Reality TV...Canadian style

[ForeverAutumn]

Battle of the Blades, eh!

8 former hockey goons team up with 8 former world champion figure skaters. It's like Dancing with the Stars, on ice.

STÉPHANE RICHER and MARIE-FRANCE DUBREUIL
BOB PROBERT and KRISTINA LENKO
TIE DOMI and CHRISTINE HOUGH-SWEENY
CRAIG SIMPSON and JAMIE SALE
RON DUGUAY and BARBARA UNDERHILL
GLENN ANDERSON and ISABELLE BRASSEUR
CLAUDE LEMIEUX and SHAE-LYNN BOURNE
KEN DANEYKO and JODEYNE HIGGINS

http://www.cbc.ca/battle/video.php

[3-LockBox]

It's like Dancing with the Stars, on ice.

its like a couple of really bad movies of the same theme

BTW, which ones are the hockey players ?

[luvtolisten]

That's bad. But we still have Tanya Harding, I wonder which group they would place her?

[JohnMichael]

I could imagine a member of AR competing, someone who knows his way around the ice, dancing with a beautiful figure skater.

[3-LockBox]

I could imagine a member of AR competing, someone who knows his way around the ice, dancing with a beautiful figure skater.

I didn't know you skated JM

[JohnMichael]

I didn't know you skated JM

Yes but which hockey player will be my partner?

[3-LockBox]

Yes but which hockey player will be my partner?

take yer pick

[nightflier]

I'm still waiting for full-contact golf, but until then, I guess this should be entertaining enough.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Yes but which hockey player will be my partner?

Sir T says to himself "where is that damn newspaper" Down boy, down!! LOL

[ForeverAutumn]

So week one is over and I have to admit it was fun to watch. None of these guys are graceful by any means but you have to give them credit for trying. There's something hilarious and touching about watching these guys fumble around the ice doing dance moves. Although, in some cases its nothing more than providing the brawn for the ladies to work off of.

Good-bye to Bob Probert and Kristina Lenko this week. Bob looked like a bit like a bull in a china shop. I've attached the video, but you only really need to watch it from about the 1:40 mark to about 3:20 if you only want to watch them skate.



Oh, I should mention that the whole show is for charity. Each couple gets $25,000 for their charity just for participating and the winner's charity gets $100,000.

[nightflier]

People pay to watch this? Why not make a donation and save your eyes the agony?

[ForeverAutumn]

No. Nobody is paying to watch it. I guess the sponsors are coughing up the cash. I don't really know where the money is coming from.

It's actually kind of fun to watch. The players know that they suck and it's all done tongue in cheek. But it will be interesting to see if it actually lasts the full 6 or 7 weeks that it's supposed to air.