Dancing Farce
November 29th 2006 23:27
I couldn't help but be repulsed by the final of Australia's Dancing with the Stars. The competition was eventually won by Anthony 'Kouta' Koutoufides in a grand final dance off against Arianne Caoili.
Now cudos goes to Kouta, but my major 'erk' is with the petulance of the judges on the show, in particular Todd McKenney. McKenney took great joy in tearing down the young chess master Arianne. For those who watch the show I've no doubt they would already be aware that Arianne repeatedly struck back at Todd via a taped retort between each show. This only seemed to anger Todd more and in turn Arianne received a judging backlash. Eventually Todd went as far as painting Arianne as a cheat, for having done as much as having dance lessons in the past and not revealing it to the viewers.
The sad thing is the result was a foregone conclusion and poor old channel seven didn't really give their sponsors a fair go. I've got to admit I was in the middle of my bubble bath when the winner was announced. I had gotten wiff of the conspiracy a long time out.
My informers have told me that Arianne didn't endear herself to fellow competetitors, and her lack of celebrity star power has also added to her downfall. Do Todd and the toffs want a previously unheard of chess master to come up along and sweep the floor? I think not. There was also the comment on final night from Todd that 'tonight we judge on how far the dancers have progressed over the ten weeks'. This seems in total conflict with the Kostya Tszyu final where he was obviously the most improved from day one to final night.
Further evidence of the immaturity of the judging panel was the way they persecuted anyone they believed not to be putting in sufficient hours of training, ie. Chris Hemsworth (Kim of Home & Away fame).
I'm absolutely appalled by this result. The best dancer never seems to win this competition and the show will suffer. But then again they are just a panel of spoilt toffs, should we expect anymore?
Now cudos goes to Kouta, but my major 'erk' is with the petulance of the judges on the show, in particular Todd McKenney. McKenney took great joy in tearing down the young chess master Arianne. For those who watch the show I've no doubt they would already be aware that Arianne repeatedly struck back at Todd via a taped retort between each show. This only seemed to anger Todd more and in turn Arianne received a judging backlash. Eventually Todd went as far as painting Arianne as a cheat, for having done as much as having dance lessons in the past and not revealing it to the viewers.
The Devil and Arianne
The sad thing is the result was a foregone conclusion and poor old channel seven didn't really give their sponsors a fair go. I've got to admit I was in the middle of my bubble bath when the winner was announced. I had gotten wiff of the conspiracy a long time out.
My informers have told me that Arianne didn't endear herself to fellow competetitors, and her lack of celebrity star power has also added to her downfall. Do Todd and the toffs want a previously unheard of chess master to come up along and sweep the floor? I think not. There was also the comment on final night from Todd that 'tonight we judge on how far the dancers have progressed over the ten weeks'. This seems in total conflict with the Kostya Tszyu final where he was obviously the most improved from day one to final night.
Further evidence of the immaturity of the judging panel was the way they persecuted anyone they believed not to be putting in sufficient hours of training, ie. Chris Hemsworth (Kim of Home & Away fame).
I'm absolutely appalled by this result. The best dancer never seems to win this competition and the show will suffer. But then again they are just a panel of spoilt toffs, should we expect anymore?
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