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Old 30-10-2006, 18:08
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BBC1’S Strictly Come Dancing was in crisis last night as its dancers demanded crunch talks with the judges over "vote fixing".

Some of the professional dancers have threatened to walk out if they can’t voice their concerns.

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Old 30-10-2006, 18:18
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What a load of rubbish! As if anyone of them is going to walk out on a lucrative contract and lose the money and be sued by the BBC! And any potential future earnings from future series. Please!! I wonder if this comes from the usual anonymous source at the BBC, trying to score points over the X Factor in the controversy stakes! Surely no-one will believe "some" of them will walk. I might believe it if a quote is directly attributed to one of these dancers, but not until then.
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Old 30-10-2006, 18:23
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Originally Posted by Dancingles
What a load of rubbish! As if anyone of them is going to walk out on a lucrative contract and lose the money and be sued by the BBC! And any potential future earnings from future series. Please!! I wonder if this comes from the usual anonymous source at the BBC, trying to score points over the X Factor in the controversy stakes! Surely no-one will believe "some" of them will walk. I might believe it if a quote is directly attributed to one of these dancers, but not until then.

they only get 17 grand and could prob make more from private lessons and demonstrations
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Old 30-10-2006, 18:26
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But without the publicity and being on the show, they will lose far more than 17 thousand. The reason they make a lot from cabaret and press and can up their teaching fees is because they are well known. The exposure is worth a vast amount to them. Also, I repeat they will not break a contract, which could cost them very dearly.
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Old 30-10-2006, 18:26
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but tabloids would also pay bloody well for a story of a dancer who walked out i guess!!! a heck of a lot i bet!
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Old 30-10-2006, 18:30
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Maybe as a one off, but I suspect they will think more long term than that. A few thousand now for a one day wonder will in no way make up for the long term, and the damage done to their reputations. For those who do cabarets, who is going to contract them to appear if they think nothing of breaking contracts.
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Old 31-10-2006, 10:24
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Isn't there a saying. 'There's no such thing as bad publicity'

Give it a bit of oomph and someone probably thinks the viewers and voters will flood in.
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Old 31-10-2006, 10:28
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Quite! Didn't something similar happen with the X Factor last year?? (I don't watch it). I seem to remember some massive row, and one of the judges threatening to walk. Bet he's still there!
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Old 31-10-2006, 10:32
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I'm more shocked the story's in the Daily Express and they haven't managed to work Princess Diana's death into the story
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Old 31-10-2006, 10:34
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Sometimes it's not about the money. They work REALLY hard and to see it not being rewarded week after week through biased scoring must make it incredibly frustrating. I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if a few had got together and started to threaten action if their voices weren't heard as they are being treated unfairly. As I said I don't know if it happened, but I do not a lot of them a very angry about it all.
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Old 31-10-2006, 10:37
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Of course a one week walkout would get over the problem of the "extra week"
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Old 31-10-2006, 11:39
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Originally Posted by CABINET
Of course a one week walkout would get over the problem of the "extra week"

I just love people who see the positive in everything
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Old 31-10-2006, 12:25
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Originally Posted by Agent Krycek
I'm more shocked the story's in the Daily Express and they haven't managed to work Princess Diana's death into the story
(Snigger) Perhaps not, but Dirty Des has probably arranged instead for some lovely pictures of 'exotically costumed' dancers, purely for illustrative purposes.

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Old 31-10-2006, 16:57
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There's more than that in the paper. It's a whole two page spread (and there's some pictures of Brendan and Claire. Not new ones, though.)

(Yes, I bought it just because it had SCD on the front. Stop it, I'm not obsessed...)
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Old 31-10-2006, 17:01
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Originally Posted by quackaquacka
(Yes, I bought it just because it had SCD on the front. Stop it, I'm not obsessed...)
Are you saying the obsession is a bad thing??
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Old 31-10-2006, 17:03
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Originally Posted by sarah-flute
Are you saying the obsession is a bad thing??
*looks guiltily at the pile of magazines and newspapers with SCD in...picks one up and starts reading*

No, not at all!
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Old 31-10-2006, 17:04
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Good!!!
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Old 31-10-2006, 17:04
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Originally Posted by quackaquacka
There's more than that in the paper. It's a whole two page spread (and there's some pictures of Brendan and Claire. Not new ones, though.)

(Yes, I bought it just because it had SCD on the front. Stop it, I'm not obsessed...)
Your not alone I was in the newsagents today and saw the picture of Brendan and Claire on the front page and bought it too!
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Old 31-10-2006, 17:06
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Originally Posted by DenJ
Your not alone I was in the newsagents today and saw the picture of Brendan and Claire on the front page and bought it too!
AS DID I (NO IM NOT OBSESSED AT ALL)
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Old 31-10-2006, 17:09
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If we're anything to go by the sales of the Daily Express must have gone right up today

We are definitely not obsessed - just very very interested
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Old 31-10-2006, 19:57
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Originally Posted by quackaquacka
There's more than that in the paper. It's a whole two page spread (and there's some pictures of Brendan and Claire. Not new ones, though.)

(Yes, I bought it just because it had SCD on the front. Stop it, I'm not obsessed...)

I watch the GMTV newshour and when they do all the newspaper headlines at about 6.40,I scan then covers to see if any SCD photos or stories!!Could only ever admit to that here.lol
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Old 31-10-2006, 22:28
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The only reason I haven't bought anything with SCD on the front page in the past couple of days is because I haven't been in a newsagents.

I bought the Sunday Mirror cos it told me that Brendan had got off with Abi Titmuss. How depraved is that?
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Old 01-11-2006, 07:08
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Originally Posted by libby3107
The only reason I haven't bought anything with SCD on the front page in the past couple of days is because I haven't been in a newsagents.

I bought the Sunday Mirror cos it told me that Brendan had got off with Abi Titmuss. How depraved is that?

I have a feeling that a fair few of us did that!!
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Old 01-11-2006, 07:55
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Originally Posted by saggy1
I watch the GMTV newshour and when they do all the newspaper headlines at about 6.40,I scan then covers to see if any SCD photos or stories!!Could only ever admit to that here.lol
Thank God its not just me then - I was having a moan about the Sunday papers as there was too much X factor and not enough SCD
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