Strictly Come Dancing 2024 #10

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Honeystar said:
The thing is it depends who witnessed it. I said earlier how if it was a runner, a camera assistant etc essentially someone “low down” on the strictly ladder it could be really hard to have the guts to come forward and make an accusation against one of the professionals especially one who was well liked and well in with the producers. It doesn’t make it right but the fear of not being believed/being dragged into a dispute or losing their jobs would have been very real
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Spot on! Plus for people questioning why Zara didn’t say something at the time, have we not seen how people trolled Amanda when she made her claims about Giovanni? The fact multiple people have been afraid to come forward yet there was apparently footage available says the entire shows production team needs a revamp
 
Also the fact that this situation has been dealt with so quickly makes me think either a) Graziano agreed to have training footage released to producers (although I assumer producers would have the right to see it anyway? Anyone with knowledge of this please inform me!!) and Giovanni is refusing to release his training footage or b) there is nothing in Strictly’s footage to incriminate Giovanni and the evidence Amanda is looking for is in another video (possibly recorded by Giovanni?)
 
Shesaidwhat? said:
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it doesn’t get pulled or a shorter run this year. And maybe it should.
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I would, there is a lot of money involved and this is the BBCs prime autumn show that takes up a lot of the schedules and employs a lot of people.

I think it would take more allegations about more pros for it to be pulled completely.

They're going to have to be very careful though, and this will be a big warning to the pros this year. I think there will be a lot of playing it safe.
 
I hope a lot of the headlines are sensationalism. I can’t believe Zara has just put out a documentary about tattle and the bullying/trolling on here, but would knowingly allow a man to spit on her, kick her and hit her.
None of this makes sense, people like Ellie and other dancers witnessing this behaviour and carrying on as normal?
 
Shesaidwhat? said:
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it doesn’t get pulled or a shorter run this year. And maybe it should.
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Maybe I'm too cynical but it wouldn't surprise me if the BBC bosses think this will get the show more viewers. It raises the profile of the show, and people will also be curious to tune in to see if Graziano gets mentioned.
 
Honeystar said:
The thing is it depends who witnessed it. I said earlier how if it was a runner, a camera assistant etc essentially someone “low down” on the strictly ladder it could be really hard to have the guts to come forward and make an accusation against one of the professionals especially one who was well liked and well in with the producers. It doesn’t make it right but the fear of not being believed/being dragged into a dispute or losing their jobs would have been very real
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I can believe this. After all, it’s pretty much the BBC’s biggest show, and as we know the BBC has a bit of a history of covering up for people. So you can see why some junior employee who is just pleased to get such a great job would not want to stick their neck out.
Jeez, though. I knew it had to be bad because they’d mentioned gross misconduct and it was evidently an immediate sacking - but he hit, kicked and spat at her?? WTAF??
This is also hugely damaging to the show’s brand. It’s supposed to be a glittery fun family show. I actually do think they might be best resting it this year, because it’s only a few weeks before it starts and all this will still be the main topic of conversation.
 
gdw1910 said:
Also the fact that this situation has been dealt with so quickly makes me think either a) Graziano agreed to have training footage released to producers (although I assumer producers would have the right to see it anyway? Anyone with knowledge of this please inform me!!) and Giovanni is refusing to release his training footage or b) there is nothing in Strictly’s footage to incriminate Giovanni and the evidence Amanda is looking for is in another video (possibly recorded by Giovanni?)
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Well, Gio might just be lucky that the things Amanda is alleging weren't caught on camera. Surely if they were they'd have taken decisive action rather than things dragging on forever.
 
To be fair, let’s say Zara did tell say Ellie and Nikita. Three young girls, all “guests” in that they aren’t in the professional bubble and “family” , as someone a similar age I’m not sure I would know where to take it or have the guts to report it in that situation. Also, Zara may have explicitly asked them not to tell anyone or escalate it and they chose to honour her wishes. I wouldn’t jump on blaming them for turning a blind eye if they did know
 
Auga said:
Maybe I'm too cynical but it wouldn't surprise me if the BBC bosses think this will get the show more viewers. It raises the profile of the show, and people will also be curious to tune in to see if Graziano gets mentioned.
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Yeah. And maybe they’ll re-run a few episodes of ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ while they’re at it, introduced by Huw Edwards.

No such thing as bad publicity, eh? 🙄
 
soccergirl said:
Well, Gio might just be lucky that the things Amanda is alleging weren't caught on camera. Surely if they were they'd have taken decisive action rather than things dragging on forever.
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Yeah good point! I more so meant that they don’t have the evidence yet to sack Gio (as it’s being reported that Gio is blocking the release of certain footage) that they do regarding Graz given that he’s gone so quickly.
 
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