Yes I did. I am afraid that neither of them are up to the same standard as the others in group Latin. I don't know why they don't just accept it & sit out the group Latin dances. I love Erin but enough is enough.

Anton an old, old, man ? Haha. No. Let's not go back to having a young male dancer on for the teenies eg Jared.

I don't fancy watching a shedful of Justin Bieber lookalikes either.

Anton dances LIKE an old man especially when he's doing latin. Brendan is not a spring chicken, but at least his latin is watchable. And Brendan has improved so much in his ballroom style and choreography as well. So there. But pros were in the show since its inception, one 'ages' well (Brendan) and one is becoming an embarrassment every passing series...

I can see that you are smitten, Sid, but I have to say, while Jerry will be fun and have some good lines, she has an almost laughable lack rhythm, given her past history. She struggles to bob along in time at a gig, so the Latin isn't going to be pretty - no doubt Anton will get the blame, as usual.

According to today's Mail on Sunday Anton threw a strop backstage when he found out he was partnered with Jerry. Something to do with always having high maintenenace partners.

How true that is is anybody's guess, SCD could have even deliberately 'leaked' to press to get publicity.

Well I'm another Anton fan and if ever I was in a position to be in Strictly I would choose him as my partner. I love watching his ballroom - he is so elegant and smooth and I actually dislike the party-style dances - they all look the same to me! I don't care for some of the pros but would not dream of disparaging them as rudely as some posters do about Anton. Why is it necessary to be so negative?

Well said. I love Anton.

And his ballroom is absolutely sublime!
I cant take my eyes off him when he is dancing ballroom.

Good luck to him and Jerry. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for them.

My vision of Anton doing latin is he in a chiffon shirt with ruffled sleeves, maracas in his hands He can't do it properly, so he turns it into a joke. He might be a good ballroom dancer, but he can't do proper latin. It was on display yesterday when every dancer was showing off with some interesting figure and then Anton came. Also either all his partners had two left legs or he does not know how to teach dancing very well.

Can i recruit the anton fans from this thread to post in the anton lovers thread in appreciation.
Thanks!

All the professionals are paid the same and he got massive publicity with Ann Widdecombe and they entertained us for weeks. What more do you want?

He and Jerry are going to be great value for our money.

Cash. Cold hard cash.

You can almost hear the conversation.

"Anton, you come across as a good natured person, so you're the resident comedian from now on"

"You don't want to do it? OK let's look at my replacement professional book"

"Sorry, I misunderstood - Great, see you for the next season"

I like Anton and as already said his ballroom is just gorgeous to watch, what does puzzle me though is why Anton gets such flack for his Latin, which whilst not as good as some others is still I would bet a darn site better than some posters could do, some of the others whose Latin is amazing but whose ballroom is lack lustre don't get the same flack.
I just accept that most of the professionals excell at one discipline and the odd one is good at both, but surely the completion element is about how they steer the celebrities. I would rather see a performance that showcases the celebrity than one which showcases the professional at the expense of the celebrity and in my opinion Anton and a couple of others does just that

It is probably a good pairing, Jerry will find it difficult with Latin so why not give her a chance to shine in Ballroom with the best ballroom tutor? Yes he is naff at Latin so there are really no expectations, which for the producers s a good call from both him and her

Agree with this.
Most of the latin specialists are rubbish at ballroom but get away with it. James Jordan being one of the worst and the others not far behind. Erin is just the same as Anton but she doesnt get slated, I wonder why?
There are a few good at both ie Brendan, Vincent and Flavia, and Natalie and both Matthew Cutler and Ian Waite though both were axed for some reason

Anton is hanging in there until Bruce retires and he can take over

As long as Anton waits until Sir Bruce decides to retire, I would be fine with that.

Are we really going to get into the "you can only be critical about something if you can do it better' debate? There's a good reason why they are dancing on TV and we watch it. But we can still compare and judge certain aspects of it. Alesha even got paid for doing just that I think it's easier to spot deficiencies in latin than in ballroom. In ballroom you get to a certain level and it will look good for an untrained eye, while mediocre latin will look just that, mediocre.

Most viewers are not experts in the finer arts of ballroom dancing.

They vote for their favourites regardless of performance.

A prospect of having to endure Anton's persona all evening will have me retire from Strictly about the same time Brucie will.

Don't you think that's a tad hypocritical when the premise of the OP was disparaging of Jerry?

I think they will need an experienced presenter and a top name to host what is their biggest and most successful show. In my opinion, Anton does not fit the requirements and he doesn't seem to have done much lately.

The sun have 'reported' on it too.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...e-partner.html

This bit made me smile

I agree Anton's not cut out for live presenting, a few years ago he used to do quite a bit of presenting and they may have been grooming him to take over from Brucie, but then I think producers realised he just wasn't a very good presenter and now those presenting gigs seem to have fallen by the wayside!

I think when Anton retires or gets the boot as a pro from SCD, they'll still give him some sort of role on the show eg a spot ITT, the red button etc because he has his fans but I'd be very surprised if they gave him the main presenting job!

I love Anton too, and my favourite bit last night was when he pretty much just sauntered across the stage to meet Jerry. None of that posturing and posing the rest of them do for our Anton lol!

I'm another Anton fan. I've seen him live and his ballroom was gorgeous! Yes, I agree his Latin isn't up to Vincent's standard, but all the pros have their strengths and weaknesses.