Originally Posted by Double_Trouble:
“I don't really understand why some people have taken exception to Jay when he himself has done little to deserve it.
I did know him already from The Wanted and he has always been the slightly shy but quirky one of the lot and not a natural "Me, myself and I" and has always been pretty self depreciating.
So he's come from a band where he has people around him to an arena where for 2 mins at a time the spotlight is on him. For someone who is not used to that and indeed has been away from any kind of spotlight for over a year the. It can indeed take a bit of time to settle in.
That being said he has done little to create to or perpetuate the "poor jay he's so nervous" tag apart from actually being nervous (and he's not the only one but I don't see Kirsty getting the same flak for this). Tess is the one who can't stop banging on about it but then Tess has always banged the same drum to death for contestants ( e.g. "Show us your guns").
Regarding the hairstyle, he has changed it radically before from curly to long and then to shaving the sides completely and back to long so the fact that he's cut it again now is not unusual. Others have had haircuts before e.g Caroline last year went from long hair to a bob early on as well but didn't get berated for it as I recall
There have been several discussions about his dance experience and he has not hidden it (in fact he published a YouTube video himself with clips) and also his bio on the SCD site states as much, so again I don't see the need for castigating Jay for this (any more than Helen, Georgia, Kellie etc). The "so and so is a ringer" thing got very old, very fast last year.
I don't think the judges have given him the kid glove treatment at all. His marks have been in line with others relative to performance and indeed the judges said in week 1 he needs to work on performaning and showmanship more
You see "awkward, uncomfortable and very manufactured" and I see talented, accomplished and hard working. That's normal. If we all thought the same thete wouldn't be such shows as competitions”
The reason people are taking exception to Jay is because they've detected he is a threat. To their own particular favourite most probably so they seek to undermine him.
We're getting all the old nonsense about 'trained dancer' now .. just like Caroline got last year (amongst others.)
When will they learn that the voters DON'T CARE!! If they like the celeb, the dances and the partnership then they will vote in their droves.
Most of all it's about feeling a connection to the celeb and their dancing. Something magical happens when Jay dances. I can't wait to see how he develops as he has the potential to be stunning.