David thinks......John Seargent was right to pull out of Strictly Come Dancing. The public were voting to punish the unecessarily nasty judges but were actually punishing the other contestants as a result.

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• Matola says... ...right to say that his dancing is apalling but totally out of order when they say that the public should not vote for him. He is definitely adding to the program. The British public love an under-dog. Bring back John Seargant,

  Posted 22nd Nov 08 at 21:09

• Matola says... He shoulda stayed. Money raised from the public voting goes to children in need. He obviously led lots of people to vote, and hence raised a lot of money. I think rather than the public, it was the judges that put him in an uncomfortable position. They have every...

  Posted 22nd Nov 08 at 21:09

• David says... ....entertaining, they voted for him week after week. So, at the end of the day...shouldn't he have stayed? No one gets a job at the end of this as someone mentioned....

  Posted 22nd Nov 08 at 19:40

• David says... Man, I put that opinion up and now I'm having second thought. It's not a dancing show (come dancing is), it's an entertainment show with a public vote. THe public voted for John Seargent because in part, they found him entertaining and in part because they found that poking the judges was also...

  Posted 22nd Nov 08 at 19:39

• balski says... I agree = he did the right thing for the show - if he had stayed in and won- that would be the end of strictly - you wouldnt get future contestants entering and perversely the public would lose interest cos it wasnt based on talent and entertainment in that sense.

  Posted 22nd Nov 08 at 05:58

• David says... Agree with KTB. The public, ironically, through trying to be kind to him, actually put him in an uncomfortable and somewhat embarrassing situation!

  Posted 21st Nov 08 at 16:18

• KTB says... I think John was put in a ridiculous position by the voters who love an underdog but had no sense. It was one thing when it was just no hopers getting knocked out but a different matter entirely when good dancers like Cheri went. As the man himself said the joy went out of winning then.

  Posted 21st Nov 08 at 16:02

• The Phantom says... I tihnk the frustration is that some people were backing him, inline with the competition rules and depsite that, he's pulled out...

  Posted 21st Nov 08 at 13:09

• Graham says... Well judges and contestants all get paid well, and the viewers get entertained so I can't see there are any losers.

  Posted 21st Nov 08 at 13:05

• David says... fed up of bully boy public humiliation type talk from 'judges' in this type of show

  Posted 21st Nov 08 at 10:49