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Old 02-03-2009, 01:17 AM #11
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Originally posted by Lauren
I think it's patronising to say the viewers can't GET the basic concept... I'm pretty sure they understand it.

Of course it's a popularity contest, if it wasn't it wouldn't be on TV, it'd just be a dancing on ice competition. But it's a television programme, which immediately means viewers pick favourites, and since its all done impersonally (i.e. through a television) they pick those they "like" over talent. It's happened throughout time with TV programmes like this.
You're probably right I am being patronising but it is the truth. And sometime the truth hurts.

It's not a popularity contest, it a dancing on ice competition. That is why it is called " Dancing on Ice' and not "Vote for the most popular failed Celebrity on Ice". It's a talent show. It is billed as a talent show. But the British public just don't understand.
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