situated in the US, so i doubt he even has time to do all that.