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Post by wickedgrin on Dec 4, 2018 9:52:22 GMT
It's a massive TV audience and exposure. I suspect artists are begging to be on the show!
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Post by theatreian on Dec 4, 2018 9:55:51 GMT
I won't start my rant about applause during the musical guests again suffice to say do we applaud in the middle of a song or dance in the theatre. No we don't as a mark of respect and so we can see and watch the performance.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2018 10:11:28 GMT
I won't start my rant about applause during the musical guests again suffice to say do we applaud in the middle of a song or dance in the theatre. No we don't as a mark of respect and so we can see and watch the performance. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I am teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelling you . . . . . |
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Post by justfran on Dec 4, 2018 22:43:35 GMT
There wasn’t any professional dancers during the Backstreet Boys performance a few weeks ago.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 5, 2018 0:17:49 GMT
Semi-final dance and song choices
Ashley and Pasha
Paso Doble – Spectrum (Say My Name) by Florence + the Machine
American Smooth – Ain’t that a Kick in the Head by Dean Martin
Lauren and AJ
Samba – Rock the Boat by the Hues Corporation
Tango – Nutbush City Limits by Tina Turner
Stacey and Kevin
Charleston – Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue by Spike Jones
Viennese Waltz – You’re My World by Cilla Black
Faye and Giovanni
Samba – I Go To Rio by Pablo Cruise
Argentine Tango – La Cumparsita by Machiko Ozawa
Joe and Dianne
Argentine Tango – Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Viennese Waltz – This Year’s Love by David Gray
A tricky week for many of them.
On paper, Lauren seems to have the hardest combination. Samba is a difficult one unless you can really sell it. And that Tina song doesn't shout Tango to me.
But it is impossible to say at this stage as to who will be up against Ashley in the dance off.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2018 0:30:03 GMT
Joe doing an Argentine tango could be a hard dance for him, Gio and Faye I'd feel would make a good fist of theirs.
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Post by Sam on Dec 5, 2018 9:44:25 GMT
I just caught up on Strictly last night after being away at the weekend.
I enjoyed Stacey and Kevin's dance the most, but then I am a sucker for a foxtrot (or an American Smooth Foxtrot).
I found Charles and Karen's dance really hard to watch, mainly because of the music. There was no rumba in the music at all. I couldn't tell whether or not they were on time because it was almost as if the music was separate to the dance?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 5, 2018 9:54:10 GMT
Joe doing an Argentine tango could be a hard dance for him, Gio and Faye I'd feel would make a good fist of theirs. It is a hard dance - but he has a bit more of a performer about him and so he might be able to sell it. Nothing that Lauren has done has shown me that she can actually perform. She can do the steps (most of the time) but she never really sells things. AJ does all the work in their routines in terms of communicating to the audience. Faye should be ok with the AT - she has been pretty adaptable throughout. Plus she has a reasonably authentic piece of music (more Tango than AT - but close enough) - it is always easy to engage with T and AT when danced to something that sounds like a Tango. (This is an additional reason why Joe might find it tougher as his track really doesn't) |
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Post by wickedgrin on Dec 5, 2018 12:00:17 GMT
Lauren surely has to be in the dance off this week with Ashley I assume.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:02:40 GMT
Charleston - traditional, some clunky dismounts but quite entertaining.
VW - very touching - undermarked
Paso - it really wasn't a paso. No Spanish flair, no real basic content. Very ugly hair
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 8, 2018 19:03:32 GMT
I hate it when Bruno and Shirley stand up at their judging table to watch sections of the performance. It’s like “”ooh look at me I’m analysing it more than the other judges”. They only do it when they know they’re in shot. Total fakery.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:04:31 GMT
Chris Evans in the audience is looking very, very old!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:07:24 GMT
That Paso was not worth 36 - 32 at most.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:09:01 GMT
Very bad tango. Awful music. Lauren is very insecure. Lacking attack and crispness. AJ is dragging her at times.
Mid 20s is what it is worth
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:17:28 GMT
Overmarked tango
Fun, classic Samba - my fave of the first set of dances
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:27:10 GMT
Round 2
VW - too much wafting around and it was only half a VW (which was a bit to frenetic at times)
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:30:54 GMT
Massive overmarking for half a dance there for that VW
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:34:26 GMT
AT - hampered by bad music choice. Joe is a bit too careful in this. Lacks real passion.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:42:49 GMT
Very ugly lift there from Pasha - who is normally so reliable. It was going quite well up to that point. Felt a good AS
But it ends up wobbly and out of sync
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:45:28 GMT
This AS is going to be overmarked
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:46:27 GMT
And yes it was. It was 35 at most for the clunky lifts/dismounts and out of sync sequences.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:50:42 GMT
Samba nightmare. She keeps going wrong. And then going wrong again.
They have to be marked down
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 8, 2018 19:52:50 GMT
Bye Lauren. Finally.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:53:22 GMT
We can but hope BB
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 8, 2018 19:58:58 GMT
Dance of the night from Faye - ideal music and some great moments
This is the only dance of the night to really command 10s
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