John Sergeant's Press Conference - BBC News

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Former political journalist John Sergeant has decided to pull out of the BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing. Tell us what you think. For the full story go here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7737447.stm

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[misterfisherman]

jo brand should shave her head and stand next to john

[FailedMuso]

A true and proper gentleman.

However, aren't the voting patterns in this series a clear indicator that the public are so bored of this kind of show that the only enjoyment they can glean from it is to vote for the worst dancer to wind everyone up !

[picardjunior01]

it was not so long ago a jury found that bbc newsgathering had fabricated evidence in a failed effort to see me imprisoned ...

if bbc newsgathering had been successful my children would have been in need ...of a father.. but as fact it is shown this was of no consequence to the bbc ...journalists of bbc news committing offences under section one of the perjury act in a failed effort to see an innocent man [or so the jury found ] sent to prison....

[picardjunior01]

children in need ... a weapon in the ratings war no more no less....

one more thing....

[picardjunior01]

oppress :

v. 1 keep in subservience 2 govern or treat cruelly 3 weigh down [with cares or unhappiness] oppression .n oppressor .n

 [latin : related to *press]

during the process I suffered [falsely as the jury found] that cap surely fitted the bbc very well .....

picardjunior

[dim432]

jonh made a right thing but one thing kill the bullies

[ianchard]

I cannot believe that this counts as news.

[dbvixxen]

I don't know. Certainly it's about entertainment value, but there's only so many times you can watch someone butcher a dance and have it be entertaining. I prefer the entertainment of watching someone who isn't normally a dancer actually going on to dance *well*. For instance, Tom's quickstep and Austin's paso doble gave me far more entertainment value than watching John. He's a nice fellow and all, but I think this was the right decision.

[innit27]

he bottled it. typical journalist, spends a lifetime criticising others, but cant take a bit of crit himself from the judges and fellow contestants, despite public backing.

he now does some p*ss poor topical comedy panel show on a freeview channel which is just a copy of every other one. he now joins the ever growing ranks to make a living out of being z list celebs. its like an industry sector in itself. condemned to do talking heads on nostalgia clip shows on minor channels for eternity.

[innit27]

why have a public phone vote, if you dont like the way the public votes? the show wants the massive revenue from the phone vote, but wants to brush aside the public's opinion. ultimately who pays the judges wages? the public does. they already brought 50% vote for the judges and thats still not enough for their egos. without the likes of sargent this series would not be as popular, as most of the celebs lack humour and personality, they are just driven by ego to win and come across as false.

[PresidentMugabe1990]

isnt it a bit pathetic that people r writing in to keep him on the show? TV is getting ruined by dorks sending complains left right n cenrte

[tysoejazz]

I reckon Jonathan Woss wuns the BBC weally, which would account for all the cwap on BBC.