The problem with strictly is much like “I’m a celebrity, gmooh”, and celebrity big brother, it is a show that allows C – Z list celebrities along with sports men and women to audition or reauditon for media work.

Yet everyone is up in arms because an unfit guy in his mid sicties who cant dance has outwitted them all in their greedy egocentric luvvy world.

Through these shows these perfromers raise their profiles, and their earnings, because of apearing on the show or doing well in it, they, for a short while, become household names again or for some it is for the first time.

This is why they all take it so seriously, to win is a big money game for careers and contracts. All of a sudden your ability to gain work from commentating to advertisements, from better parts to a singing career is vastly increased.

Of course Strictly is a dancing competition, but is many other things beside and to pretend otherwise is to be blind to the way fame and celebrity work. Even the judges are party to this, Len with his: SEVEN, or Craig with his hard streak, Bruno and his expressive face and rolled Rs and Arlene with her penchant for the boys hips, before this show they were back stage people who no one knew, except perhaps for arlene phillips

Before Strictly who could even remember Cherie Lunghi or even new who Lisa Snowden was. John Sergeant has to some extent blown this all wide open.

Why did the BBC put him in in the first place – as a rather unfit looking man in his mid sixties- ? They must have had an inkling that it would have some audience effect, they just didn’t judge how much. Of course this all adds to interest in the show and increased ratings. As to changing the rules why should they, the show is a success whoever wins and even if it turns into a pastiche of itself as the viewing audience votes for John, we will all still watch it.

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