Strictly Speaking
Does anyone actually watch Strictly Come Dancing any more? I have watched it in the past and enjoyed it, but this year I haven’t been—and I’ll give you three guesses why not.
Without getting into the debate about whether the BBC was discriminating against older women, I am sure that Alesha Dixon’s appointment as one of the judges has harmed the show. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying anything against her. I believe the BBC’s argument was that they wanted a younger audience to watch it; while that is fine I think they have gone completely the wrong way about it. If that really is their argument then I have this to use in rebuttal: As a young male I don’t care if one of the judges was the goddess Venus, a woman sitting behind a desk moaning about other people‘s dancing has almost zero sex appeal. Period.
I didn’t care that Arlene isn‘t Venus, that wasn’t her job. Her job was to critique dancing. What the BBC have done is replace her with someone who cannot fill her post. From what I have seen of Alesha on Strictly, what she talks about is how entertained she was by the dance. I mean…isn’t that the audience’s job? I thought the role of the judges was to inform the audience on aspects of dancing so they can decide who was the best, out of technique and entertainment.
What do you think about Strictly now? If you are a young person then did you watch it last series and do you watch it now.
