Strictly – first results show
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shallownessThe judges joined the pros for the group number, and I almost wish they hadn’t bothered. The music was great, though, starting with ‘When Doves Cry’ and encompassing other songs. Craig and wig were camping it up as a king, Anton, Shirley and Motsi were dancing a bit more as less awful royals? The pros were the court, and my favourite bit was their formation ballroom dancing. The other three judges returned, Anton had a train, briefly, for some reason, and through the power of dance dethroned panto evil King Craig, who did an assisted sommie, but still was the weakest link dancing wise, even if only Carlos was attempting to match him for ferocity. For a second it looked as though Anton would take the throne, but Shirley got it. OR SOMETHING.
First reeling off of names, and Pete and Jowita got a swift reprieve. The only other big surprise among the names called safe was Paul. But Tom and Nadiya were under the red light! Anton started to talk about performing it more, but mainly advised him to treat the dance-off like a final. [ETA: Dancing first can't have helped him.] My advice would be to try to be a bit more funny when not dancing on the show. Much hilarity in the Clauditorium, as Paul, Chris, Sarah and Vito were up there.
Judges debrief where Claudia wanted to know if the beard was mellowing Craig out WRT scoring Montell, and then he and Shirley got into a second round of arguing over Jamie’s week 2 rumba, and Switzerland!Motsi wasn’t entirely wrong about them both being right even if they were assigning different scores to their value judgments.
Second reeling off of names, and we had reason to think that some of the gallery might have been dissing Shayne on the socials (JOKING!) as they tortured him and Nancy, and also Punam and Gorka, by letting them be the last to know they were safe. But, in fact, it was Toyah and Neil who’d be in the dance-off. I think Toyah, like me, expected she’d be booted. Less hilarity in the Clauditorium, given the mix of people who’d been put through the ringer even more than the first lot.
The Ezra Collective were performing with a featured singer who started off nervously and seemed stuck in her soft voice, but the jazzy rhythms inspired Fosse-referencing, stylish dancing from Carlos and Lauren that I adored.
Tess portentously reminded us that Tom and Nadiya had only scored 20 and the others 18, so it was going to be close. Remembering their tangos in week 1, I scoffed at this. BUT Craig, Motsi and Shirley picked on Tom’s timing, or lack thereof (Anton had saved him based on attempted technique, thus throwing the decision to Shirley. Of course, Craig made it sound worse than Motsi and Shirley did) and I suppose that his lack of performance background (and musicality?) told. He took it on the chin, but was obviously gutted, as he’s not lost much recently. Neil and Toyah have another week (movies week, as we were reminded all episode), but it won’t be long before she’s in Barbados, I imagine. Everyone else has been reminded it’s as much a popularity contest as a dance contest.
Edited to add two things 2/10/24.
First reeling off of names, and Pete and Jowita got a swift reprieve. The only other big surprise among the names called safe was Paul. But Tom and Nadiya were under the red light! Anton started to talk about performing it more, but mainly advised him to treat the dance-off like a final. [ETA: Dancing first can't have helped him.] My advice would be to try to be a bit more funny when not dancing on the show. Much hilarity in the Clauditorium, as Paul, Chris, Sarah and Vito were up there.
Judges debrief where Claudia wanted to know if the beard was mellowing Craig out WRT scoring Montell, and then he and Shirley got into a second round of arguing over Jamie’s week 2 rumba, and Switzerland!Motsi wasn’t entirely wrong about them both being right even if they were assigning different scores to their value judgments.
Second reeling off of names, and we had reason to think that some of the gallery might have been dissing Shayne on the socials (JOKING!) as they tortured him and Nancy, and also Punam and Gorka, by letting them be the last to know they were safe. But, in fact, it was Toyah and Neil who’d be in the dance-off. I think Toyah, like me, expected she’d be booted. Less hilarity in the Clauditorium, given the mix of people who’d been put through the ringer even more than the first lot.
The Ezra Collective were performing with a featured singer who started off nervously and seemed stuck in her soft voice, but the jazzy rhythms inspired Fosse-referencing, stylish dancing from Carlos and Lauren that I adored.
Tess portentously reminded us that Tom and Nadiya had only scored 20 and the others 18, so it was going to be close. Remembering their tangos in week 1, I scoffed at this. BUT Craig, Motsi and Shirley picked on Tom’s timing, or lack thereof (Anton had saved him based on attempted technique, thus throwing the decision to Shirley. Of course, Craig made it sound worse than Motsi and Shirley did) and I suppose that his lack of performance background (and musicality?) told. He took it on the chin, but was obviously gutted, as he’s not lost much recently. Neil and Toyah have another week (movies week, as we were reminded all episode), but it won’t be long before she’s in Barbados, I imagine. Everyone else has been reminded it’s as much a popularity contest as a dance contest.
Edited to add two things 2/10/24.
