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[Hattie]

Loved watching as usual but now feel let down - read that Caroline has had 3 years professional training in the past.

If Simon can do it from nothing can't the programme makers trust that to happen each year with someone else - isn't that what the programme is about or is it now all about the ratings  versus the other channel   

[rosebud57]

I must be weird as I seem to be the only one who hates this programme (and all others like it)?  Have only ever watched about 15 mins of the show ever and found in silly and boring.  Just embarrassment and egos.  What am I not getting?



P.S. The girl who won, who the heck is she?  Have never heard of her.

[Limpy]

Rosebud - I'me with you.
Hate, loathe and detest it.

[CLKD]

It doesn't matter who the 'celebrities' are  …… it's the fact that they stood up there, managed to walk across the floor in those heels  and managed to engage brain to feet each week 

I had dance training until I was 18 but I wouldn't be able to do all that …… each dance is different and the Professionals push their partners further than I would even consider [I'm still learning to totter on those heels  ]

I feel the same about 'soaps'.  I have enough 'soap' from my Mum - I could write a book/story line that would keep the public enthralled for years 

Wonder how many sore heads there are this morning 

[Rowan]

Never watched it either nor any other reality TV, truly embarrassing.

[CLKD]

Why is choice embarrassing 

[Hattie]

Rosebud and Limpy i think i might be joining you next year - the enjoyment is fast going for me. I do appreciate how talented and hardworking the professional dance teachers are though. Wouldn't have taken much to wish Ola a speedy recovery either somewhere in the programme but she wasn't mentioned - it's not all about glitter and hype.

[CLKD]

I agree. Olga's situation hasn't been mentioned 

I think those Professionals who have been in the Show for a few years have really improved - the psychology that goes with making a dance suitable for the Cele they are partnered with never fails to amaze me.  I think that Christina excelled this year!

[Judith57]

I have bought OH a Kristina Rihanoff calendar for Christmas as a 'stocking filler' 

[babyjane]

I am so glad Mark and Simon were in the final, the result of weeks of hard work from them and their pros. Caroline had a head start but she still worked hard and improved.

I do wonder why Ola's injury wasn't mentioned, unless she and James asked them not to. Or are the programme producers annoyed with her for joining in with The Jump, which was a silly decision for a professional dancer to do if it compromises her future as a dancer.

[Judith57]

I think you are right Babyjane I read that the beeb weren't impressed as she was under contract to them for the whole of the series but then started practicing for a programme on a rival channel while she was still under contract to them. They weren't impressed that she was injured and couldn't fulfill her contractual obligations apparently.

[Joyce]

I doubt she is planning on returning next year and think this is why she went off & did something else. I read somewhere that she was thinking of finishing with Strictly this year as she & James want kids. So maybe she wanted to challenge herself with something new before that.

[Judith57]

Not sure I would risk life and limb if I depended on my legs to make a living.

[CLKD]

The Peoples' Strictly ………… didn't know anything about this …….. but it's a tear jerker  …….. for Comic Relief