I have always been a huge fan of the Strictly come dancing show, as firstly it is one that the whole family can sit round and enjoy with a few sweets and laugh at the outrageous costumes, and enjoy the effortless grace of the professionals and admire the fact that Darren Bennett can make white pumps look cool!.
The show in my mind has always been a bit of a variety show, with some of the celebrities there to show the world that apart from reviving a breathless career and angling for a part in Chicago that they actually can dance and are not just a one trick pony. Then you have the celebrities there who are purely there for crowd entertainment who cant dance for toffee but can make the judges argue and Craig Greville Hall give the infamous score of 1 an airing (priceless).
So it seems rather idiotic to me that John Sergeant has made this furor of leaving the show as he NOW deems it unfair for him to carry on in the competition as it is a DANCE competition , where have you been John Living in a cave , I would say dancing in a cave but we all know that would be stretching things a bit.
I feel very disappointed , as hundreds if not thousands of people put the spanner in the works by voting for this dance nightmare for the sheer fact that they wanted him to stay in the show, after all this is what a democracy is all about , unfair in this instance or not this is the name of the game of Strictly come Dancing , the people have the chance to vote. So it just makes a total sham of things for him to let everyone down now, why not at the beginning we all new week one he couldn't bloody string two steps together.
All I can think of is the power of the press factor here to rival the x Factors press coverage which again is taking strictly to an even tackier level than that of the male celebrities Latin shirts, are we all mugs.
I think the tv producers feel we are with all these reality tv shows and everyone on the xfactor being "world Class" all of which you never hear hide nor hair of again once the cameras stop rolling after they are voted off.
This could go one of two ways now. John will either make a grand gesture of rejoining the show (which I think he will) which will send voters into a frenzy, or they will make him into a mar tyre on the show on Saturday which will make people tune in to watch anyway just to see if he does show up, either way the bbc cannot loose.
I think they misjudges his exit by a week or two though if you ask me, as on the t'other side, 2 weeks ago Mariah Carey was on which I would of thought would have been a more credible opponent in the ratings war, this week we have the amazing talent of Same Difference on the xFactor Stage which will probably have people turning to the BBC for cover anyway I hope!
