Hooray, it’s back. Glitter! Spray tans! New social measures!
I was angry Strictly Come Dancing several months. Professional dancers go through raw, relentless training to reach the top of their game. The process is not known as warm and cozy. It involves an unimaginable amount of difficult physical graft. People who take their seven-year-old to ballet lessons know this. People who saw Fame or Billy Elliot to know this. Literally everyone knows this – except the people who make it Strictlyobviously. We believe it never occurred to any of them that their own experience as professional dancers might influence their teaching methods and expectations of competitors. really?
The dance extravaganza is back – but without a mention of the recent drama
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Or maybe I’m mad that it’s possible that huge drama has emerged from what could turn out to be a storm in a teacup. That some people enjoyed theirs Strictly experience more than others in the last 20 years is hardly a jam. Amanda Abbington, who left last year’s series early, clearly did not enjoy it at all. But was the actress being bullied by her dance partner Giovanni Pernice or did she just not like him? Was she traumatized or was it just a clash of personalities? We don’t know because the BBC’s investigation into the matter – which is expected to be published before the start of this new series – is still ongoing. “They literally don’t know what to do, so everything is delayed and delayed. [The director-General] Tim Davie is a good guy but it’s impossible to handle,” an unnamed BBC source said last week, according to the Daily Mail.
Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice performed last year. Pernice, who denied bullying his dance partner, is now on the Italian version of the series
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Meanwhile, dancers Pernice and Graziano Di Prima, accused of being usually strict (for dance professionals) or unacceptably cruel, got the boot. Di Prima has issued a profuse apology for hitting his celebrity partner Zara McDermott, which he says was accidental, while Pernice has loudly and consistently denied ever bullying Amanda Abbington. Now she’s on the Italian version of the show, which suggests she either has very low standards or knows something we don’t.
i think Strictly I should be taking a year off instead of having a masterclass in crisis mismanagement, but I’m watching it anyway. For 20 years I’ve loved him from the bottom of my heart, which is another reason for my annoyance: I don’t know if I should feel manipulated because I’m buying the whole thing”Strictly was the best experience of my life’, or this whole saga will turn out to be a he-did-she-said microdrama of no consequence – in which case I’ll be angry again that the program doesn’t stand with its dancers and let it go blacken. Because it is a wonderful show that brings only joy and lights up winter nights. The icing on the cake is that it’s also quietly revolutionary in its portrayal of diversity (this year’s contestants include blind comedian Chris McCausland).
Last night’s opening sequence featured a busload of dancers breaking down in the middle of nowhere and calling in Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly for help. Was it a metaphor? Aliaž Škorjanec rejoined the cast after a two-year hiatus, Amy Dowden returned after two bouts of breast cancer, Craig Revel Horwood grew a beard, there are a few new dancers, but otherwise it was as usual, without any mention. recent drama – not even Winkleman’s look at the camera.
The contestants were paired with the pros — as always, some celebrities don’t ring the bell, though it never seems to matter. Among those who do include Tom Dean MBE, who just won a gold medal in swimming at the Paris Olympics, opera singer Wynn Evans from the Go Compare ads, 1980s pop star Toyah Willcox, ex-footballer Paul Merson and Nick Knowles from DIY SAUCE. (Based on one group dance, my money is on Montell Douglas, Olympian and gladiator, paired with Johannes Radebe).
Amy Dowden is back after breast cancer treatment
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Everyone was crying, shouting, glowing with ecstatic joy. The glitter sparkled as brightly as ever, and there was a feeling of warmth and goodwill on the couch. But you kept waiting for someone to say something. Surely we’d all stop grinning for a moment and at least mention the crisis that almost derailed the BBC’s most popular and profitable brand? But they didn’t. They designed it.
Did it work? To some extent, because StrictlyThe brand of joy is infectious and there can’t be a viewer in the land who wants the show to fail. But as a fan, I found last night’s show weird and maybe even slightly offensive. The elephant in the room is the size of a woolly mammoth. I’d be better off admitting it and moving on. Perhaps that will come next week when the contestants are shown rehearsing with new companions. I hope so.
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