Come dancing ? Dead to me

For some strange reason I have found myself drawn to the current series of Come Dancing on BBC1. This is particularly strange when you consider that I don't dance. Never have. Never will. But it seems quite good entertainment. You get to laugh at Bruce Forsyth - not because he is funny but just seeing how he manages to make a hash of every link. Tess his assistant is easy on the eye. There are some very attractive contestants - for both me and Mrs Davie to ogle. And finally there are the judges who you can imagine have been created especially for the show. The old doddery fool who has an eye for the talent, the two camp ones who bicker constantly and the female with the acerbic wit and botox lips. All good so far. Where the show falls down is with its elimination procedure. The judges give a score to each celebrity after they have danced. But then it is left to the great British public to vote by phone or text for who they liked the best. The two celebs with the lowest votes have to dance off and then the judges choose who stays. Where this plan fails is that the viewing public who watch this programme are clearly thick. For 4 weeks in a row they have voted to keep plucky Kate Garraway. Plucky ? Yes plucky because she hurt her ankle at the beginning of week 1 but has bravely continued. Well bravely continued or realised that this could be a nice little earner and give her numerous magazine front covers. I have nothing against this woman but she has limped around the dance floor like an injured elephant and been possibly the worst dancer I have ever seen (and I have seen Curiosity Killed the Cat live in concert). Yet each week they wheel out some ITV colleague to stress how brave she is and how if she gets another week she might be able to pull together a series of coherent movements that may just may vaguely resemble a dance movement. So vote for Kate. And people do. And a as a result the ones who are competent are put up for elimination. And as a result the celeb who was one of the best 3 has now been evicted. And as a result of that Gabby Logan and her lovely legs are out. Here endeth the sermon and also my interest in this sham of a programme. I knew there was a reason I was not interested in dancing.