Anyways, Susanna is slowly growing on me 
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Can't take to Susanna
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Originally Posted by davvers:
“I quite like her on Breakfast where she is a confident presenter and takes no prisoners when interviewing those who seek to avoid answering direct questions. This penchant she seems to have developed of hiding her face behind her hands looks totally false to me. I suppose lots of us have a secret hankering to do a bit of acting and she is methinks overdoing it. She is not a shy retiring modest individual. I would like her better if she were just herself but this acting puts me off.
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“I quite like her on Breakfast where she is a confident presenter and takes no prisoners when interviewing those who seek to avoid answering direct questions. This penchant she seems to have developed of hiding her face behind her hands looks totally false to me. I suppose lots of us have a secret hankering to do a bit of acting and she is methinks overdoing it. She is not a shy retiring modest individual. I would like her better if she were just herself but this acting puts me off.
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Mostly agree with you. I don't think shes being 'fake' ...just 'overdoing' it in a way in front of the camera. Last night on it takes two when Zoe was talking with Ian Waite, she had to reach over and tap him on the knee. Its only a small thing, but its an example of what I see constantly with her that just gives me the impression that shes so keen to be part of every conversation, smiling and saying the right thing. Having said that, we all like to be liked and sometimes I think maybe I'm a bit harsh for letting it put me off her, as it may well be coming from a good place, but its just my natural reaction. I don't dislike her, shes just not my favourite. But theres many more that seem to love her persona on camera, and it being an entertainment programme I suppose how you come across on camera has a part to play, and she seems very popular, so probably is playing it right.
Originally Posted by Judge Dread:
“Susanna gives me the impression that it's "all about me me me", when, of course, it isn't.”
“Susanna gives me the impression that it's "all about me me me", when, of course, it isn't.”
And yet Abbey was saying on ITT how Susanna really helped her by giving her a pep talk. Now if she was over competitive and egocentric I doubt Susanna would have bothered.
Women don't half a hard time on Strictly.
Act confident and assured, it's assumed you're and overly competitive (a'la Gabby, Denise and Natalie) and if you happen to be quite effusive and enthusiastic you're accused of being insincere.
Act confident and assured, it's assumed you're and overly competitive (a'la Gabby, Denise and Natalie) and if you happen to be quite effusive and enthusiastic you're accused of being insincere.
Originally Posted by 21stCenturyBoy:
“Women don't half a hard time on Strictly.
Act confident and assured, it's assumed you're and overly competitive (a'la Gabby, Denise and Natalie) and if you happen to be quite effusive and enthusiastic you're accused of being insincere.”
“Women don't half a hard time on Strictly.
Act confident and assured, it's assumed you're and overly competitive (a'la Gabby, Denise and Natalie) and if you happen to be quite effusive and enthusiastic you're accused of being insincere.”
Ain't that the truth!
Originally Posted by 21stCenturyBoy:
“Women don't half a hard time on Strictly.
Act confident and assured, it's assumed you're and overly competitive (a'la Gabby, Denise and Natalie) and if you happen to be quite effusive and enthusiastic you're accused of being insincere.”
“Women don't half a hard time on Strictly.
Act confident and assured, it's assumed you're and overly competitive (a'la Gabby, Denise and Natalie) and if you happen to be quite effusive and enthusiastic you're accused of being insincere.”
So true!
Originally Posted by 21stCenturyBoy:
“Women don't half a hard time on Strictly.
Act confident and assured, it's assumed you're and overly competitive (a'la Gabby, Denise and Natalie) and if you happen to be quite effusive and enthusiastic you're accused of being insincere.”
“Women don't half a hard time on Strictly.
Act confident and assured, it's assumed you're and overly competitive (a'la Gabby, Denise and Natalie) and if you happen to be quite effusive and enthusiastic you're accused of being insincere.”
That's true and their biggest critics are other women!
I like Susanna and can't understand all the talk about her being smug.
She and Kevin have a terrific partnership and I would love to see them in the final.
She and Kevin have a terrific partnership and I would love to see them in the final.
Originally Posted by StrictlyRed:
“I like Susanna and can't understand all the talk about her being smug.
She and Kevin have a terrific partnership and I would love to see them in the final.”
“I like Susanna and can't understand all the talk about her being smug.
She and Kevin have a terrific partnership and I would love to see them in the final.
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(In best Father Dougal voice) Careful now. This thread might be moved to the appreciation section as you've posted a positive comment.
Originally Posted by bendymixer:
“think DS should have a hate section)”
“think DS should have a hate section
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This is a forum not a therapy consultation space with little padded rooms. It's so much better for your blood pressure to simply ignore those whose views you dislike than to get all het up about what a total stranger thinks.
Why waste the energy?
The word 'hate' is bandied about far too much. I wonder if everyone even understand the difference between 'hate' and 'dislikes' any more?
Originally Posted by sofakat:
“This is a forum not a therapy consultation space with little padded rooms. It's so much better for your blood pressure to simply ignore those whose views you dislike than to get all het up about what a total stranger thinks.
Why waste the energy?
The word 'hate' is bandied about far too much. I wonder if everyone even understand the difference between 'hate' and 'dislikes' any more?”
“This is a forum not a therapy consultation space with little padded rooms. It's so much better for your blood pressure to simply ignore those whose views you dislike than to get all het up about what a total stranger thinks.
Why waste the energy?
The word 'hate' is bandied about far too much. I wonder if everyone even understand the difference between 'hate' and 'dislikes' any more?
”
BiB well quite!!
It's almost as if you're not allowed to have fun on here any more
Originally Posted by colliefan:
“BiB well quite!!
It's almost as if you're not allowed to have fun on here any more”
“BiB well quite!!
It's almost as if you're not allowed to have fun on here any more
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Didn't you get the memo?
Originally Posted by StrictlyRed:
“I like Susanna and can't understand all the talk about her being smug.
She and Kevin have a terrific partnership and I would love to see them in the final.”
“I like Susanna and can't understand all the talk about her being smug.
She and Kevin have a terrific partnership and I would love to see them in the final.
”
I agree, but as Kevin said to her after the Paso on Saturday, no matter what happens now they will never forget that dance & neither will I.
Originally Posted by Poppysinbloom:
“(In best Father Dougal voice) Careful now. This thread might be moved to the appreciation section as you've posted a positive comment.”
“(In best Father Dougal voice) Careful now. This thread might be moved to the appreciation section as you've posted a positive comment.”
Sometimes it's hard to go against the flow isn't it. I am getting a bit dubious about posting anything too appreciative at the moment as it seems to mean you are breaking a rule that I don't know about.
Originally Posted by Jan2555*GG*:
“I agree, but as Kevin said to her after the Paso on Saturday, no matter what happens now they will never forget that dance & neither will I.
Sometimes it's hard to go against the flow isn't it. I am getting a bit dubious about posting anything too appreciative at the moment as it seems to mean you are breaking a rule that I don't know about.”
“I agree, but as Kevin said to her after the Paso on Saturday, no matter what happens now they will never forget that dance & neither will I.
Sometimes it's hard to go against the flow isn't it. I am getting a bit dubious about posting anything too appreciative at the moment as it seems to mean you are breaking a rule that I don't know about.”
I don't think it's the rules that are the problem but the enforcement of them, which seems to be mercurial to the point of inequitable. There's lots of theorising about how the BBC manipulates SCD. I'm not with that conspiracy theory I have another one about how the moderation is manipulated.
Originally Posted by colliefan:
“BiB well quite!!
It's almost as if you're not allowed to have fun on here any more”
“BiB well quite!!
It's almost as if you're not allowed to have fun on here any more
”
Some of us Natalie fans know all about that
Watching the training footage today it looks like Kevin over-dancing may be the issue. Which is letting Susanna appear to get away with things other dancers get pulled up on.
Originally Posted by yellowlabbie:
“Some of us Natalie fans know all about that”
“Some of us Natalie fans know all about that
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It shouldn't be a contest between favourites - everyone is entitled to their own views or opinions, likes or dislikes, or so we keep being told. It's a shame when it spills over into unpleasant comments and remarks and manipulative behaviour.
Originally Posted by Jan2555*GG*:
“I agree, but as Kevin said to her after the Paso on Saturday, no matter what happens now they will never forget that dance & neither will I. ”
“I agree, but as Kevin said to her after the Paso on Saturday, no matter what happens now they will never forget that dance & neither will I. ”
Me neither - but I suspect for the wrong reasons.
Originally Posted by FrauFlick:
“Me neither - but I suspect for the wrong reasons.”
“Me neither - but I suspect for the wrong reasons.”
Same here. Wish I could unload the offending 'software residue' in my brain as quickly as I can dump stuff off my laptop
Originally Posted by sofakat:
“Same here. Wish I could unload the offending 'software residue' in my brain as quickly as I can dump stuff off my laptop”
“Same here. Wish I could unload the offending 'software residue' in my brain as quickly as I can dump stuff off my laptop
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My mother had a 'flamenco' doll when I was young, that sat on the top of the piano. After seeing Susanna in that red dress, I keep having flashbacks. It's like I'm sitting in the front room after Mass with that doll staring at me from its perch.
Originally Posted by Monaogg:
“Watching the training footage today it looks like Kevin over-dancing may be the issue. Which is letting Susanna appear to get away with things other dancers get pulled up on.”
“Watching the training footage today it looks like Kevin over-dancing may be the issue. Which is letting Susanna appear to get away with things other dancers get pulled up on.”
Because, of course, none of the other professionals ever over dance and act as a distraction, do they? (cough) Ola, (cough, cough) Kristina. Or does it only count when one of the male dancers gets himself noticed?
The judges know which one they're supposed to be looking at and judging by what was going on with those paddles on Saturday night, I'd say Susanna - despite all the 10s - was by no means the most overmarked celeb in the line up.
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