My own view is that if James had kept his mouth shut, Cherie leaving would have been sufficient to start to draw the voting to the best dancers. John may think he knows about voting but He doesn't know that much about voting on Strictly. I agree with Craig that John would have gone in a week or two. Only one person can win and that person would still have won.

So..........what did they do when Kelly Brook dropped out?

Urghhhh James annoyed me so much there His comments probably contributed to John quitting and then he says he's being selfish...wtf?!

Didn't like him much to start with but really really gone off him now.

I thought that they where doing the dance as a thankyou for the people who voted last week to see him dance this week, so that they honer the contract of the voting to see your fav couple dance next week

But since the "baddy " of all this said it it must be wrong, since he cant do anything right

BBC

Aaaarggh, that's not what he's saying. However, he is saying that all the hype, debate and controversy about him is bigger than the show, and potentially could have ruined the chance for a decent dancer to win!!

Actually, I think he's left because the atmosphere means its not fun any longer, and its not that important to him anyway.

That's unfair. Ola fell out with James because she supports John.

Agree entirely. If the judges had treated the whole thing light heartedly ( in the same way as they have done in previous years ) then John still be in the show. The judges started taking the whole thing far too seriously, they then tried to back-track and cool things down but the damage was done.
The big lie was saying " its only the same as other years "..it wasn't. The whole business had got out of hand, the BBC know that..thats why they are have not been critical of John's decision.

What sense does that make? Loads of people voted for Cherie last week too

That's so silly. James' comments have only really been lept on in forums and haven't particularly been reported into the media at large.

I also think that the comments levelled at James and Ola (not by you Spinaker) have been over the top, distasteful and nasty. James has explained himself plenty of times - poor man.

How can people possibly criticise anything he is saying with such vile, abusive language - which, in my opinion, makes them much worse that the crimes that they are levelling at James.

I find James Jordan particularly unpleasant...I've tried to like him but can't. Brendan gets away with it because he can dance well, James is bland...but he is very unlikeable.

I wouldn't vote for James if he was dancing with Xabi Alonso - topless!

Yes I think Ola should be encouraged to move out of the family home, and dump the toss-pot.

I have a spare room.

He didn't attack another couple - he asked the PUBLIC to vote on the dancing. How is that disrespectful to Kristina. I admire him for his courage to say what he said - he could have taken the easy option and kept his mouth shut.

I like John, but I guess the way I look at it is that it is a DANCE competition, not who can be entertaining dancing badly. HOWEVER if the public wanted him (John) to stay then that's fine by me - but it just moved it out of being a dancing competition into something else, which I was beginning to find sad.

... under James's command.

I think James' reaction stems from twice in a row being put out of the competition in the dance off because a lesser dancer had stayed in on the public vote. I wonder if he would be saying so much if he and Cherie had stayed?

Quite....

God bless you for using the apostrophe correctly.

...and not for John


he might as well of added since there is no other meaning to his comment

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Or if it was him paired with the less able celeb?

He principals seem to change on a whim.

James was out of order tonight - it's fine to have an opinion but not to express it in such an unpleasant way.

Brian on the other hand is so lovely, I really hope him and Kristina return next year.

No just his opinion.

Except you know that is not the reason he is quiting - it just satisfies you to think so - in fact i'm sure James wishes he thought of that

My point was that James said what he said infront of a large audience and the other pro dancers, which must have made John feel very uncomfortable. Like some of the other dancers he's passionate about what he does and he spoke in the heat of the moment. He probably now regrets it.

I agree that any criticisms of James should be made without abusing either him or Ola.

No that's you adding that.

I agree with him - we should be voting on the dancing. In fact there are couples that I don't warm to as people but I think they are dancing fantastically and I would vote for them. I just agree with James it should be about the dancing. That's my personal opinion, however if the public do want to keep dancers in that don't dance as well then I have to go along with that. But it just changes the show for me into one that isn't so entertaining.

The public of 10 million do not read this forum of 1,000 or the BBC forum. They warm to John and Kristina, and NOT to James, and James is incandescent with rage. Last year the public warmed to Kenny (partnered by Ola) to a lesser degree, and James did no protesting.

It is the judges' behaviour which turned John into the superstar of SCD. With more reasonable behaviour from judges John would have remained a minor attraction.

James has his opinions like everyone else BUT out of respect for his colleague Kristina he should have shown some restraint and aired his views in a more diplomatic way. Calling John selfish just shows how immature and unaware of other people's feelings he is. Imagine if John had been partnered with Ola, would he be saying the same things now? I think not!