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Hooray Strictly is back for the new series tonight:) Any other avid Strictly fans out there? One of the best programmes of the year IMHO:D

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I would watch that if it didn't clash with x factor.....I'm into that now. :)

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It didn't clash - thoroughly enjoyable.

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Cannot wait for the girls next week.

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Took myself off in the garden with a bottle of Vino whilst wife , kids mother in law etc watched it , then re wound it and watched it some more.....!

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Same here would watch it if it didnt clash with x factor and vids broken . ummmm sorry x factor has to win . its getting serious now lol.

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Sky +........!? we had the misfortune of recording them both...........!

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Sorry folks Strictly wins hands down for me, love it:)

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Its bad enough having freeview lol. Hubby would be well confused if we gave him any more options hahaha

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I didnt see it, was watching bits of xfactor while tidying up, might try and catch it next week

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12 Million watched the final last year. X Factor lost out bigtime.

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Have watched ever seris so far, its a great program and would be better if they got rid of Brucy, he's past his sell by date. I hope nobody votes to get rid of Ole Jordon (can't remember wo her parter is because I wasn't looking at him) she was actally nearly n her dress last night:D

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Agree about Bruce, but this will is last....I so hope.

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Just watched it and it was brilliant, can't wait for next weeks:)

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Don't forget the results show tonight.

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Set Sky to record it just in case. What did you think of Ola Jordans outfit? Thought it was well OTT myself:o

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it was a bit OTT, but hubbie couldn't have minded.

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Knew most fellas would think it was smart, just thought it made her look a bit of a trollop myself:)

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You leave Ola alone Bernie, I hope she and her partner get to the final, if last nights dress was anything to go by:D:D:D

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Thought you might like it:p

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It wasn't on at the same time as X-Factor - Strictly started at 6.30pm and finished at 7.30pm and X-Factor started at 7.30pm - I watched them both!

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I am glad John Sergeant wasent voted out,,,he did realy well, and i just love that song Come away with me,,,,,,,,,sigh :D

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Did anybody notice Tess Daly's dress last night, didn't do a lot for her, she usually looks stunning, ut last night I didn't like that dress at all. I think the right one took the early bath last night, wonder what the girls will be like next week

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Can't say I was over keen on the dress either jaysay. There were some pretty decent efforts by the fellas, will be interesting to see how they progress. Will look forward to watching the girls next week, you don't really get any idea when they do a group dance.

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Well Gillian aka Cathy Beale was voted out, hard to really judge when standard is so high. Don't think Brendan Cole is doing his partner any favours with his attitude. Sorry GC, John Seargeant was bad tonight unless his dance next week is a big improvement think he should be next to go.

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Well as per usual people are voting for the person rather than the dancing:( John Sergeant was terrible this week and is still in, he may be a lovely bloke but he just can't dance bless him:rolleyes:

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I was really annoyed at Andrew and Mark not being in the bottom two tonight. Mark looks positively odd when he tries to 'dance'.

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Yep got to agree and that top that Mark was wearing was horrible, Tess thanked him on behalf of the women for wearing it but it looked ridiculous:rolleyes: Just hope people start voting for the better dancers soon:)

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I think John has become the new kate, getting the symathy vote to keep him in, hope he doesnt get the waltz next week

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Strictly outshines the rubbish X-Factor on every count. If the X-Factor 'talent' is the best we have to offer, then God help us. You were right about the ridiculous string vest that Mark wore. Don should never have been voted off. :theband:

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If John Sergeant gets through this week I will be very annoyed. The others are far better dancers and the public need to be voting for that rather than somebodies personnality. Len said as much in his comments, so hope the public were listening!!!

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It is annoying, especially for the judges, and those competitors who can actually dance, but I suppose that's the show.

I thought Tom's Quick Step was amazing tonight. It was if he was flying. He would have scored a 10 from me.

Two tens would also have been awarded to Cherie and Lisa's outfits. Spot on.:D

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I Love John Sergeant,,i Dont Want Him To Go,,,ooh He Is Jo Brands Twin Brother,,,,

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Agree even the dancers that weren't spot on left John way out in the shade.

The probable reason Tom didn't get a ten was being first on, shame really but think that will change as the show progresses.

Yes the outfits are superb, don't think there were any tonight that you could say otherwise about.:)

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But he can't dance Granny and for him to stay would be wrong, it is after all a dance competetion:p

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yeh but be fair granny, if it was n ugly competition he would walk it.:rolleyes:

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I KNOW THAT,,,,, BUT I AM A SUCKER FOR THE UNDERDOG,,,HE WILL PROBABLY GET KICKED OUT ,BUT IT WONT BE THE SAME...:dancedog:

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Oops Cap Lock On Sorry

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No, no, no, no, NOOOOOO - a travesty!

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I was out last night and missed it but caught up with it tonight on the other channel why not try that

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Un bloody believable he is still there, such a shame to see Rachael in the dance off after she danced so well:mad: At least the judges have let their feelings be known:(

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It is farcical that someone as good as Rachel was in the bottom two, whilst John sailed through to the next round.

I'm all for supporting the underdog, but if John was a dog it would be legless, and scoot around madly on a lttle trolley.

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Yep, it was funny to a point but it's beyond the joke now.

There is the argument that if someone's going to win it doesn't matter what order the others go out in but there doesn't seem to be a clear winner this year.

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Unlike last year there isn't a clear favourite, and the scores at the top being so close, plus the way some are brilliant one week and pants the next, make it exciting.

John has to go, in the interest of fairness.

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I agree, but he's clearly the worst by a mile. I felt really sorry for Heather tonight - she was better than Jodie and John and still got put out. If there was any fairness she wouldn't even have been in the dance off.

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It also shows how anyone is vulnerable because Rachel was fourth from the judges she must have come last from the audience vote to have mathematically have been in the bottom two.

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The British public and their voting patterns are crazy.

Strictly.

X Factor.

St. Andrew's ward '06.

:D

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Oooh I am glad johns still there,even if he is awfal ,,,i love to see the venim on the judges faces,,and like he said half the votes are down to the public,,,,,:alright:anyway it keeps the others on their toes


:hesoff:IS THIS ME NOW??

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For supporting him we're going to let you dance with him.

Just make sure you find some nice sparkly dance shoes with steel toe caps.:D

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Nice one Rindi that made my smile, don't know about Gayle though:D

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Well its definitely the Kate Garraway syndrome all over again, but having said that Kate was like Ginger Rogers compared with John. I think John is the worst dancer there has ever been since the start of the series 5 years ago, Skippy would have made a better contestant :eek:

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Glad the crazy result we had made you smile.;)

:D

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When i think of John as the bull fighter marching about i cant stop laughing,,but when he danced to Come away with me it was lovely...i want him to stay and make the others sweat/swear

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It is not fair that the others are working so hard and John just doesn't seem to be that bothered. I think he should step down now, he knows he can't dance and the way things are going one of the good dancers is going to end up losing their place:mad:

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They wont let him be voted off until the very last show, because he keeps people watching - they dont want to miss the show where he does get voted off

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Although I do think its very unfair that John is still in, its happened twice before on Strictly, with both Julian Clarey & Chris Parker. Neither of them could dance for toffee yet they made it to the last two (in different series.)

Saying that though I dont think its going to happen this year. I'm sure he'll go next week. (Then again I said that this week! lol)

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Well I'm not watching just so I don't miss the show where he gets voted off. This is one programme that I will not miss and never have done since it started. Think it is great television and should imagine a lot of other people feel the same. He just hasn't made any improvement in fact he looks like he doesn't care. It is horrible to see the ones who are really working hard being voted out whilst he stays in:(

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but if you think about it ,its just one week sooner ,the second worst will go and the best will still be there at the end....,Its the voting system thats wrong,,,,,if people keep voting him in ,,its their money thats going to the licence bandits

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If he gets voted off this week, we will just have to wait and see:)

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Strictly 'world's most watched'

Strictly Come Dancing has spawned more international spin-offs than any other programme, according to new figures.

The BBC show's format has been sold to 38 countries, industry magazine Television Business International said.

The show is sold internationally as Dancing With The Stars to countries including Chile, India and Japan.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Strictly 'world's most watched'


I love John, but want him gone!

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Strictly Saudi's good.

All the men dance together downstairs, and the women dance unseen, upstairs on the balcony.

:D

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Very funny.

I've been giving this far too much thought, but let's face it what else is there to do on a Monday night other than argue with Garinda about the marketing demographics of local newspapers!

Anyway, I think Rachel was in the bottom two i.e. very few people voted for her, because she's too perfect. She's clearly very good dancer and she's beautiful, she works very hard but she doesn't show much emotion when she gets voted through. Looking at all the others, they all have 'something' that people can get behind and want to vote for.

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Not only is she a very intelligent girl, and an extremely good dancer, she is perhaps one of the most beautiful women on this planet, imo.

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Amen to that:D

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Just read this morning that the judges could give Mr Sargent 4 zeros this week as a protest, that would be interesting woudn't it

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Doubt very much that will happen. Why doesn't he just step down?:confused:

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,,,Because I For I Love Him,,,,,I hope they do give him 4 zeros,,That would just make the viewers come out in force,,,,I have never voted ,but i CERTAINLY would if they did that

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It makes no difference whether they give him 0 or more - he'll still be at the bottom of the leader board so will still get the 1pt, and because there are now only 8 people in the contest the leader will only get 8pts.

If he's bottom of the judges leader board he only needs to be about fourth or fifth with the viewers to give him enough points to rise above the others. The only way they could really protest would be to give everyone else 40 pts and him less so that they ALL got 8pts to start off with and he only got his 1pt. That way it would be impossible for him to be anywhere but in the dance off - then they could vote him off after that.

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you really should send your CV to Countdown:D

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I failed the auditions! :o

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its finishing for good at xmas,,,,

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That doesn't surprise me GC, for me it was never the same when Richard Whittley died, Des and Des where okay, but without Carol it would be right somehow

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I used to like Carol ,but now i think she is just plain greedy,,,She thought she should have been in charge,and wanted extortionate fees

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Don't think thats quite true GC, they wanted to reduce her salary by a huge amout, and told her to take it or leave it, seems she said I'll leave it;)

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Even though this is a thread about Strictly ;), Jeff Stelling the Sky Sports presenter has been named as the new Countdown presenter. Channel 4 have said "Barring any problems, he has the job"

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Sorry if i got it wrong,jaysay ,but if they wanted to reduce her fee by a huge amount,,,then just exactly how much "WAS" she getting...Some people just dont realise when they are on a good thing,,

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Not sure GC but I think it was something like £1 million a year and they wanted to drop it to about £100,000

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Thank you to whichever controller decided not to have the show head to head with X Factor.

It used to get so complicated if you wanted to watch both shows.

Rachel's Rumba was very impressive, as was Austin's Tango.

Time for the underdog to visit the vets, and be put out of his, and our, misery.

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Yep got to agree, although it was John's best dance yet you could no way compare him to any of the others for dance skills. Please don't let him be there after tomorrow nights show:(

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It was his best dance, ever, but still way below what any of the others are achieving.

I thought Cherie was really good tonight, and Tom, well all of them really, except for....:p

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Yes will be really angry if he is voted in by the viewers. Read somewhere that some journalist friend of his just keeps hitting redial on her phone all through the voting:mad:

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I thought they all gave a good show last night even John was not that bad, but compared to the others he really is out of his depth. Just one thing, how Rachel's boyfriend could sit in the audience an watch her dance with anther bloke like that is way beyond me. Read an interview with Bruno this morning, he said that it helps dancers to perform if they are sleeping together, but he didn't know if any of the contestants were doing it this year:rolleyes:

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:end:

Oh the rebel came out in me last night,,and i voted for John TWICE

Ouch stop it Bernadette that hurts.....:hitting8::hitting8:

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Unbelievable, he is still in:mad: Just wish he would do the decent thing and stand down.:(

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http://www.gifs.net/Animation11/Crea...nime/Dance.gifGO JOHN GO
wwwwweeeeeee.

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Just consider that the viewing public are extracting the urine from a programme which is well past its sell by date - then it is amusing don't you think?

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I hope there isn't a grassy knoll just outside the studios.:rolleyes::eek::D

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We could always make one if needed Rindi. was watching an old film after strictly last night, just reminded me of John Sargent, The Blob:D

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Was watching BBC Breakfast this morning and Mandy was on, at the end of his interview he was asked if he would like to take part in Strictly. he said he would love to. I was just wondering who would be the best partner for him:confused: Anton, Brendon or Matthew:rolleyes:

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Seems the powers that be at the BeeB are going to make sure this farce can't happen again. Next year they're going to introduce a new rule, anybody at the bottom of the leader board three weeks running will be disqualified, yippee:mosher:

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John Sergeant has just announced he's pulling out of the show.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Sergeant to pull out of Strictly

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Oh, now I'm torn - I wanted him out but I don't think it's right that he should do this.

In all fairness, much as I didn't want him in I did accept that the rest of the voting public seemed to want to see him and so we all have to accept that decision.

I wonder what they'll do this week then as no one will be needed to do a dance off?

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Exactly.:confused:

I don't think he should have quit.

He played the game by the rules, even if the judges didn't like it.

Hopefully the public would eventually have come to their senses as to the quality of his dancing, and if they didn't...so be it.

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well i think hes done the right thing, all i can say to the guy is "RESPECT"

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In a statement he said "I think I could just go on and win it, but that would have been beyond the joke" Think he's doing a final dance on Saturdays Show, wonder if anyone will be voted out his week?

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As the money raised is going to children in need, they must have been raising a lot of money from the phone call for keeping John Sergeant in.
I expect that the people keeping John in will not be voting for anybody else. Therefore money lost for children in need. Surely it’s all about fun. He was being kept in because the voters wanted to be entertained.
There are rules. They should keep to them.

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It said on the B.B.C. news you can claim your money back if you voted for John to stay.

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It has emerged that John Sergeant stepped down because he is due to go on a cruise. He never expected to stay in so long, puts a new slant on his pulling out and shows it was hardly a noble gesture on his part:(

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As some one who watched the program for the dancing I'm glad John has stood down. I was brought up watching Come Dancing back in the 50s and 60s when it was Victor Silvester and his slow, slow quick quick slow. I have one regret, which is, I never learnt to ballroom dance, once went to the Court School of Dancing, over Burton's, in Lord St. Blackburn, one Sunday night when I was in my teens, but it was a mitigated disaster and never went back. I actually went with another Accy Web member but I won't embrace him by telling you who he is, but if he reads this he'll remember:rolleyes: