I don't watch dance shows. My Mum loved 'Come Dancing' a forerunner of this tasteless and over-hyped program, which is smoke, flashing lights, and mirrors mostly. All BBC shows are biased and tokenistic inclusion so I wouldn't watch on that basis, I stopped e.g. watching East Enders 10 years ago, I was getting overdosed on inclusion and then couldn't relate to anyone on it. The BBC is off my viewing list. I'm no angel but not a rapist, a child killer, a drug addict or pusher, a violent criminal, a homosexual, black, a gay Asian, a prostitute, a white Muslim, or... (You get the drift,) if that is London be afraid, VERY afraid! You can only hope they emulate Emmerdale Farm and let a jumbo Jet crash on Walford to spare us all.
My mum made me watch come dancing because it was a genuine competition of grassroots amateurs who competed with each other. She did ballet classes too, as well as Formation dancing and all that stuff. Watching failed celebs and no mark weather reporters falling over isn't as I would see dance compettions. Which are bear pits really. Too many egos given too much air time. THe only comment I would make as a deaf person is the token deaf woman there never signs in her usual soap opera part, and only started signing when she went on the show, she was an excellent lip-reader, else she would not have got the part just signing. Same as the token deafie in Coronation street, and a false CI implantee on the same show as this dancer. They used to take bets which side he would wear his CI or hearing aid on this week I gather.