Dancing with the Stars is a greatly popular TV dance show created by ABC. It is in fact a spin-off of the equally well-liked BBC series called Strictly Come Dancing. Dancing with the Stars has also been screened in the UK, but it looks as if the 14th series will not be screened there.
The formats of both shows are comparable and they both bear certain similarities to the genre of reality shows in general. On the panels of talent reality show judges in general, you get a decent guy, a bad guy and a medium one to balance them out. It is a tried and tested prescription that works - look at Simon Cowl on the various talent singing shows.
So who is the most hated judge on Dancing with the Stars? Well, there are three judges: one American, one Brit and one British Italian. These are, in order: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli. They all have a history of dancing, but their careers have not followed similar paths.
Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli have been brought in from Strictly Come Dancing and are knowledgeable judges. Len Goodman is a qualified judge of ballroom dancing and has been for quite a time. Bruno Tonioli is an experienced choreographer. As the series progresses, the individual tendencies of the judges becomes more clear; their personal likes become clear.
It is easy to imagine that some Americans might wonder why they need foreign judges on the panel of their dancing show. Some individuals do not like this, but there can be no aspersions cast on their ability in and knowledge of dancing and judging dancers.
Len Goodman can get very critical of a dancer's style and Bruno Tonioli frequently offers critical advice on how to improve a dancing routine and occasionally this sounds harsh.
Carrie Ann Inaba can dance but has no previous experience judging dancing and has no discernible ballroom dancing skill whatsoever. She is in essence an actress and singer who has some dancing experience. This wrankles with some of the dancers and the audience alike.
No one would claim that she is not a capable dancer and that she should not judge dancers, but perhaps not ballroom dancers. Some critics have also noticed that she is a lot more critical of female dancers than of their male partners. There may be some truth to this because there has been a shift in her style of late to being more praising of the female dancers.
These couple of facts concerning Carrie Ann Inaba have led to her being selected as the judge that people like to hate on Dancing with the Stars. Perhaps she is working on her image to correct the criticism of gender favouritism or maybe she likes being the villain of the piece.
The formats of both shows are comparable and they both bear certain similarities to the genre of reality shows in general. On the panels of talent reality show judges in general, you get a decent guy, a bad guy and a medium one to balance them out. It is a tried and tested prescription that works - look at Simon Cowl on the various talent singing shows.
So who is the most hated judge on Dancing with the Stars? Well, there are three judges: one American, one Brit and one British Italian. These are, in order: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli. They all have a history of dancing, but their careers have not followed similar paths.
Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli have been brought in from Strictly Come Dancing and are knowledgeable judges. Len Goodman is a qualified judge of ballroom dancing and has been for quite a time. Bruno Tonioli is an experienced choreographer. As the series progresses, the individual tendencies of the judges becomes more clear; their personal likes become clear.
It is easy to imagine that some Americans might wonder why they need foreign judges on the panel of their dancing show. Some individuals do not like this, but there can be no aspersions cast on their ability in and knowledge of dancing and judging dancers.
Len Goodman can get very critical of a dancer's style and Bruno Tonioli frequently offers critical advice on how to improve a dancing routine and occasionally this sounds harsh.
Carrie Ann Inaba can dance but has no previous experience judging dancing and has no discernible ballroom dancing skill whatsoever. She is in essence an actress and singer who has some dancing experience. This wrankles with some of the dancers and the audience alike.
No one would claim that she is not a capable dancer and that she should not judge dancers, but perhaps not ballroom dancers. Some critics have also noticed that she is a lot more critical of female dancers than of their male partners. There may be some truth to this because there has been a shift in her style of late to being more praising of the female dancers.
These couple of facts concerning Carrie Ann Inaba have led to her being selected as the judge that people like to hate on Dancing with the Stars. Perhaps she is working on her image to correct the criticism of gender favouritism or maybe she likes being the villain of the piece.
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