Strictly Come Dancing

Good to see Susanna on the front page of a Sunday paper this morning - just caught a quick glimpse as it was being shown on the Andrew Marr programme.

I do hope that Susanna is having a rest from the day job tomorrow- she deserves it. I agree that Natalie was technically the best dancer-but.

Susanna's Paso Doble was fabulous and was an excellent choice for her last dance with Kevin from Grimsby. Abbey was a worthy winner because like Susanna, she had not danced before. I think that all of the finalists went out on a high.

What am I going to do on Saturday evenings now?

All the forty something women in my family, DD, DIL,niece etc., posted on facebook last night saying much the same as Oldgreymare. Within seconds all their friends were 'liking' the comments. I bet there was a huge amount of support for Susanna from hard working mums who also love a chance to glam up and have fun.

I'd forgotten about the Strictly tour. I bet Susanna and Kevin will go down a storm.

Can't wait for the Strictly Tour to come to The Echo Arena in Liverpool we went the year before last and it was amazing,its on 23rd of January so something nice to look forward to,well done Abbie on winning and she is sure to get a huge welcome home reception when the show arrives here.

GrandmaMiney I hope you and your family have a lovely restfull Christmas after all the SCD hard work. However with three lovely boys I don't suppose for a minute it will be.
Well done to Susanna for all her hard work. I voted for her and Abby and think that the right person won, but it would have been good if all three could have been joint winners.
Of only!!!!!!!

Well done to everyone in the final. I think Abbey was the best on the night but I really enjoyed Susanna's show dance too. Have a good break now Grandmaminey but don't forget to visit us on the other threads.

Is it over? Is it really over? Oh please say it's over... :-)

It's over feetle

You sound like my DH, feetle

feetlebaum you did not have to watch it or read this thread!

I like so many things that you like feetle but i won't give up on Strictly!

Although I only watched a bit of it because of this thread, I felt that Abbey 'needed' the win more, the others being so successful in their respective careers [and I've always felt that Peter Crouch should have played more for England and has never been given enough credit for his skills as a footballer].

I've always been surprised that we don't see more of Peter Crouch Tegan Capello particularly didn't seem to like him, yet he's made a real difference in some matches. As I've said before I think it's a real boost for Abbey and lifts her out of the "just a footballer's wife" rut.

"you did not have to watch it or read this thread!"

True... but the damn thing was all over the TV schedules, like some malignant tumour... and my opinions are just as valid as any one else's, aren't they?

Oh, I thought they were. Sorry...

I didn't watch regularly. I think it's good family t.v for all ages but it's not news is it. My feelings are that it's a light program so doesn't merit a place on a serious news program. I can understand feetlebaum thinking. I get fed up with tuning in to political programs and having to watch the presenters fawning over some celebrity. But it is my personal view and I realise I must be in the minority otherwise it wouldn't keep happening.

I think it's pure pantomime and sometimes we need things to take our minds off all the awful things that are happening in the world. It's all gone over my head, really, as I only tend to watch BBC4 [oh and all the wierd channels I keep finding in the early hours of the morning]. The only time I watched X Factor was when I heard about Susan Boyle so I tuned in to the final having heard her rendition of The Stones 'Wild Horses' [wow!!]. But it has been fascinating to get an 'insiders perspective' over the past few weeks [or, in my case, few days].

feetlebaum you sound so much like my DH on the subject of Strictly. ("Oh, not this again!"]

I only watched it from about the halfway mark. When only the likely ones were left in.

Why did I think this 'journey' was over. The cruelty of the backlash in today's papers has saddened me. We knew there would be some--that's the nature of the beast. But the untruths that are being bandied around as 'fact'?
Dark nights of the soul are here, but they say: 'there's no pain without growth'.
Have a lovely Christmas

Oh my God! Haven't read any of it (don't do the papers this early) but it sounds awful.

Take NO notice what so flippin' ever of the British press. Idiots the lot of them. Do not let it get to you.

Tear any newspapers in the house up and take great delight in using them to light your fire.

A nice Christmas fire can do wonders to lighten any darkness of the soul.

Thank you jingl, Your words are so much appreciated.

I have not read any newspapers today yet. Try and ignore them if possible.

Bit surprised to read Fiona Fullerton's piece in the D. Telegraph being bitchy about Susanna - unworthy of you Fiona! (Sorry don't know how to put the link on)