Fed up with Strictly!

My fathers friend and his wife were British Ballroom champions in the dim and distant past .I remember going to see them but was bored because all the couples danced the same dance in the competition
.Now I think that might be better on Strictly,judging two entirely different dances isn't fair ..in my humble opinion. Chucking someone off because your tango isn't as good as their jive seems very odd .Apart from that aspect my GD and I watch it every week..mainly for the costumes ,as she wants to be a costume designer like mums friend.

I gave up watching strictly a few years ago, it's so boring and repetitive. Hubbie still enjoys watching it , so I relax with my audio books whilst he watches. My pet hate is when someone says ' We're all like Family '

I’ve never watched it. Well, except a bit once at dd’s house, No Strictly mentions on Classic FM, I’m happy to say - the too-oft-repeated irritating ads are another matter, though.

I should add that dd and Gdd1 are massive Strictly fans. And have tried (and failed) to fire me with the same enthusiasm.
Each to her own. I don’t suppose dd would be wild about re-runs of ancient Rebus or Dalziel and Pascoe, either. ?

I agree that it’s all getting too “ over the top.” I loved the show in its early years but now they’re forever trying to think of more gimmicks to make it slightly different. Please don’t let me get started on the judges.

Never watched it, never will, but I do get sick of it being mentioned just about everywhere these days.

Ditto Blossoming, I find it artificial and boring too. But as the OP says, we can watch something else.

I know what you mean about the overkill - but that's what happens now with everything. As long as people continue to vote and comment and get so emotional about it I guess it will continue. It's not all doom and gloom though. The conspiracy theories about why people get chucked out keep me amused for hours.

I stopped watching Strictly and Take Two a few years ago, before that I used to watch it over and over on IPlayer. But much as I love the dancing it got to the stage where there was more screaming and crying and gushing than actual dancing. I discovered all the dance channels on YouTube and watch fabulous dances on there without all the wailing.

I don't watch Strictly but others enjoy it I know. What I get fed up with is BBC Breakfast. There is 5 minutes on Ukraine, maybe 10 on the energy crisis and a bit more on the cost of living but over riding all this is the important matter of what's happening on Strictly sometimes taking up 15 to 20minutes. People who enjoy the show will have watched it. Why have a rehash of it on a news programme

I am a huge Strictly fan so I love all the gossip etc. I can imagine how annoying it must feel if you’re not. I feel that way about programmes like Love Island and The X Factor when that was on.

volver

As this is chat, I can diverge.

Anyone who says they don't watch Strictly because it's "woke" or men should be in tails, you missed Nikita and Carlos, and Adam's singing. My goodness, your loss.

Side note - how do you samba in tails?

Not tails volver but the sort of outfit my mum thought acceptable www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjzgSpHhbBk

I don’t watch Strictly as I cannot bear all the over the top screaming and cheering and whoops and fake joy I obviously see bits and bobs while waiting for other programmes etc and have occasionally looked at ten minutes of it out of curiosity as to whose on it
About 80% of the people involved I haven’t got a clue who they are and like a very sweet nerangue I couldn’t manage a whole one
It’s all the awful fakeness I just can’t bear

Watched one episode of the last series and was put off by all the over the top screaming and cheering and whoops and fake joy as you've said BlueBelle.

It's all the awful fakeness I just can't bear me too.

The whole thing is silly now and far removed from it's beginnings. Time it was pensioned off.
I agree Midgey Bargain Hunt is on seven days a week and well past it's sell by date.

Can't stand Strictly. Not a problem as don't watch it but agree with OP - when it is Strictly season it seems to be talked about on BBC way too often.

Try listening to LBC,. if you want a talk only radio.

We don't have that particular show, but an American one very similar, Dancing with the Stars. I may have watched the first season, and while I appreciate talent, hate the format of all these reality shows. I find as they get past 2 or 3 seasons, the celebrities are mostly unknowns, and I can't handle all the background audience screaming. Same goes for singing shows, game shows, etc.

WadesNan, can you email in a complaint to the radio station? You may not be the only one thinking the same thing.

I've gone off Strictly too. Camilla Long said in last Sunday's Sunday Times that there is an 'unseen American hand' making changes to a more sensationalist show full of pseudo emotional outpourings.

Glorianny

volver

As this is chat, I can diverge.

Anyone who says they don't watch Strictly because it's "woke" or men should be in tails, you missed Nikita and Carlos, and Adam's singing. My goodness, your loss.

Side note - how do you samba in tails?

Not tails volver but the sort of outfit my mum thought acceptable www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjzgSpHhbBk

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I too download or record it ...only interested in the actual dancing and scores. Its a much shorter programme which is good for me. I do the same with programmes with ads

It must be very annoying WadesNan. Perhaps let them know how you feel.

I don't watch. Much too noisy, same with talent shows.

Much preferred Come Dancing, which I watched as a child.

I used to watch Strictly when my friend was alive; we used to chat about our favourite celebrities. I’ve not watched it since she died in 2018 as, apart from changes in the judges, everything seems the same: format, comments, inane chat from Tess and Claudia…

BlueBelle

I don’t watch Strictly as I cannot bear all the over the top screaming and cheering and whoops and fake joy I obviously see bits and bobs while waiting for other programmes etc and have occasionally looked at ten minutes of it out of curiosity as to whose on it
About 80% of the people involved I haven’t got a clue who they are and like a very sweet nerangue I couldn’t manage a whole one
It’s all the awful fakeness I just can’t bear

I hate all the yelling, screaming and whistling.

I confess, I have never felt inclined to watch it. I used to work shifts which interrupted TV viewing immensley so being able to follow any series was difficult.
I just think Strictly is yet another reality series in fancy clothes.

Is it about entertainment. Dancing. Or political correctness!! ?

Startingover61. I too used to watch with my now deceased friend and enjoyed our own format for judging!!
However, today I don't recognise many of the 'celeberities' and Tess and Claudia are so OTT false!