|
||||||||
Claudia was on top form tonight......! |
![]() |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|
#1 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 828
|
Claudia was on top form tonight......!
Her attempt to mimicking Marks bald Head was inspired......! Claud is so much better in the pit, and Tess is much more relaxed without Bruce breathing down her neck......
|
|
|
|
|
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
|
|
|
#2 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 90
|
Quote:
Her attempt to mimicking Marks bald Head was inspired......! Claud is so much better in the pit, and Tess is much more relaxed without Bruce breathing down her neck......
![]() I hope that when Bruce retires they continue |
|
|
|
|
|
#3 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 739
|
Claudia is mad as a box of frogs and looks it , but I've always liked her presenting. Surreal but spontaneous with a knowing sense of the absurdity of live TV.
They can quite easily do without Forsyth. |
|
|
|
|
|
#4 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 24,531
|
She does make me smile, I wish she was still presenting ITT.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#5 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,269
|
I used to like Claudia on ITT but no longer. I would like her much better if she listened to the contestants rather than talk to them in that silly way of hers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#6 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: DOTS are evil!
Posts: 32,338
|
Loved Claudia tonight, she was so fresh, didn't need cue cards and was genuinely hilarious. No "Craig said.....what do you think" but genuinely interacting with the couples.
|
|
|
|
|
#7 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 8,737
|
It's fashionable to knock Tess and Claudia, but they are both superb professionals at their jobs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#8 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 756
|
The more we see Tess and Claudia manage the Saturday shows brilliantly together, the more I believe the BBC could save itself a serious amount of licence-payers' money next year.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#9 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 529
|
I don't know why the BBC would even bother to look any further than these two - providing Claudia would be up for it given her obligations to her young family. I wouldn't even mind if Claudia alternated weeks with Zoe in the Tess pit - they're both really good with the celebs in their different ways, and Tess up front keeps the show rattling along nicely.
The show would retain continuity and I doubt that anyone would even notice that Bruce was no longer there. |
|
|
|
|
|
#10 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 12,487
|
Quote:
I used to like Claudia on ITT but no longer. I would like her much better if she listened to the contestants rather than talk to them in that silly way of hers.
That's what I noticed tonight . Too much of Claudia doing the talking when it should be more the couples reaction after the dance . |
|
|
|
|
|
#11 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 18,242
|
Bruce is NOT MISSED, Claudia you did well tonight!
|
|
|
|
|
|
#12 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 15,443
|
Love her
![]() ![]()
|
|
|
|
|
|
#13 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 5,798
|
Shame they were obviously running late as they didn't give her much time to do anything in the Tess pit towards the end.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#14 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North-West England
Posts: 25,847
|
Quote:
I don't know why the BBC would even bother to look any further than these two - providing Claudia would be up for it given her obligations to her young family. I wouldn't even mind if Claudia alternated weeks with Zoe in the Tess pit - they're both really good with the celebs in their different ways, and Tess up front keeps the show rattling along nicely.
The show would retain continuity and I doubt that anyone would even notice that Bruce was no longer there. Claudia had more to say, but maybe that was a bit of "filling" required as they were a dancer short. But it was certainly a pleasant relief not to suffer Bruce. |
|
|
|
|
|
#15 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Somewhere........out there
Posts: 1,181
|
If you like Claudia's style then yes she was great tonight. Her dry humour meshes well with the golly gosh enthusiasm of Tess. But I still feel Bruce would be missed more if I knew that he wasn't coming back the following week, for all his ever growing faults he still provides an old school sense of familiarity that the ladies don't. He's the old jumper you just can't bring yourself to get rid off.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#16 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North-West England
Posts: 25,847
|
Quote:
If you like Claudia's style then yes she was great tonight. Her dry humour meshes well with the golly gosh enthusiasm of Tess. But I still feel Bruce would be missed more if I knew that he wasn't coming back the following week, for all his ever growing faults he still provides an old school sense of familiarity that the ladies don't. He's the old jumper you just can't bring yourself to get rid of.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#17 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 9,286
|
Quote:
Shame they were obviously running late as they didn't give her much time to do anything in the Tess pit towards the end.
Claudia has just about enough time to greet the couple before it's "scores are in." Yet apparently Bruce is the one who can't keep the show running to time, even though Tess rarely has to cut short her chats with the contestants when Bruce is hosting ![]() Can you imagine what it would have been like if we hadn't have been one short?
|
|
|
|
|
|
#18 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 90,778
|
I CAN'T STAND Tess in the "pit". It's constant cringe. I want to FF or turn it off. She's awful, wooden and contrived.
But I think she's fine in the Bruce role, and Claudia's great in the "pit". |
|
|
|
|
|
#19 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: N.Ireland
Posts: 6,039
|
To me the reason they seemed short on time tonight was due to the judges lengthy feedback at times (Sophie's in particular seemed to go on for a while) and all four being able to speak.
I really enjoy the combination of the two ladies, Claudia was made for the role upstairs she reacts to any unexpected situation instantly with a witty comment, whilst Tess takes the leading role quite competently. No long introductions or pointless stories before each dance, she just names the couple and says a line or two about their week. Perfect. |
|
|
|
|
|
#20 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 5,729
|
Quote:
I said this last time Tess presented.
Claudia has just about enough time to greet the couple before it's "scores are in." Yet apparently Bruce is the one who can't keep the show running to time, even though Tess rarely has to cut short her chats with the contestants when Bruce is hosting ![]() Can you imagine what it would have been like if we hadn't have been one short? ![]() The show was 20 mins shorter last night than the week before. |
|
|
|
|
|
#21 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 2,899
|
Quote:
Her attempt to mimicking Marks bald Head was inspired......! Claud is so much better in the pit, and Tess is much more relaxed without Bruce breathing down her neck......
![]() |
|
|
|
|
|
#22 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 1,203
|
I think Claudia's a hoot - loved "people, I'm talking" near the end. I guess she's a 'Marmite' kind of person.
Tess was OK, but she's straying a bit too close to Forsyth tediousness by keep telling contestants that the audience are standing up. Needs to find her own script, but she did well in providing positive reassurance at the end of each dance. The Tess'n'Claud team is miles better than most of the other suggestions that have been made for a replacement for Mr. 'Look it's all about me!' |
|
|
|
|
|
#23 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 47
|
There seems to be a relaxed warmth between Tess and Claudia - it's about girls/women being mates and having a laugh. Which is something you see a lot of in real life, but it's almost never visible on TV. (Maybe the 'suits' in charge feel threatened by it?) The show just felt more natural and spontaneous tonight. Whereas Bruce seems like an increasingly grumpy puppet struggling to go through the motions.....
|
|
|
|
|
|
#24 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Manchester
Posts: 9,775
|
Love Claudia. OH hates her.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#25 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 372
|
Love Claudia too. So spontaneous, not at all contrived.
Miss her on ITT although am warming to Zoe now. |
|
|
|
![]() |
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 07:56.




