Hats off to the Sergeant
News of John Sergeant’s departure from Strictly Come Dancing spread like wildfire today. I almost choked on my lasagna when a workmate told me over lunch. You could see how involved the public is because almost every desk I passed by today at work was reading something about this announcement from the man himself.
I know I have sort of slagged off Mr John Sergeant and his dancing in a previous post but I have made it clear that it wasn’t a personal attack. I was more disappointed with the public and how talent is considered as talent than Mr Sergeant himself. But his decision to leave the competition, however, is something that I genuinely admire. He felt that if he stayed, there is a huge chance that he would win the contest and that, to him, would simply be an unpleasant victory. He said that it (winning) would be a “joke too far.”
In fairness, his performance last Saturday (15 Nov) with an American Smooth was far better than his cha-cha-cha. As usual, the choreography by Kristina Rihanoff was outstanding.
To that end, there is nothing left to say but to extend deepest gratitude to Mr Sergeant for the entertainment!
P.S. Apologies if you are not able to play the YouTube video clips on the previous post. According to the BBC, there are clips that are not available for playing outside the UK due to the way the BBC is funded through the TV licence fee.
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