Dancing with the Twitter-storms
Dancing with the Stars returns with a minor controversy involving Sonia Kruger, Brynne Edelsten and Twitter.
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Dancing with the Stars must be back on air.
How else do we explain a minor controversy (aka storm in a teacup) involving Sonia Kruger, Brynne Edelsten and Twitter?
Things got started with new judge Josh Horner’s critique of Edelsten’s dancing, described as “a bedazzled potato sack rolling down stairs.” Ouch.
But it began trending after comments Kruger made to her when hosting in the Green Room segment of the show.
Never shy of a cheeky remark, Kruger said, “I think it’s nice you get on so well with your dad.” With her husband Geoffrey Edelsten sitting in the audience, it triggered a wave of Twitter comments.
Mikkijr: Sonia Kruger shame on you. Speaking to Brynne that way. You should apologise and should be sacked #dwts
ralphbuttigieg: I did think that some of the comments about Brynne on DWTS were unnecessary sexist and rude.
purcelltweet: Twitter gave Ch7 the msg that #DWTS viewers were horrified. who does @SoniaKruger think she is?
Kruger later admitted it was a “brain freeze” and Tweeted: I do love Brynne! She is much fun and we all wish her fun on this show xx
She apologised on air to Brynne Edelsten, presenting her with a flower.
Interestingly, the show embraced Twitter last night by adding Q & A style Tweets at the bottom of the screen, but none of the ones criticising Kruger made it to air. Last year The Xtra Factor added Tweets too, but only the complimentary ones. While shows cherry-pick 140 characters that duly give them a pat on the back, they might as well just write their own ones.
Meanwhile the Daily Telegraph hints that Geoffrey Edelsten let fly at a judge after his wife’s critique. If reports that he wagered a million dollar bet on her winning the show are true then it isn’t hard to see why.
But it all plays perfectly into the network’s hands. Nobody was harmed and the show gets some free publicity to remind everyone it’s back on air with cheesy cha-chas and fragile egos.
What more do you want?
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Sonia Kruger is at it again!
The media and tv broadcasting really does eat its own young! Nothing is sacred. Brynne and Edelsten are what they are. Brynne exploits her situation at every opportunity. If she is dumb enough, which i am not sure of, to place herself in front of such a huge audience and be a complete dill, then the program will exploit her in the same way she exploits it. I did not interpret the ‘father’ line as incest, but just an all too thinly veiled snipe that most people already think of her marrying him. Kruger has the balls to say it – but i do think it went a tad far. But everything else – business as usual. It’s got people talking and outraged. Ke-ching. It’s series 11, people. Frankly i thought the dancers were more ‘star’ like than the ‘celebrities’. Luda, Carmelo, Jade, Alana, Arsen – far more watchable!
It was funny cause’ it was true.
I thought it was vintage Hey Hey It’s Saturday.
Didn’t watch, don’t care.
there was nothing wrong with what the judges and kruger said. she shouldn’t even be on the show.
Sound like 2 hours of publicity stunts. Hard to believe people still watch this rubbish. Shame on those 1.5m Australians.
she and todd are idiots. but she said naid nothing with that comment to edelsten
True analysis of the coverage.
And how well the Wyong kid, Josh, settled into the role as judge (“on the ejector seat” as Todd quipped).
Let’s see if the ‘controversy’ brings in extra viewers for episdoe 2.
Making remarks about using her body in dance – well I can understand that because she shows it off herself. But making that comment about her husband was out of line and not funny, particularly for a girl who is a bit of a deer stuck in headlights. Its not right to put people down the way she did.
I dont get why we need little comments on the screen. I want to see dancing. Couldnt care what people tweet.
We all know Brynne wasnt going to do that great, she even said it herself and her dance was a shocker but I guess there is room for improvement. Judges have to call it as they see it. Far things worse have been said to other past contestants.
It was a bit harsh in what Sonya said to Brynne but a lot of times Sonya thinks a joke sounds good in her head but when it comes out it doesnt.
Anyway it was great to see Manu on top of the leaderboard.
“Last year The Xtra Factor added Tweets too, but only the complimentary ones. While shows cherry-pick 140 characters that duly give them a pat on the back, they might as well just write their own ones.”
@tweeveetv reported last night that that’s exactly what happened:
“At least five of tonight’s #DWTS on-air Twitter accounts were created between 2.36pm and 3.32pm today.”
Sounds pretty dishonest to me…
Brain freeze? Seems like they got her on the show to exploit her for this exact purpose – she is an easy target for controversy. Sonia knew exactly what she was doing.
She is or used to be a breakfast radio host – that joke would have been considered gold in that territory. Along with Warnie phone jokes and Michael Jackson nose jokes. Boom Boom…..
I couldn’t get over the cross promotion of other programs, mainly Australia’s Got Talent.
Doesn’t that kid get a bit more ‘airplay’ over anyone else in the series make it a bit unfair?
Probably all pre-planned as “there is no such thing as bad publicity”.
The local online papers are full of it.
Can you please tell me who the designer is of Sonia Kruger’s dress?
If you watch this show you should burn your television. Now.
Enjoy the show..and cant wait for The Amazing Race next monday too…
I still havent forgiven Sonia for that racist dig at Chong Lim (the music director) a couple years back. Darryl Somers was leading into some intro with Chong Lim by saying something along the lines of “Chong Lim: He isn’t just a musical director, isn’t just a musical mastermind…”
and then Sonia chimes in “He isn’t legal either!”
I remember it because even Darryl stopped and just looked at her. Chong was gracious and smiled it off, but I mean, come on…
“What more do you want”?
Some stars perhaps?
Nothing about it was rude. Brynne was Terrible.
“She apologised on air to Brynne Edelsten, presenting her with a flower” – I would hardly say it was a apology.
Firstly I would like to say, where are the stars? A bunch of B grade people who have been on TV…. big deal. This so called entertainment show is all about personal attacks on the dancers from the judgers and less about the dancing, and it is getting worse, last season was the same. If you look at so you think you can dance, the judges get their point of view across in a fair manner without degrading the contestants. Personally My family decided last night we won’t be watching this show again.
Surely you meant a ‘storm in a D Cup’ David? Sorry couldn’t resist that one!
What more do I want? A formal, on-air apology from Kruger and the judging panel to Brynne and her husband at the start of next week’s episode. Nothing less. What an unedifying spectacle of bullying that was and the faux apology just made it worse. All four of them attacked Brynne mercilessly, it was really disgraceful and not funny at all. The comments were appalling, particularly that vile comment from Kruger about Brynne getting along well with her father. In which universe are incest jokes funny or acceptable? Brain freeze, my butt. Sonia knew exactly what she was saying, it was clearly a premeditated attack from all of them, not just Sonia. Her mouth has gotten her into trouble before, but like McKenney, she is a protected species. As for Josh Horner, the new judge, he is spectacularly awful. Replacing Mark Wilson with that tool = very big mistake. It will certainly ensure a major sympathy vote for Brynne which makes me wonder whether the whole thing was staged.