Originally posted by: Rapier
hmmm...so sushant didn't know how the show worked? i highly doubt it. who signs a contract with a channel for a show without knowing about the show and how it works? he got into this knowing full well how the show operated. and it's not like he got to know about this today. JDJ has been saying their motto over and over again ever since the first promos of the show. it's been saying about turning a non-dancer into a dancer for a while now. i wonder why he never brought it up then?😕 i agree with sushant though. he should've never been in the show. highly unfair for the contestants who worked their butts off to learn how to dance and compete with people who were already a step ahead. he should try shows where its ok to be trained. all the best sushant!👍🏼
umm.. firstly, yana is a item number girl, ie dancer. next, JDJ is an international version of dancing with the STARs and Strictly come dancing. i am sure, it wasnt projected as a show for making non-dancers dance ONLY. if that was the case, then sushant's question is RIGHT.
it was about dancing with the STARS; and making those stars dance who havent done so before. like you say, sushant knew about it "before", then the same goes with Chang.
more importantly, i dont understand why is chang and others using the non-dancer card: chang is a singer, who has an ear for beat, sound, rhythm. and he has acted in a movie which THY DANCE. some experience is better than none.
someone who is TRULY a non-dancer is Akhil. he was in no way related to the field, devoting his time to boxing. Thus comparing, Chang on his first episode was BETTER than Akhil on his elimination.
as you say, JDJ has been saying the same motto"make non-dancer dance" from the begining, then WHY take sushant and yana for that matter? sushant has been VERY open about his jazz training.
then WHY take shevta salve; who is a trained dancer? why take sudha chandran who is classical dancer?
my take; JDJ is in noway a show for non-dancer stars. yana hasnt recieved so much flak for being an item girl, as sushant for being trained in jazz.. so unfair. chang and others should quit using the tag of non-dancer and celebrate his success. sushant knew it was a show for stars. he is a HUGE star in the TV world.
sushant (and yana)'s spot in the show NOT unfair. WHY? because the dude shoots for 12 hours a day for PR. then, he is contractually obligated to do appearances as Manav of PR everywhere at the cost of his rehearsing time. so, where chang and others have time advantage, sushant doesnt. and we all know, how important pratice is to achieve perfection. if you notice sometimes, in the shots of Hawa mahal, before/ after sushant's performance, he is not in the background. ie he is NOT THERE and is shooting for PR.
also, during the season of JDJ was awards season, ie sushant was everywhere performing.
i didnt see chang anywhere doing as many events as them.
so, every contestant had their advantages and disadvantages balanced out.
also, in the international versions, there have been MANY "dancers" or people who have trained in more than one from of dance. Nicole Sherzinger from Pussy cat Dolls won season 10 of dancing with the stars and she has one of the most flexible bodies in Hollywood.
Even though sushant was my favorite, on the whole, i dont mind chang winning. but i just wanted to present my POV.
Edited by tiya229 - 14 years ago
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