One of the things which made me a Strictly fan in the first place was the fact that they had a real 'all comers' attitude - alongside the young and fit contestants there were older, out-of-shape ones too.
I thought this was really good, because it gave everyone someone to identify with - also was good in the way that you got some surprises (like snooker player Dennis Taylor being quite a funky jiver - same happened this time with Willie 'light on his feet' Thorne).
But increasingly, I feel that the judges and the general programming is trying to push the 'less groovy' contestants to one side and treat them as an embarrassment that will clutter up the first few shows and then can be got rid of.
Having contestants like Alesha (who seems a really lovely person) but who has done lots of professional dancing in the past seems to skew it even further - towards it being more like a 'professional dancers' contest rather than a one with amateurs giving it a go and seeing how they get on.
What do other people think about this?
I thought this was really good, because it gave everyone someone to identify with - also was good in the way that you got some surprises (like snooker player Dennis Taylor being quite a funky jiver - same happened this time with Willie 'light on his feet' Thorne).
But increasingly, I feel that the judges and the general programming is trying to push the 'less groovy' contestants to one side and treat them as an embarrassment that will clutter up the first few shows and then can be got rid of.
Having contestants like Alesha (who seems a really lovely person) but who has done lots of professional dancing in the past seems to skew it even further - towards it being more like a 'professional dancers' contest rather than a one with amateurs giving it a go and seeing how they get on.
What do other people think about this?




) And I hate that, because - there are people saying he should drop out and be 'dignified' and let Albert take his place, but he can't do that (for voting reasons if nothing else), and it just seems mean-spirited to me, and against the point of the competition (a fun entertainment show) in the first place.


could improve. Having too many good dancers does take away a lot of the enjoyment.
