Originally Posted by perdiedumpling:
“I remarked earlier that aside from Louis, I don't know that anyone would have done a better *insert dance here* at this stage than they did. I don't think Dani would have done a better QS, Michael a better AS... But that the dances were ruined by the scale they were on. Dani's dance was lost. Kimberley's dance was lost. Both of these could have been really "wow" dances in the studio.
But I really hope that when they do get back to the studio, they leave the backing dancers in Wembley.”
My comment was meant to be about the scale tbh.
Moving from their training venues to the huge arena just didn't work, but you could see the dances would have been fine in the normal studio. I don't remember backing dancers being used before, so that threw me a bit at the start.
Originally Posted by
RichmondBlue:
“Oh dear, I actually quite enjoyed it.
As a "one off" show, I thought it ticked all the boxes. Big, glossy and spectacular. I wouldn't want it every week, obviously. But once a year I think it works, and at least there were no really cringeworthy contestants this year.
Originally Posted by tvaddict37:
“And the main thing is a lot more fans get to go and watch, oh and some dosh for children in need that they dont get from phone votes anymore, and those fans alos dont have to queue for a chance not to get in!
As a member of the audience, it was awesome”
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Don't get me wrong, all I'm saying is it could have been produced better than it was for the viewers at home. I can imagine it was fantastic if you were there, but there's 10 million of us at home. The gap between pleasing the audience in the arena and those of us at home was far too big and the whole production came over to me as quite incompetent.
Originally Posted by ozark1:
“However Blackpool is the host to the British Nationals this weekend. Do we really think they should be postponed for reality tv?”
No, but before the show went to Blackpool or Wembley, it was moved to a smaller TV studio when CIN was on, so there are other possibilities. The problem now though is no money from the voting goes to CIN, so hosting a show at an external venue is a way of raising money for the charity. However, copying the SCD tour production set up for 10 million people at home is not the answer, unless they get the basics right.
I agree with
Sarah.OX about the size of the stage. In fact, why do they have to have such a large floor?
They could seat far more people if they made the floor size much smaller and more like Blackpool or the usual TV studio. That would raise even more money for CIN.
