I was at that tour show too. Was it the rumba?

Ahhh no worries it's understandable

It's very difficult to be specific about popularity.

Rachel, Matt Baker, Harry, Louis, Simon - all won the Tour in a landslide.

Austin Healey won the Tour despite not even making the Final of Strictly.

Matt Baker had to compete with Kara, Ricky Whittle and Colin Jackson - 3 of the best ever, and despite that, won in a landslide.

Jay and Anita have gained a lot of popularity via being on Strictly, but that is usually the reason for doing it. Harry was very popular even before he went onto Strictly.

There doesn't seem to be that much to be drawn from the many results.

You're telling me!

Is there a leaderboard of how many wins the couples have achieved on this tour?

Not that i'm aware of the Jay and aliona appreciation thread do a great job of tracking that.

If you go to www.tellymix.co.uk and click on the Strictly 2016 link, the second item down is tracking the tour winners.

They haven't updated the Manchester and Liverpool dates yet, though. From what I recall, Jay won all three at Manchester, and in Liverpool it was one each to Jay and Anita.

Anita was in the bottom 2 on the show tho so didn't have the support Jay did obviously.....so makes me think she would not have beat him in the final.....youtube views for his dances also speak volumes.

I think this year the competition was so strong....all the finalists were amazing dancers and seemed to have a fair share of supporters....I just think Jay was way ahead in terms off support...not only was he never in the dance off,he won and is clearly dominating the tour also....It was just my observation that he was the most popular male to date.

Okay, thanks

Looks like Jay and Aliona/Anita and Gleb are the most popular then.

I do think Gleb has a lot to do with Anita popularity

I think Jay was as popular (or more) as Harry Judd. McFly may have been/is more popular than The Wanted (I have no idea, not my coup of tea either of them), but a drummer is not the most popular of a band.

Anita I believe is the one whose popularity/public persona awareness has been benefited the most out of being in strictly. Although I think all have, (bar Peter Andre ) Anita has gone from a reporter in The One Show and Countrylife to fairly well known TV presenter.


BIB I actually disagree. In my opinion there were 4 strong dancers this year (Jay, Georgia, Helen and Kellie) with three average ones that appear to be better than they actually were (Anita, Peter and Katie at the beginning), which in my opinion is in line with most years.


Agreed. We know that in the semifinal, both Jay and Georgia had to pull out more votes than Anita in order for her to be in the bottom two, as the former two were tied in second place just above Anita, so the highest she could have been with the public is third out of five.

But in the quarterfinal, Georgia did much worse than Anita who was bottom of the leaderboard and still managed to avoid the dance off (Jay could have still been top of the popular vote for that quarterfinal result but as he was top of the leaderboard we cant say).

Not for me. I liked her gutsiness.

So do people only like Jay because they fancy him?

Not me! I admire Jay because of his elegance on the dancefloor, his personality off (and on) the dancefloor, his sense of humour, his compassion. I didn't know anything about him before Strictly but have found out more since.

Same here. Jay, Helen and Anita were streets ahead for me in terms of dancing ability, likeability and personality. It doesn't surprise me at all that Jay is the most popular and that Anita is the most popular woman.

I think young men like Jay seem to appeal to the maternal instinct of ladies of certain age. I've see it time and time again on shows like this.

I don't think this forum gives a proportionate idea of the popularity of the dancers to be honest. The fact that Jay and Anita are the only ones to have won the tour shows indicates to me that they are the most popular dancers with the general public. I know to read some of the threads here you would think that the GBP adore Georgia for example but the reality is that it's just a fairly small group of fans.

Having another pop i see, you really can't help yourself can you!!!!.Not every fan can go on tour you know..

Eh? Not sure what you're talking about I'm afraid.

But only the ones who go can vote for tour winners - the thread topic.

Exactly!

I'm a massive fan of Helen's for example but don't have a problem accepting that she's simply not as popular as Jay and Anita.

I think you know what I mean

Well I *think* you are angry that your favourite isn't as popular as Jay and Anita and you didn't like that fact to be pointed out.

I totally agree with you. I really admire Strictly fans like you. I have been a fan of Anita from the beginning of the show and it really makes me angry when people say, the only reason she is winning is because Gleb's popularity.

You did hit the nail on the head, about some fans.

I totally understand someone being really keen on their favourite but when it gets to the stage where any comment which isn't passionately in support of them cannot be accepted then it's possibly time to, erm, question priorities in life! * Whispers * - these people aren't your actual friends, you don't actually know them.

Yes, completely agree re Anita - in fact I'd go so far as to say that she's popular despite Gleb rather than because of!