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Old 19-12-2016, 11:10
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This is what I have been saying for weeks.
"The BBC " (like it's a single person) hasn't been pushing for Ore to win as" one of their own", as this might be shooting themselves in the proverbial salary based foot.

Louise Rainbow might have been promoting him, but that's because he is personable and was good for HER show.
The driving force to any boost to his career has been has been from Ore and his agent.
Canny marketing from them. Nowt to do with "The BBC"
Absolutely. The stuff about the BBC promoting its own is nonsense. Strictly promotes good-for-Strictly narratives.
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Old 19-12-2016, 11:10
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Ore Oduba 'sparks £500,000 bidding war between BBC and ITV' after Strictly Come Dancing victory
Bosses are reportedly worried that the BBC Breakfast sports reporter will move to rival ITV

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/o...idding-9482969

If true, then why would BBC been pushing for an Ore win like some have claimed
The Mirror just loves to speculate and create 'non stories'. Let's wait and see. No hang on, let's not. I just don't care.

I'm more interested in Danny's future career on stage. Not surprised Ore won, to be fair, but went off him very rapidly when the 'Ore must win' campaign kicked into gear.

I don't vote so the end result doesn't bother me. I am more interested in what happens afterwards and what impact appearing on the show has on individual careers.
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Old 19-12-2016, 11:23
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The Mirror just loves to speculate and create 'non stories'. Let's wait and see. No hang on, let's not. I just don't care.

I'm more interested in Danny's future career on stage. Not surprised Ore won, to be fair, but went off him very rapidly when the 'Ore must win' campaign kicked into gear.

I don't vote so the end result doesn't bother me. I am more interested in what happens afterwards and what impact appearing on the show has on individual careers.
Like I mentioned on another thread, think most of the contestants have come out of the show well this year and certainly will get more opportunities and/or a better reputation than they would've had otherwise.

Danny and Ore already seem to have gained massively from the show and Ed Balls is now popular.

Ore's in a great position now. He'll get plenty of opportunities available to him now than this time last year (where he has basically reading sports bulletins).
Probably best for him to keep his toes in both the light entertainment (This Morning) and sports fields for the moment rather than committing himself to one or the other.

BBC will surely have him involved in their sports coverage a lot more and it's easy enough to slot a few other presenting gigs in.
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Old 19-12-2016, 11:23
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I doubt whether BBC are offering that sort of money and the figures are usually inflated by the tabloids. He has probably more career opportunities at the BBC with a wider range of programmes rather than stuck in one narrow range of programmes at ITV - they would quite likely want an exclusive contract so he would not be able to do any work elsewhere.
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Old 19-12-2016, 11:41
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A 40-something white, female BBC presenter is a rather different prospect from a 30 yr old black sports presenter, IMO, plus Ore has the 'winner' moniker that Susanna didn't have. Besides, I suspect Ore's Newsround and sports background puts him in a rather different category than a lot of other presenters. The fact that he's male is the biggest difference though - it's an automatic advantage on a channel that relies heavily on it's female demographic, especially with daytime TV.
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Old 19-12-2016, 12:01
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Like I mentioned on another thread, think most of the contestants have come out of the show well this year and certainly will get more opportunities and/or a better reputation than they would've had otherwise.

Danny and Ore already seem to have gained massively from the show and Ed Balls is now popular.

Ore's in a great position now. He'll get plenty of opportunities available to him now than this time last year (where he has basically reading sports bulletins).
Probably best for him to keep his toes in both the light entertainment (This Morning) and sports fields for the moment rather than committing himself to one or the other.

BBC will surely have him involved in their sports coverage a lot more and it's easy enough to slot a few other presenting gigs in.
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I think that's right - Ore obviously has natural talent for performing.
You can see he was very comfortable and assured when he did Dancing for Comic Relief in 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyx3w4_Opns

Plus, he was very consistent in delivering on the performance side on Strictly, and his best two dances (IMO) were as early as weeks 3 and 4, so he is a fast learner.

There is probably more money in performing than presenting (but probably less security), so I would expect his agent would want to develop things in that direction.
Having said that, Matt Baker has similar abilities, and has remained firmly in the presenting camp.
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Old 19-12-2016, 12:09
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There is a lot of difference in being a Sports Presenter and a Dancer, Ore is only on third, or second at best, level sport programmes.
How is winning Strictly going to make him better.
He is not a big name in the business, we are not talking Gary Lineker here.

Sky Sports have recently made a few top Sports Presenters redundant and there is rumoured to be a few more to go, so I don't see why they (or anyone else) would want him.
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Old 19-12-2016, 12:16
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There is a lot of difference in being a Sports Presenter and a Dancer, Ore is only on third, or second at best, level sport programmes.
How is winning Strictly going to make him better.
He is not a big name in the business, we are not talking Gary Lineker here.

Sky Sports have recently made a few top Sports Presenters redundant and there is rumoured to be a few more to go, so I don't see why they (or anyone else) would want him.
Ore was on the Judges panel for SPOTY last month, they had the responsibility to pick the short list for SPOTY 2016, the Team award, Overseas Sports Personality and the other categories. It was a big honour for Ore to be invited onto the panel.

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Old 19-12-2016, 13:00
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I say let him go if he wishes. If being a SCD winner cuts ice with sports enthusiasts good luck to then, him and the channel (s) that hire him.
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Old 19-12-2016, 13:02
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how long does a contract run for, 12 months ?

If any longer and a TV channel were desperate to have him on board, I'm sure they're willing to pay the BBC for Ore's Contract.
5 years. He's signed through 2021. You can't really buy out BBC contracts as they have so many weird clauses and rules. It's why Channel 4 can't do a full Bake-Off series until 2018 and why the Voice wasn't allowed to start until January 2017 on ITV.

With Ore's, I imagine they have some sort of contract saying that he can't appear on sports related programming if he moves to another broadcaster and various other things. They got bit when Adrian Chiles, Christine Bleakley and Susanna Reid went over to ITV so they won't do it again.
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Old 19-12-2016, 13:13
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Ore is a nice guy, far better than Phillip Schofield on This Morning, great on The One Show, great on the Olympics. He has done well.

The BBC can't afford those sums, but say like Chris Hollins it's short term, Chris was popular now disappeared. Suzanna has made no positive effect on ratings at GMB on £250k.
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Old 19-12-2016, 14:24
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Ore is a nice guy, far better than Phillip Schofield on This Morning, great on The One Show, great on the Olympics. He has done well.

The BBC can't afford those sums, but say like Chris Hollins it's short term, Chris was popular now disappeared. Suzanna has made no positive effect on ratings at GMB on £250k.
£250K??? has Susanna had her pay cut? Having said that if that is what she now gets she is still overpaid IMO.
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Old 19-12-2016, 14:35
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There is a lot of difference in being a Sports Presenter and a Dancer, Ore is only on third, or second at best, level sport programmes.
How is winning Strictly going to make him better.
He is not a big name in the business, we are not talking Gary Lineker here.

Sky Sports have recently made a few top Sports Presenters redundant and there is rumoured to be a few more to go, so I don't see why they (or anyone else) would want him.
That said sports presenters can climb up the ranks quickly in the BBC - Jake Humphrey went from CBBC host to being one of the BBC's main sports presenters very quickly.
Mark Chapman too went from being only a 5Live host to being a key part of their Olympics coverage in a few years as well. Helen Skelton too seemed to go from Blue Peter to presenting Olympics swimming.

Not saying Ore will be hosting MOTD or anything but certainly can see him picking up some sports gigs - alongside some light entertainment presenting slots - if he stays with the Beeb whether they be on TV or radio.
He's exactly the sort of broadcaster they like - young, popular and knowledgable about sport.

I actually far prefer him as a sports presenter compared to him as a Strictly contestant.
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Old 19-12-2016, 14:39
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£250K??? has Susanna had her pay cut? Having said that if that is what she now gets she is still overpaid IMO.
Never been higher.

Some tabloids think of a number and double it,
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Old 19-12-2016, 14:39
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Ore is a nice guy, far better than Phillip Schofield on This Morning, great on The One Show, great on the Olympics. He has done well.

The BBC can't afford those sums, but say like Chris Hollins it's short term, Chris was popular now disappeared. Suzanna has made no positive effect on ratings at GMB on £250k.
I suspect that Chris self-limited his career by not moving with the breakfast and sports departments to Salford. I have a feeling that Ore is pretty savvy, and will make the right business decisions that will forward his career - he's already a presenter with a fairly wide ranging spread of specialty presenting (kids' TV and sporting events make for robust live TV presenters!).
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Old 19-12-2016, 14:52
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Presenters on BBC Breakfast and similar shows make a substantial part of their annual income from stuff done off camera. They can do a far bit of corporate work as some organisations want a "name" to show up at their events.
Ore presenting the "Widget Manufacturer of the Year" awards might not make the national news but it's still money in his pocket
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Old 19-12-2016, 14:54
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I suspect that Chris self-limited his career by not moving with the breakfast and sports departments to Salford. I have a feeling that Ore is pretty savvy, and will make the right business decisions that will forward his career - he's already a presenter with a fairly wide ranging spread of specialty presenting (kids' TV and sporting events make for robust live TV presenters!).
True, Chris went to Watchdog, did a bit on The One Show, was rumoured to move to ITV Breakfast, but currently has disappeared, not even on Watchdog.

It's doing the right thing at the right time, Suzanna hasn't done much, bar a pay increase and working in London. Less viewers now, and lower profile. She she'd to cover for Andrew Marr and BBC NEWS.
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Old 19-12-2016, 14:55
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Presenters on BBC Breakfast and similar shows make a substantial part of their annual income from stuff done off camera. They can do a far bit of corporate work as some organisations want a "name" to show up at their events.
Ore presenting the "Widget Manufacturer of the Year" awards might not make the national news but it's still money in his pocket
Very true.
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Old 19-12-2016, 15:40
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If that's true, and BBC Breakfast had to settle for Danny as their guest, it sort of points to where Ore is heading.
Ore was at SPOTY in Birmingham last night - he was interviewed on the red carpet by Breakfast.

I imagine Danny Mac was already in Manchester as his Fiance lives there, so could appear on Breakfast in person.
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Old 19-12-2016, 15:44
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Ore was at SPOTY in Birmingham last night - he was interviewed on the red carpet by Breakfast.

I imagine Danny Mac was already in Manchester as his Fiance lives there, so could appear on Breakfast in person.
I assume the Danny interview was set up to announce the Sleepless news which had probably had an embargo on it until after Strictly was over?
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Old 19-12-2016, 15:44
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I've mentioned enough times that the BBC use Strictly as an opportunity to expose selected people who they think have potential, to a wider audience, to hopefully increase the ratings of any present or future shows in which they appear.

Does anyone actually believe that the BBC haven't got Ore tied up tightly contract-wise?

He's going nowhere.
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Old 19-12-2016, 15:54
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He's not just a sports presenter though. Ore could also expand his presentation of dance programs? He has been presenting Ballet to a worldwide audience with Darcey Bussell for a while now.

http://www.roh.org.uk/news/the-nutcr...-december-2015
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Old 19-12-2016, 16:09
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I've mentioned enough times that the BBC use Strictly as an opportunity to expose selected people who they think have potential, to a wider audience, to hopefully increase the ratings of any present or future shows in which they appear.

Does anyone actually believe that the BBC haven't got Ore tied up tightly contract-wise?

He's going nowhere.
Suzanna Reid blows that theory right out of the water...

You confuse " The BBC" with the producers of " SCD" who actually choose the celebrities appearing, and note many if the line up is from the world of sport, and say soaps not on the BBC, pop music stars, even some ITV shows, however ITV have attempted a ban.

Mentioning it many times, does make it correct, and like Suzanna Reid why would the BBC, expose select people, for them to hot foot to ITV Breakfast.
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Old 19-12-2016, 16:15
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I've mentioned enough times that the BBC use Strictly as an opportunity to expose selected people who they think have potential, to a wider audience, to hopefully increase the ratings of any present or future shows in which they appear.

Does anyone actually believe that the BBC haven't got Ore tied up tightly contract-wise?

He's going nowhere.
Mentioning something "enough times" doesn't make it a fact, merely a much repeated opinion.
Susanna Reid said she had BBC "running through her like a stick of rock" until she upped and went to ITV mere months after that comment.
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Old 19-12-2016, 16:17
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Never been higher.

Some tabloids think of a number and double it,
The tabloids at the time reported that Susanna would be getting a million but worried this speculation could alienate viewers and effect ratings 'sources' at ITV let it be known to press contacts that her salary would be in fact 'only' around £400k. It would be nice to think the source of your info is more accurate than the tabloids, £400k would be a silly amount of money to give someone who doesn't pull in the viewers.
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