Strictly Come Dancing
Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Argentine Tango
Can Ali pull off the unexpected and actually give us a down and dirty performance? Incidentally this song they’re dancing to is the same one that a couple I choreographed for used in their Christmas party last night, and won! Hints of passion there, but i’d still like to see a bit more intensity, and…
Read MoreChris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Rumba
I personally really liked Chris’ Rumba back in his first week but there was still significant room for improvement, let’s hope 10/11 weeks on has seen that improvement realised! At times Chris’ hands look really good, at others they are just stuck out, but thankfuly mainly there is some shaping there. I’d like to see…
Read MoreA day in the life of Erin Boag
Erin Boag may be out of the competition, but she’s still very busy! Find out what she gets up to during the week with her sneaky backstage diary. Find out what the dancers eat (especially a very messy Vincent) and what she gets up to outside of Saturday!
Read MoreViennese Waltz tips from Anton Du Beke
Fresh from leaving the show on Saturday night, Anton gives us his top 3 tips on dancing the Viennese Waltz:
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The moment of truth, dance off, and result
Ali & Brian through, so that’s my first prediction off the cards. Chris & Ola also through which leaves my original prediction of Laila and Ricky as being correct! Laila is definitely out now, unless Laila can pull off a flawless performance but I really don’t think anything can save her. Laila’s up first in…
Read MoreLeaderboard
Final leaderboard is as follows: 1 95 points – Ricky Whittle & Natalie Lowe2 86 points – Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna3 80 points – Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan4 59 points – Laila Rouass & Anton Du Beke I predicted to Emma last night that it would be a Laila and Ricky dance-off, but…
Read MoreRicky Whittle & Natalie Lowe – Cha Cha Cha
Not quite sure on the pants in the training Ricky… Seems to be dancing more with his upper body than his hips early on and I do wish he’d do something with his free hand when it’s not in use. I don’t feel like there’s as much choreography as I’d be expecting from these two…
Read MoreChris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Samba
Another Samba tonight, Ali scored well earlier on and it’ll be difficult to have such a direct comparison to her. I think Bruno might mention the stamping jump at the start, and Chris’ mouth is making a comeback. His hips are a little lacking but it’s a very good performance and I’ll give it an…
Read MoreLaila Rouass & Anton du Beke – Salsa
They’ve not impressed in the Latin so far this series, the training looks good but can they ‘bring it’ on the night? Why Laila, why always the mistakes? Especially when you’re apart from Anton it just makes it so obvious. Emma asked me yesterday my prediction for who was going out tonight, I predicted Laila…
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