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'John Sergeant - get him back'
The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Louisa Lytton and the TV star Les Dennis react to news of John Sergeant's departure from the BBC show
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Star worries he will win the show
John Sergeant has pulled out of Strictly Come Dancing, after mounting criticism from the judges of the show.
John has failed to impress the judges on the show with his routines, but manages to avoid getting the boot every week after massive support from the public. But the judges have criticised viewers for keeping him in out of popularity more than his dancing skills. And now John has decided to quit the show because he fears he could go on to win it. In a statement, he said: "The trouble is that there is now a real danger that I might win the competition. Even for me that would be a joke too far. "It was always my intention to have fun on the show and I was hoping to stay in as long as possible." He may not have the skills, but for entertainment value, he will be sadly missed. Source/video http://www.star-magazine.co.uk/break...uits-Strictly/ |
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Great stuff. It really does put a perspective on the important things in life.
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ITN anchor Mark Austin refuses to take the floor
Mark Austin, the ITN anchorman, hasn't got a problem with John Sergeant strutting his stuff in Strictly Come Dancing.
He's free from the straitjacket of serious news because he's retired as a political correspondent," Austin tells me, who said he decided against doing Dancing on Ice when the producers came begging. "I realised my career, hamstring, marriage, dignity and the viewing figures would never survive it," he says. "I suggested Huw [Edwards]. He's younger than me." Strange but true: his hirsute BBC rival is 47 whereas Austin turned 50 this month. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...the-floor.html |
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John Sergeant quits Strictly Come Dancing
John Sergeant has quit Strictly Come Dancing after protests from the judging panel about his continued participation.
Sergeant's dramatic departure comes amid reports that the show's producers are considering a new "three strikes and you're out" rule. Under the new rules, which would be adopted for the next series, a contestant who finishes bottom of the judges' leader board for three weeks in a row will be automatically ejected without participating in a dance-off. If Sergeant had been subject to this rule, he would have been removed from the show by now. One of the show's judges, Arlene Phillips, has accused Sergeant of undermining the programme and has said she would be "desolate" if he won. Cherie Lunghi, the actress who lost out in the most recent dance-off, accused the former political journalist of turning the show into a "soap opera". Full story http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...e-Dancing.html |
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awwwww poor Len, you can see he was just being silly fir the paps and they have turned it into jubilant len
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Can we vote John back in?
I feel as bereft as I'm sure you do (unless you're Arlene Phillips). John Sergeant has quit Strictly Come Dancing.
He says he was worried he might win. Although surely not as worried as Arlene was. The judges will say his absence will mean that we can take the competition seriously again. I think it means that we can't. Because now we'll never know whether Sergeant would have won. Therefore the person who does win may have done so only by default. The only way we could have taken Strictly seriously this year - if indeed we DO want to take it seriously (and I don't) - is if Sergeant had stayed in the competition but been eventually knocked out by the public vote. So Austin, Christine, Jodie, Lisa, Rachel, Tom - no matter which of you wins in the end, this series will now be remembered solely as John's. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/michael...rgeant_back_in |
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Revel Horwood: 'Sergeant has no courage'
Craig Revel Horwood has said that John Sergeant's decision to leave Strictly Come Dancing lacked courage.
The political expert pulled out of the contest today amid fears that his public support could skew the voting and see him win ahead of better dancers. "I was quite shocked to hear the news," Revel Horwood told Claudia Winkleman on spinoff It Takes Two. "I think it's very odd that someone enter a competition and then does not have the courage to go all the way with it." Revel Horwood also said he had faith that the British public would not have voted Sergeant into the final. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/strictly...o-courage.html |
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Tonight's ITT
This clip has just been uploaded
John & Kristina Pt 1 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok6VHiy9CV0 Many thanks to Maltipom
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John's Dances Week by Week
Week 1 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc9auw7_xj4
Week 3 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bVaNZSeFXCM Week 5 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UB7sSODL7R4 Week 6 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_n_j4S6fNBs Week 7 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sqGn0UikTOM Week 8 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XbAAd9v-CcA Week 9 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kC3gtHvYG-g Clips from Maltipom's You Tube account - Many Thanks for your hard work. |
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Forsyth: Sergeant exit 'sad'
Strictly Come Dancing host Bruce Forsyth has said that John Sergeant's departure from the show will disappoint the public.
Video http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7738530.stm |
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What James Jordan actually said on ITT: Transcript Quote:
Claudia: James let me come to you first because you know, it's been the day of days, I've never known a day like it in Strictly history. You've gotta feel for Kristina there who's sad, and for John... ooh... what are your thoughts?
James: I feel for Kristina tremendously because I think she's done such an amazing, amazing job with John, and the suited each other brilliantly, they complemented each other, and to be honest with you it might sound like I'm contradicting myself, although I did say to the public on Saturday please vote for the best dancing, in my opinion this is the most selfish thing I've ever seen anyone do on Strictly, and I don't think really he's thought it through properly. Claudia: No, you can't.. sorry, I'm not speaking!.. er, really? James: Yes, I do. Claudia: No, hold on, surely, I'm just giving his point of view, isn't it selfless to, to let the dancing... James: Well I personally think he's trying to make the whole SCD series 6 be all about him and he's succeeded. We're here today because of him, the news, everything, [Anton & Kate begin to take fright] and I don't know I just think that he hasn't thought it through properly. [..Kate holds forth in general terms for over a minute..] James: But the problem is now he's going to come across as a hero, that he's.. which is what he wants and.. Kate: He's allowed to be a hero. He's very very entertaining... James: He was, and that's why the public have kept him in Kate: ...people like you state he was only there because he was popular, he wasn't there because he was popular, everybody's on Stricly is popular, they're all celebrities you know people like Heather Small they buy their records in the millions, people watch Andrew Castle on GMTV, people love everyone on that show. People just simply like watching John Sergeant dance and it might not have been technically brilliant but they love watching him dance. James: And that's why they were voting for him. So do you think it was right, what he's done? [...] Claudia: Can I go to Anton.. rarely has he been this quiet. Anton, you stick up for the Sergeant/Rihanoff camp if you can. Do you understand that this year there's even more pressure on him than there was on you and Kate and you know he's gone, you know what, it is just gonna get nasty, I'm off... Anton: Er, no... I don't think there was more pressure on John. During SCD series 1 there was a young man, Chris Parker, who danced. Terribly. And made the final. I couldn't care less after that 'cos I didn't make the final, I danced with Lesley Garrett who danced marvellously. That's the show. If John gets in the final and wins, great, why shouldn't he. He's doing exactly what he's supposed to do which is turn up on a Saturday night, and dance. Claudia: That was a brilliant answer... [now to James] What I was interested in was you went exactly, that's what the show is about, popular people, everyone likes a tryer, and he was in the training rooms and he did occasionally read a paper, he actually was up there in the top three but you also said you called out for people just to vote for the dancing, so you've got to decide.. James: Of course. It sounds like I was contradicting myself at the same time I said to the people on Saturday night please vote for the dancing because at the end of the day I am a competitor and I want to see the best dancer win but to be eliminated in the right way, the way Kate was last year! Claudia: But at the same time, he has stepped aside, gracefully... maybe, I'm just throwing at him.. James: But someone's still going to be eliminated, this week, someone's still going out this week, irrelevant of he steps down or not [sic] there's only gonna be two couples in the final now, irrelevant if he dance or not [sic] so at the end of the day him actually doing that hasn't made any difference to the competition. Claudia: Oh my gosh, how can you possibly say that, you've all spent 9 weeks saying he's not dancing properly.. . Anton: I haven't said that... James: At the end of the day, that's what makes strictly so great, having people like Kate last year who I think done an amazing job... Anton: You couldn't have been more patronising if you tried...[Claudia laughs] James:... if that's what people want to see, then great. At the end of the day it is a public show and if people keep voting him back in same as me and Cherie, we left last week I thought she was an amazing dancer but Iit was our time. The public put us in the bottom two, in the danceoff we were the worst, in the danceoff we left, I can live with that. Someone actually pulling out of the competition, because, of... [..all talk at once..] Kate: It is quite hard if you're in John Sergeant's position... Claudia: Okay no more speaking! But I loved everything you all said.. what did you want to say? [...] Kate: Beautifully handled Claudia! I was going to say, it is quite hard if you're in John Sergeant's position because he would have loved you and he would have loved [?] but when you said vote for the dancing, he would have been backstage thinking [covers eyes] "Oh" ... that is a horrible sinking feeling James: But what about Kristina and what about the public that have been supporting with him, did he think about those things too? Claudia: Thankyou James, Kate and Anton! |
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BBC Radio 5 Live
The Richard Bacon show starting at 11pm will be talking about Strictly and the days events including John's exit.
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Greytop keeps us in the know on everything Strictly , thank you for posting Greytop. |
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Yes lots of coverage on this. There I was watching Newsnight and I was astonished to see them do a long debate on this topic, with Jeremy Paxman questioning government minister Hazel Blears and veteran journalist Kelvin Mackenzie. It seems the ripples of this incident are being felt in the highest and deepest corners of the establishment. And the Guardian apparently thinks it is all a plot hatched by Peter Mandelson.
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John & Kristina Pt 1 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok6VHiy9CV0 Many thanks to Maltipom ![]() http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=V6-TkLsUHh8 |
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Craig Revel Horwood has said that John Sergeant's decision to leave Strictly Come Dancing lacked courage.
The political expert pulled out of the contest today amid fears that his public support could skew the voting and see him win ahead of better dancers. "I was quite shocked to hear the news," Revel Horwood told Claudia Winkleman on spinoff It Takes Two. SCD seems to be taking itself way too seriously, and so do some of the contestants. Revel Horwood also said he had faith that the British public would not have voted Sergeant into the final. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/strictly...o-courage.html What Craig said about "courage" etc is typical of someone who has been unpleasant. We all saw the clip of Craig having another go at John at the bottom of the stairs after the show. He's trying to turn it all round to blame John. Not fair! |
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Sergeant quits over victory fears
The 64-year-old former BBC political correspondent brushed off suggestions he had been bullied and said he left to avoid a "bloody battle". He said there was a real danger he might win and told a press conference at BBC Television Centre in London: "That is a frightening thought, it is a terrifying thought.
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt announced that anyone who had voted for Sergeant and wanted to be reimbursed would be. The BBC's website has been flooded with comments from "strictly incensed" viewers angry at his departure. Business Secretary Lord Mandelson added his voice of support. He said: "John Sergeant should not bow out. He has become the people's John Travolta and he should be a fighter, not a quitter." Sergeant will end his dancing career with a last waltz on Saturday, saying after that: "I shall return to my rather quiet life." Full Story http://www.blackpoolcitizen.co.uk/uk...victory_fears/ |
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Dismay as John quits for carribean freebie
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Well John knew the percentage of votes that he received so, even if he hadn't made the final, he would probably have lasted at least another couple of weeks.
What Craig said about "courage" etc is typical of someone who has been unpleasant. We all saw the clip of Craig having another go at John at the bottom of the stairs after the show. He's trying to turn it all round to blame John. Not fair! |
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[B]John pulls out[/b] ![]() ![]() You should have put that as your thread title Greytop I wonder what the comments would have been then?
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![]() ![]() Greytop does a sterling Job of providing links to any SCD news & Youtube uploads ![]() Thanks GT
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John Sergeant's last dance: Backlash against the BBC as the Dancing Pig trots off.
It might have pleased the judges, but John Sergeant's surprise decision to waltz off Strictly Come Dancing has sparked a furious backlash against the BBC.
Some fans accused the judges of hounding the leaden-footed former political journalist off the hugely popular Saturday night show. Many threatened to boycott the programme and others demanded - and were promised - a refund of money spent on phone calls supporting the unlikeliest star on the dance floor. The BBC switchboard and its dedicated Strictly Come Dancing website were flooded with angry comments. One MP, Tory Nigel Evans, said it would be a 'complete disgrace' if 64-year-old Sergeant had been 'elbowed out' by the BBC because his lamentable performances threatened to turn the show into a joke. Even Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, who earlier this week said he would like to be asked on the show, took the opportunity to join the debate. He said: 'John Sergeant should not bow out. He has become the people's John Travolta.' And echoing his own famous victory speech after holding on to his Hartlepool seat in 2001, Lord Mandelson added: 'He should be a fighter, not a quitter.' However Communities Secretary Hazel Blears added: ''John Sergeant jumped at just the right moment. Otherwise the joke would have turned sour quite quickly and there would have been a massive backlash against him.' Daily Mail article continues here. |
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John Sergeant shows Jonathan Ross - and the BBC - the right way
BBC viewers are lamenting the departure from their screens of one of the corporation's most prized entertainers.
Unfortunately, it is not Jonathan Ross who has gone, but John Sergeant, who has decided to quit Celebrity Come Dancing because he feared he might actually win the contest. We are sorry to see Sergeant leave. His continued presence spoke volumes for the contrarian instincts of the British people and punctured the absurd self-importance of the judges, who consider the programme to be a talent show rather than a bit of fun. Link |
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I wonder what the comments would have been then?
