Style stakes: both awesome (Tess clashing with Gio’s shirt
as they walked down), think Tess just wins
Darcey still is like ‘so I grimace, then do some armography
like Gio showed me…..’; *sigh* just can’t do natural that woman.
Love all female outfits apart from Naga, Greg & Nat
really clash. Anastacia, Laura & Gio
probs my favourites. Pash looks awful.
Greg & Natalie – Salsa – “Wrapped Up”
1.
INJURY PORN!
2.
Nat’s reaction
to Olly visiting was brilliant – meme material
3.
Tricks were great (the lift into another lift
was particularly awesome), just too much preparation for that final one, but
understandable in the circumstances
4.
Agreed with Craig and Len on the footwork (feet
turned out and too heavy), but the shoulder shimmies were good.
5.
Stop singing Greg! (In the dances) In the Claud
9 was fine
6.
STARFISH IS BACK!
My score: 6.75
Laura & Giovanni – Quickstep – “Ballroom Blitz”
1.
Haha Gio being scared of her dog! Loved the 10
though
2.
Her head position didn’t look quite right
(thanks Len, I thought it might be overextended like Claudia), out of time 2-3
times in kicks section on stage, seemed to forget what was coming next at
points, lost frame slightly on occasion (hand position collapsed towards the
end)
3.
Footwork generally pretty good
4.
Surprised Darcey and Len were the ones to
critique it, hmmm.
5.
Probably about right score-wise, especially
compared to Greg
My score: 7.5
Anastacia & Brendan – Rumba – “The Way We Were”
1.
Yes! Anastacia ad-libbing to ‘I’m Outta Love’.
I’m getting so much footage for an end-of-series highlights reel here
2.
Best dance yet: arms were flowing and beautiful,
leg extensions perfect; she’s clearly been working on her lines. Confident
performance
3.
Couldn’t always see hip action, and some of the
Rumba walks looked a little heavy. Transition into end position a little clunky
4.
Disagree with Len on lack of content, it wasn’t
‘Bond Rumba’ lacking.
5.
Undermarked for me: c’mon Craig she was better
than Greg! Think 29/30 would have been about right.
My score: 7.25
Claudia & AJ – Foxtrot – “I Really Like You”
1.
If you have to wear a headband AJ then you need
to cut your hair!
2.
Could they be any more patronising to poor
Claud?
3.
Lost balance on occasion, needs to watch hand
position. Footwork great as Len mentioned. Craig knows nothing!
4.
Think AJ’s been watching Kevin routines, the
choreography seems very ‘Kev-like’
5.
Undermarked, as I said before, CRAIG KNOWS
NOTHING. Also, is that a real phone in AJ’s shirt pocket?
My score: 8
Ed & Katya – Paso Doble – “Holding Out for a Hero”
1.
Love the Shrek homage in the beginning
2.
How NOT to do a Paso Doble I’m afraid.
3.
He completely lost it and couldn’t remember the
routine. It was obvious that they were improvising in parts.
4.
No Bruno, not traffic warden; he was playing an
imaginary guitar.
5.
Darcey doing her version of ‘all the right notes
but not necessarily in the right order’. And to think she was so pleased with
herself for ‘balls-up’ *sigh*
6.
Anastacia loved it, think that’s nuff said.
Can’t believe the judges went so high. Aww group hug.
My score: 3.5
Naga & Pasha – Charleston – “Minnie the Mermaid”
1.
I see Russell Grant’s seashell is back.
2.
I’ve thought this for the last few weeks, and my
family agreed: she’s better when she’s dancing on her own.
3.
Performance was fun, she did lose timing and
forget the steps occasionally, but I think this was her best dance. Hoho, yes
Len, you tell Craig!
4.
Undermarked for me, thank you Brendan.
My score: 7
Louise & Kevin – Foxtrot – “Tears Dry on their Own”
1.
And beginning/end of Ben & Kristina’s
Friends Quickstep is here.
2.
Bit too much out of hold for me, but I agreed
with Len on the footwork, that looked faultless on my viewing. And that dress
would show any flaws foot-wise.
3.
Undermarked for me, think it was better than
Laura’s. I expected about 35 (with Darcey giving the 8)
My score: 8.25
Danny & Oti – Quickstep – “I Won’t Dance”
1.
WOW!
2.
No faults in the footwork that I could spot; Oti
was so brave getting him to shadow her blindly in that beginning section.
3.
I thought he went wrong in one place too, whilst
he was travelling down towards the centre at the front (about halfway through)
4.
Hmm, did think that might get a 10 as I thought
that was better than his Paso.
My score: 9.75
Daisy & Aljaz – Rumba – “Careless Whisper”
[RECYCLED SONG ALERT: series 1 - Chris & Hanna]
1.
I do hate this song, so when I do my rewatch, I
might just have to mute it.
2.
Hmm, it looked good in the training video; but
not so much here. Her footwork was good, but she did lose the flow on the arms
and hands sometimes. She did seem hesitant as well, can see what Craig means on
the chemistry.
3.
Lost balance on that ending spin
4.
A little overmarked for me, Craig’s score about
right but then they overmarked Greg so….
My score: 7
Rinder & Oksana – VW – “Boom Bang a Bang”
1.
Who was Len talking about there?
2.
Undermarked, better than Greg.
3.
Footwork was great, arms and hands were almost
there, just needs to flow a tad more.
My score: 7.25
Lesley & Anton – Charleston – “Charleston with Me”
1.
Another cracking routine there Anton (I know
they get outside help but it looked like an Anton routine)
2.
Just some timing issues, but she had lots of
swivel, characterisation was great. Totally agree with Craig there.
3.
Loved Anton’s little dance when they reached
Claud 9
4.
Brilliant scores, Anton getting over 30 is
always an achievement.
My score: 7.75
Ore & Joanne – Jive – “Runaway Baby”
[RECYCLED SONG ALERT: series 9 - Holly & Artem, series 11 - Patrick & Anya]
1.
I liked the fact that the band changed the pitch
of the song, made the dance work so much better with the theme
2.
Thought Ore lost some timing towards the end, but
the footwork was sublime, lovely shadowing there. Jo went full throttle on
this, and good on her as he totally lived up to it.
3.
He just needs to watch his face as he shows too
much when he’s concentrating.
4.
Standing ovation from Bruno as they were heading
up the stairs, nice touch.
5.
3 10s, well deserved for me (based on judges
scoring tonight, but would have put Danny on same score). Loved how Gio and AJ
went to hug Jo, nice camaraderie between them all. Brendan shouting ‘we need
tissues!’ and then he got distracted by something on the ceiling of Claud 9
whilst the barbershop quartet were doing their thing.
My score: 9.75
My Leaderboard:
=1. Danny & Oti, Ore & Joanne - 39
3. Louise & Kevin - 33
4. Claudia & AJ - 32
5. Lesley & Anton - 31
6. Laura & Giovanni - 30
=7. Anastacia & Brendan, Rinder & Oksana - 29
-9. Naga & Pasha, Daisy & Aljaz - 28
11. Greg & Natalie - 27
12. Ed & Katya - 14
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