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Old 20-12-2016, 18:52
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dear dear its just the telly, get a grip
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Old 20-12-2016, 18:53
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All I can say is "good for you".
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Old 21-12-2016, 00:05
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dear dear its just the telly, get a grip
It is not just the telly, Kevin Clifton is a real human being believe it or not!!

(AND AN AMAZING GLORIOUS HUMAN BEING AT THAT)
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Old 21-12-2016, 18:35
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What a strange thing to say. He's the only professional dancer who has "managed to engage with the voting public well enough" to reach the final four times in succession! If Kevin is to take the blame for his partners not lifting the glitter ball, then surely he also deserves the credit for being the only professional dancer not only to reach the final four times but to have a 100% record for never having failed to reach the final?
Exactly

He may have reached the final four times, but at least one of those was with a little help from the judges on leaderboard placing, in the earlier shows ensuring safety.......

The fact remains - in the four finals he has been in, he and his partner HAVEN'T managed to convince the public to give him the win. Last year was the classic example - he and Kellie were shoehorned into the final by the judges, and despite being top of the judges leaderboard, with the top "advisory" scores - the public went for the quieter and more unassuming, undermarked Jay as their winner.

I doubt that the four finals would have been achieved without the help of the judges/ producers - which begs the question - WHY are they so desperate for him to get his hands on the glitterball?

Hopefully, now that there has been a Clifton win (albeit the WRONG Clifton) they won't be pushing him so hard next year. He needs next years partner to be the female equivalent of Iwan Thomas and go out in week one or two - and if nothing else, being given a not terribly popular duffer we would see if he does have a personal popular vote like Anton does.
They were placed higher because they were better. I understand that a brassy, pushing-40 soap starette may not be everybody's cup of tea, and lots of people thought Jay was adorable on the strength of one quite good jive followed by a series of mostly stiff disappointments, but that doesn't make it a judging conspiracy. They judges voted as they saw it. If the public were always going to choose the puppyish pretty boy, so be it.

If the BBC is really so desperate for Kevin Clifton to get his hands on the glitter ball, ask yourself why they don't give him young, twentysomething partners instead of the three out of four he's had that have been several years older than the oldest-ever female Strictly winner?

Then ask yourself why the judges chose such a dog of a "Judges' Choice" dance for Louise against Ore and Danny's glitzy golden-age-of-Hollywood numbers?
And finally, simply ask yourself 'why'? Why the hell would the BBC give a stuff whether one hired pro dancer gets the glitter ball ahead of another?

You know maybe there's something in your thinking... Maybe some high-up at the BBC favoured Aliona, so they partnered her with fit young pretty boys they knew the public would vote for blindly, irrespective of merit, but in between times they cleverly gave her a couple of hideous lumps, so the punters would pity her. And it paid off - she won twice, the suckers!! I think that theory stands up to about as much scrutiny as your Clifton Family Conspiracy.
Well answered, Swampster.

I know no one in real life who notices or cares about the pro - all their attention is on the celeb. We discuss Louise or Ore or the others but never "Louise and Kevin" or "Ore and another Clifton, oh dear". That obsession belongs to a tiny fraction of people who post in the social media which is barely a percentage point in real life. Ore outshone everyone on the night, and Louise didn't - regardless of who they were paired with - and got the most votes, deservedly so in my opinion. I loved seeing Kevin's delight in his sister's win - if only some DS posters were so big-hearted and magnanimous. Not that it matters of course because he is far too busy being busy!
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Old 21-12-2016, 19:01
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For me I just think there are too many Clifton's on one show and that's it.
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Old 21-12-2016, 19:24
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For me I just think there are too many Clifton's on one show and that's it.
I do agree but I still love Kevin Clifton
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