I think it's got too glitzy and moved away from the basics.   Too much poor skating is 'hidden' (as we saw from Samia)  They're coming on to the show doing lifts and fairly complicated routines right from the start.    Do you remember when they started off as novices - and it showed! - and every week they had to include a specific skill in their routine, be it a spiral, a step sequences, little jumps etc - and you could tell who was good and who wasn't, and you could see who was improving.   They weren't doing good routines until towards the end of the series.  I liked that format much better.

Getting rid of Skeletor might help too.

The show is dying on its skates feet, for all of the reasons Katty mentioned.

Totally agree with you Kaffy.

The moment it started to go wrong was when they stopped scoring out of 6, and then it went downhill from there.

The camera-work used to be about watching the partners' skates, seeing how they did technical stuff as well as the dancing, but now it's all about long shots and 'ooh look at the pretty colours and pictures we are projecting onto the ice!!'

I used to love this show, but miss most of it on Sunday night now. Agree about Skeletor too. She just seems so disingenuous and stilted, she should have settled into her presenting role by now, but hasn't gelled at all.

And the constant ads must be making people channel-hop and not come back.

Oh yes Kat - the projections on the ice are SO distracting too.   All show and no substance now sums up their problem i think.   You're right about the ads too - I was out on Sunday and watched the recording on Monday - took a fraction of the time when I could fast forward through the ads.

I agree with you both Kaffy & Katerina. I hated it when they stopped scoring out of 6...

I had no idea they stopped scoring out of 6. I thought it was six  I was stunned when contestants were getting 5.5 and thinking what!! almost perfect score.

to all.

Evening allbods

Evening all.

Hello everyone.

This Olly Murs guy sounds very 'run-of-the-mill'.  

He's also 'putting on' a voice.

My son's gf loves Olly.

Just been reading back and agree with what everyone has said about the show, it's just not the same now it's been glitzed up

Hi Vids

Gawd! Look at Boney Moronie

 I reckon the people in wardrobe don't like her.

Evening Skaters I'm betting that because of the way the teams have been chosen it will probably be Cheggers week to go....

Was just muttering that to myself too!

Evening all x

Evening Baz.  Who is in the teams?

The pro's hair looks like an explosion in a candy floss factory

That was really well done!

Hi Cosmo, are you back in England?

Evening all - I'm slightly behind... I'll catch up as the ads come on

Well that was OK.....he was in time and did quite a bit of footwork

Hi Yogi Beth has Cheggers and Samia in her team... so she doesn't stand much chance of her team winning the extra points

Evening Kaffs.

Yes.... he did fairly well..... and at least he actually spends the time with his skates on the ice, unlike Samia, who spends most of her time in the air!

Beth has the lesser two and Matt has the greater two.

No, that doesn't sound like a winning team.

Olga's face is scaring me again tonight.

Thanks Fluffs.

she's as rough as a badger's..... 

 yes, she is quite scary

Yes sweetie, I am

I think I've been back for a couple of weeks now +

Keith's definitely improved since day 1.

On the other hand, Beth will waltz through to next week

And that hair style, it just highlights the scary face.

is Robin wearing that tie for a bet?

 Cheggers did ok I thought