I am astonished at your rather aggressive attitude towards other posters on this board. You seem to have a rather defensive attitude to most of the posters and seem rather intent purely on starting fights.

Brianne and the judges are meant to be PROFESSIONALS therefore that means acting in a professional manner whatever the outcome. Not sitting there looking like you are sucking a crate of lemons and proceeding to throw a tantrum because the result didn't go your way which is basically what Brianne and Matt did by the less than gracious tweets and by refusing to go to the wrap party.

The judges are meant to be impartial and judge fairly not let their own personal biases influence them to the degree that has happened in this years DOI.

When the majority of people are saying the same thing then there is obviously a noticeable issue, its not jumping on a bandwagon and it's not hysteria. It is also not soley restricted to this forum.

Even Philip himself saw fit to question the judges expressions on This Morning so is he just being hysterical then as well because he thought their reaction was odd?.

The judges were just arrogant, childish and disrespectful.

The 'step forward' is the freedom of 'choice' without 'consequences'- ie. infantile name-calling!

there are consequences with every choice .... just because she chooses to lie for money doesn't mean people can't call her for it and doesn't make her less tacky ... it just shows her as a not very flattering stereotype of some women today

Why watch - why read?


These were judges who wouldn't even understand the definition of impartiality and rudeness if the dictionary was put in front of them appropriately highlighted. I'd give them the OED opened at 'hubris' but they wouldn't understand

Yes - Beth was as always the personification of dignity but if everyone stayed silent the biased, unprofessional judges could (and would) sit back in their chairs still completely oblivious to the fact that their behaviour was not only unacceptable and unprofessional but also self satisfied and arrogant.

I'm not a tweeter but might I ask those who are to provide a link to this thread - if only to remind that omniscient foursome ( Robin, Karen, Ashley and Jason) that they are neither Godlike nor infallible. The GBP have four fingers and are more than capable of saluting you with one or two of them.


And why bother to read a thread based upon the trivialities of a less than entertaining show?

yet you seem to continually name call posters on this forum for what they post

Surely they also have the freedom to have opinions and "choose" what they post without 'consequences'

That isn't sexist.

And besides - that works both ways. Are your eyes conveniently not seeing all the snide remarks aimed at anyone who points out that Matt was the better skater, including the judges, who apparently don't know what their talking about - we are all just bitter, apparently.

I imagine the use of 'one or two-fingers' is the usual way they express themselves. Very classy!

I'm not the one name calling other posters for their opinions

There's faults on both sides ... is you calling other posters mad any different to calling people bitter?


plus how are the comments about Brianne sexist ?.she can come across as hardfaced and does seem to jump from one DOI person to another (sometimes just for publicity).... Sam got stick for it ... as has Sylvain

I don't recall them being accused of 'whoring themselves', or being cheap or rough - or having to endure spiteful digs at their looks.

It is all a primitive way of attempting to control the way women behave. I find it very sad, in this day and age.

This is a cheap shot, how many posters have used the term 'whoring themselves'? One maybe?

I guess many women (and men) behave in ways that show them in an unfavourable light to some

I was so annoyed I contacted ITV by email saying that the judges behaviour to Beth was disrespectful and they should be made to apologise. Their response was 'your comments have been noted'. I think they just hope it will all go away and people will forget.

Undoubtedly - but it is the usual negative mass reaction that usually follows certain behaviours from women that really gets my goat, I'm afraid.

Well done to you, at least you made a protest.

I may do the same.

Not as déclassée as the judges who found it impossible to swallow their bile when their chosen one fell at the final hurdle.

I'm aggressive - I suggest you re-read many of the posts from people who share your opinion, including yours if I remember rightly.

I don't agree, like many others, that the judges have behaved unprofessionally. That is just the hysterical opinion of many on the DOI forum - which is a very small fish in a very large pond.

Philip is simply acting as 'mediator' in an attempt to to pacify the hysterics. It is his job to be seen as giving a fair hearing to all.

So you think it is OK not to stand and clap when Beth won and to look as if they were happy for her? This is very unprofessional.

I don't know - maybe they were just shocked. I don't believe they would intentionally ignore and belittle Beth's win, even if they believed the decision was totally wrong. I do believe they are more professional than that.

I think many people got carried away with what other people said about the judges so-called reaction and the whole thing just got blown out of all proportion.

Btw - has Beth herself passed any comments on this? Does she feel the judges belittled her win? I have not heard anyone saying so.

Whether or not they agreed with the result the judges should have been professional by standing up and congratulations Beth on winning. At the end of the day the public picks the winner every series and they picked Beth. They have stood for every other winner whether they agreed with the outcome or not.

BIB maybe you should start a thread or poll on that topic and see how many actually agree with you. From what I can see you'll be able to count them on one hand.
There are no hysterics . . . I wonder if your attitude would have been the same if it had been Matt rather than Beth who the judges behaved so badly towards . . . I imagine not.

Why should the judges be shocked, Beth had never been in the bottom 2 and there was no doubt she was popular.

Beth is too professional to make any comment, she showed this all the way through the show. She just got on with it, even when Jason was very rude to her on many occasions, she took it well.

The judges looked like idiots imo. They rammed Matt down the GBP throats hoping to get him votes but the GBP weren't listening, thank goodness.

I couldn't care less what Brianne does in her spare time, I didn't vote because I thought they both had merit. I just think it wouldn't have hurt the judges to stand up and applaud the winner.

Now that's a good point.

Indeed, there's no excuse for simple bad manners. Which were evident from all 4 judges.

Although maybe Ashley was confused by the behaviour of the others.