The focus on past experience

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aggs

08-11-2014

Originally Posted by MrEdgarFinchley:
“I'm more concerned about the rise and rise of the "professional reality show contestant", which combined with x amount of previous dance experience, does IMO distort the competition far more than theatre school history and the like,”

The thing about the professional RTV contestant is that they are going to be a producers delight. They are used to the 'scripted reality' genre and will play along lovely with whatever storylines are agreed.

bendymixer

08-11-2014

Originally Posted by aggs:
“I'm sure it's the competing at ballroom and Latin that is the issue. I'm convinced I've seen it soemwhere but have never been able to find it again. It's the reason I'm sure that <to my sadness> Mark Cavendish will never get to stand infront of the judges ”

here you go aggs was on claire balding show http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/...-dancer_347314 remember Mark dancing and yes he competed -

Monkseal

08-11-2014

Originally Posted by aggs:
“I actually remember ringerdom and past experience being an issue as far back as series 4 with Emma Bunton - pop princess and stage school alumni up against a couple of sportsmen on a journey.

Zoe Ball took an awful lot of flack for supposedly taking pre-show training as well.”

I remember Jill being forced to deny the awful wicked malicious sinful vile rumours that she had masses of dance experience, which then of course turned out to be entirely true.

aggs

08-11-2014

Originally Posted by bendymixer:
“here you go aggs was on claire balding show http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/...-dancer_347314 remember Mark dancing and yes he competed -”

I just love him

Was he any good?

bendymixer

08-11-2014

I think he was a fairly good not a top liner but yes he could dance

chachachavvy

08-11-2014

Originally Posted by henrywilliams58:
“Frankly I am not really interested in watching school sports or the school play or concert.

I'd rather see fully trained and prepared athletes or singers or dancers - who have come to me readied in their own time and with their own money.

So for me in an SCD context exclude all the dross beforehand.”

Then Strictly isn't the show for you. It's a show about celebs learning to dance. If people already have experience then it's like watching Jessica Ennis entering all the events at a school sports day, Daniel Day Lewis auditioning for a school play or Yo Yo Ma trying out for the school orchestra.

I'm not saying that all ringers should be banned, just that the fact that it's not a level playing field should be acknowledged to the audience and in the marking.

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