Strictly Come Dancing 2024 #38

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Libbylulu said:
Anton is one to make fun of other people to be funny himself. I hate that kind of person. It’s mean. He made the older ladies he danced with the but of his jokes to hide how he was out of his depth dancing latin and that he was getting older. He made them look like fools to make himself look better.
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He no doubt does it thinking people will say 'ooh Anton's a good sport - poking fun at himself'. But he only pokes fun at his ex partners. And it's unkind and sly. He can't really take any jokes about himself at all. As Jamie found out.
 
Jelly Bean said:
He no doubt does it thinking people will say 'ooh Anton's a good sport - poking fun at himself'. But he only pokes fun at his ex partners. And it's unkind and sly. He can't really take any jokes about himself at all. As Jamie found out.
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And nobody, least of all the celeb who has just completed their dance needs to hear 'I threw Ann Widdecombe across the floor just there'. Yawn. 🥱

Give them proper feedback. He should write down basic words beforehand if necessary, and select the appropriate ones when required, so that he uses actual words not 'bish bash bosh'and [arms flung wide, mouth working soundlessly] while people wonder what the hell he is trying to say. He must have a good knowledge of dance, he must have a fairly decent knowledge of feedback phrases after all his years there. Half the time he looks and sounds like he belongs on the muppet show. And at least the muppets are appealing and funny.

When you look at how others like Katya or Gorka for example work with the celebs who are, shall we say, lacking in talent, it's a huge skill. It's not about about making a jeer of anyone. Really with the revamp of Strictly, (such as it was), and the departure of two pros under a cloud, there should have been training for the judges too, to ensure that it's a good experience. Nobody should leave, feeling they were jeered at or bullied. Seems like fairly basic common sense.
 
It’s the lack of consistency in the judging, they should be providing constructive feedback to all the contestants but using it as an opportunity to make jibes about one particular celeb is just so off. The inability to be impartial is so blatant. I’ve always found Anton a bit phoney and his constant references to his past partners as if he’s the butt of the joke but really he’s just making fun of them is mean and I wish he’d give it a rest it’s tired now and not funny
 
ChastityDingle said:
And nobody, least of all the celeb who has just completed their dance needs to hear 'I threw Ann Widdecombe across the floor just there'. Yawn. 🥱

Give them proper feedback. He should write down basic words beforehand if necessary, and select the appropriate ones when required, so that he uses actual words not 'bish bash bosh'and [arms flung wide, mouth working soundlessly] while people wonder what the hell he is trying to say. He must have a good knowledge of dance, he must have a fairly decent knowledge of feedback phrases after all his years there. Half the time he looks and sounds like he belongs on the muppet show. And at least the muppets are appealing and funny.

When you look at how others like Katya or Gorka for example work with the celebs who are, shall we say, lacking in talent, it's a huge skill. It's not about about making a jeer of anyone. Really with the revamp of Strictly, (such as it was), and the departure of two pros under a cloud, there should have been training for the judges too, to ensure that it's a good experience. Nobody should leave, feeling they were jeered at or bullied. Seems like fairly basic common sense.
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Agree with all of this.

Well he never got much positive feedback himself. 😬

Having so many duffers in his Strictly pro career really masked the fact that his Latin dance skill was fairly basic, many times underperforming.

All his demos of where the arms should be and the figure of eight rotation is a bit tedious, also his word salads are getting as bad as Vito. Who copied who on that?

Hate his critique, the marks never reflect what he says. He delivers some cruel comment to demean the celeb, then tries to redeem himself by saying something more positive, when the ship sailed with his first comment.

As for his disparagement of his previous celeb partners, perhaps we can blame their lack of progression on his teaching, their development from week 1 to the end of their run was barely detectable.

He has been so fortunate to make a very good, overpaid, living from this show, with all the additional spin offs.
 
Tanley said:
One thing I really hate is the DO in the semi final. The final celebs should be decided by public vote, the judges shouldn’t get one last chance at manipulation.
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Totally agree. It's very unfair for the judges to make that decision, it also means whoever was saved in the DO goes into the final knowing they won't win, and the viewers know it too. It's better to leave a bit of mystery as to who's name will be announced as winner, you lose that when you have people in the final who have been in dance offs. They should scrap the DO in both the quarter and semi finals (or scrap it all together. And sack the three tit judges!)
 
soccergirl said:
Ugh the hidden mics: Aljaz and Tasha murmuring in unison 'For Lyra' during the dance, then Aljaz shouting 'FOR LYRA!' at the end. Yes, we get it, you reproduced.
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Slightly better than “for Tasha’s dad” though I guess.
And yes it’s tedious, not to mention meaningless for a lot of us.
Memo to Aljaz: the tag line for this show is “keep dancing” .. please do just that and be grateful you have an excellent partner. [yes still annoyed she’s not dancing with Kai]
 
posy said:
Aljaz dedicating a song to his very live little girl when the song is about a family bereavement is just odd, very odd. Also as we all say it is about the celebs not the pro and he made that about himself.
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It just feels incredibly inorganic as well. Like they must have mutually agreed they'd say it during the routine. Meanwhile the child is running round shitting her nappy quite happily
 
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