Strictly Come Dancing ~ The Final, 11th Dec

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mindyann

13-12-2004

Originally Posted by nelly-j:
“imo erin summed it all up perfectly....the 2 women had someone to lead and guide them through the steps, julian (and aled) had to do it for themselves. absolutely not a level playing field. which is why unless they have a male celeb on the next series who used to dance until he was 18, we will only ever have female winners. ”

All true but as someone once said - Ginger Rogers, I think but could quite well be wrong! - ladies have to dance backwards and in high heels!

Swonky

13-12-2004

Originally Posted by Agent Krycek:
“Interesting article.

I completely loved the final last night. Denise and Ian remain my favourites, but Jill was a worthy winner, I was just so pleased that she made it to the final two. I loved every second of this, apart from Aled not making the final, which he completely deserved to. Not that I missed her at all, but does anyone know why Carole Vordaman wasn't there last night?”

I too absoltey *loved* it. Totally brilliant TV and I enjoyed it becuase of how seriously everyone took it, it had a real air of competition and professionalism which is missing in most of our TV (mostly people do things 'for a laugh'). The only sad thing was not having Aled in the final, and as Richard and Judy just said on today's show, he was totally robbed. Having to sit through Julian's god awful samba left a bad taste in the mouth, but ah well, that was what the GBP wanted ! The right person won in the end.

As for Carol Voderman, that was really strange. When all the ex-contestants appeared, they showed Carol in the video clips, yet Brucie made no mention of why she wasn't there. I would have thought if it were really ill health or family commitment he would have said something to that affect, but this felt like they were trying to forget her. According to the Mail she refused to appear because of her embarassment at leaving early/her dislike of being criticised by the judges. If true, what a bad sport !

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