Rebecca Maddern steals the show at AFL Player Revue
Damned if you do, damned if you don't? But viewers give Rebecca Maddern the thumbs up for a killer performance.
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Rebecca Maddern’s debut performance in the AFL Footy Show Player Revue got the thumbs up -mostly- from viewers on social media last night.
The first female Footy Show regular danced, and occasionally grinded, her way to the sounds of Salt -N-Pepa’s Push It, holding her own with professional back-up dancers.
On social media many were claiming she had bumped off Player Revue stalwart Shane Crawford.
@RebeccaMaddern9 WOW! JUST WOW!
— Christian Cooper (@thisiscoops) September 29, 2016
i think @SCrawf9 needs to step down as best dancer as you have clearly overtaken him
— Matthew #AtHomeYouMustStay Murphy (@MattM_78) September 29, 2016
@RebeccaMaddern9 smashed it with salt n pepper #playerrevue @AFLFootyShow
— Pete (@PHerrick85) September 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/kellyjstrange/status/781501400828162048
@RebeccaMaddern9 stole the show in the revue, simply awesome.#9AFLFootyShow #AFLGF
— Paul Persic (@Paul_Persic97) September 29, 2016
@RebeccaMaddern9 you own it gurrrrl…
— Stanley Ryan (@Staan23) September 29, 2016
@RebeccaMaddern9 push it indeed, awesome thank you, from another cats mad woman 👏👏
— Ang Hellewell (@AngelaHellewell) September 29, 2016
@RebeccaMaddern9 Rebecca. Loved your performance in Player's Review. You brought style & professionalism to Footy Show. Please return 2017
— ♫ [Jüst Call Me Këv] ♫ (@nivek1965) September 29, 2016
@RebeccaMaddern9 ahh Bec that was epic! Well done, ur a superstar, been so great to watch all year xo
— T (@littlekean) September 29, 2016
More than 20 years of the @AFLFootyShow and @RebeccaMaddern9 shows up everyone in her first year!!! Well done becs!!!
— Daniel Huggett (@Danhuggett) September 29, 2016
So not only is she an intelligent, engaging addition to the @AFLFootyShow, @RebeccaMaddern9 just DOMINATED the player revue!! #9AFLFootyShow
— Zil-only-me (@zilmy) September 29, 2016
But in a case of damned if you do / damned if you don’t, there were some who felt otherwise.
https://twitter.com/farrahmu/status/781469930470244352
Yeah… #9AFLFootyShow has made massive strides in abolishing sexism… #awkward pic.twitter.com/M9dU0eFI7N
— Georgina (@geee_83) September 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/AstridRory/status/781477722987991040
#9AFLFootyShow Bec Maddern only woman in revue whose pants aren't up her arse, yet again no understanding of real gender equality, shame!
— Christine Craik (@christine_craik) September 29, 2016
However the favourable comments for Maddern outweighed the negatives, by a country mile.
Meanwhile on The NRL Footy Show, Erin Molan was doing her best Britney Spears impression.
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Makes you wonder why they didn’t get her to do DWTS when she was at Seven. She would’ve killed it and probably won the show.
Rebecca’s dancing was as good as the professionals, she was amazing! I don’t watch the footy show much these days as Sam’s BS is too much for me, but she has been a breath of fresh air for the show and the best host the show has ever had.
NRL Footy Show has a certain charm but is one of the most amateurish shows on TV, the AFL version has always been slicker in terms of production values.
That’s exactly why I like the NRL Footy show better than the AFL one. I love the fact that Fatty hardly knows what he’s doing. I dont watch Rugby at all (I’m an AFL man, PAFC1870), but I’ve watched the NRL footy shows for years… I’m not big on Beau Ryan though… They need Matty Johns back. The AFL show is an embarrassment and needs to change or go. They have to get rid of Sam & James Brayshaw and not get Gary Lyon back which I bet they will.
Rebecca Maddern, like you’ve never seen her before.
It will be interesting to see what nine do with Bec now. She’s proven herself quite versatile, it would be a shame if she was mothballed until the footy show returns
yeah same here. i’d like to see her do some work for the today show when the main co-hosts go on there holidays, plus i would like to see her do some work for nine news.
Agreed. With Tim Gilbert on leave, I think it’s about time for her as a fill in sports reporter
Rebecca Maddern performance was way better then Erin Molan in my opinion