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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on September 23, 2023, 08:41:27 PM
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Good first show, some very good first dances. 21st series!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qx5x
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Also watched and enjoyed it.
There are a few people who have obviously danced professionally before which always makes me feel slightly miffed, still, it's an entertainment programme primarily and any relationship to an actual competition is mostly tangential.
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Another good show. Layton was superb which isn't that much of a surprise. The amount of his dance experience means that I suspect he won't win.
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Another good show. Layton was superb which isn't that much of a surprise. The amount of his dance experience means that I suspect he won't win.
Indeed, it seems, more than usually, blatantly unfair.
On top of that Layton is fucking annoying, at least to me he is.
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Indeed, it seems, more than usually, blatantly unfair.
On top of that Layton is fucking annoying, at least to me he is.
I get that it would be almost impossible in a group of the type of celebrities to have everyone with no level of dancing experience but agree this one seems a bit too far. It's not so much a 'journey', more a walk round the room.
He is pretty annoying so there's little chance of the experience being offset for the voting public.
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Good to see Amy Dowden at Strictly last night. I have a cousin who completed the chemotherapy for breat cancer on Friday, so sonething got in my eye
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67042868
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Another great performance from Layton but he still won't win. So far no upsets in those eliminated. Angela Rippon is absolutely incredible.
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Another great performance from Layton but he still won't win. So far no upsets in those eliminated. Angela Rippon is absolutely incredible.
Pretty much ditto
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I have to keep reminding myself that Angela Rippon is 79 years old. 79!!
If I were a gambling man my money would be on her.
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I have to keep reminding myself that Angela Rippon is 79 years old. 79!!
If I were a gambling man my money would be on her.
The favourites in the betting are Nigel and Bobby. Ypu can get 28/1 against Angela Rippon though that was 40/1 just over a week ago.
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The favourites in the betting are Nigel and Bobby. Ypu can get 28/1 against Angela Rippon though that was 40/1 just over a week ago.
This is why I'm not a gambling man.
For the results show the dance at the beginning was very Fosse heavy. He choreographed "I Gotcha" for Liza Minnelli for her "Liza with a Z" show way back in 1972.
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This is why I'm not a gambling man.
For the results show the dance at the beginning was very Fosse heavy. He choreographed "I Gotcha" for Liza Minnelli for her "Liza with a Z" show way back in 1972.
Have you watched All That Jazz - his autobiopic? Ages since I've watched it.
As to the gambling, I think you underestimate yourself.
That her odds have reduced substantially in theory means you could have already profited by taking the higher odds, and laying off at the lower ones. I say in theory because I don't know how liquid the market is on Strictly.
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ave you watched All That Jazz - his autobiopic?
Yes. That and Sweet Charity and Lenny (Cabaret doesn't need listing surely).
All brilliant films in very different ways.
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Yes. That and Sweet Charity and Lenny (Cabaret doesn't need listing surely).
All brilliant films in very different ways.
And as good a reason as any to post this.
https://youtu.be/qw0FSREoaLQ?si=aZej1NGNDoPzKzSd
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Amanda Abbington has pulled out.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67200993
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On the odds, there is a category for who will be eliminated this week. Everyone, apart from Layton, has odds. Though Ellie, Nigel, and Bobby are all at 100/1 - effectively not going to happen but possible - if they were in a dance off with Layton. It's not seen as possible that the judges wouldn't save him up against anyone.
But he's the 5th favourite to win overall because the best there is that given that it's his job, he won't have the public vote in the end.
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As ever Halloween show gives the BBC make up dept a chance to shine. Ellie looking good.
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As ever Halloween show gives the BBC make up dept a chance to shine. Ellie looking good.
As usual, my least favourite week. I think I'm just allergic to Halloween tackiness.
I do agree, Ellie is looking very decent. Of course, the fact that she is partnered with the very lovely Vito has nothing to do with my judgement. Ahem.
The judges need to change their scripts a bit. Anton in particular is becoming boringly repetitive.
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Apparently Vito and Ellie are dancing an American Smooth to Robbie Williams' Ain't That A Kick In The Head. It's Dean Martin's, darling!
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Halfway through the VT for Angela and Kai someone must have noticed he was poppyless! It suddenly appeared but I'm sure there will be complaints.
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Adam out. Slightly surprised to see Angela R in dance off. Suspect Angela S got the dtunk mothers vote.
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Krishnan gone. Just about right but his joy has been contagious. Angela R on bottom two again indicates tgat she's not doing great in the votes.
Ellie's romance with Vito has moved her to odds on to win. Suspect that Nigel did himself no favours in having a VT where his Olivier for best supporting actor in a musical was shown. Looks to me like Ellie, Bobby, and Layton in the final.
Layton and Nikita had the dance of the series so far. I do wonder if someone's had a word with him to tone himself down from 11.
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I do wonder if someone's had a word with him to tone himself down from 11.
The same thought had crossed my mind as I've found him more bearable over the last couple of weeks. And, indeed the dance of this competition.
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Some phenomenal stuff tonight. I suspect that if it had been anyone other than Layton, it would have been 40, and that meant it wasn't 40 for Ellie. Indeed I think in another year Angela Scanlon would have got 40.
Bye Bye Angela Rippon.
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Some phenomenal stuff tonight. I suspect that if it had been anyone other than Layton, it would have been 40, and that meant it wasn't 40 for Ellie. Indeed I think in another year Angela Scanlon would have got 40.
Bye Bye Angela Rippon.
I agree with all that. The standard does seem much higher to me this year. And yes, I can't see how Angela R will last any longer.
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Angela R on It Takes Two - ooft. Who is going to win? Ellie because she exemplifies someone with no dance experience, and she's young which is great like Bobby.
Well Layton is obviously Chopped Samba! And he's on the same It Takes Two!
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Layton in bottom 3 and will I think be in the dance off with Angela. I thought it felt a bit flat after Blackpool. We still await a 40. My prediction is that Layton will survive the dance off with Angela, and both he and Ellie will get 40 next week.
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Nigel Harman out due to injury. Not clear what they will do as regards elimination at this point.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67600909
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As mentioned in the Doctor Who thread, I don't think I was in the best of moods last night. From the badly performed judges' choreography which didn't as the commentary stated 'show them how it's done' onwards, my brow was furrowed like a grumpy wombat.
It might be easier to ignore the overmarking in the 40 for Layton if Shirley didn't proclaim that the side by side work was in perfect sync when it was not even close. The awed tones from Motsi about how brave he was dealing with 'all the hate' combined with the almost bullying of Craig to give him a 10 was fingers down the throat stuff.
We then got Bobby getting way overmarked for dancing averagely and badly screwing up the most iconic lift in musicals.
Points to Nigel for tirning up while high on pain killers for broken rib.
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So in marks Layton, Ellie, Bobby, Annabel. I suspect the public vote will be Ellie, Annabel, Bobby, Layton meaning Bobby and Annabel will be in dance off, and Bobby will go be saved.
Layton as ever was excellent but the charleston was not as good as the comments but that may be because he was dancing to Fit As A Fiddle and he's no Donald O'Connor.
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I, on this occasion, beg to differ.
When the Charleston finished I yelled 10 at the TV.
I never do that.
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Layton, Ellie, and Bobby in final. Ellie only one that's never been in dance off. Ellie 5/1 on in terms of odds.
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And Ellie wins. Some absolutely great dancing tonight, someone should get Layton into professional dancing. At times tonight it wadn't that it looked like 2 professionals dancing with Layton and Nikita, but that Layton looked like the more experienced professional, and in terms of being the main dancer in a huge show, he is.
Bobby's couples choice had everyone and nearly CRH in tears. Having Amy Dowden standing behind him as she recovers from cancer and he's talking about his mother who died of cancer when he was 6, was questionable to me in that I'm not sure it's fair to Amy.
Ellie's show dance could, because of the screw up in the last lift, only score 36 but it was quite extraordinary.
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This isn't 'strictly' true as Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice didn't