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Brave Fart said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
And Karim & Amy and Emma & Anton gracious in defeat too - they looked genuinely happy for Kelvin and Oti.
This is what I love about Strictly - it's an oasis of feel-good decency with glitter, in a grim world of general awfulness.
Completely agree Clockwork; and would add that the whole package - music, costumes, the professional dancers, everything really - is extremely well produced, very slick and lights up those dark nights during the back end of the year.This is what I love about Strictly - it's an oasis of feel-good decency with glitter, in a grim world of general awfulness.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Saturday 14th December 21:19
I even like the judges, and I have no criticism of Tess or Claudia; it's just perfect feel-good telly.
(I find Shirley and Motsi extremely annoying).Escort3500 said:
Brave Fart said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
And Karim & Amy and Emma & Anton gracious in defeat too - they looked genuinely happy for Kelvin and Oti.
This is what I love about Strictly - it's an oasis of feel-good decency with glitter, in a grim world of general awfulness.
Completely agree Clockwork; and would add that the whole package - music, costumes, the professional dancers, everything really - is extremely well produced, very slick and lights up those dark nights during the back end of the year.This is what I love about Strictly - it's an oasis of feel-good decency with glitter, in a grim world of general awfulness.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Saturday 14th December 21:19
I even like the judges, and I have no criticism of Tess or Claudia; it's just perfect feel-good telly.
(I find Shirley and Motsi extremely annoying).And the lovey dovey last dance together commentary and pieces to camera last night were quite nauseating.
BUT.......I do broadly agree Clockwork - it's a good feel good show, family entertainment and leaves a nice glowing feeling in a world that's often not so pleasant. I also love Oti, but that's less relevant to either of our posts
cuprabob said:
rider73 said:
No strictly curse this year...........................that we know of yet i guess. ;-)
Coincidentally Karim has split from his girlfriend Just sayin
Jesus H Christ. Kelvin is a great dancer and I wish I could dance and turn women’s heads like he can, but Shirley is a total cringe factory. He even looks a bit awkward when she’s gushing over him. If the genders were reversed it would not be tolerated.
Even so, a deserving winner - their show dance was great.
Even so, a deserving winner - their show dance was great.
Last Visit said:
I've been critical of the judges in this thread for this year, most annoying bar Craig.
And the lovey dovey last dance together commentary and pieces to camera last night were quite nauseating.
BUT.......I do broadly agree Clockwork - it's a good feel good show, family entertainment and leaves a nice glowing feeling in a world that's often not so pleasant. I also love Oti, but that's less relevant to either of our posts
I wonder if some of the extended filler, chats etc was to help manage the timing due to the missing couple. More time for costume changes etcAnd the lovey dovey last dance together commentary and pieces to camera last night were quite nauseating.
BUT.......I do broadly agree Clockwork - it's a good feel good show, family entertainment and leaves a nice glowing feeling in a world that's often not so pleasant. I also love Oti, but that's less relevant to either of our posts
MrsMiggins said:
Last Visit said:
I've been critical of the judges in this thread for this year, most annoying bar Craig.
And the lovey dovey last dance together commentary and pieces to camera last night were quite nauseating.
BUT.......I do broadly agree Clockwork - it's a good feel good show, family entertainment and leaves a nice glowing feeling in a world that's often not so pleasant. I also love Oti, but that's less relevant to either of our posts
I wonder if some of the extended filler, chats etc was to help manage the timing due to the missing couple. More time for costume changes etcAnd the lovey dovey last dance together commentary and pieces to camera last night were quite nauseating.
BUT.......I do broadly agree Clockwork - it's a good feel good show, family entertainment and leaves a nice glowing feeling in a world that's often not so pleasant. I also love Oti, but that's less relevant to either of our posts
A through cull of judges and presenters is required , just leave Craig. If as has been mooted , Anton is stepping down , who better to fill one of the places .He is more than qualified to judge or even present ,given his years of experience .It would thoroughly despicable for him to do another year , and stick him with a no hoper
And why was Shirley wearing a lump of AstroTurf stuffed down the front of her dress Saturday .And Motsi , words fail me , Dress sense is totally lacking from all the front line females on the program
And why was Shirley wearing a lump of AstroTurf stuffed down the front of her dress Saturday .And Motsi , words fail me , Dress sense is totally lacking from all the front line females on the program
It’s funny how the most popular show on tv is lumbered with the worst two presenters by a mile, it would save the beeb a s
tload of money just to wheel out a cardboard cut out of Daley being utterly dead behind the eyes, and Winkleman somehow has cultivated this image that she’s zany/quick witted when she’s neither.
tload of money just to wheel out a cardboard cut out of Daley being utterly dead behind the eyes, and Winkleman somehow has cultivated this image that she’s zany/quick witted when she’s neither.mcelliott said:
...and Winkleman somehow has cultivated this image that she’s zany/quick witted when she’s neither.
Thing is she is very quick-witted but the BBC have put her in a strait jacket. When she first started presenting with Tess she had her knuckles rapped a few times and is now toeing the party line, more's the pity. 
Clockwork Cupcake said:
mcelliott said:
...and Winkleman somehow has cultivated this image that she’s zany/quick witted when she’s neither.
Thing is she is very quick-witted but the BBC have put her in a strait jacket. When she first started presenting with Tess she had her knuckles rapped a few times and is now toeing the party line, more's the pity. Escort3500 said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
mcelliott said:
...and Winkleman somehow has cultivated this image that she’s zany/quick witted when she’s neither.
Thing is she is very quick-witted but the BBC have put her in a strait jacket. When she first started presenting with Tess she had her knuckles rapped a few times and is now toeing the party line, more's the pity. ...and as for some of the outfits she wears... Someone needs to tell her she looks like a dog's dinner...
Insanity.
M
marcosgt said:
Well, I've never seen it, but happy to accept she's just stifled by being the highest paid woman on the BBC for delivering jokes more cringingly than poor old Brucey ever managed...
Oh come on, I like Claudia but can still see why she might get some flack but theres no possible way anyone could deliver jokes more poorly and cringeworthily than Bruce.He was absolutely unwatchable!
mcelliott said:
Not sure she's being stifled and even if you are you can still be funny, even her efforts at basic humour are cringeworthy
That's because she's been told to stick to the ste someone has typed into the Autocue. She doesn't need it & is lightningly quick witted, but Tess just can't keep up.Mr Pointy said:
That's because she's been told to stick to the ste someone has typed into the Autocue. She doesn't need it & is lightningly quick witted
Absolutely. te someone has typed into the Autocue. She doesn't need it & is lightningly quick witted
She was razor sharp on ITT and then when they promoted her to the main show she made some blistering ad-libs that would have had BBC execs going quite pale. She was obviously read the riot act and told to stick to the script, because over the next few weeks she dialled it back until it was all gone.
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