Originally Posted by thenetworkbabe:
“It served the purpose of being something new, and with one contestant every year or so it looked good. The alternative was everyone doing two old routines - and many people only ever got one half decent routine - and who would want to see a lot of mediocre ones redone. They also never found a good replacement - the showdances were terribly choregraphed, impossible to mark fairly , and didn't focus on the contestants - who tended to get lost in the masses. It needed a better idea to replace it - or more good routines that could be repeated........”
“It served the purpose of being something new, and with one contestant every year or so it looked good. The alternative was everyone doing two old routines - and many people only ever got one half decent routine - and who would want to see a lot of mediocre ones redone. They also never found a good replacement - the showdances were terribly choregraphed, impossible to mark fairly , and didn't focus on the contestants - who tended to get lost in the masses. It needed a better idea to replace it - or more good routines that could be repeated........”
Agreed. I like it, but it's flawed (like everything on DOI!)
I love the idea of show dances, sometimes they're nice to wash, but yes they really don't do anything other than someone saying "I have better costumes and pyrotechnics than you". Another flaw.
Not sure what could replace it, but if I thought about it, like someone clearly had to, I'm sure something would come to mind that worked but was suitably spectacular.
