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Old 20-12-2016, 22:12
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1: AJ is hot
2: Kevin is not
3: Gorka is a potential liar
4: ITT needs a new presenter
5: Craig should become head judge.
Whaat??

1. I don't think AK is hot, but he is a good-looking young man

2. Kevin is often derided (why??) but I think he is great - as are all the very hard-working, super-talented pros

3. Gorka is a liar - how? Is that over the assault thing? We weren't there and don't know the facts

4. ITT definitely doesn't need a new Presenter! Zoe is brilliant

5. Craig doesn't want to become head judge. I like his in his role as a bit of a pantomime villain. He couldn't be that as head judge

Funny how two people can have such different viewpoints!
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Old 20-12-2016, 22:24
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Gene Kelly was very much about dancing more like a bloke as Len would put it rather than someone like Fred Astaire. He always tried to dance more like an ordinary bloke albeit one with a lot of talent so in a sense someone like Ore was someone he would have appreciated doing tribute to him and he would probably have appreciated that Ore has added his own style and put his own twist on it rather than flat out copying him so his widow being there was very appropriate. Also Patricia Kelly did register her appreciation of the dance the first time Ore and Joanne performed it if it orchestrated it was by her (although the producers would have been happy to facilitate or go along with it).
either way it couldn't have harm his chances!
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Old 20-12-2016, 22:25
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Whaat??

1. I don't think AK is hot, but he is a good-looking young man

2. Kevin is often derided (why??) but I think he is great - as are all the very hard-working, super-talented pros

3. Gorka is a liar - how? Is that over the assault thing? We weren't there and don't know the facts

4. ITT definitely doesn't need a new Presenter! Zoe is brilliant

5. Craig doesn't want to become head judge. I like his in his role as a bit of a pantomime villain. He couldn't be that as head judge

Funny how two people can have such different viewpoints!
but thats the joy of life
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Old 20-12-2016, 22:31
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I agree with all of this. Louise seemed a very nice person and I liked many of her dances but I forgot her dances as soon as she'd performed them - unlike Claudia's









It must be miserable, watching a show and looking for conspiracies and fixes everywhere, when to the rest of us (and the general public) it's a fun, light entertainment show on a Saturday and Sunday night. It's even worse to get so het up about it all, you miss out on a brilliant, sparkly finals and watch it online later ("Well, I didn't watch the finals on TV, so there!")

Me, I loved it and thought the right person won in the end but Danny was amazing all the way through and I loved his close partnership with Oti. A great Saturday night in!
See, to me thats a bit like totally dominating a football match for 120 minutes, the ref disallows 6 perfectly good goals, then in the last minute gives the opposition a penalty that never was and they score it. Now, where have I heard that one before???
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Old 20-12-2016, 22:53
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See, to me thats a bit like totally dominating a football match for 120 minutes, the ref disallows 6 perfectly good goals, then in the last minute gives the opposition a penalty that never was and they score it. Now, where have I heard that one before???
Nope the whole series isn't the game. The football reference breaks down there.

Danny mucked up the final.

You can see it as a famous goal scorer just kept missing the goals, and an up and coming star on the other side kept kicking them in if you like.

And of course, unlike a football match, the audience then were asked to VOTE on who they liked best an' all.

And Ore won that too.
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Old 20-12-2016, 23:52
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See, to me thats a bit like totally dominating a football match for 120 minutes, the ref disallows 6 perfectly good goals, then in the last minute gives the opposition a penalty that never was and they score it. Now, where have I heard that one before???

I based my choice of winner on who I had enjoyed throughout the 3 month competition. I think that voting purely based on the final makes it seem like what was the point of all of the previous dances. Even if I was voting just based on the night, it still would have been Danny. His performances were way more exciting than the others.

To be honest, I'm over Danny not winning. Him and Oti have left behind an amazing legacy.
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Old 21-12-2016, 00:13
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I based my choice of winner on who I had enjoyed throughout the 3 month competition. I think that voting purely based on the final makes it seem like what was the point of all of the previous dances. Even if I was voting just based on the night, it still would have been Danny. His performances were way more exciting than the others.

To be honest, I'm over Danny not winning. Him and Oti have left behind an amazing legacy.
Completely agree with all this and for me yes Danny and Oti will be a tough act to follow and have left an amazing legacy for dance routines
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Old 21-12-2016, 07:43
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I based my choice of winner on who I had enjoyed throughout the 3 month competition. I think that voting purely based on the final makes it seem like what was the point of all of the previous dances. Even if I was voting just based on the night, it still would have been Danny. His performances were way more exciting than the others.

To be honest, I'm over Danny not winning. Him and Oti have left behind an amazing legacy.
Me too, but I really would like to see the voting figures.

My final 5 thoughts

1. Publish voting figures for each dancer every week - or at least for the final.
2. Remind judges not to show favouritism and somehow try to alleviate the over marking and undermarking which seems to occur every year.
3. Please break up the Clifton twosome, threesome - get some new blood
4. Give Kevin a duffer next year
5. Please give better music choices - they seem to get worse and less related to the dances.
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Old 21-12-2016, 07:44
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Completely agree with all this and for me yes Danny and Oti will be a tough act to follow and have left an amazing legacy for dance routines
They certainly have - varied and interesting every week. Hope both Danny and Oti do well in the future and that they will come back to reprise a dance next year.
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Old 21-12-2016, 21:50
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1) Knew the second Ora got 40 for that average jive he would win. Manipulation at its best by the BBC

2) please get rid of at least 2 of the Cliftons breath some fresh air into it.

3) please not Darcy for head judge she has proved this year she is not unbiased

4) Loved Danny and Oti's show dance really hope Oti doesn't get poached by dwts

5) Loved the dance where all the dancers co.e back
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Old 21-12-2016, 22:21
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1. Ore should never have been in the final in the first place, it was so obvious he was being pushed to win that the result was hardly surprising.
2. Louise was as dull as dishwater, we needed Claudia and AJ!!!!!!
3. Danny and Oti are the best partnership there has ever been on strictly, they were robbed, even though he mucked up in the quickstep he deserved to win for being the best dancer every single week, he was of a different standard to everyone else.
4. Loved the dance for Len, very emotional!
5. Craig for head judge please.
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Old 21-12-2016, 22:22
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I based my choice of winner on who I had enjoyed throughout the 3 month competition. I think that voting purely based on the final makes it seem like what was the point of all of the previous dances. Even if I was voting just based on the night, it still would have been Danny. His performances were way more exciting than the others.

To be honest, I'm over Danny not winning. Him and Oti have left behind an amazing legacy.
That's fine for you who had a favourite in the final. I did not so I based my preference on who delivered most on the night and it was Ore. Unlike you I was not wowed by Danny and Oti, though Danny was a nice man who could dance. Had Ed Balls been in the final - - and lost to Ore I might feel as you do.
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Old 21-12-2016, 22:34
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1. Ore should never have been in the final in the first place, it was so obvious he was being pushed to win that the result was hardly surprising.
2. Louise was as dull as dishwater, we needed Claudia and AJ!!!!!!
3. Danny and Oti are the best partnership there has ever been on strictly, they were robbed, even though he mucked up in the quickstep he deserved to win for being the best dancer every single week, he was of a different standard to everyone else.
4. Loved the dance for Len, very emotional!
5. Craig for head judge please.
Agree with this especially 1-3
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Old 22-12-2016, 03:35
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1 - Bias, Manipulation, Schemes... whatever way you want to spin it... the show felt very manufactured in the final. Louise was just happy to be there & not bothered by a win, Danny made huge mistakes and Ore was practically begging to WIN at any cost
How sad the BBC think the public are muppets...

2 - Loved the confidence coming from Louise! I loved the show dance, very fitting for her and Kevin's partnership and a great way to end their time together

Cha Cha Cha saw her thrown under the bus, it was inevitable really. Her AT was better first time around. They build up these 'stories' about the confidence she's gained & how much better a dancer she is... but week on week someone has to be the sacrificial lamb to the slaughter...

NO duffer for Kev next series! If he's back, something tells me he might call it quits

3 - Danny's mistakes cost him the glitter ball I think... True Ore's SD was very good, but had Danny and Oti smashed every routine, as opposed to just the one it would have been them crowned as winners 2016...shame was his to lose

4 - Please replace Darcey... or apparently Marnie (?) if that's her real name, lol!

5 - Nice to see the class of 2016 back!! Their finale dance was great & everyone looked to have improved, except maybe Melvin

Cheeky 6 - I wouldn't miss Oksana, Anton, Brendan or Janette next year. I think there'll be new blood for dancers as well as the judges desk. Keep Katya & Gorka as they were fab this year!
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Old 22-12-2016, 04:46
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Gosh, if you think that little of the show I really don't understand why you bother to watch at all! Must be miserable being that suspicious about everything...
BiB Not at all; it is just called "using one's brain cells". You might want to start doing it too, dear Mystical1. Highly recommended.
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Old 22-12-2016, 06:11
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1. Stop asking the viewing public to vote for their favourites. Perhaps say vote for who you think should go through or something like that.
2. Stop encouraging the audience members to scream and shout and also boo the judges' remarks - which are almost always constructive, if we could hear them!
3. Get the audiences, if they must clap, to clap on the off beat. It drives me potty, as it does other forum members.
4. It wouldn't bother me if Ore left the BBC. I only watch Breakfast in the morning and ignore the sports news on there.
5. Danny is going to have a good career from musical theatre. He can act and he has a lovely singing voice.
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Old 22-12-2016, 09:20
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Series 14 was great - high standard of dancing.

Next year let's start with a clean slate:
no conspiracy theories,
no trendy on-the-waggon dislike of certain pro dancers,
no personal remarks about the appearance of the amateur contestants,
something positive to say about the good dances
no use of the words "smug" and "fake".

Yeah - all that will take place in a parallel universe!!!

I just wish some of the posters could bring themselves to enjoy "Strictly" for what it is - a bloody hard, very long-drawn out competition that requires a strong constitution to survive. Having a "dance background" must be such a disadvantage sometimes.


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Old 22-12-2016, 09:41
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1. Ed was a revelation, a duffer who tried and was funny
2. Disappointed Claudia not in the final and we didn't get to see her showdance
3. Pleased a non-trained dancer won (sorry Danny and Louise but you were both too polished from the start)
4. Get rid of the jokey video introductions and show more serious training
5. Great season and thought presenters/judges did a good job
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Old 22-12-2016, 10:10
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1. Closest series ever
2. Correct 3 were in the final
3. Tess has finally got into her stride and taken ownership of her role
4. VTs weren't as stupid as usual - hooray!
5. Ed was a revelation....in a good way

Back next series, have a good 2017
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Old 22-12-2016, 16:34
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BiB Not at all; it is just called "using one's brain cells". You might want to start doing it too, dear Mystical1. Highly recommended.
I see nothing to recommend in 'using your brain cells' to make up stuff and add 2 and 2 to make 7!
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Old 22-12-2016, 16:39
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1. Stop asking the viewing public to vote for their favourites. Perhaps say vote for who you think should go through or something like that.
And the difference would be .... ? You can't dictate terms for people voting. There's almost certainly a group of people who vote for the celeb with their star sign or the name of their favourite grandparent. And more power to their elbow. I mean, what next? People reading the manifestos before voting in a General Election? Get real!
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:09
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BiB Not at all; it is just called "using one's brain cells". You might want to start doing it too, dear Mystical1. Highly recommended.
There's no need for the sarcasm - has anyone ever told you it's the lowest form of wit?

But since you brought it up, I prefer to use my brain cells a) on something that actually matters; and b) to look at evidence rather than create baseless speculation.
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:47
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1. Some very odd marking and critiques this series from the judges, mostly from Darcey.
2. AJ and Chloe are cute.
3. It was a shame to see Daisy and Laura eliminated so early.
4. To say AJ was only 21/22, his Choreography was brilliant.
5. I LOVE ALL the new pros, and overall, I did love this season.
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Old 22-12-2016, 20:02
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1. Ore should never have been in the final in the first place, it was so obvious he was being pushed to win that the result was hardly surprising.
2. Louise was as dull as dishwater, we needed Claudia and AJ!!!!!!
3. Danny and Oti are the best partnership there has ever been on strictly, they were robbed, even though he mucked up in the quickstep he deserved to win for being the best dancer every single week, he was of a different standard to everyone else.
4. Loved the dance for Len, very emotional!
5. Craig for head judge please.
Agree with this especially 1-3
Me to
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Old 22-12-2016, 21:37
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Nope the whole series isn't the game. The football reference breaks down there.

Danny mucked up the final.

You can see it as a famous goal scorer just kept missing the goals, and an up and coming star on the other side kept kicking them in if you like.

And of course, unlike a football match, the audience then were asked to VOTE on who they liked best an' all.

And Ore won that too.
But danny didn't keep 'missing goals'...in fact in the notorious 'semi final' it was the judges who kept giving credit to Ore 'offside 'goals' ie. that awful AT when he stood around watching joanne, then stood around looking guilty at the end...and then the judges heaped fake praise on the worst AT of the series.
Ore was bottom two twice...should have been 'relegated' in football terms. But every 'dog' has its day, in football and dancing terms...and thats what O'blubber had last saturday!
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