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hey guyz found a message from alex on indya.com. thought i'd share it wid u. sorry if its been posted before.
Love Always From Sweta and Alexx To Everyone Who Supported Us
Immediately after our elimination was shot on Monday the 12th of November Sweta, Padmini and I left on a 5 am flight to Goa. A few hours after the telecast on Saturday the 17th we arrived back in Mumbai. We'd planned to rehearse in Goa (Sweta and I were tagging along with Padmini because she'd planned a vacation with her husband and son and had non-refundable bookings). As things turned out there was nothing to rehearse for, and we'd desperately needed a rest, so we relaxed instead.
Our experience in Goa was incredible. People would stop us on the street, yell from cars, come sit with us at restaurants, even knock on our hotel room door at 9:00am to ask for an autograph. We were absolutely overwhelmed by the support we received, and also overwhelmed by people's reactions when we explained that we were to be eliminated in the very next episode. Some didn't believe us, some smiled sympathetically, and some had tears in their eyes after we told them. It was then that I realized how we'd lasted 9 weeks. People really did support us, not just the ones who left comments for us on line, but many many more actually watched and voted for us week after week. Many who we talked with were hurt that we were out, they felt cheated since they'd spent money sms-ing votes for us.
After returning from Goa and seeing the elimination episode I felt compelled to write this note to all of the people who gave us their messages, votes, prayers, and positive thoughts over these 9 weeks. There was a lot that Sweta and I said after the elimination that wasn't kept in the episode, in fact, none of what we said was kept – so I'll use this space to say what we wanted to.
First of all, thank you to the people who voted, without you we would not have stayed in the competition. So much is written these days about whether or not the votes are even counted, and if counted if they are considered, why the results aren't audited or made public, etc. etc. etc. I can think of no greater compliment than someone offering their hard earned money for nothing more than a hope that it will help their favorite couple stay in the competition. Thank you for that compliment!
Secondly we need to thank all the people who left comments for us online, without you we would not have had the energy or the will to keep rehearsing and performing. I began reading the indya.com forums and the comments below the news stories in the 3rd or 4th week and began sharing them with Sweta and Padmini after rehearsal. (I even began replying to some from time to time.) I never expected to be able to say this, but to this day I haven't seen more than two or three negative comments about Sweta, Padmini, and I. People either write positive things, or don't write anything at all about us. Furthermore I've rarely seen comments supporting us but bashing another couple. I think we had the kindest people writing to us and I'm more thankful than I can express for their positivity. When things became unbearably negative during the Krishna/Kashmera elimination, it was this positivity alone that helped us get back on track.
To all the people who supported us I want to tell you that it was for you, and you alone, that we rehearsed 8 hours a day 6 days a week. It was for you alone that we performed each week.
Third, I wanted to be clear about our reaction to the elimination, since our reaction was cut entirely from the episode. On the day of our elimination we received higher marks than we'd achieved in the previous 8 weeks, we had, for the first time, been the highest scoring couple for that episode, and lastly, Padmini was honored as 'Choreographer of the Week' for the first time. Sweta and I both believed it was best to say "goodbye" at our peak, and though we would have loved to have kept performing, it was our hope that we would eventually be eliminated on the day of our best performance. And so we were. We didnt cry, we didnt create a scene. We thanked the people that we wanted to thank, and said goodbye. I suppose our reaction wasnt dramatic enough to keep in the episode - but we're real people, and we showed how we felt - happy, relieved, grateful, and, of course, a little sad.
Was our elimination unfair, perhaps, but are reality shows fair, no. Realizing this early on we didn't expect to last more than the episode we were performing and, rather than fear the elimination, we celebrated each time we were not eliminated. I can hardly believe that having never danced before I was able to be part of a team that won 8 times! Its not important to us that we lost once (everyone except one of the 10 couples will eventually "lose", mind you), the important thing is we performed as well as we could for as long as we could. And what fun performances! We did Bhangra as a North Indians, High Speed Classical as a South Indians, Jive as a Couple That Goes From Young to Old, Ballroom and Waltz as a European Soldier and Wife, Bollywood as a Ruffian and Bar Dancer, Modern Dance as a Silver and Blue Clothed Peasant and Goddess, Rajhasthani as a Young Couple in Love, Retro as Competing Thiefs, and finally a Maharastran Woman and Man (wherein I got to be the woman)! It was an amazing experience, but since it had to end, I'm glad it ended on a positive note.
We have one more performance before our Nach Baliye experience is completely over – the finale episode. Sweta, Padmini and I hope you'll watch and enjoy. Thank you for everything, we are forever grateful.
Love Always,
Alexx & Sweta
P.S.
1. special thanks to Donna, Rinkie Singh, Sheel 148, Neetus, ash4u249612, Sabrina, Djkorwani, and Harshada for your emails and posts – I'll never forget them.
2. we did not post the following comment. The truth is, Sweta and I have not been offered any movies together… and for who ever did post it, my name is spelled "Alexx" not "Alex". I had it changed after I was advised to do so by a numerologist:
"Alex and Sweta 11/18/2007 2:41:50 AM
Hey guys,thank you for all your support. We never thought we would reach this far. Now we will concentrate on some of the movies offer we have gotten together! Thanks"
Our experience in Goa was incredible. People would stop us on the street, yell from cars, come sit with us at restaurants, even knock on our hotel room door at 9:00am to ask for an autograph. We were absolutely overwhelmed by the support we received, and also overwhelmed by people's reactions when we explained that we were to be eliminated in the very next episode. Some didn't believe us, some smiled sympathetically, and some had tears in their eyes after we told them. It was then that I realized how we'd lasted 9 weeks. People really did support us, not just the ones who left comments for us on line, but many many more actually watched and voted for us week after week. Many who we talked with were hurt that we were out, they felt cheated since they'd spent money sms-ing votes for us.
After returning from Goa and seeing the elimination episode I felt compelled to write this note to all of the people who gave us their messages, votes, prayers, and positive thoughts over these 9 weeks. There was a lot that Sweta and I said after the elimination that wasn't kept in the episode, in fact, none of what we said was kept – so I'll use this space to say what we wanted to.
First of all, thank you to the people who voted, without you we would not have stayed in the competition. So much is written these days about whether or not the votes are even counted, and if counted if they are considered, why the results aren't audited or made public, etc. etc. etc. I can think of no greater compliment than someone offering their hard earned money for nothing more than a hope that it will help their favorite couple stay in the competition. Thank you for that compliment!
Secondly we need to thank all the people who left comments for us online, without you we would not have had the energy or the will to keep rehearsing and performing. I began reading the indya.com forums and the comments below the news stories in the 3rd or 4th week and began sharing them with Sweta and Padmini after rehearsal. (I even began replying to some from time to time.) I never expected to be able to say this, but to this day I haven't seen more than two or three negative comments about Sweta, Padmini, and I. People either write positive things, or don't write anything at all about us. Furthermore I've rarely seen comments supporting us but bashing another couple. I think we had the kindest people writing to us and I'm more thankful than I can express for their positivity. When things became unbearably negative during the Krishna/Kashmera elimination, it was this positivity alone that helped us get back on track.
To all the people who supported us I want to tell you that it was for you, and you alone, that we rehearsed 8 hours a day 6 days a week. It was for you alone that we performed each week.
Third, I wanted to be clear about our reaction to the elimination, since our reaction was cut entirely from the episode. On the day of our elimination we received higher marks than we'd achieved in the previous 8 weeks, we had, for the first time, been the highest scoring couple for that episode, and lastly, Padmini was honored as 'Choreographer of the Week' for the first time. Sweta and I both believed it was best to say "goodbye" at our peak, and though we would have loved to have kept performing, it was our hope that we would eventually be eliminated on the day of our best performance. And so we were. We didnt cry, we didnt create a scene. We thanked the people that we wanted to thank, and said goodbye. I suppose our reaction wasnt dramatic enough to keep in the episode - but we're real people, and we showed how we felt - happy, relieved, grateful, and, of course, a little sad.
Was our elimination unfair, perhaps, but are reality shows fair, no. Realizing this early on we didn't expect to last more than the episode we were performing and, rather than fear the elimination, we celebrated each time we were not eliminated. I can hardly believe that having never danced before I was able to be part of a team that won 8 times! Its not important to us that we lost once (everyone except one of the 10 couples will eventually "lose", mind you), the important thing is we performed as well as we could for as long as we could. And what fun performances! We did Bhangra as a North Indians, High Speed Classical as a South Indians, Jive as a Couple That Goes From Young to Old, Ballroom and Waltz as a European Soldier and Wife, Bollywood as a Ruffian and Bar Dancer, Modern Dance as a Silver and Blue Clothed Peasant and Goddess, Rajhasthani as a Young Couple in Love, Retro as Competing Thiefs, and finally a Maharastran Woman and Man (wherein I got to be the woman)! It was an amazing experience, but since it had to end, I'm glad it ended on a positive note.
We have one more performance before our Nach Baliye experience is completely over – the finale episode. Sweta, Padmini and I hope you'll watch and enjoy. Thank you for everything, we are forever grateful.
Love Always,
Alexx & Sweta
P.S.
1. special thanks to Donna, Rinkie Singh, Sheel 148, Neetus, ash4u249612, Sabrina, Djkorwani, and Harshada for your emails and posts – I'll never forget them.
2. we did not post the following comment. The truth is, Sweta and I have not been offered any movies together… and for who ever did post it, my name is spelled "Alexx" not "Alex". I had it changed after I was advised to do so by a numerologist:
"Alex and Sweta 11/18/2007 2:41:50 AM
Hey guys,thank you for all your support. We never thought we would reach this far. Now we will concentrate on some of the movies offer we have gotten together! Thanks"
source link: http://forum.indya.com/showthread.php?t=51575
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