Strictly Christmas special
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shallownessOr the methadone as the BBC would probably prefer we didn’t call it.
The big question is why didn’t Tess and Claudia wear clothes like this for the actual final? Everyone looked snazzy, although nobody was in the festive green.
We had three couples who had danced together previously, which should be an advantage; three who had made the finales (not the same three); two celebs who had danced with Anton, but weren’t doing so tonight; and the first all-Welsh team up (Amy seemed to have been possessed by Ruth Madoc again). There was nobody from this year so all the 2017 line-up attending didn’t have a favourite.
We started off with Robbie Savage failing at coming across sincere in the VT. I really liked Diane’s 40s inspired hair and the rug they’d conjured up with the lighting. His American Smooth was a liftathon, and not a particularly smooth one, but that and the scoring reminded us it was Christmas.
Cue Neil, choreographing, teaching and dancing to get on the main show next year with Judy Murray, who did come off as warm and sincere in the VT, whilst also humiliating her two sons, I daresay. She had actual swivel, but there isn’t much else to say about her dancing except she coped well with most of the end. I’d have liked to see a more expressive dancer tackle the routine and it’s interesting that Mr Jones also went for a toys theme for the Charleston. Neil rightly got a burn in on Anton. I felt bad for Robbie, getting the same score.
And then Colin had to contend with Amy rolling her Rs, and, being a Caerphilly girl, trying to shade Cardiff. Their rumba started off gorgeously (I loved her hair), and then it got really fast and had lots of lips and I stopped liking it so much. But the judges gave him the same score as 12 years ago (let’s pretend it’s not Christmas scoring), so well done him.
Claudia Went For the ‘with Tess’ joke, but she had less nonsense than in previous years.
Cue Jeremy Vine and his golden shoes. I...put up with what they did to 'All I Want For Christmas'. There were moments where he truly was his lanky old self and it was a bit scary, but he was exuding joy. I don’t think it deserved a 2 (or a 7), but Darcey looked properly ashamed of herself for having gone so OTT on the business of her turning on Craig.
I loved the idea of Katie and Brendan in a snowglobe, although I didn’t love their dancing in there. There was some very good dancing when they got to the floor and away from some of the dry ice, and holding back on the lift gave it more of a punch, but then the standard fell off again. But she is elegant.
I was most excited about Kimberley and Pasha returning, and she went for it in the VT, bringing in her cute son, then having her cute sons feed reindeer. She deserved the glory slot, dancing correctly and with loads of apt, comic details.
Kaiser Chiefs were cheeringly all about being entertaining, although if Ricky Wilson were ever to do the show, he’d get scolded about his topline. Oti outdanced Anton, who kept up with her in the quickstep bits but nothing else.
Then we got Shirley being proud of the pros at Buck House, some lucky old people dancing with the pros and some less lucky ones dancing with the celebs, and Craig calling Camilla, the Duchess of Somewhere ‘darling’.
And then Katie won, and I was a bit miffed (which is better than the state of spluttering rage I was in last year after the Melvin debacle), because I’d have given it to Kimberley.
In the group dance, Jeremy and Karen seemed to get most of the attention, and he was a bit dire. Nice to see Claudia and Tess skipping in, the judges playing fake instruments, but I mostly loathed what the ‘Christmas show cast’ was wearing.
I haven't watched that much Christmas telly, just amassed lots of stuff to watch on catch-up.
The big question is why didn’t Tess and Claudia wear clothes like this for the actual final? Everyone looked snazzy, although nobody was in the festive green.
We had three couples who had danced together previously, which should be an advantage; three who had made the finales (not the same three); two celebs who had danced with Anton, but weren’t doing so tonight; and the first all-Welsh team up (Amy seemed to have been possessed by Ruth Madoc again). There was nobody from this year so all the 2017 line-up attending didn’t have a favourite.
We started off with Robbie Savage failing at coming across sincere in the VT. I really liked Diane’s 40s inspired hair and the rug they’d conjured up with the lighting. His American Smooth was a liftathon, and not a particularly smooth one, but that and the scoring reminded us it was Christmas.
Cue Neil, choreographing, teaching and dancing to get on the main show next year with Judy Murray, who did come off as warm and sincere in the VT, whilst also humiliating her two sons, I daresay. She had actual swivel, but there isn’t much else to say about her dancing except she coped well with most of the end. I’d have liked to see a more expressive dancer tackle the routine and it’s interesting that Mr Jones also went for a toys theme for the Charleston. Neil rightly got a burn in on Anton. I felt bad for Robbie, getting the same score.
And then Colin had to contend with Amy rolling her Rs, and, being a Caerphilly girl, trying to shade Cardiff. Their rumba started off gorgeously (I loved her hair), and then it got really fast and had lots of lips and I stopped liking it so much. But the judges gave him the same score as 12 years ago (let’s pretend it’s not Christmas scoring), so well done him.
Claudia Went For the ‘with Tess’ joke, but she had less nonsense than in previous years.
Cue Jeremy Vine and his golden shoes. I...put up with what they did to 'All I Want For Christmas'. There were moments where he truly was his lanky old self and it was a bit scary, but he was exuding joy. I don’t think it deserved a 2 (or a 7), but Darcey looked properly ashamed of herself for having gone so OTT on the business of her turning on Craig.
I loved the idea of Katie and Brendan in a snowglobe, although I didn’t love their dancing in there. There was some very good dancing when they got to the floor and away from some of the dry ice, and holding back on the lift gave it more of a punch, but then the standard fell off again. But she is elegant.
I was most excited about Kimberley and Pasha returning, and she went for it in the VT, bringing in her cute son, then having her cute sons feed reindeer. She deserved the glory slot, dancing correctly and with loads of apt, comic details.
Kaiser Chiefs were cheeringly all about being entertaining, although if Ricky Wilson were ever to do the show, he’d get scolded about his topline. Oti outdanced Anton, who kept up with her in the quickstep bits but nothing else.
Then we got Shirley being proud of the pros at Buck House, some lucky old people dancing with the pros and some less lucky ones dancing with the celebs, and Craig calling Camilla, the Duchess of Somewhere ‘darling’.
And then Katie won, and I was a bit miffed (which is better than the state of spluttering rage I was in last year after the Melvin debacle), because I’d have given it to Kimberley.
In the group dance, Jeremy and Karen seemed to get most of the attention, and he was a bit dire. Nice to see Claudia and Tess skipping in, the judges playing fake instruments, but I mostly loathed what the ‘Christmas show cast’ was wearing.
I haven't watched that much Christmas telly, just amassed lots of stuff to watch on catch-up.
