[Anglooo]

The article states: "In October he also claimed never to have danced with a partner apart from some Gaelic dancing."

And that he said: "“I like dancing in the shower...."

And also: "The former Bangor student said: “There were many rehearsals leading up to any shows. As you can tell in the videos, he was rehearsed. The fact that I recall him in the club indicates he was involved for some time.”

Most sinister of all:

"The BBC declined to comment when approached by the Mirror about the video of his university dance exploits."

Either:
I am a twit and have misunderstood.
Or:
The Mirror article is hocus-pocus.
Or:
There is a lot of explaining to be done.

NB: this is not based on "an image" but of dance videos on stage. Why would he talk about dancing in the shower rather than remembering dancing salsa and paso doble on stage?

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Anglooo

The article states: "In October he also claimed never to have danced with a partner apart from some Gaelic dancing."

And that he said: "“I like dancing in the shower...."

And also: "The former Bangor student said: “There were many rehearsals leading up to any shows. As you can tell in the videos, he was rehearsed. The fact that I recall him in the club indicates he was involved for some time.”

Most sinister of all:

"The BBC declined to comment when approached by the Mirror about the video of his university dance exploits."

Either:
I am a twit and have misunderstood.
Or:
The Mirror article is hocus-pocus.
Or:
There is a lot of explaining to be done.

NB: this is not based on "an image" but of dance videos on stage. Why would he talk about dancing in the shower rather than remembering dancing salsa and paso doble on stage?

And yet nobody cared when Jill Halfpenny had previous dance experience.

Or Joe McFadden ,who from what I heard performed on stage ballroom prior to strictly.


Caroline Flack took part in a disabled version of strictly, so already gained dance experience before she won strictly.

Kimberly Wyatt was also a dancer beforehand .

Those are just a few I can think of.

Like I said if people hate dance experience ,then the competition would be full of Anne widdecombs & ed Balls .

It's impossible for strictly not to have contestants with some advantages in dance .

It's funny how nobody minds dancing on ice ,which I always found unfair when not everyone has ever set foot on the ice , Clearly some people have dabbled in ice skating though so will have an advantage.

Maybe BBC should axe strictly,seen as there's too much media bs & people get their knickers in a twist every year over "dance experience".

People seemed fine with the sister show 'strictly dance fever ' , as that was always clear about the contestants all being dancers . Difference being they were non celebrity.

[pontooner]

Originally Posted by Christmas Lights

And yet nobody cared when Jill Halfpenny had previous dance experience.

Or Joe McFadden ,who from what I heard performed on stage ballroom prior to strictly.


Caroline Flack took part in a disabled version of strictly, so already gained dance experience before she won strictly.

Kimberly Wyatt was also a dancer beforehand .

Those are just a few I can think of.

Like I said if people hate dance experience ,then the competition would be full of Anne widdecombs & ed Balls .

It's impossible for strictly not to have contestants with some advantages in dance .

It's funny how nobody minds dancing on ice ,which I always found unfair when not everyone has ever set foot on the ice , Clearly some people have dabbled in ice skating though so will have an advantage.

Maybe BBC should axe strictly,seen as there's too much media bs & people get their knickers in a twist every year over "dance experience".

People seemed fine with the sister show 'strictly dance fever ' , as that was always clear about the contestants all being dancers . Difference being they were non celebrity.

The true amateurs to win Strictly were the cricketers Darren Gough and Mark Ramprakash. When a hard ball is being bowled at your head at 90 mph you have to have natural dancing feet.

Strictly is soft as ****e now - the next stage in reducing credibility will be giving everyone 2 X couples choice dances to wave arms and legs around and not make the celebs do anything too difficult like the nasty Foxtrot or Waltz.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by pontooner

The true amateurs to win Strictly were the cricketers Darren Gough and Mark Ramprakash. When a hard ball is being bowled at your head at 90 mph you have to have natural dancing feet.

Strictly is soft as ****e now - the next stage in reducing credibility will be giving everyone 2 X couples choice dances to wave arms and legs around and not make the celebs do anything too difficult like the nasty Foxtrot or Waltz.

the show jumped the shark years ago by pandering to the woke crowd

terrified of not being inclusive id be amazed if they dont have a Vulcan and Black Mermaid and a Trans Lepricaun next year

[pontooner]

Originally Posted by Kevin the Carrot

the show jumped the shark years ago by pandering to the woke crowd

terrified of not being inclusive id be amazed if they dont have a Vulcan and Black Mermaid and a Trans Lepricaun next year

I wouldn't care if they did - provided they are required to do ballroom and latin dances, in hold and are marked properly.

The wokeism for me is that introduction of contemporary and street / commercial etc - non-traditional dances, once you do that why not have cheerleader dancing, or why not have tap or even ballet. Of course, they would never allow ballet - far too elitist...