After enduring weeks of carping, John Sergeant has told them all to go to Hell. He’s resigning from the BBC’s “Strictly Come Dancing” and the show’s main talking point is disappearing with him.
Other contestants and judges thought it wasn’t fair that despite his lack of skills on the dance floor, he kept getting through simply because the public loves him.
“It’s not a personality contest, it’s a dancing contest,” they pointed out.
Do you think they were right, or should the public have been given the final say?
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Let’s not forget that John Sergeant was invited to appear on the programme - but now the judges have pressured him into quitting because he’s “not a dancer”!! In desperation at the furore, the BBC have now offered to refund the cost of calls to every John Sergeant voter. But why? If they hadn’t pressured him into quitting, they would have no obligation to refund voters. Yet another BBC PR fiasco. Viewing figures for Strictly will fall now that Sergeant has been axed.
- Posted by Nosher EdwardsI think that the Judges should be SACKED, and a new Set of JUDGES should be chosen, People who would Know a Celbrity when they met one, John Sergent IS an International Celebrity, An International Journalist, An International Interviewer, and An International Gentleman.
- Posted by Edward NorthThose Judges are OLD HASBEENS, that never Have BEEN In John Sergaents CASS.
If John kept on going and ended up becoming a winner, no one is going to watch this Stickly Come Dancing show because it will lose the sense of competition. Think about other contestants who are working day and night to prepare this show. Good thing that he decided to drop out!!
- Posted by SoojinStrictly Come Dancing is an entertainment programme, using celebrities to draw viewers to the programme - it is not a dancing competition in the true sense. The public have a right to vote for whoever they want to keep. What is the point of having viewers phone or text in at their own expense, if the judges flout the outcome and do not respect the public’s decision? If it’s a serious competition then just use judges. If it’s an entertainment then let’s have John Sergeant back where he belongs in the next programme. I think it’s outrageous that he’s been put in this position by the judges. Where is the fun in that? If he doesn’t come back then I won’t be watching the programme again - what would be the point?
- Posted by edingirlJohn’s career was over some long while ago, this was a golden oportunity to create publicity and ongoing work, he did not have to appeal to his viewers in the first/second playoff “my viewers will save me” - nobody else in this or previous series ever dipped to this level. No doubt he will now embark on a lucrative series of interviews, after dinner talks etc. This is a dancing competition not a horse show.
- Posted by Brian