Strictly Come Dancing--am I on my own here?

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straight up and down, this is the weirdest shit ever.

That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 18 November 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link

ten months pass...

So, anyone in this year?

William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 4 October 2008 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link

Me. I hate Gary Rhodes and am hoping he's off this week. I also hate Austin Healey but will grudgingly admit it's looking like a two-horse race between him and Tom from the blokes (haven't seen Tom doing ballroom yet, but I can't see him being bad at it). John Sergeant is lovely but will fail horribly when asked to do a jive/cha-cha/salsa. The rest of them are varying shades of meh.

Of the girls, Jessie looks like she's having loads of fun, Rachel and maybe Christine look like potential winners. Had high hopes for Lisa, but I don't think she'll win many popularity contests.

ailsa, Sunday, 5 October 2008 09:59 (fifteen years ago) link

Rhodes is behaving like an unbelievably spoiled petulant brat. It's like he's channelling the young John McEnroe or something.
John Sergeant is a true gentleman, but anything more physical than standing there while his partner dances around him is going to see him come unstuck. It's like watching the father of the bride dancing with his daughter at a wedding reception. Also the same to some extent with Don Warrington. Which is a shame, because both of their partners seem to be among the best out of the professional dancers.
It's probably going to be either Austin or Tom, despite both of them having the "smug Jane Austin suitor" look down pat.
I can't decide out of the female contestants - but the idea of Jodie Kidd winning does appeal. Someone winning who falls into the "really tall therefore ungainly dancer" category.

snoball, Sunday, 5 October 2008 10:11 (fifteen years ago) link

I think Christine's going to be your best bet for a tall dancer doing well, much as I love Jodie.

ailsa, Sunday, 5 October 2008 10:39 (fifteen years ago) link

I find John Sergeant's partner terrifying yet intriguing at the same time.

PS I love this show.

Autobot Lover (jel --), Sunday, 5 October 2008 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link

I want to pop Austin's arms with a pin. He looks like that Ram Man from He-Man without his helmet on.

Autobot Lover (jel --), Sunday, 5 October 2008 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link

Please let this be where Gary goes. Please.

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 5 October 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link

Goodbye Gary and your smug grinning face

snoball, Sunday, 5 October 2008 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link

Thank goodness for that.

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 5 October 2008 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link

yay! yay! yay!

Still feel we could lose a few more of the guys (hi dere Andrew) before any of the girls disappear. The girls' group dance was great this week.

ailsa, Sunday, 5 October 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link

I think my favourite couples so far are Don/Lilia and Heather/Brian - most actual chemistry between the pairings on either side. Saturday was a real reminder that Don is an ac-TORRR and Tom is in Holby City. Unfortunately, Heather's feet in the group dance were crazymad flat, and I think that upping the pace might see Don's composure go a bit - but I'm hoping this week gives the dude some momentum, makes the men's side less of a two-horse race (though I'd not be one bit surprised to see John making the final - if it's half-judges, half-public, I'd think the public can carry him past a fair amount of the competition).

Christine will win, though. Cherie's Latin won't hold up, I don't think, and Rachel Stevens is a gigantic charisma vacuum; Christine is just radiant like all the goddamn time, and her balance and weighting last week just seemed perfect, somehow.

I should add I am blogging all this at Rocktimists, btw.

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 5 October 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link

My favourite so far is Cherie Lunghi. Oh and Jodie Kidd. Neither will last too long though :(

Dislike : Andrew Castle, Tom Eastenders, the truly horrifyingly twattish A. Healey in the men, and and Lisa Snowdon.

John S's partner is surely a trans-sexual.

Dr.C, Monday, 6 October 2008 08:32 (fifteen years ago) link

Rachel should be making more records, not wasting her time in this.

Also Bruce doesn't do his dance at the beginning any more IS THIS THE END?

Checking My French, Checking-Checking My French (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 6 October 2008 09:43 (fifteen years ago) link

I think it's more for reasons of time rather than Brucie getting old. As the number of contestants whittles down, he'll do more of that and the "I AM NOT OLD DO YOU SEE?" thing.

snoball, Monday, 6 October 2008 09:48 (fifteen years ago) link

Tom is not EastEnders, he is Holby City, and he is lovely. I like all of the girls, and hate Austin Healy, though I will grudgingly admit he's not a bad dancer. I like Lisa for reasons of hating Brendan and therefore having sympathy for her being partnered with such a twat.

ailsa, Monday, 6 October 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link

Oh yeah Holby, not EE obv.

Note that the only rugby player who they could who has a good word to say about Healey is the ever-reasonable Will Greenwood. Although obv no-one (esp Brucie) had a clue who he was.

Dr.C, Monday, 6 October 2008 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link

Tom Chambers grew up in our village, still comes back a lot, and his dad has been indefatigable in drumming up local support. This BBC News clip was shot in our village pub on Saturday night; I'm briefly visible in the final frame, top right hand corner.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7655058.stm

mike t-diva, Monday, 6 October 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link

I kinda want Cherie to go.

I think I want Lisa Snowdon to win.

Autobot Lover (jel --), Monday, 6 October 2008 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link

lol Mark Foster. I love John Sergeant.

ailsa, Saturday, 18 October 2008 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link

The professionals are dancing to "I predict a riot"

Autobot Lover (jel --), Sunday, 19 October 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link

That was comedy.

Don was robbed, I am sad that he has gone and terrible Mark Foster is still there.

ailsa, Sunday, 19 October 2008 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link

That was horrible. Wrong two couples in the dance-off, wrong one went. It won't be the same without Don & Lilia - they had chemistry, dammit, more than maybe any couple in the competition.

I am somewhat worried by any audience that can prefer Andrew Castle to them two, really.

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 19 October 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link

People who watch GMTV should have their phones taken off them.

Comedy = paso to the Kaiser Chiefs. Agree that wrong two couples were in the dance-off, cannot see any redeeming features at all in the Mark/Hayley partnership and Andrew's just rubbish.

ailsa, Sunday, 19 October 2008 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link

The house band really excelled themselves this week. I think I lasted through maybe three seconds of their take on "Spice Up Your Life".

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 19 October 2008 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link

Yeah, they were rubbish, also someone appeared to be strangling the singers all the way through. Also mega lols at Camilla's bizarre silk pyjamas thing.

Current standings

Like: Tom, Jodie, Christine
Dislike: Andrew, Mark
Want to adopt as my favourite uncle: John

ailsa, Sunday, 19 October 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link

Haha the Kaiser Chief's Paso (was it a Paso?) was funny!

I was hoping for the hideous Foster to get the chop this week, or the strangely humourless and characterless Heather Small, but I can't argue with the result as Heather's dance-off performance was pretty decent. Also I am reliably informed that Don Warrington is an absolute twat IRL, so no complaints really.

I like Jodie and Cherie, also Christine, although she wasn't great this week. Dislike - same as Ailsa. Oh, and Austin, obviously. The womenfolk in my house are right behind Tom, mainly due to this week's haircut as far as I can tell. He was pretty bloody good though - a really well acted American smooth. I think he may win.

Dr.C, Monday, 20 October 2008 09:19 (fifteen years ago) link

I don't like Austin due to longstanding dislike of him outwith this show, but he is very good. Bored with Rachel and Lisa now, can't be doing with Cherie, even though she's doing a great job of dancing well with all the judges wedged so far up her arse.

Womenfolk OTM re Tom. They were OTM re Gethin last year as well.

I'm deeply saddened about Don Warrington being a twat. He seems lovely.

ailsa, Monday, 20 October 2008 10:06 (fifteen years ago) link

Well, Andrew Castle's entire television career has involved him being an absolute twat, so I'm still gutted. Castle doesn't even seem to want to be there, really, and his partner just seems massively irritated with him all the time (it was hard to tell, but I think the lift-bodging might partly have been her fault).

I think I'm kinda rooting for Cherie now, tbh. She does seem slightly too calculating, but she's also bloody good, and her pwning Rachel, Austin and Lisa... I would find this quite heartening. Ideally I'd like Christine to win, but I think she needs to stand out a bit more than she's done thus far - she's been good, but so have a lot of other people.

William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 20 October 2008 10:29 (fifteen years ago) link

Cherie's couple of years at ballet school may have been useful for the dances she's done to date.. She's yet to do something energetic and latin-y yet, I think.

Dr.C, Monday, 20 October 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link

That "I Predict A Riot" - even Peter Kay couldn't have bettered that.

Two black contestants in the dance-off, News at Ten...

That new Alecia Dixon single is great!

Rachel looking as bored doing this as she was "promoting" her last album.

Otherwise, merit-wise I'm pretty much in agreement with Dr C.

A. FIND MISSING LINK B. PUT IT TOGETHER C. BANG! (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 20 October 2008 11:54 (fifteen years ago) link

ailsa, Monday, 20 October 2008 11:58 (fifteen years ago) link

Fearing for Christine this week, though I reckon Foster's surely gone...

William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 25 October 2008 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link

Think Christine, like Andrew and John, will continue to be saved by the public as they are popular. Poor Mark is basically hampered by not being able to dance at all, but I don't think much of his partner. Nothing outstanding tonight, sadly, and Christine, who I really like, was very poor. Lisa probably best of an average bunch.

ailsa, Saturday, 25 October 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link

Dance-off will be Foster and Castle. Foster to go obv. John and Christine will be saved by Joe Public -the John thing is getting a little tired though.

Dr.C, Sunday, 26 October 2008 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link

SHOVELL! (Was it always spelt with two Ls?)

Just realised Heather is in a roughly comparable place to where Don was last week, so she's definitely not safe.

Rachel's bruvvers > Rachel's fyonsay.

Len sounds remarkably similar to Cotton Hill when he's angry.

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 26 October 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link

First Madcon, now this. Poor Frankie Valli.

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 26 October 2008 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link

Oh, good spot, Doc!

Think we can now safely call next week's dance-off as being the survivor of this one vs. Heather, then.

And I think we can basically guarantee that Mark's going out now... can't we?

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 26 October 2008 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link

Yes we can.

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 26 October 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link

Yes, good. He might have been better with a better partner, but he was still the worst there. Also, y'know, put them away. Ugh.

Even when stripping off and posing, and being lifted up by his fans, he is curiously emotionless.

ailsa, Sunday, 26 October 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link

Only saw this on a pub TV with little/no sound yesterday. But....I predict Heather and Castle to be in bottom 2, with Castle to go. Could be a close run thing.

Dr.C, Sunday, 2 November 2008 10:45 (fifteen years ago) link

Castle must go!

Oh dear, Sergeant is going all the way to the last 3.

Autobot Lover (jel --), Sunday, 2 November 2008 10:47 (fifteen years ago) link

Jodie & Ian were lovely. Austin just ever so slightly overmarked by Len. Think Castle and Heather will go before John, and Austin will win.

ailsa, Sunday, 2 November 2008 10:55 (fifteen years ago) link

Heather-Castle seems a lock for bottom two, but up to this point Cherie's not had to rely on public support to get her through, so she's hardly out of the woods. I dunno if Castle will go - he really pulled himself together for the dance-off last week, and a similar improvement this time might be enough.

Have very much had enough of John now.

Austin Healey is actually going to win this, isn't he? Sergeant's the only one who's got enough momentum with the public to stop him, and he surely won't make the final... surely?

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 2 November 2008 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link

I think Castle will go. You can see the amount of effort Heather has put in, particularly physical training, it's like looking at a before/after advert for a gym.
Sergeant, yah, bored now, but he's too nice for me to want him to go. Kind of wish that Don was still in it instead though.

snoball, Sunday, 2 November 2008 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link

Castle has gone, which was scarcely a surprise.

This week I noticed several reiterations on the judges' part of the same basic complaint (but mainly aimed at Cherie Lunghi and Rachel Stevens' performances) about playing it safe, competent but no more, no "wildness," no "sensuality" etc.

I'm wondering if everyone's been told by The Management to tone that side of things down following recent upsets elsewhere in the BBC.

Then again, before Saturday's edition there was an extraordinary thing called Hole In The Wall with Dale Winton whose format I can only describe as "fetish friendly."

It's baffling.

Do they mean us? They surely do! It's Ray Conniff! (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 3 November 2008 09:50 (fifteen years ago) link

Taking the piss out of "Hole In The Wall" now seems to comprise half of Harry Hill's show. Wish they'd make the wall out of something more solid than polystyrene though. And on that point, possibly not the most environmentally friendly show on TV?

snoball, Monday, 3 November 2008 10:19 (fifteen years ago) link

Dale now not even bothering to smile with his mouth, let alone his eyes.

Do they mean us? They surely do! It's Ray Conniff! (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 3 November 2008 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link

Rachel! I am not, in general, one of her biggest fans, but that was quite the shock...

William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 10 November 2008 10:09 (fifteen years ago) link

As with this week's X Factor, this indicates that the ship is about to sink.

It would seem that the British public is far more interested in voting for "characters" rather than people with actual dancing talent.

But without the money generated by the 'phone-in votes the BBC would make no money from the show and it would have to be pulled.

America gets its first black President. We get John Sergeant who can't dance but gee he's cute.

The United Nations food parcels get ever closer.

A suit to remember at Montague Moss (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 10 November 2008 10:16 (fifteen years ago) link


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