Heading for trouble?

The future of our Strictly Proffesionals appear to be in jepordy, according to the News of the World. Desparate to win the ratings battle with the X factor ( which come on face it is looking ever more unlikely) the BBC are looking to shake up the current format of Strcitly, aiming for a fresher more appealing show. Their first move in said revamp is the rumoured axid so many of the current proffesional dancers. Those named to be in the danger zone at this point in time, include Anton Du Beke, Darren Bennett,Lilia Kopylova, Ian Waite, Natalie Lowe, Aliona Vilani, Katya Virshilas and Erin Boag. It is reported that ten new dancers are required for season eight, meaning that with the likelyhood that the number of couples is reduced on two of our current proffesionals will remian.


HOWEVER ... the article also says that, Brendan Cole, Matthew Cutler, Flavia Cacace, Vincent Simone, James Jordan and Ola Jordan are reportedly all safe. So how does that work. They want 12 couples, and are hiring ten new ones. So with the new crop, and those listed above, we are still left with 16. I sense a serious crossing of wires here. Mentioned in a previous post, I can only hope that the NOTW have also mistaken the request for 10 dancers, and taken it literally, rather than in the sense that they require those competant in as 10 dancers.


Personally, I dont see this as a strategy thats going to pull in more viewers... more likely it is going to result in a steeper decline in ratings as people will start switching off in the abscence of their favourites. I am not saying that the introduction of a few new faces will do any harm to the show, I just feel the BBC are targeting the wrong area. People have expressed how they feel areas such as the judging panel, who experienced the BBC backlash last year, are in need of a revamp,many people still being anti - Alesha Dixon.


Since the report was published many different groups of support have appeared on facebook and digital spy showing suport for our proffesional dancers. So it is clear that the public are opposed to said overhaul.


Based upon the source of the article, we can only hope that it is being stirred up in order to create publicity, and there is little to no truth in the matter. But sadly I doubt it.