BBC bosses are reportedly keen to have Bruce Forsyth back for the 2012 series of Strictly Come Dancing.
The TV veteran will be 84 by the time next year’s series comes along, but producers think he is part of the reason that so many millions of people tune in to watch the celebrity dance extravaganza each weekend and are keen for him to remain on the presenting team.
Bruce Forsyth has blasted The X Factor, for all it’s scripted rows and claimed that his show, Strictly Come Dancing, is a much more superior series.
This year the BBC dance extravaganza has enjoyed a real ratings boost, beating the X Factor on a Saturday night for the first time in years on a few occasions.
The veteran star believes that the success is because people are becoming fed up and sick of all the faux drama on the ITV show. He thinks most of the rows between the judges are fake and is sure people are losing interest in the shocks and twists planned by bosses to spice things up.
Strictly Come Dancing star Bruce Forsyth is reportedly “sick of hearing” his own catchphrases!
The 83-year-old presenter has revealed that he gets bored of hearing his trademark phrases, such as “didn’t he do well” and “nice to see you, to see you nice”, shouted at him when he is out.
Speaking to Rob Brydon in an interview to air on BBC Two on August 5, Bruce said, “You can get a bit fed up with it.
“Especially when you go past a building site and get, ‘Good game, good game!’
“I went to the FA Cup Final and if I heard ‘Good game’ once, I heard it a thousand times.”
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Bruce Forsyth has claimed that he would have had an even biger showbiz career, if he has been less shy.
The TV veteran – who has reportedly been offered a whopping £500,000 to front this year’s Strictly Come Dancing series – says he probably should have been more ‘pushy’ and would have gotten further if he had ‘buttered up the right person’ along the way.
He said: “I’ve never been one for pushing myself into things. I can be quite shy – the polar opposite of my TV personality. It’s the other side of me.
He may be 83 years old but he is not yet out of the game. It has been reported that Bruce Forsyth has recently signed a £500,000 deal to return to ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ for the 2011 series.
Year after year newspapers report that he won’t be back and will be forced into retirement, but it has today been claimed that the veteran TV presenter will continue to front the dance extravaganza alongside blonde beauty Tess Daly, while Claudia Winkleman is thought to also be returning, to present the weekly results show.
A spokesman said: “We’re delighted and looking forward to the new series.”
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Craig Revel Horwood has admitted that he wouldn’t support Vernon Kay as a replacement for Bruce Forsyth on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The famously acid-tongued judge believes if the 82-year-old TV veteran permanently quits the BBC One show, Vernon – who has been touted as his replacement and is married to Bruce’s co-host Tess Daly – wouldn’t be the right presenter, as there is only one person who is “absolutely perfect” for the job.
Speaking on ‘OK! TV’ about whether Bruce will be hosting the next series of ‘Strictly’, Craig said: “Well I’m hoping that he is. I would not like it to just fizzle out and tail off – I think he is the show.
Jim Davidson has launched a bitter verbal attack on Strictly Come Dancing presenter Bruce Forsyth.
The comedian and former TV star has obviously been influenced by the green eyed monster, as during an interview with The Sun he branded the 83 year old star a “miserable old b*****d” and claimed that the BBC only continue to employ him, so they can deny that they are an ageist organisation.
Jim, who stepped into Brucie’s shoes as host of The Generation Game in 1995, said:
Danny Cohen has insisted that he does not plan to replace Bruce Forsyth on Strictly Come Dancing.
The new BBC One controller – who recently took over running the channel from Jay Hunt – was commenting on reports that Vernon Kay would be replacing the veteran TV presenter and fronting the show with his wife, Tess Daly.
Cohen told The Mirror that he will discuss Bruce’s future on the show soon, but insisted that he hasn’t approached anyone to take over the job.
Bruce Forsyth has backed Vernon Kay as the new ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ presenter.
The 82-year-old TV veteran – who currently co-hosts the BBC One show alongside Vernon’s wife Tess Daly – hasn’t yet stepped down from the series but thinks while the ‘All-Star Family Fortunes’ frontman would do a “very good job” as his replacement, he would love Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt to assume the role.
He explained: “I always say Vernon could do a very good job. He would be good. I said that five years ago. There have been people bandied around for the past five or six years.
“Brad Pitt could take my place. It’s so obvious.”
Vernon Kay has reportedly refused to sign another contract with ITV, as he hopes to move to BBC for the next series of Strictly Come Dancing.
TV executives had allegedly spent weeks trying to tie the ‘All Star Family Fortunes’ into another contract – he signed a £900,000 one-year deal with ITV in 2010 – but he refused to be tied to one channel and insiders say he is holding out for Bruce Forsyth’s job.
A source told The Sun:
