Originally Posted by *Jupiter*:
“This year as opposed to last year i have the feeling there is no one left to root for. No one engages for me personally and i'm actually disliking a lot of the couples.
Dani&Vincent: The walking clichee. They seem like the product of a producers bet (and alcohol) how many offensive clichees you can put into one couple.
Kimberly: Bland (but Pashas hair has happend)
Lisa: She doesn't progress (but i think the wanking over lisa comments and scores is more annoying than Lisa)
Denise: I like her fine but Banter the 5thousand is irritating. We are struggling is also a boringstoryline. I know she is feared to be seen as a ringer but the constant messing mentioning is vexatious. Also how James deserves his ringer is beyond my understanding (but at least she delievers good performances)
Nicky: Progression, but not enough. Same as Lisa.
Louis&Flavia: Couple that irritats the most. He would have been if he were a woman about some of his comments to the judges. More style than substance. Many faults and the shoving down my throat makes me hate this pair. Not to mention how he is mentioned to have no performance experience. He's a gymnast he has body awareness.
I have 2 big problems with this series:
1. The canidates not likeable enough and with bothersome traits and don't produce good enough dances
2 Fanwars where judges comments and scores are constructed for own agenda and over/undermarked is thrown around
I hope next series will be better.”
I don't feel as strongly about the couples, but, like you, for me this series hasn't caught fire. I don't really have any particular hates - just that I watch it with only half an attention span and wander off and do things without worrying about missing much. The big flaw for me is that the standard has been low and at the same time the demands on the showbiz side have been higher. The contestants are now expected to do so much more - fusion would be an example - and it's just all too much when the producers can't guarantee that the fittest and the best will be dancing.
Some of the professionals seem to have gone off the boil and I don't know what has happened with the judging. I have never subscribed to the rigging theories but I am now beginning to wonder.
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