Yeah, 140 characters is OK for random texting but sometimes a good platform is all you need and it's about time I started using it again!
Now then, I won't lie about being a bit of a fan of reality shows (certain ones that is) but to be perfectly honest, I'm very much a non-favouritist. I never have a favourite because I've always seen these shows as "the best man wins" (with apologies to the females, it's a saying, no offence intended).
And yet once again, the curse of the high-flyer comes to the fore. This week, Dancing On Ice's Hayley Tamaddon has come under fire for being "the favourite". How dare she be amazing. How dare she know what she is doing. How dare she be quite a lot better than anyone else. How dare she. The sheer nerve of her practising hard and putting a lot of effort into what is clearly natural to her in the same way that it was to Ray Quinn last year!
Seriously, if that makes any sense to you then you're clearly on the level of all those irritating people who dislike someone because they are good at something and you should be culled immediately. Last time I checked, envy was a sin. To be absolutely forthright, tonight, Hayley was absolutely mindblowing. Every single fibre of my being was captivated, the hairs stood on the back of my neck and for the first time in nearly six years, I voted for someone on a reality TV show.
That's how good she was. And yet suddenly she's being pounced on. "Oh the judges might have given her a six, but that doesn't mean she's any good."
DID YOU JUST HEAR YOURSELF? Did you not see what everyone else saw? The frustration might not pour from my words here but sometimes I literally want to shake people for their utterly moronic and jealousy-stained comments. Shocking. That's the kind of comment that makes me lose faith in a lot of things, particularly people's sanity. She was quite obviously the best tonight when she performed her routine to Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire.
Fancy jumping on me? No you don't. Because at no point during this post did I mention that I liked her. I have not been favouritist. I have merely been objective. I thought Kieron was excellent this week. I also thought Gary's footwork was excellent and he performed very competently. Mikey's done remarkably well in the short time he's had given everything he's had to fit in this week. Daniella's performance, while not as good as she's done in the previous weeks, was again charming and fluid and Danny's Rocky routine was also very good.
I'm not turning on any of the celebrities because to be honest, I don't want to or need to. They're learning skills that I would love to and they're doing something that we're not doing and there's no need to be degrading or jealous of these celebrities just because they have the opportunities to do these things.
I'm not saying "don't have your favourites" because you're all entitled to it. But under no circumstances would I or should I accept you to shit all over another person's performance for whatever reason. They're out there doing it and putting their hearts into it and if you feel the disturbing need to tell them that "because they're not my favourite, I'm going to spit all over them" - then you should be spat on yourself.
I don't remember them do anything to hurt you...
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