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23-12-2008, 01:03 PM
Strictly Judges Axed
STRICTLY Come Dancing judges are facing the boot as part of a major new look for the show.
BBC bosses are organising a shake-up of the voting system to avoid any more fiascos like this year’s semi-final scandal.
One possibility is that the judges will pass verdicts on the dancers but not score them.
Only the viewers will decide who stays or goes.
Last night a show spokeswoman said: “No decisions have yet been made about future series.
“We’ve only just finished this year’s.
“Planning for Strictly series seven will start next year and, as always, we will look at lots of ways to ensure that the show is the best it can possibly be.”
And a peer waded into the Strictly Come Dancing “fiasco” yesterday, vowing to use Freedom of Information laws to expose the true result of the semi-final.
Furious Liberal Democrat peer Lord Tyler said: “Technology is available at the BBC’s disposal to ensure licence-payers know just how many votes each contestant got.”
It has also been revealed dance rivals Tom Chambers and Rachel Stevens are set for a rematch.
Millions of fans were left fuming when the ex-S Club babe failed to win the final and her Holby City rival waltzed away with the title.
Angry TV viewers claim Tom, 31, and dance partner Camilla Dallerup, 34, should never have been in the final after the vote fiasco, and that Rachel, 30, was the better dancer.
The pair are taking part in a Strictly Christmas Day Special on BBC One at 7pm and only the TV studio audience will vote.
Also taking part are finalist Lisa Snowdon, 37, former winners Alesha Dixon, 30, and Jill Halfpenny, 33, and last year’s contestant Kelly Brook, 29, who left the show after the death of her dad.
A source said: “The Christmas Day contest could mean that Rachel gets what she deserves and be crowned the Strictly champion. It’s going to be a tough fight.”
Source: Daily Star (http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/63266/STRICTLY-JUDGES-ALL-AXED/)[/quote]
STRICTLY Come Dancing judges are facing the boot as part of a major new look for the show.
BBC bosses are organising a shake-up of the voting system to avoid any more fiascos like this year’s semi-final scandal.
One possibility is that the judges will pass verdicts on the dancers but not score them.
Only the viewers will decide who stays or goes.
Last night a show spokeswoman said: “No decisions have yet been made about future series.
“We’ve only just finished this year’s.
“Planning for Strictly series seven will start next year and, as always, we will look at lots of ways to ensure that the show is the best it can possibly be.”
And a peer waded into the Strictly Come Dancing “fiasco” yesterday, vowing to use Freedom of Information laws to expose the true result of the semi-final.
Furious Liberal Democrat peer Lord Tyler said: “Technology is available at the BBC’s disposal to ensure licence-payers know just how many votes each contestant got.”
It has also been revealed dance rivals Tom Chambers and Rachel Stevens are set for a rematch.
Millions of fans were left fuming when the ex-S Club babe failed to win the final and her Holby City rival waltzed away with the title.
Angry TV viewers claim Tom, 31, and dance partner Camilla Dallerup, 34, should never have been in the final after the vote fiasco, and that Rachel, 30, was the better dancer.
The pair are taking part in a Strictly Christmas Day Special on BBC One at 7pm and only the TV studio audience will vote.
Also taking part are finalist Lisa Snowdon, 37, former winners Alesha Dixon, 30, and Jill Halfpenny, 33, and last year’s contestant Kelly Brook, 29, who left the show after the death of her dad.
A source said: “The Christmas Day contest could mean that Rachel gets what she deserves and be crowned the Strictly champion. It’s going to be a tough fight.”
Source: Daily Star (http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/63266/STRICTLY-JUDGES-ALL-AXED/)[/quote]