Strictly

Can I come to that dinner party too gulligranny? Can I bring Judge Rinder and Tameka? Would be a fun evening.

Grey permed hair???

Surely Gransnet isn't going to go the way of student "safe places" where no opinion other than theirs can be expressed for fear of upsetting others?!

Putting in my two-pennorth, I think Lesley Joseph's hair is much too black but it is her look and trademark. Will Young is sweet but bland, Daisy Lowe is so beautiful it makes my chest hurt, Danny Mac is sensational. Naga looked ok with the long wig but her own short style is far better; Ed Balls, whom I loathed as a politician, comes over as the sort of guy you'd enjoy having round for a meal and a few glasses of wine and a good laugh. And I love Craig Revel Horwood, as does my 10-year-old grandson!

I record it. Then you can wizz through all the shrieks and chatter.

You can't win you know Blue Belle!! but I so agree with you.
?Or ? I reserve the right to express my opinion!

Do you know I don't think most of the comments are at all catty about Lesley most people have said she's brilliant to have the stamina and flexibility for her age but have commented on her looking older than her age mainly because of harsh black hair and also the cougar role they have given her is a bit discomforting is that really termed as catty I BET she's heard a lot worse and it would be water of a ducks back with her money and longevity in show business I doubt she would do more than laugh and probably agree on her way to the bank what are you wanting people to say 'Ahh she looks adorably young and wrinkle free only looks about 50'
Maybe this is considered catty but I couldn't help thinking that they put Ed Balls in the worse type of costume possible it eventuated the rather large belly
Talking of young well I was a minute ago I personally thought Will a Young was very bland ...is that catty ?

I like Naga's hair short - I think it suits her face.

I think it is necessary to have someone on the judging panel who concentrates more on the technicalities and I think that Craig's comments are usually justified. It's a pity he is sometimes unnecessarily nasty. When he did the Maestro challenge, he said he now had further understanding and sympathy for the very nervous contestants on Strictly. He seems not to always remember that now.

I think LJ has amazing legs n stamina. Good on her. How many of us in our 60's let alone older could do what she did. As for Naga....wow....she looked a different person. So pretty with long hair. Her hair normally us pretty awful but she looked stunning with long locks. So feminine and I didn't recognise her. Grow yr hair Naga. Craig is just evil....don't like him at all

I bet not many on here have 'grey permed hair', although we all have lives, Battersea1971.

If she wants black hair and thinks it makes her look good, so what, not everyone wants grey permed hair. Some of the style icons on here need to get a life.

Though the style icons here are probably grey as Mother Nature intended
I would never claim to be a style icon, but I am the same age as Lesley Joseph and don't have any grey hairs yet, although my hair has gone darker and darker over the years - but not black. Perhaps Lesley's hair is naturally that colour, Mother Nature did not intend all of us to go grey.

On a discussion forum surely a range of views are ok. People in the public eye must expect comments on their looks/ talent etc we aren't at Sunday School having to play nicely nicely. I like LJ and think it's great that older women are represented on tv programmes much more than in the past. I don't love her hair but that's an opinion and I am sure she has stylist advice etc and chooses her trademark look. Good for her.

So do I! Not sure why. He's got a nice face and seems so likeable.

Would you be doing the same over a chap of the same age?
of course!!

I like Will Young

The rest sort of fade into obscurity except the gymnast who I never heard of but is good
Claudia Fragapane, one of our best gymnasts:
Career Highlights: Four time Commonwealth Games champion for Team England, 2015 European Championships floor silver, 2015 World Championships team bronze

Re Lesley
Well done Lesley !!! - who cares if you look your age and you dye your hair
I don't care if she looks her age and am full of admiration for her figure and her stamina, but the black hair is not a good look, it probably does make her look older. Perhaps she is reading this, yikes!, but apparently grey streaks are the new blonde and could lighten her hair and her face.

I heard that Anastacia has a hernia, which was why the lifts were removed from their routine. No quick recovery from that is there?

All these posts make me really pleased I've stopped watching it - got fed up with "Brucie" & all the flashing lights (I am Epileptic & they make me feel uncomfortable). Think people like Ed Balls & Lesley Joseph are brave for going on it. Claudia Frangapane is a Commonwealth Gold medal winner (Gymnastics)

I'm crossing my fingers that Lesley Joseph doesn't log on to Gransnet as I expect even someone as bubbly as her would be hurt by the assortment of mean comments.

I doubt she wants to look like the granny next door. Yep her hair may be a tad too dark ..... Though the style icons here are probably grey as Mother Nature intended because they can't be bothered with the upkeep of dealing with roots!

She has a fab figure and a characterful face! Go Lesley!
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I have a friend who's the spitting image of LJ but with dark brown rather than black hair. For the last ten years or so I've envied her slim figure and endless energy.

She's fortunate that she doesn't seem to have a single cartilage problem in her entire body whereas mine started when I was 15.

I guess LJ is blessed in the same way.

Either that or she visits a Newmarket vet for regular injections of 'go faster, joint pain relief'

Lesley Joseph is a credit to all ladies of a certain age I think she's great and so much fun.

Come off it, Battersea 1971 There are other olderwomen out there running marathons, running the country (!) so I actually deprecate this "ooh isn't he/she marvellous at his/her age" sycophancy.
Ooh, I am so jealous of blue black hair - really?

Well, I think Lesley Joseph did well. I'm the same age, and I wish I had her energy. It's all very well people on here making derogatory remarks when we can't see or judge them. I think they are kidding themselves if they think they are superior to her. I know lots of women that age and most are overweight and mumsy. Sorry ladies, but I think it's a case of sour grapes.

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Byeee, then SH!!!

I' m with merlot on his, why does an honest opinion or even criticism have to be dissed as "catty"? If all we are allowed to do is gush fulsome praise what is the point of inviting comments? So some of us think Ed Balls looks like a perambulation wardrobe (I don't) and Lesley Joseph's hairdresser could do better - I do - but actually making allowances for what one poster called "an old lady* (today 09.59) is MUCH more demeaning than honest observation.
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Lesley Joseph was never an attractive lady, but makeup is fantastic - just watch her when she is rehearsing without a scrap of makeup - scary. However her body and stamina are incredible.

What about the lifts that Judge Rinder did, and with such ease. He hides a lot under that cloak of his!