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Post by tysilio2 on Jan 7, 2018 20:45:14 GMT
warm-up bloke made half hearted attempts to get our circulation going, but the wonderful Andy Collins he most certainly wasn't, and limp 'jokes' about his hamster learning to drive and falling asleep at the wheel made our very own Monkey seem like Eric Morecambe! He wanted material "cheap" so I just sold him the stuff I don't use, OK? Caveat Emptor and all that. I wouldn't be surprised if Caveat Emptor turns out to be another judge/presenter. Jordan Banjo?...surely not.....
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Post by alece10 on Jan 7, 2018 20:53:42 GMT
There were a lot of ad breaks which were quite annoying. I guess the same will happen next week then it should settle down more once they all perform in the same programme. I enjoyed it and liked the new set/ice rink. I thought Jake was certainly the best and seemed very confident bordering on cocky but that's what is needed to be confident on ice. Really surprised they paired Candice with Matt Evers as she isn't going to last long and he is one of the most recognisable pros. I think it will be a similar case next week with Cheryl Baker and Dan. Thought Hamish one of the new pros is going to be quite exciting with some great choreography.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 8, 2018 17:27:14 GMT
I downloaded it from ITV hub and there are NO ADS!!!
I've only skim-watched so far to see how they slotted us in - all the bits up until the judges' entrance were recorded on Friday, including the titles, which we thought was a group dance! Almost all the audience shots up until then are from afar due to our heavy coatage. Apparently the roof had blown off during Storm Eleanor, which is why they weren't ready or heated. It also explains the windows that were lying around right next to where we were queuing for security.
Jason's score for Perri is interesting. She was far and away my favourite in the studio - I'm not sure she came across quite so well on the telly, but she skated very fast and securely and was absolutely sublime in her shaping. I was delighted with Jason's score for her.
Stupid shouty commentator needs to go. He was there on Friday and briefly introduced to us - he did a bit of commentary as well, but we were comatose by then and didn't really notice. He is totally ruining proceedings, sounding like a shouty football pundit.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 8, 2018 18:32:25 GMT
I downloaded it from ITV hub and there are NO ADS!!! I've only skim-watched so far to see how they slotted us in - all the bits up until the judges' entrance were recorded on Friday, including the titles, which we thought was a group dance! Almost all the audience shots up until then are from afar due to our heavy coatage. Apparently the roof had blown off during Storm Eleanor, which is why they weren't ready or heated. It also explains the windows that were lying around right next to where we were queuing for security. Jason's score for Perri is interesting. She was far and away my favourite in the studio - I'm not sure she came across quite so well on the telly, but she skated very fast and securely and was absolutely sublime in her shaping. I was delighted with Jason's score for her. Stupid shouty commentator needs to go. He was there on Friday and briefly introduced to us - he did a bit of commentary as well, but we were comatose by then and didn't really notice. He is totally ruining proceedings, sounding like a shouty football pundit. Agreen with you about the commentator. Dreadful
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Post by ensembleswings on Jan 8, 2018 18:40:17 GMT
Really didn't like the commentator either, just seemed like he didn't want to be there and added next to nothing to the skating/dancing
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Post by theatreian on Jan 8, 2018 22:15:52 GMT
Yes totally agree about the commentator. Hope the series picks up after these first 2 shows. It doesn't seem as good as the original series.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 1:51:57 GMT
Commentator is apparently a chap called Matt Chapman, he is from ITV racing, the betting ring guy - think John McCririck minus the eccentricity and misogyny. But still a prat IMO.
Why not have Robin Cousins who hasn't returned as Head Judge as Jane and Chris are doing that role to do it. He has done a lot of commentary before and knows the show or Nicky Slater a former judge and very good commentator.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 11, 2018 21:26:15 GMT
It would appear the commentator's job is now vacant.
Anyone got any suggestions for his replacement?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 2:11:46 GMT
Simon Read did it after Tony Gubba died so may be up for coming back. But with Winter Olympics next month a lot of commentators will be pre-booked for that. They can easily find a decent sports presenter who knows a bit about skating and can swat up but do they want entertainment factor too.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 12, 2018 16:16:43 GMT
I don't remember Simon Read - which must mean he was ok lol!
Serious suggestion from me - how about Beth Tweddle? She commentates a bit in gymnastics and also as a previous contestant has some serious credentials n'est pas?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 20:49:50 GMT
Simon Reed ( got spelling wrong initially) does a lot of commentary on Eurosport mainly Tennis but has covered skating before as well as Basketball on Channel 4 in the 1980's. He took over from Tony Gubba when Tony had to step down shortly before he died in 2013 and then commentated on all 2014 series.
Simon is also the younger brother of the late legendary hellraiser Oliver Reed.
The suggestion of Beth replacing Matt Chapman who is a horse racing presenter made me cruelly think when during an online chat she was asked "Who was riding her in the Grand National" due to her impressive gnashers.
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Post by theatreian on Jan 12, 2018 22:00:46 GMT
Apparently the new commentator is Sam Matterface from talksport. Yes that is his real name! He couldn't be any worse than the last one and is more pleasing on the eye too!
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 12, 2018 22:10:14 GMT
A football commentator? I'll be ready with my earplugs. Grump grump......
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Post by longinthetooth on Jan 12, 2018 22:16:33 GMT
I was an avid fan of DOI (note past tense), but I thought the first show last week was dreadful. After 20 minutes we had only seen one couple skate. I'll be recording it from now on, I think.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 23:43:06 GMT
Last week's show did drag on and they didn't have any extra interactions like they used to from Chris and Jayne when they were mentors. No mention either of who the coaches were - before Karen Barber used to be heavily featured.
Sam is a very experienced sports commentator and should hopefully be more what Tony Gubba was like and less of a glorified cheerleader that Matt Chapman seemed to be,
He was married to the gorgeous Natalie Sawyer from Sky Sports.
Wonder if there is any update on Donna Air's missing Geordie accent.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 15, 2018 15:10:26 GMT
Well, I have a favourite 3 (which is 3 more than I did in Strictly this year.) Perri, Max and Alex are the ones to watch for me - Max was amazing with those lifts in week 1.
I also liked Donna and I thought Mark had choreographed a lovely routine.
So they replaced the commentator who yelled with a commentator who merely shouted. Okaaaaaay... (but a definite improvement.)
It looks like it's still freezing in the studio.
Jordan was less nervous this week and more like the Jordan we saw at dress rehearsal - he was a bit stilted last week I thought. And someone's obviously had a word with Jayne (and written her a script...bless!)
I was really surprised (and pleased) that they kept Lemar - he was definitely less practised than Candice but if T&D say his skating was better who am I to disagree? I didn't like his partner much, though I do appreciate she's not had a good time of it so far.
The confusion when they couldn't hear who was saved and who was in the dance-off was embarrassing. I hope they get it sorted.
Someone needs to gag Jake, Kem and Anthony. Please. Very please. Oh, and Brooke whilst they're at it.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 15, 2018 17:55:27 GMT
Just caught up with last night's show. Vast improvement in the commentator. What I don't understand is why they have put Dan and Matt with two of the weakest skaters
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Post by justfran on Jan 15, 2018 19:10:35 GMT
There are far too many adverts in this, ruins the flow of the show (so glad I recorded it so I could flick through). Overall I'm not as impressed by the celebrities as in previous years (though it's early days) and I'm not a fan of the new shape ice rink.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jan 16, 2018 11:55:57 GMT
The second episode was much better than the first, partly because of the change of commentator and partly due to the absence (apart from the group number) of Antony Cotton.
Alex and Brianne were the standout couple for me this week. Really nice routine from Donna and Mark too.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jan 16, 2018 18:50:12 GMT
Hopefully it will improve further when all the contestants skate in one programme with less padding.
The programme does not need the "backstage" area interviews or the awful "group" dances.
The audience were very unnecessarily noisy and should be told to be quiet! The results were a shambles because of this and the fact that the contestants could not hear the results. It looked shambolic!
Plus of course the programme suffers from not seeing T&D on ice!
SO if any of the producers are reading this and implement the above I will expect payment as executive consultant/director!
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 16, 2018 19:28:41 GMT
The audience were very unnecessarily noisy and should be told to be quiet! Absolutely! But it's not going to happen. When we were freezing our gateaux off at the dress rehearsal (which was also running about 3 hours late) they actually re-shot several bits because we didn't whoop loudly enough. Mini Tibs was losing her voice as she was already unwell and when I suggested she shouldn't holler so loud she said that she wanted to get the heck out so better to yell than wait for the camera to set up for a re-take. They were actually getting annoyed with us for not cheering, or cheering at the wrong time. We'd been told that Holly wasn't there. They explained that Phil and Holly's stand-in, Rory, would walk out and we should give them a loud welcome. Phil came out actually with Holly (who left shortly after) so a loud cheer did go up as we were pleased to get to see her. Trouble was, we were supposed to have waited until they got to the top of the white carpet, not cheer the minute we saw them appear from backstage. However, no one had actually explained this to us. So they had to shoot it again, after admonishing us for getting it wrong. I learnt some flowery new words from the very peed-off lady behind me! And they could say what they liked, but there was no way on this earth I was cheering Anthony Cotton. He got a Kidman clap from me and nothing more.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jan 16, 2018 19:32:41 GMT
Anthony Cotton - yes the sooner he is voted off the better the show will be too!
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Post by lynette on Jan 21, 2018 19:49:15 GMT
I’m not getting this competition. The ones the judges don’t like look ok to me and the ones they like I don’t rate much. I thought Perri was great and Donna was stiff and awkward. If you can do those moves then you can do em on any surface, Jake. Oh well. I’m not judge. But when I do watch the pros in the dance championships when I can find them on the telly my opinion isn’t that far off.
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Post by lynette on Jan 21, 2018 19:59:18 GMT
I’m def missing something. Perri is through but she had changed dress anyway so wasn’t going to skate the same dance was she?
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Post by lynette on Jan 21, 2018 20:00:50 GMT
O I see, they all change. Ok, Give me time...
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 21, 2018 20:55:32 GMT
lynette , maybe you shouldn't have taken both tablets at the same time? I completely agree with you however! I have no idea why they marked Jake or Kem so high (or Antony so low - even though I can't stand him!) I hope Max's pro sorts it out for next week as there were far too many tricks and could someone please, please gag that girl with the Starship Trooper hair. Whatever they are paying her pro it cannot possibly be enough. I thought they were harsh on Lemar's pro, even though I completely agreed with them. I liked Donna but have no idea why she got such high marks either. I liked Perri and thought she looked amazing. Betsy Mead in the audience. Cute.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jan 21, 2018 23:50:17 GMT
OK...note to self - to join the millions of other viewers who have stopped watching this show!
The only positive I could say about tonight was that at least all 11 couples skated in 2 hours rather than just 6 in the previous two weeks which just showed how padded out those shows were. So at least there was more content and less padding from the backstage area.
However, it is astonishing that for the money that has no doubt been lavished on the series it manages to look so cheap!
The opening professional skaters routine was completely covered in dry ice so you could not see the skates!
The camera shots seem to miss vital bits of the routines!
It all looks under rehearsed and I am not just talking about the contestants.
T&D are missed on the ice and as they have understandably this telepathy they will agree on everything - so there is no jeopardy in the skate off as to who will leave as they hold the power having the casting vote every week, leaving Jason and Ashley redundant - a major format error.
As ever with these shows it is all about the casting and some of these "celebs" are frankly unlikeable and there is zero chemistry with their pro skating partners.
Such a missed opportunity really for ITV to have its own version of Strictly with the added jeopardy of someone falling over live on TV, but it is so poorly produced.
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Post by christya on Jan 22, 2018 10:13:32 GMT
I keep trying with this, but it's just lacking something. Doesn't help that I haven't heard of most of the 'celebrities', but I suppose that's inevitable as time goes on and they run out of people who'll be willing to do it. I've never been bored with this show before, but it's just a bit dull.
Also doesn't help that I've detested Donna Air since her Byker Grove days, old grudge due to her behaviour toward friends on set. When she goes I might be more charitable toward the whole thing!
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Post by ensembleswings on Jan 22, 2018 12:21:54 GMT
I'm really not enjoying this series at all. As much as I wished it had continued to run when it first stopped four years ago, I now wish they'd just left it and didn't revive the show. Hate to say it but I really don't like T&D as judges, something just doesn't sit right for me. And as for the skate off I agree with wickedgrin you may as well not even bother asking Jason and Ashley to vote as T&D will just agree with one another anyway.
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Post by candela on Jan 22, 2018 13:06:42 GMT
I agree I don't like torvill & Dean as Judges, i prefer Karen and Robin and them doing Choreography for the pro's. I felt sorry for Max his pro went way to advance for week 2 as he a talented skater.
Also what I didn't agree with the skate off result. As much as it pained me to say this but i totally agree with Jason. We should be voting what we see in the skate off and not there previous performance. Why i felt lemar did a slightly better performance he did slip. Steph did the routine with a clean sheet !! Previous series this would cost the celeb/pro but doesn't seem this way!!
What is with the Old pro's being voted off 1st Matt now Sylvan?
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