Categories: just-life
Date: 27 January 2008 22:15:42
Which is the otherway to describe most of the programmes on ITV. A prime example of this is Dancing On Ice. For people who might be unfamiliar with the programme (oh lucky people) ITV have basically stolen the idea behind the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and have put it on ice.
And this is where the flaw is.
You see, if you're dancing on the ground, like they do on the BBC, those that are quite good to start with can get very good indeed. Sure, you get a few muppets like Willie Thorne or Kenny Logan but you can get some amazing dancers like Alesha, Gethen or Baby Spice. With Dancing On Ice the "dancers" always look like they are. Totally out of their depth.
It is quite sad when you can go to the ice rink at 5am and see skaters who will never be more than amatures and still skate better than those that ITV are parading on primetime weekend television.
I can remember channel-hopping onto this cursed programme last season and being honestly impressed with the pair on the ice. It then turned out that this pair was in fact Torvill and Dean showing us how it's done. Hopefully, next year ITV will realise that you can't take a dozen celebs and expect them to be able to look as good as the celebs on BBC. If they want decent figure skating, go to those skaters that are at the rinks in the wee small hours of the morning and give them a chance.
For starters, they know how to skate.
As a side note, they had some of the European Figure Skating Championships on BBC2 at lunchtime. They know how to skate as well!!