Strictly Controversial

There has been a lot of press in the UK recently over the dance programme 'Strictly Come Dancing' (the US equivalent is Dancing with the Stars) which screens every Saturday night. The subject is the continued success of one of the celebrity dancers, John Sergeant, who is basically being kept in the competition by the public vote as he is by some distance the worst dancer left in the show.

The judges are getting more and more agitated as the weeks go by and another 'good' dancer leaves the show and John stays resolutely put. There have been attacks on Johns character and calls for him to resign from the show to maintain the integrity of the dance competition.
All this is complete crap. John is still there because the rules allow it. Why should he resign? He has done nothing wrong. He has the disadvantage of being older, less fit and agile than the other remaining dancers and for this he is given greater credibility by the British public who will always go for the underdog.
The BBC must be rubbing their hands with glee over the interest generated by this situation and I'm sure they do not want to change the rules, although there is mush pressure to do so now. This has happened before (remember Julian Clary) and the opportunity to change the rules was not taken then because the BBC know that situations like this generate more viewers.
I think that many people are taking the whole matter much too seriously and should just remember that this is a light entertainment show and something that will be forgotten about until the next (interminable) series starts.