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Post by anthony40 on Sept 29, 2023 14:29:16 GMT
Everyone get ready for Tess to repeatedly say "No one wants to be the first to leave" and for the celebrities to look down the camera lens and emotively say "But I am having the best time!" or "I'm just having so much fun!".
Of course, you never know but personally, if I were a betting man, I'd be putting my money on Les and Nancy to go on the weekend.
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Post by Matt on Sept 29, 2023 18:32:46 GMT
Les should definitely go. Also, a third to half of the contestants are already very very good, will that make it boring? We don’t want to see perfect dances from most of them every week, we want growth.
Also, Fleur is more painful to watch than Janette, she is awful at presenting. They both need to be ditched.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 30, 2023 19:34:01 GMT
They really shouldn't do Charleston this early.
Les should go. He was woeful.
But I think we might see a Nikita v Zara dance off
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Post by alece10 on Sept 30, 2023 19:45:11 GMT
Angela and Kai, perfect partnership. He is such and gent and so handsome.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 30, 2023 19:49:02 GMT
I did enjoy Vito and Ellie's dance. Perfect is one of my favourite songs and they gave a great interpretation
Shirley was too harsh with Nigel. It felt like she wanted to knock him back a bit which was not very constructive.
Amanda showed real commitment. Angela R was inspirational
Angela S, on the other hand, was over praised. I saw arm and feet errors.
Layton gave too much energy for that to truly deserve 9s. He needs to learn restraint.
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Post by theatreian on Sept 30, 2023 21:46:23 GMT
Yes compared to last week the scoring seemed a little more realistic. I know it has been said before but Leyton has such an advantage over everyone else and the I'm not basic line did nothing to endear him to an audience despite his performance.
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Post by Matt on Sept 30, 2023 21:52:55 GMT
They were obviously running out of time when it got to Zara because the feedback became very quick and non-specific, which is a shame as it should help them.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 3, 2023 15:00:15 GMT
Movie Week dances
Adam and Luba: Jive to Take On Me from The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Amanda and Giovanni: Rumba to Out of Reach from Bridget Jones
Annabel and Johannes: Waltz to Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Angela R and Kai: Quickstep to Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music
Angela S and Carlos: Charleston to Who’s Got The Pain? From Damn Yankees
Bobby and Dianne: Samba to Young Hearts Run Free from Romeo and Juliet
Eddie and Karen: Couple's Choice to Men in Black from Men in Black
Ellie and Vito: Viennese Waltz to Waiting On A Miracle from Encanto
Jody and Jowita: American Smooth to Married Life from Up
Krishnan and Lauren: Charleston to Money Money from Cabaret
Layton and Nikita: Viennese Waltz to There Are Worse Things I Could Do from Grease
Nigel and Katya: Jive to Batman Theme from Batman
Nikita and Gorka: Jive to Kids in America from Clueless
Zara and Graziano: Paso Doble to The Puss Suite from Puss in Boots
Couple's Choice this early is ludicrous
And the music choice for Angela S and Carlos is random considering the song is about dancing a Mambo...
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Post by karloscar on Oct 3, 2023 20:02:07 GMT
If they were going to have a Disney Pixar movie for Ellie and Vito they should've gone for Luca! Vito in a little yellow vest and shorts would be a dead ringer for Alberto and Ellie could be Giulia if she didn't fancy being Luca.
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Post by Matt on Oct 3, 2023 20:03:46 GMT
Nikita will be gone this weekend, I don’t think she is going to get any better, she doesn’t seem to have rhythm.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2023 11:22:25 GMT
I always wonder when someone can do a couple's choice or if they are set for certain weeks. Someone who is going along well might want to leave the couple's choice to much later on. If say a Layton or Ellie for example were given it early on it would seem a waste.
Nikita (celeb) I can see being in bottom two again, it just depends who she is up against potentially in the dance off.
Annabel doing a waltz to Moon River sounds a good choice and seeing her in a short wig and LBD will be interesting.
Angela doing Sound of Music could be fun too.
I wonder if Leyton will dress up as Rizzo as I don't see him and Nikita as T-Birds working and Leyton as Sandy might be pushing it a bit. But him as Rizzo with the short dark wig and shades would work.
Karen and Eddie doing a couples choice to MIB I can see working. Karen has done some good dances in couple's choice week I recall and her and Eddie in the black suits and shades will look good.
Lauren as Sally Bowles will be great with her short hair but Krishnan might be the celeb who is least comfortable doing the charleston.
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 4, 2023 13:37:10 GMT
To be fair, Krishnan knew what he was signing up for, as were all the other celebrities.
He may not be the strongest dance, but he's certainly enjoying it. His face is just beaming!
He won't win, but lets see how far he'll go.
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 4, 2023 17:19:31 GMT
Like him or loath him, can we all please try and spell Layton's name correctly. He's not a district of London!
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 6, 2023 14:46:55 GMT
(In my opinion) Les was the weakest performer of the celebrities in the show. But now that he's gone, who do we predict might be voted off this weekend?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 6, 2023 15:01:00 GMT
Nikita is likely to struggle again.
Jody may be missing as he is battling an infected leg
We still don't know much about who is connecting with the voters so hard to predict at this stage.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2023 15:24:46 GMT
As Oxford Simon says Jody has had an issue where the remaining part of his leg has been bady rubbed by his artificial limb and it caused an infection. He couldn't get his false limb on to appear on It Takes Two or has been advised not to wear it. He has missed a couple of days training and however much he may not to compete if he cannot put his false limb back on or it causes him discomfort I really think he has to play it safe and take a bye.
If he did compete the public would likely vote heavily for him. So if we assume Jody doesn't dance or gets a large public vote I think it will be Nikita and KGM likely in the bottom 2. Adam and Zara hasven't scored that high but both are high profile so will get more votes IMO from the public. Eddie is doing couples choice so I think he'll score okay and everyone else scored pretty well so far.
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Post by Matt on Oct 6, 2023 21:37:02 GMT
I think the next few weeks are quite predictable, unless someone has an unexpected fan base. Next week at the top and going down week by week.
Nikita Krishnan Jody Adam Eddie Zara
I think Angela Rippon will be gone by this point too, but I have no idea which week, I think people will keep her in until she has a string of Latin dances that she will not do well in.
Then we are left with everyone who can actually dance.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2023 0:10:16 GMT
I think you a pretty near the mark there Matt. The likes of Adam, Zara who are younger contenders would need to start showing some improvement. Angela will go so far but will the vote for the older women become split between say her and Annabel?
What we don't know is do people switch their vote when their "favourite" has gone out or not bother to vote then. Say Angela's and Annabel's votes then aligning behind say Amanda would make her strong but does this in theory happen?
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Post by lou105 on Oct 7, 2023 5:17:37 GMT
A lot of people seem to use the 3 online votes on 3 different couples, at least to begin with. I assume from that, that they switch to someone else as the field narrows and maybe at some point begin to focus on one couple. Would be interesting to know! Certainly when there are lots of names, the voting form gives the impression you should choose three, but you don't have to...
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Post by karloscar on Oct 7, 2023 7:33:01 GMT
While I'm sure some people do vote on a loyalty to certain couples basis, I'm sure plenty more judge it by the standard of performance on the night. Thinking that Angela's votes once gone might transfer en masse to Annabelle (or someone else) after elimination simply because of age makes no sense to me at all. Different performers are appealing for very different reasons, and viewers' reactions likely to be far more scattershot than that. That's the impression I get from the various forums on the night. (I'm sure there are just as many viewers who (like me) enjoy the show but really can't be arsed to register to vote and aren't invested enough to try to influence the results.)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2023 12:24:33 GMT
Good points Karloscar, I agree people will vote for a personal favourite or someone they like on the series having seen their dances and promo pieces. Stars from TV programmes often have their cast mates, co presenters getting behind them. When a personal favourite goes out then if there is a natural 2nd favourite votes may go there, people may stop voting.
But as you say do some people potentially just vote on the best dances in their view and if they do this weekly than their votes could change across the whole series or if they start doing this when a personal favourite celeb or dancer has gone out.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 7, 2023 17:53:17 GMT
Really not convinced with Layton dancing as Rizzo this evening.
I am a huge drag fan but he isn't a drag performer. He has played a drag character on stage. There is a difference.
When Courtney Act did the Australian version, it was a legitimate choice for some weeks to be Courtney and some weeks to be his boy persona.
This doesn't feel the same
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 7, 2023 18:51:59 GMT
I know that Jody isn't a dancer but that Up routine was very, very touching. I cried
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 7, 2023 19:08:01 GMT
Really not convinced with Layton dancing as Rizzo this evening. I am a huge drag fan but he isn't a drag performer. He has played a drag character on stage. There is a difference. When Courtney Act did the Australian version, it was a legitimate choice for some weeks to be Courtney and some weeks to be his boy persona. This doesn't feel the same Whoever put Layton in that make up and wig wants shooting. I don’t know WHAT they were going for as a look but it backfired dreadfully. Opening Batman routine - loved it. So funny and perfectly choreographed to capture that tv series. Is Angela Scanlon the dark horse?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 7, 2023 19:17:34 GMT
Really not convinced with Layton dancing as Rizzo this evening. I am a huge drag fan but he isn't a drag performer. He has played a drag character on stage. There is a difference. When Courtney Act did the Australian version, it was a legitimate choice for some weeks to be Courtney and some weeks to be his boy persona. This doesn't feel the same Whoever put Layton in that make up and wig wants shooting. I don’t know WHAT they were going for as a look but it backfired dreadfully. Opening Batman routine - loved it. So funny and perfectly choreographed to capture that tv series. Is Angela Scanlon the dark horse? The make up was dreadful.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 7, 2023 20:11:35 GMT
A pretty mixed week in terms of quality
And a totally random set of scores
There is no doubting the quality of Angela and Carlos but that was not a Charleston. It was too close to the original with a bit of swivel.
Eddie did not deserve a 10
Amanda showed great flexibility Annabel danced nicely Angela R is showing her limitations.
Nigel was under marked
Nikita was over marked and should go. I can't see any reason to keep her any longer.
Zara was forgettable.
KGM was also over marked.
Jody touched me and probably should have taken this week off. But I believe he deserves to stay.
I did like Ellie - she is a real contender if she continues to improve as she has done
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Post by Matt on Oct 7, 2023 21:22:59 GMT
Nigel - I didn’t think he was great tonight, the jive wasn’t his kind of dance. Angela R - I didn’t think there was much quickstep in there at all. Zara - She’s getting marginally better, but I’m not sure she will reach that next level in a short amount of time. Layton - Far too punchy for a Viennese Waltz, needs to relax and be softer. Angela - I thought she was great and definitely one of the strongest, but maybe doesn’t get as much credit as she deserves (apart from the scores tonight). Amanda - Deserved a higher score a think, but maybe just lacked a bit of fluidity with the rumba in certain parts, felt a bit jazz hands in bits. Nikita - Just seems to be going backwards now, just can’t dance at all. Ellie - She’s brilliant, and again I think goes under the radar slightly. Bobby - He was really good, but I don’t think it was his best week, I feel like he needs to work on his arms a bit. Jody - I know he had leg issues this week, but he was hunched over and his frame was all over the place. I think he might be bottom 2 this week. Eddie - Absolutely no way a 10, not even an 8. I hate couples choice, Shirley, Craig and Anton don’t have a clue how to score street dance. I thought this was very average. The 10 is very very odd. Annabel - She was brilliant and I had no idea why her score was as low as it was?? Adam - I thought his kicks and retraction were really bad, so I have no idea what the judges were watching? He’s average at best. Krishnan - I thought he was great, and to be honest he’s been really good every week, I think the judges aren’t calling him out enough on how well he’s doing. He’s better than a few of the other men.
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Post by karloscar on Oct 7, 2023 22:42:57 GMT
It's funny that those having a hissy fit online about Layton dancing in feminine attire failed to notice that both Katya and Luba were in drag too! Luba even had a moustache! Less annoying than previous movie weeks where the costumes and concepts can lead to a dip in dance quality. Angela and Carlos did brilliantly though the routine did borrow heavily from the Gwen Verdon original. Ellie and Vito seem to be the most consistent performers so far, always coming up with imaginative routines that merit rewatching.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 7, 2023 23:00:06 GMT
I think the difference was that Luba and Katya were essentially playing cartoon characters which gives greater leeway. They were not attempting a form of realism.
Layton was trying to be Rizzo. And was let down, in large part, by a poor costume design, dreadful wig and badly executed make up.
In a same sex partnership, I want to see them dancing as a same sex couple. Yes, it was different for Courtney Act as I said earlier. But Layton isn't a drag performer. He is an actor who has performed drag characters.
I appreciate that this is just my preference.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2023 23:35:03 GMT
I've still got to watch tonight's show but just looking at the stills Layton's Rizzo costume was terrible. He really needed the black and white stripped top and the shades. I'm not really sure what he looked like but it certainly wasn't Rizzo like to me. When I read they were doing this number I thought he would drag up and it was the right thing to do in the context of the song choice.
I would like to have seen a drag act do Strictly like when The Vivienne did Dancing On Ice. Layton has played drag characters on stage so him dragging up I thought would happen. But next time please get him a better costume.
With same sex partnerships one has to dance more of the female or male role otherwise all couples could just throw the rulebook out of the window and let the pros lead.
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