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November 19th, 2008

John Sergeant’s last waltz

Posted by: Stephen Addison

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?