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Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I strongly disagree with Chris, I feel like there were a fair few that were better than him last year. And Rose just did the same dance every week (which tbf to Chris, he was far less guilty of doing that) I would personally argue that John, AJ, and arguably Rhys were a lot better than Rose was in her year.

And tbf to Ellie, whilst I do agree with what you're saying about her, I honestly feel that performance wise she'll probably be as bad as most of the disabled contestants end up being on Strictly imo. Exception being Tasha last year, and even she tended to be overscored sometimes.

I said it last year, the disabled contestants should be given a spin-off version, it would be much fairer to both the disabled and the non-disabled. The non-disabled contestants would benefit because they're not potentially losing out on votes because they're not disabled, and the disabled contestants would all be on an equal footing with each other.

And from a fan perspective we get a new badass Strictly Show, instead of the judges treating Ellie with kiddy gloves, because I agree with you that I think she'll make the judges and public feel better if they 'cheer her on' regardless of anything else going on in the Show.

Apologies for the tangent.

…so disabilities are segregated and delegated to a separate show and what is essentially an entertainment show….?…and also on an entertainment show that some with disabilities have progressed well in, in the past…I don’t agree at all, I think there are lots of ‘tick boxes’ with chosen celebrities…maybe some are chosen and asked to take part with consideration to their diagnosis but that’s to show that Down Syndrome does not always mean ‘preventative’ and exclusion, surely…that would just be very defeatist and hopeless for someone to aspire to be part of such a show…I also read an article yesterday, which referred to what it felt was the person who showed the least dance skill in the small segment of opening show…/..I won’t say who it was and it was just a media article but who it wasn’t was Ellie…but maybe that person was ‘box ticked’ as well…there are many boxes ticked for many reasons of drawing attention and viewers to the show…to this show and all other reality shows…boxes are ticked every day and in every way, as they say…it’s unfair to single out a condition/disability in my opinion…but if Ellie’s dancing progression and ability has her going home, then that’s fair…that’s the voting choice…