Ola is on periscope
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I don't seem to be able to open the link properly on my Android tablet. What should I be able to see?
Originally Posted by BuddyBontheNet:
“I don't seem to be able to open the link properly on my Android tablet. What should I be able to see?”
“I don't seem to be able to open the link properly on my Android tablet. What should I be able to see?”
Hit the play button above the words "Help cheer me up"
Thanks, but I think it's my tablet that is the problem because the Periscope app is not compatible. I will try again in the morning on a different device. 
So what am I missing?
So what am I missing?
I can't be the only one who finds Ola's accent brilliant. She just interchanges between sweet Eastern European and 'shuttaaap' Londoner multiple times in a sentence.
Originally Posted by BeeBumble:
“I can't be the only one who finds Ola's accent brilliant. She just interchanges between sweet Eastern European and 'shuttaaap' Londoner multiple times in a sentence.”
“I can't be the only one who finds Ola's accent brilliant. She just interchanges between sweet Eastern European and 'shuttaaap' Londoner multiple times in a sentence.
”
No I love it too. Its a delightful blend of Posh Polish and East End barrow boy with hints of 1980's Cypriot chip shop owner.
Originally Posted by erin_p:
“Doesn't take James Jordan long before he gets his tuppence worth in.”
“Doesn't take James Jordan long before he gets his tuppence worth in.”
You have to buy Ola's calendar to see her tuppence.
Originally Posted by cavalli:
“You have to buy Ola's calendar to see her tuppence.
”
“You have to buy Ola's calendar to see her tuppence.
”
And her thrupney bits
She's making excuses for Iwan but the main reason they lost is his lack of training time . He looked like he could be ok with more practice .
Very unfair on Ola to dump her with someone who had so limited time available . What makes it worse is I bet those producers knew about his workload during SCD and should not have hired him . He took the place of another celeb who maybe could have won or done much better .
Very unfair on Ola to dump her with someone who had so limited time available . What makes it worse is I bet those producers knew about his workload during SCD and should not have hired him . He took the place of another celeb who maybe could have won or done much better .
Originally Posted by Paace:
“She's making excuses for Iwan but the main reason they lost is his lack of training time . He looked like he could be ok with more practice .
Very unfair on Ola to dump her with someone who had so limited time available . What makes it worse is I bet those producers knew about his workload during SCD and should not have hired him . He took the place of another celeb who maybe could have won or done much better .”
“She's making excuses for Iwan but the main reason they lost is his lack of training time . He looked like he could be ok with more practice .
Very unfair on Ola to dump her with someone who had so limited time available . What makes it worse is I bet those producers knew about his workload during SCD and should not have hired him . He took the place of another celeb who maybe could have won or done much better .”
It really bugs me when celebs have too many other commitments. These days training time in the week is already limited by the producers, so you'd think each couple would train to the maximum time allowed. Long gone are the days when couples trained for hours and hours every days - and we don't get told any more on ITT how many hours each couple trained each week. One week a couple only trained for 9 hours and that's just ridiculous. Ola has known Iwan for ages and used to tell him he should do Strictly. I'll bet she didn't expect things to pan out this way.
I don't agree he might have been OK with more time though. I think Iwan is one of the worst male celebs we've seen.
I agree with Buddy - I don't think Iwan would have got much better even with more training time - didn't I hear Craig say something like 21.5 hours wasted?
That said, Iwan was more gracious than some others when listening to his critiques - and seems to have been popular with the other celebs judging by his departure scenes.
I'm sorry to see Ola go so early though - but as she said someone has to go each week, and she admitted that they were the worst this week and deserved to. After fighting her way back from injury, it would have been nice to see a bit more of her..... But maybe we will see her doing the rent - a - pro bit like Brendan did if one of the others is ill or injured.
That said, Iwan was more gracious than some others when listening to his critiques - and seems to have been popular with the other celebs judging by his departure scenes.
I'm sorry to see Ola go so early though - but as she said someone has to go each week, and she admitted that they were the worst this week and deserved to. After fighting her way back from injury, it would have been nice to see a bit more of her..... But maybe we will see her doing the rent - a - pro bit like Brendan did if one of the others is ill or injured.
Originally Posted by CaroUK:
“I agree with Buddy - I don't think Iwan would have got much better even with more training time - didn't I hear Craig say something like 21.5 hours wasted?
That said, Iwan was more gracious than some others when listening to his critiques - and seems to have been popular with the other celebs judging by his departure scenes.
I'm sorry to see Ola go so early though - but as she said someone has to go each week, and she admitted that they were the worst this week and deserved to. After fighting her way back from injury, it would have been nice to see a bit more of her..... But maybe we will see her doing the rent - a - pro bit like Brendan did if one of the others is ill or injured.”
“I agree with Buddy - I don't think Iwan would have got much better even with more training time - didn't I hear Craig say something like 21.5 hours wasted?
That said, Iwan was more gracious than some others when listening to his critiques - and seems to have been popular with the other celebs judging by his departure scenes.
I'm sorry to see Ola go so early though - but as she said someone has to go each week, and she admitted that they were the worst this week and deserved to. After fighting her way back from injury, it would have been nice to see a bit more of her..... But maybe we will see her doing the rent - a - pro bit like Brendan did if one of the others is ill or injured.”
Some of the pro dancers who go out early get paired up with celebs for the Christmas special, so maybe Ola will get a chance to do that?
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“No I love it too. Its a delightful blend of Posh Polish and East End barrow boy with hints of 1980's Cypriot chip shop owner.”
“No I love it too. Its a delightful blend of Posh Polish and East End barrow boy with hints of 1980's Cypriot chip shop owner.”
Hahahahaaa! Fantastic description. Spot on!
Originally Posted by Paace:
“She's making excuses for Iwan but the main reason they lost is his lack of training time . He looked like he could be ok with more practice .
Very unfair on Ola to dump her with someone who had so limited time available . What makes it worse is I bet those producers knew about his workload during SCD and should not have hired him . He took the place of another celeb who maybe could have won or done much better .”
“She's making excuses for Iwan but the main reason they lost is his lack of training time . He looked like he could be ok with more practice .
Very unfair on Ola to dump her with someone who had so limited time available . What makes it worse is I bet those producers knew about his workload during SCD and should not have hired him . He took the place of another celeb who maybe could have won or done much better .”
Maybe the BBC should not have hired him, knowing his workload commitments and lack of available training time. However i think it would be unfair to "dump him" on any of the pro dancers, not just Ola.
Originally Posted by BuddyBontheNet:
“It really bugs me when celebs have too many other commitments. These days training time in the week is already limited by the producers, so you'd think each couple would train to the maximum time allowed. Long gone are the days when couples trained for hours and hours every days - and we don't get told any more on ITT how many hours each couple trained each week. One week a couple only trained for 9 hours and that's just ridiculous. Ola has known Iwan for ages and used to tell him he should do Strictly. I'll bet she didn't expect things to pan out this way.
I don't agree he might have been OK with more time though. I think Iwan is one of the worst male celebs we've seen.”
“It really bugs me when celebs have too many other commitments. These days training time in the week is already limited by the producers, so you'd think each couple would train to the maximum time allowed. Long gone are the days when couples trained for hours and hours every days - and we don't get told any more on ITT how many hours each couple trained each week. One week a couple only trained for 9 hours and that's just ridiculous. Ola has known Iwan for ages and used to tell him he should do Strictly. I'll bet she didn't expect things to pan out this way.
I don't agree he might have been OK with more time though. I think Iwan is one of the worst male celebs we've seen.”
I agree with all of that.
Iwan has a contract with BTSport that seemed to conflict with him appearing on Strictly. It may be that negotiations with BT had arranged some sort of release for him, but the fact that they didn't fly Ola to Japan to try to get some more training time than 3 days in the first 3 weeks suggests to me that Iwan's time on Strictly was better for the producers if it was short.
Iwan did turn out to be wrong for Strictly in many ways, and I think would have needed unrestricted training time - not just to learn the dances, but for Ola to try to teach him how to exercise some more control. He does have ADD, hence the hyperactivity.
Ola is still a very capable pro and has always got her celeb at least as far as they should have gone. Unfortunately for Iwan, that was week 1.
Originally Posted by BeeBumble:
“I can't be the only one who finds Ola's accent brilliant. She just interchanges between sweet Eastern European and 'shuttaaap' Londoner multiple times in a sentence.”
“I can't be the only one who finds Ola's accent brilliant. She just interchanges between sweet Eastern European and 'shuttaaap' Londoner multiple times in a sentence.
”
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“No I love it too. Its a delightful blend of Posh Polish and East End barrow boy with hints of 1980's Cypriot chip shop owner.”
“No I love it too. Its a delightful blend of Posh Polish and East End barrow boy with hints of 1980's Cypriot chip shop owner.”
A la Stavros - Harry Enfield's kebab show owner. I find it quite endearing actually
Originally Posted by Paace:
“She's making excuses for Iwan but the main reason they lost is his lack of training time . He looked like he could be ok with more practice .
Very unfair on Ola to dump her with someone who had so limited time available . What makes it worse is I bet those producers knew about his workload during SCD and should not have hired him . He took the place of another celeb who maybe could have won or done much better .”
“She's making excuses for Iwan but the main reason they lost is his lack of training time . He looked like he could be ok with more practice .
Very unfair on Ola to dump her with someone who had so limited time available . What makes it worse is I bet those producers knew about his workload during SCD and should not have hired him . He took the place of another celeb who maybe could have won or done much better .”
Was it more unfair to dump an experienced pro with an athlete with limited time to practise than to lump the new girl with a partner who can't move one of his arms?
Originally Posted by Paace:
“She's making excuses for Iwan but the main reason they lost is his lack of training time . He looked like he could be ok with more practice .
Very unfair on Ola to dump her with someone who had so limited time available . What makes it worse is I bet those producers knew about his workload during SCD and should not have hired him . He took the place of another celeb who maybe could have won or done much better .”
“She's making excuses for Iwan but the main reason they lost is his lack of training time . He looked like he could be ok with more practice .
Very unfair on Ola to dump her with someone who had so limited time available . What makes it worse is I bet those producers knew about his workload during SCD and should not have hired him . He took the place of another celeb who maybe could have won or done much better .”
He didn't take the place of another male celeb because Strictly really struggled this year to get male celebs for the show hence Joanne Clifton not getting a partner. The original plan for this year was for there to be 16 couples but they couldn't get another male to sign up.
Kellie has a large workload but no one is complaining about that saying she shouldn't be on it.
Kellie might have a heavy workload - but at least it's all in this country, and Kevin and she can fit training in round it - the problem with Iwan was that his schedule takes him all over the world at the drop of a hat...... Whilst Ola went with him to somewhere in Europr during the lead in - she didn't go to Japan with him on another trip.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that Iwan was scheduled to be somewhere exotic over the weekend after next which seems to indicate that he wasn't expecting to last beyond the first or second vote off
I seem to recall reading somewhere that Iwan was scheduled to be somewhere exotic over the weekend after next which seems to indicate that he wasn't expecting to last beyond the first or second vote off
Originally Posted by Kat 68:
“He didn't take the place of another male celeb because Strictly really struggled this year to get male celebs for the show hence Joanne Clifton not getting a partner. The original plan for this year was for there to be 16 couples but they couldn't get another male to sign up.”
“He didn't take the place of another male celeb because Strictly really struggled this year to get male celebs for the show hence Joanne Clifton not getting a partner. The original plan for this year was for there to be 16 couples but they couldn't get another male to sign up.”
Do you have a source for this, or is it a guess?
Originally Posted by dancingbearbear:
“Do you have a source for this, or is it a guess?”
“Do you have a source for this, or is it a guess?”
A source(on the production team)
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