Comments on: Strictly Come Dancing 2009: Fiona Phillips Hits Out At Arlene Sacking

By: JEAN MARVELLY

JEAN MARVELLY — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:58:57 +0000

Arlene was an inspiration to all those dancers – SCD was a class show. Other “golden oldies” like me, arranged their day around sitting down and watching both the dancers and the judges, remembering all those dances from their youth. PLEASE reconsider and leave the judges as they are, they compliment each other. Why bring SCD down to the level of other similar reality shows that have “judges” just for their pretty faces – nothing against Alesha Dixon, love the girl, but Arlene is far more experienced when it comes to being a judge and she still looks SO good.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:58:03 +0000

I also agree with Fiona that it really was wrong to sack Arlene, whilst sometime you really do feel aggravated by her comments she is an authority on the subjust and although I have nothing against alesha Dixon she does not have the experience that Arlene does.

By: Mira

Mira — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:57:29 +0000

I’m amazed at the BBC’s total inability to understand Strictly’s audience. They had a winning formula of class and experience and now they want to drag Strictly down to the level of the other reality shows. Although they may be experts in their own fields, who cares what a ballet dancer and a pop singer have to say in relation to ballroom dancing? I don’t. If it aint broke, why fix it?

By: Trudy

Trudy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:08:13 +0000

I agree they were wrong to sack her. We don’t just want a
judge because they have a pretty face they need to have
experience as well.