Is there something wrong with me or is there anyone else who can't cope with Strictly

However, in the spirit of honesty, DH and I did delay going out to the pub for 10 minutes or so as we were captivated by The Wheel quiz programme and were rooting for the woman to win her house deposit and wanted to know if we were right with the answers to the final question!

I used to love it, caught up with the "it takes two" programming the week and everything. Now I just watch the recording and fast forward to just watch the dances and the scores. The talking bits are so dull and formulaic and I just don't care that much what they say. There are too many couples, it's far too long, they need to stop lying that the results show is filmed Saturday, and the screaming needs to stop. The whole thing needs a shake up along with the presenter change.

I used to love it but agree it is now predictable and boring. Hoping there will be a fresh injection with the new presenters. Zoe Ball would be good.

…the judges know what a good dance should look look like. I used to enjoy it when they gave quality criticism based on their expertise. Darcey did this. I felt like I was learning something. It was fascinating and informative.

I resent paying the livcence for bbc tv. Endless celebrity cooking baking dancing charity shows. And bbc news reporting on it. No

No, I don't like it but I fell like that about pretty much all BBC 1 and ITV Saturday evening TV shows!

I liked it when it was more of a dance competition, not so fond of it now. We record it and just fast forward to the dances and scores.

I assume it’s for the elderly or those with a lot of time. It goes on and on. My parents are obsessed with it and talk about the contestants like they know them. Maybe in retirement you have more headspace.

Everything you say is true OP. I skimmed over it last night. Couldn’t bear to watch the last dances as I’m so confused by what the judges see as their criteria for a good dance. It changes from dance to dance and with each contestant. It’s stressing me out!

Oh, and seeing Lewis standing there smiling and nodding for a whole two hours amongst all this noisy hype. What a shame!

I can’t stand the audience clapping to every single bit of music and the amount of pointless yakking that means three minutes’ dance and ten minutes’ filler. The whole programme is designed to be like a soap opera with viewers hugely invested in the personalities. It’s not about dance, which I would love if it were.

No , I got carried away 🤦🏻‍♀️ but hopefully my point still stands.
Vito is an absolute gem.

I do find it a bit much now, for the reasons you gave OP. In the (very) old days, when the show was Come Dancing, it was all about the skill and the steps executed. Now it's about the "celebrity" popularity and keeping in rubbish dancers for the drama. The final show last night could have been much shorter if they'd cut down on all the "journey" stories. I hate too that they string it out over two nights each weekend, when we know it's filmed the same night. The result is leaked every week anyway, so I hope they go back to a one-night format.

My mum is a mega fan. She's 89, used to be a ballroom dancer and has lots of medals. She scrutinises every dance, criticises them to the extreme and moans endlessly about anything she doesn't approve of - good dancers being eliminated, sob stories, a-list celebrities, the inclusivity of disabled/gay/drag queens etc. She makes lists from the first episode of who is dancing with who, what their scores were that week etc. She has wads of paper going back years with this information. Goodness knows why she keeps it (or cares). It's maddening.

Yes, I feel the same. So very noisy and flashy, all the hysteria, can’t deal.

I’ve never seen a single episode of it. I just don’t see the appeal but plenty clearly do.

I do feel though that their marketing is very good. Few programmes have as much hype surrounding it as Strictly does. Their marketing budget must be huge and probably needs to be because the product is so dull.

What's defensive about suggesting that people turn over or switch off? I don't like programmes like IACGMOOH and don't watch them, but I'd say exactly the same thing to people who complained about them. It's a fact that if something isn't to your taste there are alternatives.

i like Craig though

this is the first year i havent watched it for a long time, but even today i couldnt resist the final group dance and also pointlessly i watched the announcement of the winner!
so much hugging though
diane is amazing, when is she due?

We call it ‘strictly c*nts dancing’ in this house.

you are not alone

I think it's time to bring it to an end, and this year with Tess and Claudia leaving would have been the perfect time to do it.

I've watched it on and off for years, but they really had to scrape the bottom of the barrel for celebs this year, and while I recorded it each week, I ended up not watching the dancing, just fast forwarded through the results on a Sunday night to see who had gone out, and then this evening, watched a few of the dances, but with very little interest, because as the OP says it's all so OTT these days. As for the Chinese guy weeping and saying how he felt bad because he's never been a team player, Lord give me strength!!!

As far as I'm concerned it's had it's day, and I won't even bother recording it in the future.

Nah I get it.

It's not the loudness for me, it's just shit and I hate the godawful covers of songs that the Strictly band do; the arrangements are terrible. I've never understood the appeal.

On the contrary, nobody who has complained about the programme, has mentioned the viewers but pls post the 'shade' if I've missed it?

If anything, its the opposite.

Some people who watch it aren't defending the programme. Instead they are getting defensive with comments such as don't watch it /switch channels/people are so insecure/people are dissing the viewers, when literally nobody has said anything about any other viewers other than what they think themselves when they watch it. Its you who is obviously insecure about still watching it.

YANBU, op. It’s awful. Can’t believe it’s still running.

Same here, it’s been deteriorating for some time I think.

NRTFT but I think it was extra raucous tonight because it was Tess & Claud’s swan-song and even the judges calm demeanours were compromised.

I’ve lost interest in it for all the reasons given above. I record and speed through too. I was very cheesed off that that the best dancer went before the final (Lewis).