Australia's Got Dancing Fever!
March 28th 2007 00:48
Is it just me or are all the dancing shows on free-to-air television getting more and more successful after each season?
I didn't want the last season of Channel 7's Dancing with the Stars, but I've been kinda following the current one and can't choose a favourite couple because they're all pretty damn good. I love Fifi's smile, Kate's strong will, Tatiana's legs and Jamie's butt. But besides all the perving that EVERYONE who watches the show does, you can't help but encourage them on, seeing them progress to absolutely amazing dancers with incredible costumes each week. It makes you think, "I can do that too!"
So who's your favourite? Who do you think will win? Tim seems to be winging it and getting almost perfect scores, but Fifi and Jamie aren't far behind.
Then there's Strictly Dancing on ABC which is the more professional type of competition, covering New Zealand as well as Australia, and broadening their styles from ballroom and latin to jazz, funk, hip hop and rnb. I don't watch it for the latter styles because they're usually not done well by ballroom and latin enthusiasts.
Channel 10 did a smart thing by buying the rights to show the second series of So You Think You Can Dance which is huge in the States, but because of its timing I never got to watch it, except for the first episode from which I remember the face-plants and the weird guy who names himself "Sex". After seeing a bunch of losers on the show, I got turned off and turned it off for the rest of the season. Yes, people at work were talking about it, in the grocery store and in shopping malls as I walked past them, but a lot of dancers weren't watching the show either.
Maybe it'd be more appealing if we held it here on our shores, and saw people more real like us instead of the weirdos in America which we're not surprised to see at all.
Anyway, the point of all this is I hope more people take up some form of dancing, being inspired by the show, and get their kids into it to learn discipline, respect, and a healthy lifestyle.
I didn't want the last season of Channel 7's Dancing with the Stars, but I've been kinda following the current one and can't choose a favourite couple because they're all pretty damn good. I love Fifi's smile, Kate's strong will, Tatiana's legs and Jamie's butt. But besides all the perving that EVERYONE who watches the show does, you can't help but encourage them on, seeing them progress to absolutely amazing dancers with incredible costumes each week. It makes you think, "I can do that too!"
So who's your favourite? Who do you think will win? Tim seems to be winging it and getting almost perfect scores, but Fifi and Jamie aren't far behind.
Then there's Strictly Dancing on ABC which is the more professional type of competition, covering New Zealand as well as Australia, and broadening their styles from ballroom and latin to jazz, funk, hip hop and rnb. I don't watch it for the latter styles because they're usually not done well by ballroom and latin enthusiasts.
Channel 10 did a smart thing by buying the rights to show the second series of So You Think You Can Dance which is huge in the States, but because of its timing I never got to watch it, except for the first episode from which I remember the face-plants and the weird guy who names himself "Sex". After seeing a bunch of losers on the show, I got turned off and turned it off for the rest of the season. Yes, people at work were talking about it, in the grocery store and in shopping malls as I walked past them, but a lot of dancers weren't watching the show either.
Maybe it'd be more appealing if we held it here on our shores, and saw people more real like us instead of the weirdos in America which we're not surprised to see at all.
Anyway, the point of all this is I hope more people take up some form of dancing, being inspired by the show, and get their kids into it to learn discipline, respect, and a healthy lifestyle.
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Comment by David
I've never seen the show ... but you've got a great Blog so I thought I'd write something banal on it (again) ...
I'm glad you're not my mum ... (or even worse my wife ...
There's just three things in life I'm not into:
discipline, respect, and a healthy lifestyle.
David ...
Comment by Trina
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