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Who is the most terrible joke contestant ever? |
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| Anne Widdecombe |
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162 | 72.65% |
| Chris Parker |
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4 | 1.79% |
| Tony Jacklin |
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7 | 3.14% |
| Ed Balls |
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6 | 2.69% |
| Russell Grant |
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5 | 2.24% |
| Judy Murray |
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11 | 4.93% |
| Mark Benton |
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1 | 0.45% |
| John Sargeant |
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13 | 5.83% |
| Edwina Currie |
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8 | 3.59% |
| Iwan Thomas |
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6 | 2.69% |
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Ann Widdecombe, easily!
Ed was very funny but not, in my opinion, ever a joke contestant. (Subtle difference! )
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Widdy by a country mile. Terrible dancer, terrible person et all
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Ann Widdecombe - she was totally toxic and didn't even try to dance
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I don't know if Jerry Hall was a joke, but I haven't remembered a single one of her dances, like she was there just to collect the cheque.
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Why did she bother even going on the show, then?
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Is Widdy more unpopular on this forum than Jay was popular? Trying to remember another more emphatic margin of victory on a poll
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Is Widdy more unpopular on this forum than Jay was popular? Trying to remember another more emphatic margin of victory on a poll
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Mark Benton? He was brilliant.
And where are Fiona Philips and Carol Vordeman, who were really awful and hilarious? Anne wins the contest for being awful, but if I wanted to cheer myself up by watching someone not be able to dance, I would never watch her, I'd watch Fiona Philips tumble around. |
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Mark Benton? He was brilliant.
And where are Fiona Philips and Carol Vordeman, who were really awful and hilarious? Anne wins the contest for being awful, but if I wanted to cheer myself up by watching someone not be able to dance, I would never watch her, I'd watch Fiona Philips tumble around.
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Judy Murray - no humour and personality of a brick.
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Mark Benton? He was brilliant.
And where are Fiona Philips and Carol Vordeman, who were really awful and hilarious? Anne wins the contest for being awful, but if I wanted to cheer myself up by watching someone not be able to dance, I would never watch her, I'd watch Fiona Philips tumble around. |
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Widdecombe. Revolting woman who made no attempt to learn the dances. I remain bewildered by how she stayed so long.
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That's OK because nobody has voted for him.
I can't decide whether the MC Hammer routine he did was meant to be serious - for example would they give that to Kevin Clifton? - or was that marking him out as a joke contestant. The only cha cha cha I've ever truly loved - really not joking.
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One of my favourite ever SCD moments. I never tre of watching him solemnly, plodding across the floor, grasping his lapel and dragging poor Kristina, as you say, like a bag of spuds.
:That said his ballroom was mostly ok - and his opening waltz was actually very sweet. |
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Quentin hardly moved. He just stood there most of the time and sort of shuffled his feet about twice.
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What's the difference between 'joke' contestants and really bad contestants?
I've always thought Quentin Wilson was the worst male contestant but he's not considered a joke? Fiona Phillips and Kate Garraway likewise for the women. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da_zxblfGoI&t=185s |
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You tell me. Why does she bother breathing in and out every minute of every day?
Where is Scott Mills? Where is Jeremy Vine? Where is Nancy Doolallyoh? |
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Judy Murray and Scott Mills. Horrible to watch, both of them. Anne Widdecombe was SO bad that she was genuinely entertaining but was happy to be made to look ridiculous.
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Why isn't the appalling, thought he was so funny but failed miserably Hairy Dave on the poll?
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Mark Benton was fabulous, how can he be on this list.
Widdie for me, dreadful woman, dreadful dancer. |
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Judy Murray and Scott Mills. Horrible to watch, both of them. Anne Widdecombe was SO bad that she was genuinely entertaining but was happy to be made to look ridiculous.
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"Whisper quietly "........I actually liked Widdy 🙈. I'm really surprised to see how many people hated her involvement on the show in this thread
. I thought she was entertaining and a great sport 🙈.I actually didn't actively dislike anyone on the op list but my choice for worst joke contestant would be Craig Kelly : delusional, awful, not funny, and did I mention delusional ? I couldn't stand him on the show. Till this day, I don't know how he lasted until blackpool !!! I'm convinced it must have been Flavia fans voting mostly for him. He really was extremely annoying on top of being a terrible dancer who thought was Fred Aistaire in his head 😤A contestant has never annoyed me on the show as him !!!
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anne widdicombe BUT i hated nancy delusional she was the worst ever
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Before I make a choice, I really need to understand what the OP means by "most terrible". In what way - worst dancer, most annoying??
![]() Also, my definition of a 'joke contestant' differs wildly from the OP's. I think the joke contestant unintentionally started in Series 5 with Kate Garraway. She was clearly not hired to be such but, due to her sheer awfulness, it kind of evolved. And she happened to be with Anton who did everything to encourage her ... The producers then hit upon something with Anton, foisting a succession of senior or overweight ladies who had zero chance of winning on him. The 'joke contestant' was well and truly born. My joke contestant list would have read thus: Series 5 Kate Garraway Series 6 John Seargeant Series 7 Lynda Bellingham Jo Wood Series 8 Ann Widdecombe Series 9 Edwina Currie Nancy Dell'Olio Russell Grant Series 10 Richard Arnold Lisa Riley Series 11 Tony Jacklin Vanessa Feltz Julien McDonald Dave Myers Series 12 Tim Wonnacott Alison Hammond Series 13 None Series 14 Tameka Empson I wholeheartedly agree with all those who say Mark Benton should not be in this list. Yes, he is overweight but he was quite a decent mover. After the advent of Kate Garraway, the joke contestant (in my eyes) is one who was hired to purely provide a comedy element to this entertainment show. That is to say, they could never win on their perceived dance ability but would be there to provide the laughs by ultimately & willingly embarrassing themselves. The archetypal joke contestant became Ann Widdecombe. Like a few others, I actually liked her in the show because she threw herself into exactly what she was hired to do. All those bemoaning her zero attempt to learn to dance need to understand that that was never her motivation nor the producers reason for her signing up. I don't like her as a woman but it cannot be denied that she did tick that box and played it to the hilt. Many here are naming people as 'joke contestants' in hindsight and for the wrong reasons. Craig Kelly, for example, wasn't hired as a joke contestant...he just became an arrogant big-head who thought he was better than he actually was. Quentin Wilson got THE lowest score in Strictly history with 8 so he turned out to be perhaps the worst dancer ever even though I don't believe he was hired to be the joke in Series 2. To be a true' joke contestant', it needs to be seen from the outset that that is exactly why that celebrity is being hired. |
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I think Quentin holds the record for the lowest score - 4, ie 1 each from each of the judges.
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: delusional, awful, not funny, and did I mention delusional 