And it's Movie Week, where the costumes are mostly awful, the songs are shoehorned into the dances and the choreography goes a bit bananas, so just like any other week really. And if I haven't stated previously - there may be some swear words, but they are generally just as part of a phrase so I apologise to anyone who may be offended.
On with the show!
Interesting who they sat with in the pre-show VT; Mollie
with Joe, Richard and Ruth, Simon and Alex, with Jonnie and Aston on their own
(Aston needs a haircut more than Jonnie does, the mushroom top looks awful)
Opening Pro Dance: Brendan and Nadiya opening, Karen with
Rev Rich playing the piano; love the cameos from the celebs in costume (Joe
looked awesome in their dance bit at the end, I must say)
Tess and Claud look fabulous again, but I’ll have to give it
to Tessy this week, if only because she wears colours other than black.
Shirl still looks awkward as fuck, and that’s saying
something when Darcey cannot dance the walk-on.
The Fashion Police segment:
Best Dressed Dancers: Charlotte & Brendan/Debbie &
Gio
Worst Dressed Dancers: Aston & Janette all day long
Not Matching: most of them, but it’s intentional this week
so I’ll let it slide
Simon & Karen – Quickstep – “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”
1.
This must be decent if they’re on first.
Although really they should have been Woody and Jessie, any idea why not? (Nice
touch for Karen to get the call from ‘Woody’ though)
2.
Why so bloody slooooow to begin with? It’s a
Quickstep, the clue is in the name.
3.
Simon looked great in the side by side section
(and when he initially started Quickstepping when he was heading towards the
bottom right corner), although he did lose his frame about halfway through and
he was picking up his feet too much. Lots of gapping too. His costume did
nothing for him though, he looks massive around the middle.
4.
Craig was too harsh, although Shirl’s eyebrow
raise when Darcey was talking about the scattered chasees (I don't know how to spell this and neither does my computer) made up for it.
5.
I’d probably give about 23 myself (wasn’t really
a fan of the choreography either). That 19 will put him in the danger zone.
Nice cameo from Neil as a shark when Claud was reading out the T’s & C’s.
Ruth & Anton – Rumba – “Diamonds are Forever”
1.
2nd slot (ie death slot) means that
this will be awful and TPTB want them out.
2.
If Eamonn is going to be on every week then they
might as well split Ruth’s fee between the both of them. (Also, when they
showed Eamonn and their son Jack in the audience afterwards, Jack’s hair was
gelled up with one random curl hanging down at the back)
3.
As a Rumba, it could have been a lot worse. Ruth
was out of synch with Anton, didn’t have hip action, didn’t fully extend for
her arm lines; Craig was right on the acting part, could have seen some more in
the face. Ruth had the same costume problem as Simon.
4.
Darcey said ‘the boys are right’ – DRINK! Always
find it funny when Anton ‘does a Brendan’ and argues with the judges. Shirl
informative as always, I do like this because then I understand the actual style of dance more.
5.
I’d go for a 13 score-wise, Shirley being as
harsh as Craig was a surprise. Anton ‘who needs 7 types of walk’ – bit of
Shirley shade there?
Mollie & AJ – American Smooth – “Climb Every Mountain”
1.
Did anyone else think Mollie saying to AJ ‘don’t
walk too close to me’ could be a little snippet of their relationship?
2.
Wow, best dance from her yet. Loved that
choreography from AJ. Nice shot of Una in the audience.
3.
Agreed with Craig and Darcey on the transitions
from the lifts, and hand positioning on AJ’s shoulder was perfect to begin with
although she did lose it further on in. Footwork looked great, arms were lovely
and elegant, I just loved this and I think this will be on the rewatch list for
sure.
4.
Score of 30 for me, and still love the show’s
little piss-take of Ore crying.
5.
AJ looked gorgeous again tonight, what is wrong
with me?
Rev Rich & Dianne – Paso Doble – “Flash's Theme”
1.
That cape swishing in the VT just before the
dance was so camp!
2.
I hate to say it, but I think Ed Balls could
have done that routine better than Richard did.
3.
No shaping whatsoever, stompy, too much on his
own (Dianne needs to incorporate more partnering choreography into her routines
as his Cha Cha Cha and American Smooth were similar in that aspect); but he did
have great timing as always.
4.
Think that audience shot just after Tess made
the awful joke ‘Well he is Flash Gordon’ says everything about their opinion of
her repartee.
5.
I’m struggling with my score a little, but think
I’ll go for around a 15 (he was better than Ruth, Craig!).
Debbie & Gio – Quickstep – “Let’s Call the Whole Thing
Off”
1.
Gio saying ‘Debbeh’ will never cease to amuse
me.
2.
So much smut about ‘keeping up with Giovanni’, Debbie's a girl after my own heart.
3.
That was awesome, it was like a Kevin routine in
some ways (it reminded me of his with Susanna).
4.
She did have a couple of wobbles, thought Shirley
was harsh on the faff, it wasn’t that bad compared to some (Joe being so far in the closet that Narnia was only a few inches away, and that was not a euphemism). Footwork was great,
and as for Craig on the out of hold section – did you not see Simon’s just a
few dances before?
5.
I’m starting to think she’ll be the one that’s
marked down and criticised more in order to prop someone else up (good one from
Claud about how she’s never heard of the 10 second rule, neither have I?). That
was better than Mollie judges! I would have given about 32 for that.
Brian & Amy – American Smooth – “If I Only had a Brain”
1.
Amy’s Welsh accent was much stronger in that VT
than it’s ever been on the show, does she tone it down normally?
2.
Aww that was lovely, great choreography from Amy
there. Agreed with Bruno that the characterisation was brilliant.
3.
He does still need to work on his arm lines and
extend them more, but his footwork was great for the most part (although he did
get his feet tangled when they were near the judges’ desk towards the end).
4.
Craig and Darcey both shading the choreography
(as did Shirl a little bit), ooher.
5.
I’d give about 26 I think, so much better and
what a nice thing with the shout-out to Chizzy as it was her birthday. Amy and
Brian going mental on the scores was funny, but aww Brendan was so happy for
them.
Gemma & Aljaz – Charleston – “The Bare Necessities”
1.
I totally loved Gemma’s reference to ‘Creature
Comforts’ in the VT (‘Alan, Alan, Alan’, ‘Steve, Steve, Steve’)
2.
Gemma’s reaction to Aljaz humping the tree was
exactly mine.
3.
She clearly wasn’t comfortable with some aspects
of the routine, and she shows it in her face too much. Agreed with Craig that
the energy was excellent, and she’s been struggling with the swivel all week so
wasn’t surprised that there wasn’t too much of it.
4.
I saw the same as Darcey in terms of
characterisation, well done to Aljaz for correcting Shirl on the choreography.
Loved Shirl’s calling Craig ‘the Charleston King’ (bit of shade there), and she
was cowering into Darcey terrified when Bruno was out of his seat – see Pasha,
this is what acting is.
5.
I would say about 27 for that, again, she wasn’t
better than Debbie, sorry.
Charlotte & Brendan – Tango – “Danger
Zone”
1.
Brendan’s making all of his dreams come true
this week, now how long until he heads for Erin Island?
2.
Bless her she looked uncomfortable again this week.
It did lack sharpness and she had some wobbly moments (courtesy of Brendan
apparently). Sorry Brendan but Shirley was spot on about the rise and fall; if
I noticed it then Brendan must have. Good on Bruno for telling him to be more
respectful.
3.
That was nice from Craig, think he may well have
felt that the others had said all he would have done.
4.
I’d give around 17, it was a little better than
Richard I would say.
5.
If I was to drop a male pro after this series so
that Neil could get a partner, I would say Brendan without question (even over
Anton) after that display. If you think you know better Brendan, then go back
to New Zealand to judge DWTS like you did before - oh wait, that's right, you can't as it's been axed.
Jonnie & Oti – Paso Doble – “The Raiders March”
1.
Well, Jonnie does not look like his mum, does
he?
2.
I must admit I’m a bit disappointed, I so wanted
him to do a masculine Paso, and yet it looked like he CBA whatsoever. I see
they recycled the rope swing at the beginning from Kevin’s Samba with Susanna.
3.
Don’t think the trousers helped, but I would say
his weight was too far forward (agreed with Bruno there but I liked Jonnie’s
comeback about it being to get an extra point from Bruno)
4.
They were really nice about it weren’t they?
Hmm.. he does look hot though.
5.
I’m a bit undecided on where to place this, I’d
probably go a bit lower than the judges and say about 23-ish.
Susan & Kevin – Samba – “Wonder Woman Theme”
1.
When even Kevin’s acting is better than Pasha’s,
you know you’re in for a treat.
2.
Oh good lord, if I loved Kevin before then I
think I love him even more after THAT!
3.
Susan giving Craig a smacker was awesome; she
did seem to lack the Samba bounce a little but her energy was wonderful and I
loved the characterisation.
4.
Brilliant choreography from Kevin.
5.
Is she doing too well in the voting maybe? I
would have thought that was better than Jonnie, so I would give about 25.
Joe & Katya – Viennese Waltz – “Somewhere, my Love”
1.
Lovely choreography from Katya, that was
beautiful.
2.
Joe was a bit hunched over in his frame for me,
but he did have that swing which few celebs manage to get. He almost missed a
hand grab at the beginning and had to quickly adjust, but the footwork was
good.
3.
I’m with the judges on this one, perfect score.
4.
Erm, nice hat Katya?
5.
I’m struggling to say much about them so they
must either be boring or the ‘dark horse’ couple, I’ll go for the second.
Aston & Janette – Cha Cha Cha – “Can’t Stop the Feeling”
1.
Janette’s impression of Craig was pretty good.
2.
Imagine if they broke the glass? Loved Craig’s
little cameo.
3.
He’s everything that she wished Peter Andre was,
and she’s remixed some of the choreography from her Cha Cha Cha with him too.
4.
He was better than Janette in places, that’s how
good he was. I normally find Cha Cha Chas really hard to watch but that was
exciting. I do wonder whether Janette was shading Brendan a little by putting
in the pot stir. The only thing that Aston needs to improve on is his arms, the
free arm was just hanging in a few places, but that is the only thing that
would stop me giving a 10 for this.
5.
This was always going to be a good dance for
him, I’d give 36 for it, ‘twas that good.
Alexandra & Gorka – American Smooth – “Wouldn’t it be
Lover-ly?”
1.
Gorka’s elocution was better than Alexandra’s.
2.
That was very charming, great work there Gorka.
3.
She seems to struggle with making the arms as
elegant as the feet, but the footwork was lover-ly (sorry).
4.
Basically what Craig just said. Darcey seems to
be the new Len.
5.
Probably about 32-33 for the score for me.
Davood & Nadiya – Samba – “Staying Alive” (RECYCLED SONG ALERT!: Kelly & Brendan in series 5)
1.
Nadiya’s face when Davood revealed the disco
shirt, you know she was going to say ‘What. The. Fuck’
2.
That was all going so so well until Nadiya
decided to put what looked like another illegal lift in. *sigh* she really is
the new Gleb.
3.
The judges’ faces when Davood was up on the
desk, they were gold, Shirl especially.
4.
I do agree with Craig that the hands weren’t
great, and he was gawping quite a lot.
5.
I think I’ll go with about 28 for that? Craig
was way too harsh there.
So here’s how I would rank them (the difference between
myself and the judges in terms of score and leaderboard position will be in brackets
and bolded):
1. Aston & Janette – 36 (score: +1, position: =)
=2. Debbie &
Gio, Joe & Katya, Alexandra & Gorka – 32 (Scores: +3/=/-1, position: +4/+1/=)
5. Mollie &
AJ – 30 (score and position: =)
6. Davood &
Nadiya – 28 (score: +3, position: +2)
7. Gemma &
Aljaz – 27 (score: -4, position: -3)
8. Brian &
Amy – 26 (score: +4, position: +1)
9. Susan &
Kevin – 25 (score: +3, position: +1)
=10. Simon &
Karen, Jonnie & Oti – 23 (scores: +4/-3, positions: +1/-3)
12. Charlotte
& Brendan – 17 (score and position: =)
13. Rev Rich &
Dianne – 15 (score and position: +1)
14. Ruth &
Anton – 13 (score: -2, position: -1)
WEEKLY RECYCLED SONG ALERT COUNT: 1, have the Pixies been locked up? Please keep them there if so!
OVERALL RECYCLED SONG ALERT COUNT: 13
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