I can't help thinking that Emma & Louisa are two too similar contestants. True Louisa is a lot younger that Emma but to me they exude the same bubbly jumpy up and down characteristics that are getting a tad on my nerves. Also i keep thinking Emma is also in Eastenders - well she could be and indeed may well be in the future, especially after a career revival on SCD. I wish they had chosen two more different celebs. Anyone agree?

No I certainly don't. I can't see any similarities at all, other than they both have dance ability. I would say at the moment that Emma suits the ballroom dances extremely well,being more poised and elegant, whereas Louisa, being so young and lively is perhaps more suited at the momet to latin. That may change of course. Why could Emma be in Eastenders, she isn't an actress (although you could argue that many in eastenders aren't either!)

Sorry, but I can't see that they are in any way too similar,any more than any of the other celebrities. It is not as if they are the only two in it after all, and all of them are different to each other.

Since when has a career revival on SCD led to work on Eastenders, it hasn't so far, so why should it now? I could also point out that the one who has jumped up and down the most so far is Jan. I find this a very odd comparison for a thread actually.

I can't see how they're similar either I'm afraid, either in their dancing, personalities or careers! Sorry

sorry to have rattled your cage Bewest, but surely threads are all about people's thoughts, so long as they do not infringe on the correctness of DS. I suggest you take a chill pill, nothing is that serious.

No I dont agree at alllllll. For one Louisa I don't think is very strong at Ballroom compared to her Latin. As Emma is fantastic at Ballroom and from what I saw of Jive is very good at Latin. Yes they both have natural dance ability but I think thats about it. Career wise one is an actress the other is an artist

I don't need a chill pill but thanks for your concern, nor am I particularly rattled actually. I just can't understand how you came up with this comparison, and nor it would appear do many others.

Personally, I'm not that fussed about either of them although they both have real potential.

However, I can't believe that the paranoid E&D fans have started ramming their personal opinions down everyones throats on this thread already. It seems to be ok for them to have an opinion and as long as everyone else agrees with them then it's hunky-dory.... but woe betide those who disagree.

I feel a lot of the animosity towards Emma & Darren stems from this sort of attitude. After all, Louisa & Mark are big favourites with a judge but their supporters seem to be a bit more objective and open to debate.

thanks for your post Allyfree - it is nice to know there are still some open minded forumites out there.

Out of interest who do you regard as a paranoid E and D fan? I for one am certainly not "paranoid" not would I class myself as a fan. I actually like many of the couples on the show. I am well beyond the fan club stage. I am actually a dance teacher of many years standing, and if your remarks were aimed at me they are quite insulting , and if you are in any way connected with dance, unprofessional. Up until your post, everyone was being polite and civil actually, and I haven't noticed anyone objecting to genuine debate. It is really posts like yours which cause the problem, being openly hostile.

My original post was querying why the OP thought Emma would appear in Eastenders, which I found a weird comment unless Darren Gough and Natasha Kaplinsky have been hired and I don't know about it yet. I also wondered why the OP had singled out these two of the 14 contestants to argue they are too similar. Surely no more so than Mark and Matt, (sportsmen) or Georgina and Louisa (soap actresses) etc. Perfectly valid points to raise I would have felt. I don't see that that in any way makes me paranoid I'm afraid. I do feel though that far from Darren and Emmas supporters causing animosity towards them, their support stems from unfair and unnecessary criticisms levelled at them, which I expect they felt they had to defend.

She went to Theatre School, and was actually in The Bill before she was in the Spice Girls...
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The fact she went to Theatre School doesn't make her an actress, nor does a walk on part as a child make her one either really, does it? Still if you want to continue this, I'll leave you to do so, and see if I can find some serious dance discussion elsewhere.

Well, I am glad you find Allyfree openminded waynebird, because it reads to me like one of the most narrow minded posts you could see. We have three or four posts where people are polite and non-abusive, and then, yet again, someone uses it as a vehicle to voice their prejudices (of late anti Emma on so many threads I have lost count). I don't see the need to insult Darren and Emma fans at every opportunity, and to be fair to their fans, they do not go on every thread to criticise Anton or Brendan or Karen fans do they? They just support their own favourite which they are entitled to do.

Sorry, but I don't think they are similar at all either, other than they are both young and have had some dance training prior to SCD.

Louisa is exuberant, whereas Emma is more poised.

Louisa is girly, whereas Emma is womanly and body aware.

And the Eastenders connection? Emma auditioned for the role of Bianca before she joined the Spice Girls. She lost out to Patsy Palmer!

You can think what you want to be believe, I am not paranoid one little bit actually, and I do not believe we started ramming down anyone’s throats we just said we disagreed and that we don't think they are similar at all. To be honest I'm quite open minded about the show and am up for debate I like Louisa and Mark I think they both have potential to do well, (don't want Mark to win though as I'm not a fan of Karen). I am sick of the criticism Emma and Darren receive (as they get more than others). You can say what you want to because as far as I was aware it was a debate until you joined in and decided to pre judge people you don’t even know, just because we disagree.

They're connected in my mind because they went to the same school! But I agree with everyone else, there is very little similarity.

Personality wise Emma seems calmer, a bit quieter, whereas Louisa comes across as quite excitable and bubbly. Also the age gap makes a huge difference, especially in the way that they take criticism- I thought Louisa seemed really crushed by the judges' comments last week, (I would have been exactly the same at 17).

Dance wise they have been quite opposite so far, Louisa is a star at Latin, but the ballroom has been a bit hit-and-miss. Emma has definitely been better at ballroom so far. I didn't really take to her jive that much.

Didn't Emma have a part in Eastenders? I'm sure she played a teenage mugger?!

I don't know if there similar but they both have the air of people who have been to stage school, Billie Piper has it too. (Not meant as an insult before I get leapt on!)

Eyes and teeth, dear, eyes and teeth

I know what you mean - Bonnie Langford has it in spades!

Yes I remember Emma having a part in Eastenders and of course as an actress stared in spiceworld film!

Isn't it annoying that way some people try to create ill-feeling on some of these theads? Obviously a thread with this title will attract Emma fans, and why should they not say what they think about her and/or Louisa. Surely that is what the OP was wanting?? There is no need to be rude, and Darren and Emma fans are no more paranoid than, say, Anton and Brendan fans, who I expect would want to defend their favourite professional as well from unfair attacks.

For the record, I don't think Emma and Louisa are any more similar than any other two of the celebrities you could pick.

I don't think they are that similar at all. I believe they have a good range of people in this series, and I am enjoying watching all of them.

I like both Emma and Darren and Louisa and Vincent as couples, although I do not particularly like Vincent somehow. I have supported D and E from critisism which i felt was unfair like many others, but only on threads which are about them. I haven't had a go about anyone else because they are not my favourites. Emma and Darren supporters seem very reasonable to me.

I am sad that the thread i started about my feeling of stage school similarity between Emma & Louisa,(despite their age difference) has degenerated into something not too friendly.
I felt i was entitled to voice my thoughts on the SCD forum.
I did not intend to start an Eastenders war and have not shown any preference for either Emma or Louisa.
Let's see what tomorrow night brings and leave it at that.

I can't find many similarities at all to be honest, if any. On other threads, even non-supporters of Emma have been saying let put it behind us because it has all gone too far, so it is particularly disappointing to see yet another attempt to cause friction. I assume the OP started this thread as a genuine thought and question and not just as a vehicle for others to launch yet another attack on Emma, Darren and their supporters, so it would be really nice if people respected others opinions and did not try to twist threads for their own ends. So can we kill all this now, please and get back to some sort of rational debate?

Of course you are entitled to voice your opinion, i agree there is the stage school similarity

Yes of course you are entitled to voice your opinion. I can't see that anyone has said otherwise. It was not your post people were objecting to at all, the whole thead just suddenly took a different direction, which was not your fault!

Not very similar at all

In 2006 Louisa really likes the Spice girls as for Emma Bunton ......