Strictly Tony Adams

[smurfchops]

I cannot believe he was voted in to stay, and two good dancers were in the dance off. I read somewhere that all his ‘fans’ vote for him every week. BBC you should be ashamed. A complete fix if ever there was one.

[goodgoalie]

He'll be next to go - he and his partner were having a furious row at the end. At least we are now spared the further embarrassment of having to watch Ellie Simmonds.

[Ken4155]

"I read somewhere that all his fans vote for him every week."

Isn't that the same for all the contestants?

[goodgoalie]

I've heard the Arsenal supporters have got an organised thing going, Ken.

[Sqad]

goodgoalie/smurfy.

Mrs sqad totally agrees.

[Ken4155]

The fact he may have a bigger fan base than some of the other contestants isn't the fault of the BBC though, is it?

[goodgoalie]

Exactly :)

[pastafreak]

He's improved...but not enough to stay in this long. Should have gone ages ago.

[Ken4155]

I don't watch Strictly but from what i've read, it is more of a popularity contest than anything else - until the last few rounds, at least.

[roopower]

Ellie definitely shouldn't have gone last night, not good enough to win but s good dancer and partnership.

[Old_Geezer]

Some folk take this "entertainment" nonsense too seriously.

[goodgoalie]

The dead hand of wokery has spoiled this year's competition. We've had two men dancing with each other, two women (one of them flaunting her size), a woman with dwarfism dancing with a man without and even someone with the most ridiculous dreadlocks swinging about. No wonder it has reportedly lost a million viewers.

[Hopkirk]

Remember John Sergeant and Anne Widdecombe.

[gingejbee]

Anybody who watches this as a dancing competition is fooling themselves...it is, and always has been, a popularity contest.
So, the "it's not fair" comments from viewers simply don't mean anything.

[gingejbee]

Oh...and goodgoalie says "wokery" - I say "inclusivity".

[MargoTester]

Some of the scoring this year has been woeful with 4polnts difference between the same contestant, Ellie Taylor. Hamza is definitely the judge's favourite

[bednobs]

goodgoalie. A few weeks ago,
you were saying she was oblivious to the fact she was fat. Now you accuse her of "flaunting" her size. It can't be both!
it seems to be the same roundabout every year
1) people moan "what celebrities, i dont even know who half of them are"
2) people moan "someone i thought was better went out before someone i thought was worse - it's all a fix"
3) people moan "they only got voted for because they were old/fat/deaf/disabled/gay (insert your adjective of choice)"
4) people moan "that person went to stage school/are in a band therefore they are advantaged against someone who never danced before"
EVERY BLOOMING YEAR.
either stop watching it, or watch it and stop moaning

[Zacs-Master]

It’s the complete opposite of a ‘fix’. The whole show is based on viewer’s votes and viewer’s votes are keeping him in. You may not like it but it certainly isn’t a fix.

[ladybirder]

I love a good moan. Makes my day, especially if I can get someone to listen.

[bednobs]

hmm, thinking about it, so do i LB!

[MargoTester]

You don't say :-)