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Post by ladidah on Nov 7, 2024 10:01:40 GMT
Wow! That is a lot.
Karen has been winding down for a while now, and she rarely has anyone good. Nadiya doesn't get partners or last very long.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 7, 2024 10:02:56 GMT
Johannes no doubt thinks that Kinky Boots is going to shoot him to musical theatre stardom. I have my doubts.
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Post by Matt on Nov 7, 2024 10:59:35 GMT
Nadia and Kai currently hate each other and can’t be in eyeline of each other. One has to go and I think Kai has more of a draw.
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Post by ladidah on Nov 7, 2024 11:06:28 GMT
I've never warmed to Nadia
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Post by theatreian on Nov 7, 2024 13:19:57 GMT
I think the show has past it's best and seems to deteriorate each year. Admittedly it gets decent ratings but the production values have fallen and the calibre of 'Celebrities' has dropped too.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 7, 2024 13:26:55 GMT
Agree. I watch it on fast forward now. I can’t bear the rehearsal crap, so fake. Can’t bear the Claudia interviews, fake. Most of the judges are grandstanding and bigging themselves up, especially Ballas. The celebs are barely known, the pros are prima donnas. The whole thing is a shadow of what it used to be.
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Post by hannechalk on Nov 7, 2024 15:12:42 GMT
Agree. I watch it on fast forward now. I can’t bear the rehearsal crap, so fake. Can’t bear the Claudia interviews, fake. Most of the judges are grandstanding and bigging themselves up, especially Ballas. The celebs are barely known, the pros are prima donnas. The whole thing is a shadow of what it used to be. Be kind on Shirley, she just split up from her partner. They didn't really, they split up months ago, but her team decided to milk it now. |
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Post by Matt on Nov 8, 2024 9:16:16 GMT
Johannes posted on his insta story to confirm the story is fake, he’s not leaving.
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Post by ladidah on Nov 8, 2024 9:30:10 GMT
I think the show could use a reshuffle, some new chorography for sure.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Nov 9, 2024 15:17:35 GMT
I’ve learned to assume tabloid ‘inside sources’ are completely made up - most of them are basic assumptions or guesses based on watching the show itself. Their rumour that two of the professionals are not on speaking terms after their split is literally that they are seen stood in different places in the claudatorium.
Also Karen commented on JoJo’s post about ‘where do they get this 💩?” which might also confirm the rumour she’s leaving is also untrue
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Post by Matt on Nov 9, 2024 15:56:04 GMT
I’ve learned to assume tabloid ‘inside sources’ are completely made up - most of them are basic assumptions or guesses based on watching the show itself. Their rumour that two of the professionals are not on speaking terms after their split is literally that they are seen stood in different places in the claudatorium. Also Karen commented on JoJo’s post about ‘where do they get this 💩?” which might also confirm the rumour she’s leaving is also untrue Didn’t Nadia say in the red carpet at the pride of Britain awards that they aren’t friends anymore? |
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Nov 9, 2024 19:48:45 GMT
I’ve learned to assume tabloid ‘inside sources’ are completely made up - most of them are basic assumptions or guesses based on watching the show itself. Their rumour that two of the professionals are not on speaking terms after their split is literally that they are seen stood in different places in the claudatorium. Also Karen commented on JoJo’s post about ‘where do they get this 💩?” which might also confirm the rumour she’s leaving is also untrue Didn’t Nadia say in the red carpet at the pride of Britain awards that they aren’t friends anymore? I don’t keep up with interviews, but I can imagine that’s true - but the claim is that an ‘inside source’ says they somehow cannot physically be near one another and that it’s a source of tension and drama backstage. That feels incredibly dubious |
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Post by danb on Nov 9, 2024 20:15:05 GMT
Does Craig have his period or something? He’s actually spoiling tonights show by being unpleasantly contrary and unfairly under marking some.
…and the under marking of Chris is an embarrassment. He has been accepted on the programme with his limitations and opportunities, he is getting amazing comments then punched in the face with crappy scores. If he’s good enough for your positive words he should be given the marks to go with it.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 9, 2024 21:37:05 GMT
The scoring was appalling tonight.
Even more so than usual
Sarah deserved more than that.
JB deserved a lot less. He made footwork errors. His legs weren't great. Not even close to Danny Mac.
Chris made me cry. That should have been marked higher.
Most of the music choices were poor. They just need to use tracks that actually fit the dance style. It's not hard.
Much as I enjoyed Team Mojo, they were fighting the music throughout.
The AT will never work to that music.
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Post by vdcni on Nov 9, 2024 21:37:42 GMT
Craig's the only one worth listening to at this point. It's refreshing that one of the judges doesnt buy into the let's over score every Couples Choice approach. I thought that was one of Chris's weaker efforts tonight.
10s for that unremarkable Quickstep or for Pete's dance being about a dead relative just shows how far Strictly has fallen.
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Post by danb on Nov 9, 2024 22:05:49 GMT
Craig's the only one worth listening to at this point. It's refreshing that one of the judges doesnt buy into the let's over score every Couples Choice approach. I thought that was one of Chris's weaker efforts tonight. 10s for that unremarkable Quickstep or for Pete's dance being about a dead relative just shows how far Strictly has fallen. I would normally agree, but this evening he was just mean. |
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Post by samuel1980 on Nov 10, 2024 1:30:08 GMT
I thought some of the music choices and musical arrangements were atrocious! Really off putting when they use tracks which don‘t fit the dance style. Call me a traditionalist but when I see an Argentine Tango I want proper Tango music. Occasionally a modern Interpretation works but usually it ruins the dance for me.
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Post by Matt on Nov 10, 2024 12:35:46 GMT
I thought some of the music choices and musical arrangements were atrocious! Really off putting when they use tracks which don‘t fit the dance style. Call me a traditionalist but when I see an Argentine Tango I want proper Tango music. Occasionally a modern Interpretation works but usually it ruins the dance for me. I really disliked the music for both the Argentine tango and the paso yesterday. |
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Post by danb on Nov 10, 2024 12:55:03 GMT
I am increasingly of the opinion that perhaps it has had its day. They try and include the seemingly un-include able, then happily throw them under the bus for sport. The judges scores, comments & behaviour are so entirely predictable and workmanlike they need not exist at all.
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Post by Matt on Nov 10, 2024 13:37:35 GMT
I am increasingly of the opinion that perhaps it has had its day. They try and include the seemingly un-include able, then happily throw them under the bus for sport. The judges scores, comments & behaviour are so entirely predictable and workmanlike they need not exist at all. It’s still pulling in the ratings though, isn’t it? I know every series gets less than the previous, but it’s got to be on of the beebs biggest shows still? |
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Post by hannechalk on Nov 10, 2024 15:48:40 GMT
I’ve learned to assume tabloid ‘inside sources’ are completely made up Or it is just one side's PR-team. |
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 10, 2024 19:37:24 GMT
I am increasingly of the opinion that perhaps it has had its day. They try and include the seemingly un-include able, then happily throw them under the bus for sport. The judges scores, comments & behaviour are so entirely predictable and workmanlike they need not exist at all. It’s still pulling in the ratings though, isn’t it? I know every series gets less than the previous, but it’s got to be on of the beebs biggest shows still? They still say it's an audience of millions but it does feel like a lot of people are giving up on it now, it's feeling very "seen it all before". The fact they also only get 85000 votes speaks volumes (especially as you can vote 3 times online so individual voters will be a lot fewer than that). |
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Post by vdcni on Nov 10, 2024 20:24:40 GMT
It’s still pulling in the ratings though, isn’t it? I know every series gets less than the previous, but it’s got to be on of the beebs biggest shows still? They still say it's an audience of millions but it does feel like a lot of people are giving up on it now, it's feeling very "seen it all before". The fact they also only get 85000 votes speaks volumes (especially as you can vote 3 times online so individual voters will be a lot fewer than that). Where does that 85,000 figure come from. The BBC historically haven't released any voting info. Anyway it's still getting over 8m viewers and usually tops the week so it's absolutely safe even if many of us think it's declined. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 10, 2024 21:20:41 GMT
One other thing I really found uncomfortable this week was their treatment of Pete post-dance.
It was brutally obvious that he was in a huge amount of emotional distress. They should have cut the interviews short to get him off camera as soon as possible.
Seeing a man shaking and struggling to hold back tears was not good telly.
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Post by danb on Nov 10, 2024 21:38:01 GMT
No, not cool at all. Incredibly insensitive and exploitative.
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