Strictly Come Dancing 2014 (Official Thread)

[richtea78]

Frankie has been to stage school as well. I thought Pixie studied Theatre not dancing though and Frankies mum is a ballroom dancing coach which has got to help!

Anyway it's semantics. The surprises for me are Jake and Mark. One of those two should win but they probably won't.

I hope Judy goes this week though.

[Bonefish Blues]

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richtea78 said:

Frankie has been to stage school as well. I thought Pixie studied Theatre not dancing though and Frankies mum is a ballroom dancing coach which has got to help!

Anyway it's semantics. The surprises for me are Jake and Mark. One of those two should win but they probably won't.

I hope Judy goes this week though.

Here's hoping she caps off a bad week for the Murray family.

[JonRB]

I literally do not know where this will go tonight*. Even Judy showed promise.

(* - Mainly because some tt hasn't told us in advance this week)

[JonRB]

Well, many of us said Sunetra was at risk.

[richtea78]

Once Judy goes Sunetra is the weakest

[Bonefish Blues]

Result!

[JonRB]

Congrats to everyone who said Judy and Sunetra.

I reckon the judges have to put Sunetra through.

[SPR2]

Only just got in and so we have the 2 bottom couples in the dance off. Judy should be the on to go .

[JonRB]

To be fair, I think both of them improved for their dance-off dance.

But it was somewhat inevitable.

[JonRB]

That was a nice touch. They must have known they were going out, so had rehearsed a fun little "last dance".

That jump into Anton's arms was kinda cool actually.

[Antony Moxey]

About bloody time. Should have gone in week one.

[Granville]

Antony Moxey said:

About bloody time. Should have gone in week one.

Perhaps yes, but when people keep voting for her to stay in then she rightly has a place in the show. I think Sunetra will be next, the others are making vast improvements and leaving her behind a little now.

[Bonefish Blues]

IIRC voting's always been erratic until Blackpool with the British public rather playing with the contestants but other than perhaps swapping Thom for Sunetra, I think we're pretty much where we should be now.

[JonRB]

Granville said:

I think Sunetra will be next, the others are making vast improvements and leaving her behind a little now.

You could well be right there. In fairness, she did show marked improvement in the dance off (as did Judy actually) but that dance really didn't flatter her, unlike last week. It will be interesting to see what she produces next week.

I'm still slightly bemused that Craig handed out several 9's on Saturday yet only scored Simon an 8 when the other 3 judges awarded 10 apiece. Still, largely academic now since he made it though.

Once Sunetra has gone, we'll really get down to the hard decisions and Len's casting vote will start to be seen more. One thing is for sure though, and that is that nobody is safe and everyone is subject to the fickle whim of the public vote.

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Bonefish Blues said:

IIRC voting's always been erratic until Blackpool with the British public rather playing with the contestants but other than perhaps swapping Thom for Sunetra, I think we're pretty much where we should be now.

I agree. Although I think Thom was right to go out - his partner rather seemed to be carrying him, in my opinion.

[Granville]

I think you are right. Sunetra and I think Mark will be the next ones out, possible Caroline as well. I'm not sure what it is about Caroline but I just can't seem to warm to her, I'm rather indifferent with her.

[Granville]

I think you are right. Sunetra and I think Mark will be the next ones out, possible Caroline as well. I'm not sure what it is about Caroline but I just can't seem to warm to her, I'm rather indifferent with her.

[thismonkeyhere]

Granville said:

I think you are right. Sunetra and I think Mark will be the next ones out, possible Caroline as well. I'm not sure what it is about Caroline but I just can't seem to warm to her, I'm rather indifferent with her.

Steve before Mark or Caroline I would have thought?

[JonRB]

thismonkeyhere said:

Granville said:

I think you are right. Sunetra and I think Mark will be the next ones out, possible Caroline as well. I'm not sure what it is about Caroline but I just can't seem to warm to her, I'm rather indifferent with her.

Steve before Mark or Caroline I would have thought?

Caroline seems to be variable and has been in a dance off, so I don't know. Mind you, so has Simon and look what he pulled out of the hat on Saturday (I may actually go and watch that again tonight).

Personally, I really like Steve and I think he's done amazingly well. For a guy of his physique he's become quite a good dancer; I'd be sad to see him go.

[Bonefish Blues]

JonRB said:

Caroline seems to be variable and has been in a dance off, so I don't know. Mind you, so has Simon and look what he pulled out of the hat on Saturday (I may actually go and watch that again tonight).

Personally, I really like Steve and I think he's done amazingly well. For a guy of his physique he's become quite a good dancer; I'd be sad to see him go.

Caroline seems almost personality-free to me.

Steve I've very much warmed to as the series has gone on. I wasn't keen coming in as I didn't think he was a serious naturalist (cf "Most deadliest things that will kill you to death a lot"-type series) but he's changed my view on both counts.

[thismonkeyhere]

JonRB said:

Mind you, so has Simon and look what he pulled out of the hat on Saturday (I may actually go and watch that again tonight).

Agreed re Simon's dance. Easily one of the best I can remember. Plus, she's not normally my type, but bloody hell did Christina look hot!