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Not so sure; I think Mark might be out this week.
Given his knees, I'm surprised Mark's doing the tour. He'll have to be careful to choose dances that won't impact on them the way the Jive would. Perhaps his Waltz and his Tango?
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So all three of the celebs confirmed so far have made at least week 9 of 13; that's pretty reasonable I reckon.
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Hmm..
I wonder how "early" those were confirmed? i wonder if Fiona's doing the tour ... |
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Not so sure; I think Mark might be out this week.
Given his knees, I'm surprised Mark's doing the tour. He'll have to be careful to choose dances that won't impact on them the way the Jive would. Perhaps his Waltz and his Tango? ![]() ETA - Oops, sorry Pashulty
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Think it would be tango and MCHammer
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I hope it's his 'cat burglar' Tango and his MC Hammer Cha Cha
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They normally have 1 or 2 contestants from past series on the tour too. I wonder who he/her/they will be this time around?
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They normally have 1 or 2 contestants from past series on the tour too. I wonder who he/her/they will be this time around?
(Been an awful good girl, Santa Baby! )
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I tried to get tickets this morning, so wanted to see Mark, I would have put up with blooming Riley for that but no luck.
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I tried to get tickets this morning, so wanted to see Mark, I would have put up with blooming Riley for that but no luck.
I think I read somewhere that Mark will be doing another run in Hairspray next year. If he does then maybe you could see him in that? |
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Susanna has said she wants to, but her BBC Breakfast commitments are pretty constricting.
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If the BBC made it possible for Chris Hollins to go on tour then they may be willing to let Susanna too.
![]() She's not indispensable in the Newsroom, or anywhere at the BBC. Plenty more where she came from. If she wants to go, let her go. |
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Why not?
She's not indispensable in the Newsroom, or anywhere at the BBC. Plenty more where she came from. If she wants to go, let her go. )
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I was thinking more along the lines of, as Susannas profile went up so would her usefulness to the BBC. (after all there is only so much Fiona Bruce can do!!!
)Don't get me started on that muppet Fiona Bruce. I can't stand her on the Antiques Roadshow. I'm only surprised considering how many times she pops up in a programme, the BBC haven't yet worked her name into the title. I much preferred the more self-effacing Michael Aspel |
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I've always said that the BBC "engineer" this show, (I don't mean fix the vote) so that they've got a good chance of one of their people winning.
Don't get me started on that muppet Fiona Bruce. I can't stand her on the Antiques Roadshow. I'm only surprised considering how many times she pops up in a programme, the BBC haven't yet worked her name into the title. I much preferred the more self-effacing Michael Aspel " BBC presenters (news, sports and weather reporters) do then the better the BBC looks because of association. The BBC seems to bend over backwards for its news staff to take part and we never end up with a Kate Garroway! ![]() And I agree with you about Michael Aspel, he was rather lovely. |
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Ok so the BBC engineer their 'employees' to win.
So we have 10 current Strictly Champions. Series 1 Natasha Kaplinsky. Yes she worked for the BBC it was series 1 everything was new Series 2 Jill Halfpenny not connected to BBC Series 3 Darren Gough Sportsman Series 4 Mark Ramps Sportsman Series 5 Alesha Dixon (they could easily have arranged for their BBC employee Gethin to win but they most DEFINATELY didn't in fact the opposir) Series 6 Tom Chambers. He worked on a BBC show but they didn't want him to win Series 7 Chris Hollins BBC but again they did their best to try & stop him winning Series 8 Kara Tointon not BBC Series 9 Harry Judd musician Series 10 Louis Smith sportsman If you can give me examples of how they engineer this almost complete failure of getting a BBC winner I would be interested to hear it |
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Hi Jan!! My tickets for Birmingham might become available if my broken back isn't fixed by then...
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Ok so the BBC engineer their 'employees' to win.
So we have 10 current Strictly Champions. Series 1 Natasha Kaplinsky. Yes she worked for the BBC it was series 1 everything was new Series 2 Jill Halfpenny not connected to BBC Series 3 Darren Gough Sportsman Series 4 Mark Ramps Sportsman Series 5 Alesha Dixon (they could easily have arranged for their BBC employee Gethin to win but they most DEFINATELY didn't in fact the opposir) Series 6 Tom Chambers. He worked on a BBC show but they didn't want him to win Series 7 Chris Hollins BBC but again they did their best to try & stop him winning Series 8 Kara Tointon not BBC Series 9 Harry Judd musician Series 10 Louis Smith sportsman If you can give me examples of how they engineer this almost complete failure of getting a BBC winner I would be interested to hear it Series 3 Darren Gough Sportsman - Given a BBC radio show straight after Strictly Series 8 Kara Tointon not BBC - Just left Eastenders - BBC. 6 out of 10 Winners isn't bad. The BBC does not do vote rigging but it also does not have really bad "dancers" taking part. |
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Ok so the BBC engineer their 'employees' to win.
So we have 10 current Strictly Champions. Series 1 Natasha Kaplinsky. Yes she worked for the BBC it was series 1 everything was new Series 2 Jill Halfpenny not connected to BBC Series 3 Darren Gough Sportsman Series 4 Mark Ramps Sportsman Series 5 Alesha Dixon (they could easily have arranged for their BBC employee Gethin to win but they most DEFINATELY didn't in fact the opposir) Series 6 Tom Chambers. He worked on a BBC show but they didn't want him to win Series 7 Chris Hollins BBC but again they did their best to try & stop him winning Series 8 Kara Tointon not BBC Series 9 Harry Judd musician Series 10 Louis Smith sportsman If you can give me examples of how they engineer this almost complete failure of getting a BBC winner I would be interested to hear it I said, so that they've got a good chance of one of their people winning. That means to anyone with any intelligence, that by virtue of their selection, they have a chance. That's all I said. It doesn't necessarily mean they'll win, but they stand more chance than some of the others selected. Susanna is a classic example of their typical choice. How can you say they didn't want Chris Hollins to win? Is that because it doesn't suit your argument? |
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Ok so the BBC engineer their 'employees' to win.
So we have 10 current Strictly Champions. Series 1 Natasha Kaplinsky. Yes she worked for the BBC it was series 1 everything was new Series 2 Jill Halfpenny not connected to BBC Series 3 Darren Gough Sportsman Series 4 Mark Ramps Sportsman Series 5 Alesha Dixon (they could easily have arranged for their BBC employee Gethin to win but they most DEFINATELY didn't in fact the opposir) Series 6 Tom Chambers. He worked on a BBC show but they didn't want him to win Series 7 Chris Hollins BBC but again they did their best to try & stop him winning Series 8 Kara Tointon not BBC Series 9 Harry Judd musician Series 10 Louis Smith sportsman If you can give me examples of how they engineer this almost complete failure of getting a BBC winner I would be interested to hear it eries 1 Natasha Kaplinsky. she worked for the BBC Series 2 Jill Halfpenny - ex eastenders, connected to BBC Series 3 Darren Gough Sportsman Series 4 Mark Ramps Sportsman Series 5 Alesha Dixon (they could easily have arranged for their BBC employee Gethin to win but they most DEFINATELY didn't in fact the opposite, but that was judges doing rather than bbc, Matt do Angelo was in eastenders and later in the con man series.) Series 6 Tom Chambers. He worked on a BBC show - judges didn't but TPTB or Bbc didn't do much against. In fact, they realised the mistake in semi final and helped him get in the final (even for strictly legal reasons). Series 7 Chris Hollins - BBC and TPTB they did their best for him winning and pretty anti Ricky. Series 8 Kara Tointon - ex eastenders BBC - that year also Matt baker (bbc pushed him to win, but TPTB and judges would not have it) and Scott maslen (eastenders, all very positive) Series 9 Harry Judd musician Series 10 Louis Smith sportsman So if we separate the three aspects and consider recent history, don't things change? |
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TPTB - stands for?
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TPTB - stands for?
The judges want the best dancers to win and/or reach the final, even though sometimes the public, even those on the know, will not agree with them. The BBC wants a winner that has links to the bbc, someone they can benefit from their exposure. Even if it is in the recent past (ex eastenders) brings publicity to their brands. One of the best examples that Bbc and TPTB did not agree on were Matt Baker and Kara. For the bbc it was obvious that they rather liked the idea of Matt winning (outside the strictly programs the bbc was pretty nice to him), but TPTB were very keen on Kara (who was the better dancer as well female after two consecutive male winners) and cleverly used small things in Kara's favor and displayed ways to undermine Matt (small vt with comments and things edited that made him look in a worst light). I do thing though that Kara was a better dancer and deserved much more winning! |
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Thank you for the TPTB explanation, I was trying all sorts of weird and wonderful word combinations trying to figure it out.
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Thank you for the TPTB explanation, I was trying all sorts of weird and wonderful word combinations trying to figure it out.
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