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Suz15
16-02-2007
Brendan Cole - 5
Darren Bennett - 4
Anton du Beke - 3
Ian Waite - 2
Paul Killick - 1

Karen - 5
Lilia - 4
Nicole - 3
Camillia - 2
Erin - 1
Bruno's Girl
16-02-2007
I agree with Gritty, there is absolutely no way I can take this poll seriously when someone of the calibre of Matt Cutler is missing. I do not know how you can include one half of the partnership in a poll like this, and not have the other half placed anywhere at all. If my memory serves me correctly Nicole has had a partner for at least the last 13 years, and for 10 of those it has been Matt.

I also think Paul Killick is in a class of his own, and again do not see how Hannah Kartuunen (sp) can be missing. It is irrelevant that she only appeared in series one.

So, in summary, good idea, but needs some work on the execution.

Becca, your point and question was reasonable to make.

Another point, frequency of appearances on SCD does not indicate popularity any more than it says that they are better than others. Much comes down to availability, competing business ventures, and whether or not the dancers in question need a show like SCD.

Would happily take part in a future poll, but this one is flawed and too vague for me. Sorry.
Last edited by Bruno's Girl : 16-02-2007 at 01:54
internMD
16-02-2007
Paul Killick - 5
Brendan Cole - 4
Ian Waite - 3
Darren Bennett - 2
Anton du Beke - 1

Karen Hardy - 5
Nicole Cutler - 4
Camillia Dallerup - 3
Lilia Kopylova - 2
Erin Boag - 1
karenite_louise
16-02-2007
Paul Killick - 5
Darren Bennett - 4
Brendan Cole - 3
Anton Du Beke - 2
Ian Waite - 1


Karen Hardy - 5
Camilla Dallerup - 4
Lilia Kopylova - 3
Nicole Cutler - 2
Erin Boag - 1

Gosh that was much harder than i thought it was going to be!
They're all brilliant in their own ways...
Last edited by karenite_louise : 16-02-2007 at 09:42
elizabethjo
16-02-2007
Running the risk of getting attacked by some people on this thread I will give my opinion. It is a flawed concept as it has been pointed out. There have been lots of threads like this where all that happens is voting for favourites.

Paul Killick is the top at Latin but he doesnt do ballroom at all, as was obvious from the series 1. Anton is a lovely ballroom dancer ( however never a champion, only ever a finalist) but is Latin is abysmal. Darren Bennett is brilliant at Latin but again not a ballroom dancer the only time he ever does any is for SCD. Brendan is excellent at both, and Ian is good at both having been 10 dance champion, as is matthew Cutler. On that basis Ian and Matthew are best overall professionals.

The ladies more or less fall in to the same categories. Erin is a good ballroom dancer but although better than Anton at Latin, not great. Lilia is like Darren though her ballroom is usually very good. Camilla is good at both and does both all the time. karen is a brill Latin dancer but her ballroom is not good, lots of visible errors in there, Nicole seems to mirror Matthew in ability though not really seen enough of her.

You can not judge the 'best' pro by their results on SCD because of other factors, the biggest being the ability of the celeb they are working with, also the public dont neccessarily vote for the best dancer, I am also not sure what the term best pro means. Best Teacher, best dancer, best character, personality? Why is Vincent not in the list or James or Hanna or John. A non starter for me as this kind of thing has been done before many times and really is just a poll for favourites.
daisy123
16-02-2007
Originally Posted by elizabethjo:
“Running the risk of getting attacked by some people on this thread I will give my opinion. It is a flawed concept as it has been pointed out. There have been lots of threads like this where all that happens is voting for favourites.

Paul Killick is the top at Latin but he doesnt do ballroom at all, as was obvious from the series 1. Anton is a lovely ballroom dancer ( however never a champion, only ever a finalist) but is Latin is abysmal. Darren Bennett is brilliant at Latin but again not a ballroom dancer the only time he ever does any is for SCD. Brendan is excellent at both, and Ian is good at both having been 10 dance champion, as is matthew Cutler. On that basis Ian and Matthew are best overall professionals.

The ladies more or less fall in to the same categories. Erin is a good ballroom dancer but although better than Anton at Latin, not great. Lilia is like Darren though her ballroom is usually very good. Camilla is good at both and does both all the time. karen is a brill Latin dancer but her ballroom is not good, lots of visible errors in there, Nicole seems to mirror Matthew in ability though not really seen enough of her.

You can not judge the 'best' pro by their results on SCD because of other factors, the biggest being the ability of the celeb they are working with, also the public dont neccessarily vote for the best dancer, I am also not sure what the term best pro means. Best Teacher, best dancer, best character, personality? Why is Vincent not in the list or James or Hanna or John. A non starter for me as this kind of thing has been done before many times and really is just a poll for favourites.”

At the end of the day its just a bit of fun!
Nobody is making you vote!
daisy123
16-02-2007
Paul Killick - 3
Darren Bennett - 4
Brendan Cole - 5
Anton Du Beke - 1
Ian Waite - 2


Karen Hardy - 5
Camilla Dallerup - 1
Lilia Kopylova - 4
Nicole Cutler - 3
Erin Boag - 2
katie_p
16-02-2007
Originally Posted by elizabethjo:
“Running the risk of getting attacked by some people on this thread I will give my opinion. It is a flawed concept as it has been pointed out. There have been lots of threads like this where all that happens is voting for favourites.

Paul Killick is the top at Latin but he doesnt do ballroom at all, as was obvious from the series 1. Anton is a lovely ballroom dancer ( however never a champion, only ever a finalist) but is Latin is abysmal. Darren Bennett is brilliant at Latin but again not a ballroom dancer the only time he ever does any is for SCD. Brendan is excellent at both, and Ian is good at both having been 10 dance champion, as is matthew Cutler. On that basis Ian and Matthew are best overall professionals.

The ladies more or less fall in to the same categories. Erin is a good ballroom dancer but although better than Anton at Latin, not great. Lilia is like Darren though her ballroom is usually very good. Camilla is good at both and does both all the time. karen is a brill Latin dancer but her ballroom is not good, lots of visible errors in there, Nicole seems to mirror Matthew in ability though not really seen enough of her.

You can not judge the 'best' pro by their results on SCD because of other factors, the biggest being the ability of the celeb they are working with, also the public dont neccessarily vote for the best dancer, I am also not sure what the term best pro means. Best Teacher, best dancer, best character, personality? Why is Vincent not in the list or James or Hanna or John. A non starter for me as this kind of thing has been done before many times and really is just a poll for favourites.”

Thanks for posting that, I thought it was very interesting.
EmilyIRE
16-02-2007
Again, like others, I question where Matthew Cutler is. Best dancer on Strictly for me by a mile.
Coronis
16-02-2007
I like Matt too, and the OP said to qualify to be on this list the dancer must have had been on at least 2 series of SCD. I'm curious, I'm sorta sure Matt has been on at least 2 series....Sorry haven't seen much of previous series so I don't know. Can someone please verify this?
Thank you.
elizabethjo
16-02-2007
Originally Posted by katie_p:
“Thanks for posting that, I thought it was very interesting.”

Glad you found it interesting, obviously it was received by some just as I expected.

In answer to another question Matthew was on two series.
Ok so the others were not, but having said that perhaps they should be included anyway, if it were a valid exercise.

Thank you for your comment Daisy, you will no doubt have noticed that I have not voted.
daisy123
16-02-2007
Originally Posted by elizabethjo:
“Glad you found it interesting, obviously it was received by some just as I expected.

In answer to another question Matthew was on two series.
Ok so the others were not, but having said that perhaps they should be included anyway, if it were a valid exercise.

Thank you for your comment Daisy, you will no doubt have noticed that I have not voted. ”

I know! And i wasnt being nasty either! I agree that Matthew Cutler is good, actually all the pros are! Not one of them are poor!
: : Callie : :
16-02-2007
5. Paul Killick
4. Ian Waite
3. Brendan Cole
2. Darren Bennett
1. Anton Du Beke

5. Karen Hardy
4. Nicole Cutler
3. Erin Boag
2. Camilla Dallerup
1. Lilia Kopylova
Dancingles
16-02-2007
5 Darren Bennett
4 Paul Killick
3 Brendan Cole
2 Ian Waite
1 Anton du Beke

5 Lilia Kopylova
4 Nicole Cutler
3 Erin Boag
2 Camilla Dallerup
1 Karen Hardy
Amytigger
16-02-2007
5 Darren Bennett
4 Brendan Cole
3 Ian Waite
2 Paul Killick
1 Anton du Beke

5 Lilia Kopylova
4 Erin Boag
3 Camilla Dallerup
2 Nicole Cutler
1 Karen Hardy
fat_wee_grill
16-02-2007
5 Darren Bennett
4 Ian Waite
3 Paul Killick
2 Anton du Beke
1 Brendan Cole

5 Lilia Kopylova
4 Erin Boag
3 Nicole Cutler
2 Karen Hardy
1 Camilla Dallerup
* Becca *
16-02-2007
Originally Posted by elizabethjo:
“A non starter for me as this kind of thing has been done before many times and really is just a poll for favourites.”

My thoughts exactly, thank you!
* Becca *
16-02-2007
Originally Posted by Bruno's Girl:
“I agree with Gritty, there is absolutely no way I can take this poll seriously when someone of the calibre of Matt Cutler is missing.

I also think Paul Killick is in a class of his own, and again do not see how Hannah Kartuunen (sp) can be missing. It is irrelevant that she only appeared in series one.

Becca, your point and question was reasonable to make.

Would happily take part in a future poll, but this one is flawed and too vague for me. Sorry. ”

This echoes my sentiments entirely.

Thank you for this post, you said just what I was thinking, yet saved me typing it!
footygirl
16-02-2007
Originally Posted by princess_katy:
“Can someone please tell me where Matt Cutler is....well not literally I mean on the list.......!”

Sorry that is my mistake, I left Matt Cutler off by accident
gritty
16-02-2007
Originally Posted by footygirl:
“Sorry that is my mistake, I left Matt Cutler off by accident”

I realised it was just an accident, hay-ho. Have fun.
MaryS
17-02-2007
5 Brenden Cole
4Ian Waite
3 Anton De Beke
2Darren Bennett
1Paul Killick

5Camilla Dallerup
4Karen hardy
3Erin Boag
2Lilia Kopylova
1Nicole Cutler
* Becca *
17-02-2007
Men:

5 Points - Paul Killick

4 Points - Matthew Cutler

3 Points - John Byrnes

2 Points - Darren Bennett

1 Point - Brendan Cole

Ladies:

5 Points - Hanna Karttunen

4 Points - Hazel Newberry

3 Points - Karen Hardy

2 Points - Nicole Cutler

1 Point - Kylie Jones
lhme65
17-02-2007
So I appreciate that some people prefer dancers who weren't included in the original list and that Matt was missed off the list of dancers having appeared in two series, but either another topic should be started or people should just vote from the original list. It's a bit pointless to introduce new dancers midway through. I think I'll just stick with the results of other similar topics we've had...lol. This has gotten way too confusing.
Last edited by lhme65 : 17-02-2007 at 17:39
kwscott
17-02-2007
Male
5 Darrne Bannett
4 Brendon Cole
3 Anton DuBEke
3 Ian Waite
1 Paul Killick

Female
5 Karen Hardy
4 Lillia Kopolova
3 Camillia Dallerup
2 Erin Boag
1 Nicole Cutler
mr.bojangles
17-02-2007
Male
5 Darren Bennett
4 Ian Waite
3 Brendan Cole
2 Anton du Beke
1 Paul Killick

Female
5 Lilia Kopylova
4 Karen Hardy
3 Erin Boag
2 Camilla Dallerup
1 Nicole Cutler
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