She has done this for years and it really gets on my nerves. Whenever she comments on a couples dance she slowly explains all the good points and how much she enjoyed it.

Then at the very end she starts criticising and begins to nitpick which is unfair because she basically puts couples on a high and then shoots them back down with nitpicks at the end.

Atleast when Craig comments he says all the bad stuff first.

It's all part of the show. Craig is the baddie who can turn good. Darcy plays the fairy godmother so she can't start off with nasty comments. Len always stands up to the crowd. Bruno gets all excitable and then turns on a dime and tells the couples what's wrong - hmm wait isn't that your complaint against Darcy?

Everytime Darcy starts to criticise she says. "I will only say that"

Whenever I hear those words I know someone isn't going to get a 10.

Yes but my complaint about Darcy is that she spends so much time telling the good stuff and then bang at the very end she hits them with faults.

I meant she says "I will only say" lol.

Thank heavens someone is trying to be objective, apart from Craig and Darcey the judges are far too uncritical, I think she's doing a good job

Bar the ballet shtick she knows nothing more than Joe Bloggs on the street .
Sorry Fred , I'm sure she's lovely in real life , but on strictly she is just for decoration .

Ah ha...in which case, I agree

Darcey's schtick is wearing thin now.

For a start Darcy ought to pick on someone her own size.

I've just watched her jive on the show from 2009. Nothing special and certainly no more connection with Ian than I see with Claudia and AJ. She's talking out her backside.

"I will only say" I'm getting fed up of the same stuff from Darcey now. To be fair though I'm fed up of all of them recycling the same stuff. Len should take all of them with him!
Bruno fell off his chair again .

The most annoying thing is that she'll forgive mistakes when a good-looking man does them, but will completely zero in on them with laser precision if a young attractive woman does them.

Young females: positive positive positive... 'but'.... sure no 10

Good looking Male: Negative negative negative... 'but I will ignore that'... 10.

"Lovely things" how many times does she say " there were lovely things in that dance" but cannot say what they were, she is wearing thin now... Len stay - she can go and take Craig with her

I've found her so irritating this series, very inconsistent.

That's why in a court of law the Prosecution goes first.

Unless she talks of the things she DOES know about and can take from the world of ballet, posture, balance, finishing lines etc, most what she says makes no sense to me whatsoever. She should not comment on what she knows nothing, or little, about.
I'd be just as qualified to sit on a panel and judge ballet dancers, criticising them.

I used to like Darcy, but have lost all respect for her after her over critical comments about Claudia every week.