Definitely not the worst show I've seen, but certainly a bit of a letdown. With the possible exception of Danny, I don't feel that anyone did particularly brilliantly although I will give Greg credit for far exceeding my expectations and covering that big floor really well. The over-hyping of Louise has gone beyond ridiculous now IMO, that Paso had no spark, intensity or emotion at all! Shame as it had great music and could have been a fantastic dance had someone else done it.
Was tonight the worst SCD ever?
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Originally Posted by Twinkle toes no:
“Why don't you just watch another channel if you hate it so much. Why bother watching? What a downer
”
“Why don't you just watch another channel if you hate it so much. Why bother watching? What a downer
”
Now, now..........you can't say that.
Originally Posted by Paul_Barratt1:
“Bognor Regis next year ??”
“Bognor Regis next year ??”
Simple really, stay at Elstree Studios.
The whole Blackpool thing seems pointless to me, but I am a Londoner.
Meg
Originally Posted by midflight:
“(apart from the Series 12 final, of course, but that goes without saying)
There was clearly something very, very wrong tonight...
The entire show, from start to finish, was a complete & utter mess.
Absolutely nothing worked. NOTHING!
I really felt for Claudia & Greg - their dances could, and SHOULD have been dazzling, but they were both hindered beyond belief by the extra dancers, the truly awful camerawork, the music... Oh my goodness.
Can ANYBODY tell me: What is the point of Danny Mac!? If I live for a thousand years (and so far, so good), I will NEVER understand his appeal. I just don't get it. It's bonkers. Same goes for Louise - it's like watching a slice of bread dancing. Where's the emotion? Where's the passion? The intensity? The sense of drama? The attachment? The interest? The spirit? The feeling? The... ANYTHING!?
Perma-grins. Fake tans. Ultrabright teeth. Botoxed to hell. Fake emotion. Who's buying this carp? Who do they think they're fooling? Themselves?
Tonight's show genuinely gave me a headache. It was painful to watch & painful to listen to. WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS!?
(Oh, and what a surprise - Danny & Louise are doing the tour... Wow! Who would have guessed!?)
Apart from all that, I loved it!
”
“(apart from the Series 12 final, of course, but that goes without saying)
There was clearly something very, very wrong tonight...
The entire show, from start to finish, was a complete & utter mess.
Absolutely nothing worked. NOTHING!
I really felt for Claudia & Greg - their dances could, and SHOULD have been dazzling, but they were both hindered beyond belief by the extra dancers, the truly awful camerawork, the music... Oh my goodness.
Can ANYBODY tell me: What is the point of Danny Mac!? If I live for a thousand years (and so far, so good), I will NEVER understand his appeal. I just don't get it. It's bonkers. Same goes for Louise - it's like watching a slice of bread dancing. Where's the emotion? Where's the passion? The intensity? The sense of drama? The attachment? The interest? The spirit? The feeling? The... ANYTHING!?
Perma-grins. Fake tans. Ultrabright teeth. Botoxed to hell. Fake emotion. Who's buying this carp? Who do they think they're fooling? Themselves?
Tonight's show genuinely gave me a headache. It was painful to watch & painful to listen to. WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS!?
(Oh, and what a surprise - Danny & Louise are doing the tour... Wow! Who would have guessed!?)
Apart from all that, I loved it!
”
Wow! That was some tirade!
Sorry for being so sharp but strictly is never going to win an Oscar, it's just light hearted fun. If everything was so bad why did you not just turn the TV over? I think X Factor was on.
Though l agree we could have done without the extra dancers how l look at it is that this is another challenge for the celebs. Being able to stand out in a crowd whilst looking like you belong there is a skill in itself. Some celebs excelled and others were slightly gobbled up. However by no means was this the worse strictly ever!
Originally Posted by Tejas:
“The over-hyping of Louise has gone beyond ridiculous now IMO, that Paso had no spark, intensity or emotion at all! Shame as it had great music and could have been a fantastic dance had someone else done it.”
“The over-hyping of Louise has gone beyond ridiculous now IMO, that Paso had no spark, intensity or emotion at all! Shame as it had great music and could have been a fantastic dance had someone else done it.”
Im glad I'm not the only be who thinks this.My mouth was hanging open when the judges were commenting. Nothing against Louise personally and she gets the steps right but there's no passion at all.
Was tonight the worst SCD ever?
Imo it was the worst Blackpool show, I couldn't be bothered trying to sort out the competing couples from the extras. It didn't do anything for me,I used FF for most of the show...I think SCD is losing its appeal for me.
Imo it was the worst Blackpool show, I couldn't be bothered trying to sort out the competing couples from the extras. It didn't do anything for me,I used FF for most of the show...I think SCD is losing its appeal for me.
Originally Posted by megashopper:
“Simple really, stay at Elstree Studios.
The whole Blackpool thing seems pointless to me, but I am a Londoner.
Meg”
“Simple really, stay at Elstree Studios.
The whole Blackpool thing seems pointless to me, but I am a Londoner.
Meg”
Logistically, this is not possible as the large Elstree studio is used by Children in Need on the Friday (so it would be unavailable for Strictly rehearsals on that day and would probably not be ready for any rehearsals or run-throughs on Saturday).
Originally Posted by mossy2103:
“Logistically, this is not possible as the large Elstree studio is used by Children in Need on the Friday (so it would be unavailable for Strictly rehearsals on that day and would probably not be ready for any rehearsals or run-throughs on Saturday).”
“Logistically, this is not possible as the large Elstree studio is used by Children in Need on the Friday (so it would be unavailable for Strictly rehearsals on that day and would probably not be ready for any rehearsals or run-throughs on Saturday).”
Not true. Children in Need use BBC Elstree Studio D. Strictly comes from Elstree Film studios across the road using the George Lucas Stage.
Originally Posted by lloys-strachan:
“Not true. Children in Need use BBC Elstree Studio D. Strictly comes from Elstree Film studios across the road using the George Lucas Stage.”
“Not true. Children in Need use BBC Elstree Studio D. Strictly comes from Elstree Film studios across the road using the George Lucas Stage.”
If true, then I stand corrected.
Originally Posted by Hamlet77:
“You didn't watch the series one final did you? That was just plain painful.
This was a good show, except for the sound problem on Freeview HD.”
“You didn't watch the series one final did you? That was just plain painful.
This was a good show, except for the sound problem on Freeview HD.”
The sound was bad through Sky Q and a soundbar too. Think it's the venue, cavernous!
Rewatching the dances it wasn't that bad. There just needed an exciting female celeb - claudia and Louise just didn't entertain. I liked the group dance at the beginning.
Your post made me laugh though OP
Your post made me laugh though OP
Originally Posted by megashopper:
“It didn't do very much for me.
I suspect that everyone north of Watford Gap will disagree, but In my opinion there is very little point in going to Blackpool.
Meg”
“It didn't do very much for me.
I suspect that everyone north of Watford Gap will disagree, but In my opinion there is very little point in going to Blackpool.
Meg”
The issue wasn't with being in Blackpool (the Tower Ballroom is a lovely venue). It was with all the extra dancers cluttering up the dancefloor during all the couples' dances. It made things even more treacherous for the couples than it should have been. How much practice did the couples do with the extras? Whenever we saw clips of training footage, it was just the couples on their own, so I suspect that once you factor in travel to Blackpool and filming of VTs, there was probably little time to rehearse the complete dance (with full complement of extras).
Don't like the extra dancers and the camera crew were on drugs I want to watch them dance ,you do not need fancy cut always and strange shots just there whole body in shot dancing it's simple
Very underwhelming and then the over marking and gushing from the judges , all the dances looked like week 4-5 offerings. None of the dances were wow or standout.
All felt a bit like New Years Eve where the expectation of a great night just doesn't happen.
Perhaps they all have less time rehearsing and not enough time acclimatising to the floor at Blackpool along with working with backing dancers, ditto the camera crew working in a different setting. Whatever it was it all felt a bit off.
, all the dances looked like week 4-5 offerings. None of the dances were wow or standout.All felt a bit like New Years Eve where the expectation of a great night just doesn't happen.
Perhaps they all have less time rehearsing and not enough time acclimatising to the floor at Blackpool along with working with backing dancers, ditto the camera crew working in a different setting. Whatever it was it all felt a bit off.
Originally Posted by sambadan:
“Not the worst ever but not far off.
Pretty atrocious really.”
“Not the worst ever but not far off.
Pretty atrocious really.”
YEAH...i THINK THERE WAS ONE SHOW IN 2007 that was actually worse......
Originally Posted by Tejas:
“Definitely not the worst show I've seen, but certainly a bit of a letdown. With the possible exception of Danny, I don't feel that anyone did particularly brilliantly although I will give Greg credit for far exceeding my expectations and covering that big floor really well. The over-hyping of Louise has gone beyond ridiculous now IMO, that Paso had no spark, intensity or emotion at all! Shame as it had great music and could have been a fantastic dance had someone else done it.”
“Definitely not the worst show I've seen, but certainly a bit of a letdown. With the possible exception of Danny, I don't feel that anyone did particularly brilliantly although I will give Greg credit for far exceeding my expectations and covering that big floor really well. The over-hyping of Louise has gone beyond ridiculous now IMO, that Paso had no spark, intensity or emotion at all! Shame as it had great music and could have been a fantastic dance had someone else done it.”
you mean susanna reed??
Originally Posted by midflight:
“(apart from the Series 12 final, of course, but that goes without saying)
There was clearly something very, very wrong tonight...
The entire show, from start to finish, was a complete & utter mess.
Absolutely nothing worked. NOTHING!
I really felt for Claudia & Greg - their dances could, and SHOULD have been dazzling, but they were both hindered beyond belief by the extra dancers, the truly awful camerawork, the music... Oh my goodness.
Can ANYBODY tell me: What is the point of Danny Mac!? If I live for a thousand years (and so far, so good), I will NEVER understand his appeal. I just don't get it. It's bonkers. Same goes for Louise - it's like watching a slice of bread dancing. Where's the emotion? Where's the passion? The intensity? The sense of drama? The attachment? The interest? The spirit? The feeling? The... ANYTHING!?
Perma-grins. Fake tans. Ultrabright teeth. Botoxed to hell. Fake emotion. Who's buying this carp? Who do they think they're fooling? Themselves?
Tonight's show genuinely gave me a headache. It was painful to watch & painful to listen to. WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS!?
(Oh, and what a surprise - Danny & Louise are doing the tour... Wow! Who would have guessed!?)
Apart from all that, I loved it!”
“(apart from the Series 12 final, of course, but that goes without saying)
There was clearly something very, very wrong tonight...
The entire show, from start to finish, was a complete & utter mess.
Absolutely nothing worked. NOTHING!
I really felt for Claudia & Greg - their dances could, and SHOULD have been dazzling, but they were both hindered beyond belief by the extra dancers, the truly awful camerawork, the music... Oh my goodness.
Can ANYBODY tell me: What is the point of Danny Mac!? If I live for a thousand years (and so far, so good), I will NEVER understand his appeal. I just don't get it. It's bonkers. Same goes for Louise - it's like watching a slice of bread dancing. Where's the emotion? Where's the passion? The intensity? The sense of drama? The attachment? The interest? The spirit? The feeling? The... ANYTHING!?
Perma-grins. Fake tans. Ultrabright teeth. Botoxed to hell. Fake emotion. Who's buying this carp? Who do they think they're fooling? Themselves?
Tonight's show genuinely gave me a headache. It was painful to watch & painful to listen to. WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS!?
(Oh, and what a surprise - Danny & Louise are doing the tour... Wow! Who would have guessed!?)
Apart from all that, I loved it!
”
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and mine is that someone who can see no good in the show should really be doing something else on a Saturday night. I totally disagree with the OP - we were obviously watching different shows!!
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But to write reams and reams of nonsense in order to chuck the whole show into a bucket of green vomit because one's favourite candidate has left the building is to pollute the intellectual level of this Forum.
One sentence would have sufficed: Subject, Verb, Predicate "I didn't like the Blackpool show one bit."
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Can anybody tell me the point of midflight?.
OBJECT OF EXERCISE: the extradition and export of professional moaners, groaners and naysayers who are never ever satisfied with present-day Strictly Come Dancing shows and seem to want to hark back to the glory days of black and white 425 line television.
WHERE TO: anywhere remote in the outer reaches of non-mainland Great Britain: e.g. the Scilly Islands, Christmas Island, the Falklands, Tasmania etc
TRANSPORT MEANS: by rubbish chute directly into the hold of any Class B seagoing vessel for the transport of hazardous waste, with particular containers for the acidic comments and toxic remarks issuing from said moaners and groaners.
FOR HOW LONG: for a first period lasting until January 2025, by which time Strictly UK will have been replaced by a less expensive show produced and filmed in Kazakhstan.
ON WHAT GROUNDS: It is perfectly acceptable on this Forum to make critical remarks about one or two aspects of a show that are occupying too much space up both one's nostrils.
But to write reams and reams of nonsense in order to chuck the whole show into a bucket of green vomit because one's favourite candidate has left the building is to pollute the intellectual level of this Forum.
One sentence would have sufficed: Subject, Verb, Predicate "I didn't like the Blackpool show one bit."
OTHER REMARKS: I too can do pomposity, verbosity, keyboard diarrhoea.
Can anybody tell me the point of midflight?.
I usually can tolerate Blackpool but last nights was definitely the worst . So bad I had to stop watching an SCD episode for the first time .
The camerawork appalling, the extra dancers so distracting and confusing, I was desperately trying to follow the footwork of the main couple .
Then we had that constant appalling roaring from the morons in the crowd doing the bidding of the floor managers . The we had the fake OTT praise and marking from all the judges probably again doing the bidding of the producers Come on now boys and girl I want plenty of praise and high marks, we have to make Blackpool special to justify our expenses
Why does everything have to be so OTT for Blackpool, being OTT never made anything better only worse .
The camerawork appalling, the extra dancers so distracting and confusing, I was desperately trying to follow the footwork of the main couple .
Then we had that constant appalling roaring from the morons in the crowd doing the bidding of the floor managers . The we had the fake OTT praise and marking from all the judges probably again doing the bidding of the producers Come on now boys and girl I want plenty of praise and high marks, we have to make Blackpool special to justify our expenses
Why does everything have to be so OTT for Blackpool, being OTT never made anything better only worse .
Re the posters wondering about how much time the couples got to rehearse with the backing dancers, I think someone said on ITT that each couple only got an hour each with the dancers, so if that is right, that's not much time to sort out what to do. Maybe something is choreographed in advance and then they practice for an hour?
I think they don't need the backing dancers, Claudia in particular was overwhelmed by all that running about and having to do a jive as well.
I think they don't need the backing dancers, Claudia in particular was overwhelmed by all that running about and having to do a jive as well.
I think it was probably the worst this series and if I'd done a post after the show it would probably have been a bit like the OP's but there were some good things
I thought Danny & Oti were brilliant. I really enjoyed Rinder & Oksana too
Ore & Joanne weren't bad even tho I got bored during the fleckerl
I thought the concept for Louise's paso was great even if she wasn't
I don't mind backing dancers but it did seem to be more about 'oh we're in Blackpool let's have backing dancers' than 'you know what, backing dancers would really add to this dance'
I thought Danny & Oti were brilliant. I really enjoyed Rinder & Oksana too
Ore & Joanne weren't bad even tho I got bored during the fleckerl
I thought the concept for Louise's paso was great even if she wasn't
I don't mind backing dancers but it did seem to be more about 'oh we're in Blackpool let's have backing dancers' than 'you know what, backing dancers would really add to this dance'
Originally Posted by johartuk:
“The issue wasn't with being in Blackpool (the Tower Ballroom is a lovely venue). It was with all the extra dancers cluttering up the dancefloor during all the couples' dances. It made things even more treacherous for the couples than it should have been. How much practice did the couples do with the extras? Whenever we saw clips of training footage, it was just the couples on their own, so I suspect that once you factor in travel to Blackpool and filming of VTs, there was probably little time to rehearse the complete dance (with full complement of extras).”
“The issue wasn't with being in Blackpool (the Tower Ballroom is a lovely venue). It was with all the extra dancers cluttering up the dancefloor during all the couples' dances. It made things even more treacherous for the couples than it should have been. How much practice did the couples do with the extras? Whenever we saw clips of training footage, it was just the couples on their own, so I suspect that once you factor in travel to Blackpool and filming of VTs, there was probably little time to rehearse the complete dance (with full complement of extras).”
They're like the comedy VT no one likes them except the bloody producers. JR probably netted himself a few votes having a jibe at the later I'd guess.
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