How vloggers and teen stars stopped Strictly from winning
almost 6 years in The guardian
Its glory years saw actual names competing. Now, with its lineup of youthful newcomers, it’s making us nostalgic for the old days
Only someone with a heart as cold as an abandoned Christmas tree would dare to suggest that Strictly Come Dancing isn’t what it used to be. Any attempt at criticising the doyenne of shiny-floored Saturday night TV is to lay yourself wide open for a pelting with heavy glitterballs. But after 17 seasons, the sequins are starting to drop off the ratings behemoth.
When Strictly first cha-cha-cha-ed on to Saturday night TV in 2004, bouffanted newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky unleashed those legs from behind the desk and she and Brendan Cole waltzed away with the glitterball trophy. The lineup was plundered from all corners of the BBC, with Bargain Hunt’s David Dickinson toning down his mahogany tan to play the joker. Continue reading...
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