I didn't realise she ripped her scars on the fri . She should not have taken part on Sat .

"I danced on Saturday even though the doctor had advised me to rest after I ripped the scar tissue around where I had my double mastectomy"

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...#ixzz4LytvmR4b

Did you miss the comments before she danced that they'd had to revise their choreography after her injury in rehearsal, and they'd only had a day to practise the new version?

I suspect that her involvement with the breast cancer charity has complicated her decision. She might have felt she was letting people down or letting cancer get the better of her by dropping out of the main show. Clearly the situation hasn't improved by dancing and then pulling out but that's the benefit of hindsight.

But they didn't say what injury she suffered . I had no idea it was so serious and she was very silly and stupid to dance after such a serious injury .

Exactly. They didn't say what it was. The first we knew it was to do with her mastectomy was when the results showed was aired. And I say that as someone who loves the Spoiler thread. It wasn't on there either.

I know a lot about breast cancer. A lot, lot more than I would ever want to know believe me, through first hand experience! A mastectomy is a huge thing to happen to the body. A double mastectomy - well double the trauma.

My personal experience involves a lumpectomy, so nowhere, nowhere near as invasive, and nowhere near as much scar tissue etc. BUT, 3 months later I still could not lift my arm any higher than my shoulder. I was told it would gradually go - it did - but I would always have a weakness, so look after it, and don't push boundaries with that arm.

Anastacia has really pushed the boundaries with hers. I have huge respect for her and all she does for Breast Cancer awareness. But she should never have been allowed in such a strenuous competition, where she would be giving so much punishment to delicate scar tissue, and muscles that she doesn't normally use so much.

I think we have to wait until a full medical check has been done. It sounds like it is a soft tissue injury, and I would guess they would need an MRI scan to have a chance of telling exactly what the injury is.

Anastacia would have been training all week on the routine without an injury occurring. It's very often not possible to say in advance exactly how strong the body's repair of an injury is, so it seems very reasonable to me that Anastacia would want to do Strictly and the fact that she is giving her fee to a breast cancer charity and has been supporting cancer charities and cancer awareness is very commendable.
She has been very positive and seems to have a fun, go-for-it attitude. I loved her expression at the end of this training clip.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p049kr79

Decisions may have been made which with hindsight were not correct, but hindsight is never available when the decisions are made.

The dance-off seems to exist to justify another Show on Sunday night. Doing the Sunday Show as soon as possible after the Saturday live Show, leaves very little time to change anything.

With all her health issues why was Anastacia allowed to enter the show in the first place ?
In fact why are any Americans allowed to enter when they have their own version ?
Is it a marketing ploy by the BBC to enable them to sell the BBC version to American TV

In Monkseal's Blog, he did comment that Anastacia now lives in London.

Are you for real?

No, it isn't to sell the show to America - as you say, they have their own version. And they even allow foreigners like Katherine Jenkins to compete on it. Shocking, eh?

And Kelly Osbourne ... and Mel B ...

Indeed. And all three ladies reached the finals. Hmm, wonder if the reverse would happen here... 🤔

To Fatskia
She may live in London but still American.
As an aside, I live on Rhodes but am not Greek but British.
If there is any real justice she will be prevented from taking part.
May be do the decent thing anyway & withdraw.

Do you work in Greece? Why do you work over there when you are English and there are jobs in England?

...do you see what I'm getting at?

If her Dr. advised she shouldn't dance did she tell the producers this information?

If not, she is wrong not to have done. If she did, then the producers were negligent to let her dance not matter how hard she protested that she wanted to. If something serious had happened the show would be responsible and subject to the possibility of being sued surely.

She's probably one of those people who operates on will power and doesn't accept restrictions that doctors put on her. I had a friend like that, who insisted on hanging out the washing a week after a Casearian although the advice was not to raise her arms for 6 weeks. She only believed the advice applied to her when she knackered herself.

ISTM Anastacia thought she'd be fine, despite the doctor's caution, and her distress at being in the dance off wasn't pride but a realisation that she couldn't do any more dancing, hence what she said to Tess. I'm sure she's kicking herself, but it's the producer's responsibility for not being more firm about her withdrawing earlier.

If the public vote had gone against her, would people be complaining?

To, dancing. queen
I am happily retired thank you on Rhodes.
Enjoying over 300 days of hot to warm sunshine.Its 28 C now at just gone noon.
Low crime rate here. we can still go out & leave doors / windows open.
Could not afford to live in UK on Just pension so would still be working at age 72.

it's not called 'Strictly come UKIP' . . . What about the pros? The judges? 🙄🙄🙄

I don't get why she ignored doctors advice, I think Brendan should've taken the underarm turns out of the routine so he is partly to blame since he didn't reblock all the right parts of the original choreography surley he should know that she couldn't do the underarm spins?

To read some of the critical stuff on DS, it seems that the old British attitude of stiff upper lip, being brave and soldiering on really is a thing of the past. In years gone by such an optimistic, can-do attitude would have been deemed foolhardy but praiseworthy.
"'T'is but a scratch!"

Without the gift of knowing the future, Anastacia tried something and failed- good for her.

Based on what the doctor said I don't think she should have danced. But as I mentioned in the other thread, she didn't have any sign of discomfort. She even danced for Claudia just before the judges' scores. Clearly she could dance and I'm sure she could have done the dance-off. It's all a bit unfortunate but even if she can continue on the show perhaps her doctor knows best and she should quit the show? No point risking your health.

Doing a bit of a wiggle for Claudia (because Brendan asked her to, to try to show she could do the basic motion, to try to get some votes) is very different from doing a full 90 second routine which included being dragged between his legs and repeated arm crossovers. You might as well imply she clearly wasn't really injured because she managed to get up the stairs without being stuck in a Stanna.

Len and Bruno are better known in the US than Anastacia. Try again!

I'm very grateful to them for taking on those particular three! Isn't Kelly American though? She's always sounded it to me.

Nah, we can't get rid of her that easilly Born in London.

Edit: According to Wiki she is a British singer-songwriter, actress, television presenter and fashion designer. Who knew!