Rachel endeared herself to me, not so much for her dancing as for her personality. She came across as a lovely person.
Sorry Rachel has left
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Originally Posted by dayzeee:
“Rachel endeared herself to me, not so much for her dancing as for her personality. She came across as a lovely person.”
“Rachel endeared herself to me, not so much for her dancing as for her personality. She came across as a lovely person.”
Rachel is a lovely person. Also stats show that she is better at maths on Countdown than Carol Vorderman was.
Parents: Get your kids to watch Countdown instead of awful American teen/cartoon shows, then they might become more literate and be able to add 52 to 13 without using a calculator.
Originally Posted by Chris James:
“Rachel is a lovely person. Also stats show that she is better at maths on Countdown than Carol Vorderman was.
Parents: Get your kids to watch Countdown instead of awful American teen/cartoon shows, then they might become more literate and be able to add 52 to 13 without using a calculator.”
“Rachel is a lovely person. Also stats show that she is better at maths on Countdown than Carol Vorderman was.
Parents: Get your kids to watch Countdown instead of awful American teen/cartoon shows, then they might become more literate and be able to add 52 to 13 without using a calculator.”
Well I'm not a kid
but I might start watching it again if only to give the old brain cells a workout 
I used to watch it when I was younger. I think it definitely helps with literacy and numeracy. I have dipped in and out over the years and did watch it when Rachel first started - she's always come across as lovely, I just wish she could have lasted a bit longer on strictly.
Originally Posted by tgabber:
“Don't think the pre-recording is anywhere near as far behind as you suggest - more like a month or two at most (Rachel sometimes tweets about the celebrity guests on the day of recording), but I agree that the 'live' pretence is mildly annoying.
Why can't they just be honest with us? They record 5 shows in a day, e.g. "For you it's Wednesday, here in TV land we've just had lunch..."”
“Don't think the pre-recording is anywhere near as far behind as you suggest - more like a month or two at most (Rachel sometimes tweets about the celebrity guests on the day of recording), but I agree that the 'live' pretence is mildly annoying.
Why can't they just be honest with us? They record 5 shows in a day, e.g. "For you it's Wednesday, here in TV land we've just had lunch..."”
Did Countdown myself, just over five weeks between my recording and the show going out. At that rate the Countdown programme going out on say Friday 1 November would have been recorded around 25 September, when the series hadn't even started, so no way they could talk about Rachel's efforts.
Disappointed at Rachels's exit. Big Countdown fan, don't have the hots for her, but nonetheless wanted to see how a professed non-dancer could get on, and I reckon she did pretty well, perhaps deserving to last two or three more weeks on merit. Unfortunately these talent shows do throw up silly voting, viz Gabby Logan, Sabrina Bryan on DWTS and Maria Lawson, Laura White and Lucie Jones on XFactor.
If any knocked out contestant got really interested in dance there's no reason why they can't do dances classes in their own time later on.
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