Originally Posted by DeltaBlues:
“Am I the only one who opened this thread expecting it to be about the Cliftons again?”
“Am I the only one who opened this thread expecting it to be about the Cliftons again?”
Nope
One Big Happy Family ??
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I don't but the one big family thing. We know James Jordan dislikes Kevin and Karen , although he's been complimentary about Kevin's choreography this year. Aliona once sued Brendan, so I can't imagine there's any love lost there either.
Originally Posted by Vodka_Drinka:
“I don't but the one big family thing. We know James Jordan dislikes Kevin and Karen , although he's been complimentary about Kevin's choreography this year. Aliona once sued Brendan, so I can't imagine there's any love lost there either.”
“I don't but the one big family thing. We know James Jordan dislikes Kevin and Karen , although he's been complimentary about Kevin's choreography this year. Aliona once sued Brendan, so I can't imagine there's any love lost there either.”
I thought James Jordan disliked everyone except himself and presumably his wife.
What makes life more difficult for them is not just the vitriol seeping through the Forums (though the pros must be used to ignoring that by now) but the eavesdropping and picking up of fag ends to feed through to lazy journos. The worst case was Anton's unfortunate exclamation to Laila Rouass, that got blown up out of all proportions, but there have been other more recent cases, no need to enumerate, just to regret that they happened.
The line up of celebs this year had particularly nice people in it, not a bitter lemon in the bunch.
yep, not even Jamelia, who is reported to be far nicer in the flesh than her personality on Loose Women.
The line up of celebs this year had particularly nice people in it, not a bitter lemon in the bunch.
yep, not even Jamelia, who is reported to be far nicer in the flesh than her personality on Loose Women.
Originally Posted by shrinkingviolet:
“I think it will be like most workplaces - there will be people who are really close, and people who don't really like each other but who suck it up and stay cordial.
I think this seems to be a pretty tight group of pro dancers this year, especially the female pro's. The celebs all seem to get along as well - although I think a lot of that is down to them picking the right personalities and also their own 'team building' nights playing Eggheads on a Friday early in the year.”
“I think it will be like most workplaces - there will be people who are really close, and people who don't really like each other but who suck it up and stay cordial.
I think this seems to be a pretty tight group of pro dancers this year, especially the female pro's. The celebs all seem to get along as well - although I think a lot of that is down to them picking the right personalities and also their own 'team building' nights playing Eggheads on a Friday early in the year.”
BIB exactly this
I think it's a big love in this year. The celebs really do seem to get on brilliantly and I love the thought of their what's app group.
Originally Posted by Vodka_Drinka:
“I don't but the one big family thing. We know James Jordan dislikes Kevin and Karen , although he's been complimentary about Kevin's choreography this year. Aliona once sued Brendan, so I can't imagine there's any love lost there either.”
“I don't but the one big family thing. We know James Jordan dislikes Kevin and Karen , although he's been complimentary about Kevin's choreography this year. Aliona once sued Brendan, so I can't imagine there's any love lost there either.”
BIB - ???
Originally Posted by dancingbearbear:
“Carol Vorderman would be a case in point.
Fern Britten was none too complimentary about her time with Artem.
Bloody Lulu was pretty scathing about it all too.
Then there was Karen and Ola's infamous 'incident'.
It would be a statistical impossibility for all of the the hundreds of people who have been involved in the show and who have to spend hundreds of hours working together because their contract requires it to all get along wonderfully. Personality clashes are inevitable.”
“Carol Vorderman would be a case in point.
Fern Britten was none too complimentary about her time with Artem.
Bloody Lulu was pretty scathing about it all too.
Then there was Karen and Ola's infamous 'incident'.
It would be a statistical impossibility for all of the the hundreds of people who have been involved in the show and who have to spend hundreds of hours working together because their contract requires it to all get along wonderfully. Personality clashes are inevitable.”
What happened between Karen and Ola?
Originally Posted by Everlong Girl:
“BIB - ???”
“BIB - ???
”
She threatened to sue him but these things went well. It was because he used a picture of her to advertise his dance show in a year when she was not taking part of the show.
I think she was right. It was misleading to think she is in when she's not. But I think it was arranged amicably.
Originally Posted by Amaluna:
“She threatened to sue him but these things went well. It was because he used a picture of her to advertise his dance show in a year when she was not taking part of the show.
I think she was right. It was misleading to think she is in when she's not. But I think it was arranged amicably.”
“She threatened to sue him but these things went well. It was because he used a picture of her to advertise his dance show in a year when she was not taking part of the show.
I think she was right. It was misleading to think she is in when she's not. But I think it was arranged amicably.”
Ah thank you
I know he uses a French lady who has a passing resemblance to Aliona on his show now.
Originally Posted by dancingbearbear:
“Oh, I absolutely do not disagree that some (if not all) of those I named are deluded divas of the highest order. But the poster I was responding too was adamant that no single person who had ever been on the show had had anything less than (and I quote) 'the time of thier [sic] life on the series', and that there was no evidence to refute this claim. Which is, of course, nonsense.
(Though I have heard from a reliable source that Jimmy Tarbuck still insists to this day that the 25 minutes he spent on the show were the greatest damned 25 minutes of his entire life
)”
“Oh, I absolutely do not disagree that some (if not all) of those I named are deluded divas of the highest order. But the poster I was responding too was adamant that no single person who had ever been on the show had had anything less than (and I quote) 'the time of thier [sic] life on the series', and that there was no evidence to refute this claim. Which is, of course, nonsense.
(Though I have heard from a reliable source that Jimmy Tarbuck still insists to this day that the 25 minutes he spent on the show were the greatest damned 25 minutes of his entire life
)”
Right, got you
Another one who probably didn't have the time of her life was Jan Ravens...remember her? As the legend goes, her husband had to be restrained in the BBC bar the night she was voted off as he was going to throttle Craig.
Originally Posted by VicsMum:
“Right, got you
Another one who probably didn't have the time of her life was Jan Ravens...remember her? As the legend goes, her husband had to be restrained in the BBC bar the night she was voted off as he was going to throttle Craig.”
“Right, got you
Another one who probably didn't have the time of her life was Jan Ravens...remember her? As the legend goes, her husband had to be restrained in the BBC bar the night she was voted off as he was going to throttle Craig.”
Is she one who shouted "I hope you're happy now" at the judges on the night she was voted off (pre dance off)?
It's a curious career as a pro dancer. Start in competitions as rivals, rub along as colleagues in showbiz, with occasional rivalry resurfacing as in SCD and there must be some rivalry resurfacing in teaching. Like most theatre, there has to be some appearance of a company or the whole thing falls apart. Dance is inevitably a smaller circle than theatre in general. There may be a few individuals who don't get on but anyone picking arguments with any regularity or presenting less than a professional attitude is going to have a limited career.
Originally Posted by VicsMum:
“Right, got you
Another one who probably didn't have the time of her life was Jan Ravens...remember her? As the legend goes, her husband had to be restrained in the BBC bar the night she was voted off as he was going to throttle Craig.”
“Right, got you
Another one who probably didn't have the time of her life was Jan Ravens...remember her? As the legend goes, her husband had to be restrained in the BBC bar the night she was voted off as he was going to throttle Craig.”
I'm absolutely kicking myself that I didn't include her in my list of people who have been less than effusive about their Strictly experience
I'm gutted that dignified exit isn't on YouTube
Originally Posted by dancingbearbear:
“I'm absolutely kicking myself that I didn't include her in my list of people who have been less than effusive about their Strictly experience
I'm gutted that dignified exit isn't on YouTube”
“I'm absolutely kicking myself that I didn't include her in my list of people who have been less than effusive about their Strictly experience
I'm gutted that dignified exit isn't on YouTube
”
Me too! I searched for it to no avail.
Originally Posted by MaggieMcGee:
“Me too! I searched for it to no avail.”
“Me too! I searched for it to no avail.”
Her foxtrot isn't available either - which is a shame as her elegant 'swan dive' at the end of that was a thing of beauty
Originally Posted by dancingbearbear:
“Her foxtrot isn't available either - which is a shame as her elegant 'swan dive' at the end of that was a thing of beauty”
“Her foxtrot isn't available either - which is a shame as her elegant 'swan dive' at the end of that was a thing of beauty
”
Ha, ha, trying to imagine it.
Originally Posted by MaggieMcGee:
“Ha, ha, trying to imagine it.”
“Ha, ha, trying to imagine it.
”
I believe she was supposed to gracefully fall sideways into Anton's arms ... But he didn't catch her, possibly because she was in the wrong position. She went down like a bag of hammers. It was a stunning manoeuvre.
Originally Posted by dancingbearbear:
“I believe she was supposed to gracefully fall sideways into Anton's arms ... But he didn't catch her, possibly because she was in the wrong position. She went down like a bag of hammers. It was a stunning manoeuvre.”
“I believe she was supposed to gracefully fall sideways into Anton's arms ... But he didn't catch her, possibly because she was in the wrong position. She went down like a bag of hammers. It was a stunning manoeuvre.”
I wouldn't have imagined this at all. Thanks for telling me. I didn't watch that series so all of this is interesting news to me.
Originally Posted by Vodka_Drinka:
“Is she one who shouted "I hope you're happy now" at the judges on the night she was voted off (pre dance off)?”
“Is she one who shouted "I hope you're happy now" at the judges on the night she was voted off (pre dance off)?”
That's the one.
Originally Posted by Monkseal:
“Lynda Bellingham and Jessie Wallace both also hated their time on the show with a passion.”
“Lynda Bellingham and Jessie Wallace both also hated their time on the show with a passion.”
Both Darren's partners...*looks surreptitiously at her side*
Originally Posted by dancingbearbear:
“I'm absolutely kicking myself that I didn't include her in my list of people who have been less than effusive about their Strictly experience
I'm gutted that dignified exit isn't on YouTube”
“I'm absolutely kicking myself that I didn't include her in my list of people who have been less than effusive about their Strictly experience
I'm gutted that dignified exit isn't on YouTube
”
Believe me, I searched the highs and the lows of Youtube trying to find such event to no avail...
Originally Posted by Fred.:
“That seems about right to me. Some Pros are best friends whilst others are good work colleagues by the look of it.
The Celebrities do seem to be a friendly lot this year. K
Jason G, the choreographer, said on ITT that he left them practising for a group dance for half an hour and when he came back they'd finished and were having a group hug. He'd never known that before.
Person who was at the show the week Helen went out said Jay went round and hugged the others just before the elimination. Jeremy Vine in his blog, Jay on ITT and Katie in her news article all said Peter was supportive. Daniel O'D still sings to them.”
“That seems about right to me. Some Pros are best friends whilst others are good work colleagues by the look of it.
The Celebrities do seem to be a friendly lot this year. K
Jason G, the choreographer, said on ITT that he left them practising for a group dance for half an hour and when he came back they'd finished and were having a group hug. He'd never known that before.
Person who was at the show the week Helen went out said Jay went round and hugged the others just before the elimination. Jeremy Vine in his blog, Jay on ITT and Katie in her news article all said Peter was supportive. Daniel O'D still sings to them.”
Is that last arguing for or against...?
Originally Posted by dancingbearbear:
“Her foxtrot isn't available either - which is a shame as her elegant 'swan dive' at the end of that was a thing of beauty”
“Her foxtrot isn't available either - which is a shame as her elegant 'swan dive' at the end of that was a thing of beauty
”
Thanks for all the scoop! You're giving me advice about which series to order on dvds next. Jan Raven's sounds worth it! I already got Fiona Phillips' series because watching her dance can cheer me up when nothing else can.
Vorderman didn't even turn up for the final. Such was the flounce.
Lynda Bellingham apparently hated her partner, a certain Darren Bennett.
Austin Healey is still bitter.
They had a falling out over a professional dance. James( not for the first time) sold the story to a Sunday newspaper saying Karen bullied Ola.
James dropped from the show a few months later.
Lynda Bellingham apparently hated her partner, a certain Darren Bennett.
Austin Healey is still bitter.
Originally Posted by Amaluna:
“What happened between Karen and Ola?”
“What happened between Karen and Ola?”
They had a falling out over a professional dance. James( not for the first time) sold the story to a Sunday newspaper saying Karen bullied Ola.
James dropped from the show a few months later.
Originally Posted by jake lyle:
“Vorderman didn't even turn up for the final. Such was the flounce.
Lynda Bellingham apparently hated her partner, a certain Darren Bennett.
Austin Healey is still bitter.
They had a falling out over a professional dance. James( not for the first time) sold the story to a Sunday newspaper saying Karen bullied Ola.
James dropped from the show a few months later.”
“Vorderman didn't even turn up for the final. Such was the flounce.
Lynda Bellingham apparently hated her partner, a certain Darren Bennett.
Austin Healey is still bitter.
They had a falling out over a professional dance. James( not for the first time) sold the story to a Sunday newspaper saying Karen bullied Ola.
James dropped from the show a few months later.”
Very interesting. I always thought he was dismissed because he was bikering with the judges over Denise van Outen scores.
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