7 days agoWorld LeaksComments Off on Watch Strictly’s lowest scoring dances ever – from disaster branded ‘Britain’s worst’ to score that made star QUIT
STRICTLY Saturday’s are back in full swing bringing dazzling performances to our screens but there’s no denying that some routines fall flat.
Over the years a few unlucky celebs have found themselves at the bottom of the scoreboard, earning some of the lowest score’s in Strictly Come Dancing history.
Let’s take a look back at some of the worst scoring performances where even glitter couldn’t save the dance.
Quentin Wilson (2004)
Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Wilson took to the dance floor with dance partner Hazel Newberry in the shows second series.
Unfortunately for Quentin his Cha Cha Cha did not go down well scoring a measly eight points.
Craig and Arlene both gave Quentin and Hazel just one point each as Craig branded him “Britain’s Worst Dancer”.
Len and Bruno were more generous as they offered up three points each for the pair.
Quentin now holds the title for the lowest score ever on Strictly worst ever and coincidentally we never saw professional Hazel on the show again.
John Seargent (2005)
Another Cha Cha Cha routine that received a dismal score was BBC Journalist John Sergeant’s.
Strictly fans may remember John’s iconic Paso Doble which saw him drag partner Kristina Rihanoff, across the floor becoming his best scoring dance.
His lowest score came with the Latin number as John strutted his stuff the judges seemed less than impressed which included Craig Revel Horwood whipping out the dreaded one paddle.
The journalist ending up receiving just 12 points out of a possible 40.
Two weeks after the routine in a shock twist John quit the show altogether proclaiming that he’d had enough of being the show’s novelty contestant.
Anneka Rice (2019)
Anneka Rice slaughtered her Kill Bill inspired performance[/caption]
Strictly’s iconic movie week see’s viewers hooked as they watch their favourite celebs dance to the themes of some of the blockbusters and 2019 was no exception.
BBC presenter Anneka Rice’s Kill Bill inspired performance earned her one of the lowest scores in Strictly history.
Her and Strictly professional Kevin Clifton received a savage 11 points.
In another brutal blow, Judge Bruno Tonioli said: “This is what happened: you got the brief wrong. It was supposed to be Kill Bill and you did Slaughter The Charleston.”
Anneka didn’t make it any further in the competition and was eliminated that same week.
Susannah Constantine (2018)
Susannah’s novelty samba saw dance partner Anton emerge through her skirt[/caption]
Strictly legend Susannah Constantine became an instant audience favourite with her outrageous dances.
But, it was the fashion journalist’s samba that made headlines when dance partner Anton Du Beke come out from under her huge hoop skirt.
The novelty performance was berated by the judges who wanted to see the mother-of-three in a more serious routine.
Judge Craig Revel Horwood called it “one of the worst” he’d ever seen giving her a ruthless score of one.
Overall she scored 12 points earning her one of the lowest scores in Strictly history.
Fiona Phillips (2005)
Fiona’s consistent low scores saw her eliminated in week 4[/caption]
Daytime presenter Fiona Phillip’s Waltz failed to make the cut when she received a shocking 11 points.
She appeared on the third series of the show in 2005 and was voted out in week four after several routines of low scores.
After her short stint on the show she made no secret of the fact she didn’t enjoy her time on Strictly.
This reportedly came largely due to her disagreements with dance partner Brendan Cole and struggles with learning routines – She later admitted in 2021 that she should have never done the show.
“Brendan is a rough old taskmaster and really wanted to be number one or nothing. I just wasn’t very good.”
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7 days agoWorld LeaksComments Off on UK should defend Taiwan if China invades – ‘Axis of Evil’ is cutting off island to prepare for attack, says ambassador
THE “Axis of Evil” is trying to isolate Taiwan so China can invade – and the island hopes the UK will come to its defence, its ambassador says.
Representative Vincent Yao speaking to The Sun[/caption]
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Chinese troops marching[/caption]
A Chinese submarine launches a missile in an offshore blockade exercise[/caption]
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Yao said his country is building up its defences and hoped Britain and other Western nations would back it in an invasion.
He said: “I think people in Taiwan would remain cautiously optimistic about any hope from outside.
“Only when we demonstrate the determination for self-defence can we get the support from other countries and partners.”
Taiwan is building up its self-defence, with tech innovation, extending conscription, and stockpiling weapons.
China claims the democratically run island state, just 100 miles off its coast, is its sovereign territory,
It sends Taiwan violent threats, including to “spill blood from the heads of Taiwanese forces”, and conducts grey zone warfare.
The UK stands shoulder to shoulder with the US on a free and open Taiwan Strait – but it is a less clear if or how Britain would support Taiwan if China invades.
Sir Keir Starmer is currently reviewing the UK’s relationship with China and Yao told The Sun he is keenly watching an outcome.
Yao said: “They [Britain] are not going to return to the EU.
“Supposedly, they want to continue to have more engagement, more involvement in the Indo-Pacific.”
Yao said Taiwan stands firmly with Western democracies as autocratic “Axis of Evil” countries like China and Russia seek to expand.
He said: “We believe that Taiwan is positioned in the centre of the so-called global democratic chain. We certainly consider ourselves as part of the global democratic alliance.”
Taiwanese helicopters carrying the flag near icon Taipei 101[/caption]
Russia and China, he said, are now pushing each other’s narratives and claims as they work together to challenge the West.
One warning Yao had for Britain was that we should be worried about more Chinese spying after the parliamentary researcher was arrested last year.
He said: “If not physical spies, but these conspiracy activities happening all the time.”
DEFENDING AGAINST CHINA
Just days ago, Taiwan’s Defence Minister Wellington Koo said China was now conducting so many military drills around the island, and it might be tricky to tell when an actual invasion is starting.
China’s navy is getting closer each day and several thousand air force flights travel through Taiwan’s airspace a year.
The Representative said China’s ambition was clear – it’s trying to “wear out” Taiwan.
He said: “They try to discredit Taiwan government’s capability to defend itself, and to try to coerce people in Taiwan, and continue to push forth a narrative of peace versus war, prosperity versus decline narratives in Taiwan and among Taiwanese people.”
Taiwan is now preparing for an invasion for China with a “whole of society” defence system.
This year conscription was extended from four months to one year and the country is reviving its reserves.
Yao said he believed that other countries in the region, like Japan and the Philippines, faced the same risk of invasion as Taiwan as they had small islands China could seize.
Representative Vincent Yao speaking to The Sun[/caption]
A Taiwanese soldier aiming an assault rifle during an anti-drone exercise[/caption]
He said: “I’m confident to say that the people in Taiwan, the government in Taiwan, have the determination to defend ourselves.
“And we are now trying to build up this resilience.”
DRONE WARFARE
But Taiwan isn’t rolling over and is turning to drones for defence after seeing how important they have been in Ukraine.
The country is building underwater sea drones to defend against China – which has the largest Navy in the world.
Yao said Britain and Taiwan – both islands – could work together on building those undersea drones.
He said: “There are areas that the technology development between our two countries are complementary. I certainly hope that we can work together.
“We are very strong in manufacturing all the key components, all the key components needed to build a drone made in Taiwan.”
He hopes the new government considers the high-tech products Taiwan makes as part of its defence review.
Taiwan makes the vast majority of advanced chips in the world[/caption]
Joe Biden has pledged the US to defend Taiwan[/caption]
Crucially, Yao pitches that would remove part of Britain’s defence supply chain away from China – which currently builds the vast majority of drones in the world.
Yao said a Chinese invasion of the island would be disastrous for the global economy because Taiwan has made itself a crucial part of it.
He said: “China actually will suffer the most. The whole world will probably suffer. We’re talking about trillions of economic loss.”
That’s because one of the key items Taiwan makes is semiconductors – or computer chips.
Those go in every piece of computer technology and require extremely expensive and specialised ‘foundries’ to produce.
But Taiwan has specialised in making them and produces over 50 per cent of the global total and 90 per cent of the advanced chips.
Production of advanced chips are crucial to future tech products like AI and quantum computing.
If Taiwan were to be invaded, blockaded, or shipping routes in the Taiwan Strait were blocked, it would create a nightmare shock to the global economy.
Yao said: “The loss will be larger than the impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis.
“And it will be larger than the impact of the war in Ukraine.”
STARMER INVITED TO TAIWAN
If Taiwan is to truly have security from a Chinese invasion it will need pals to defend it and Yao has now publicly invited PM Starmer to his country.
If Starmer were to travel to Taiwan he would be the highest ranking Western politician to make the journey since Nancy Pelosi.
A visit would infuriate China – who launched live-fire military exercises after the Speaker of the House visited in 2022.
Yao has not met directly with Starmer since the election – but there was engagement with him while Labour was in opposition.
The PM visited Taiwan in 2016 and 2018.
Yao said: “I certainly want to invite him again. The invitation is open, open invitation, standing invitation. Whenever he feels comfortable, he’s most welcome to visit Taiwan.”
Why is Taiwan diplomatically isolated?
Yao is Taiwan’s man in London – but he is not an ambassador as the UK does not officially recognise the island as its own country.
That’s because of the One China policy – that countries with the code can only recognise Communist China or Taiwan as the official China.
The vast majority of the world’s countries only recognise the People’s Republic of China as the ‘real’ China with 12 countries only recognising Taiwan while 183 recognising China.
That means Taiwan is shut out of many international bodies by China, like the UN and the organisations it runs.
Yao said China is trying to “force” the world into believing that Taiwan is its own domestic issue.
He said: “So that’s why they pushed this agenda… to force other countries to accept China’s position of the one country two systems, and China’s position of the one China principle.
“But we are now working with like-minded countries to push back this narrative.”
Yao said he has not spoke to Sir Keir Starmer since he became PM[/caption]
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