Strictly Come Dancing
Ricky Groves & Erin Boag – Salsa
Ricky could have some issues with this fast and complicated dance, but let’s hope he puts on a good show. Well it looks like the goldfish mouth is back with a vengeance, shame the hands are a little sloppy. Some really complex arm movements there, shame about the mistake though. Entertaining and I think deserves…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Viennese Waltz
Ali really suffered with an injury last week, but this should be very good and could finish top if all goes well. Ali really does pull off elegance with aplomb, it looks a little skippy at points but excellent nonetheless. I can’t really fault the performance, it looked a little shaky at times but this…
Read MoreJade Johnson & Ian Waite – Jive
Whilst Ian’s certainly never had a problem performing a Jive (considering his height), Jade may find she struggles with the speed of movement required. Looks to be a slightly flat beginning, but it’s good to see her toes pointing down during the flicks. Maybe I spoke too soon, when they’re in their Lindyhop section her…
Read MoreNatalie Cassidy & Vincent Simone – Quickstep
Natalie performed a good Jive last week, how is she going to cope with the energy levels required for this week’s Quickstep? Natalie has to control those shoulders, which do raise up at times, and the dance seems to have a very laboured start – though it does pick up after that. A slight mistake…
Read MoreRicky Whittle & Natalie Lowe – Tango
With rumours abound this week that Ricky’s split with his girlfriend Carley Stenson was due to his ‘close’ relationship with Natalie Lowe, this could be a passionate Tango indeed!Ricky Whittle – Tango The dance certainly starts with a lot of passion and energy, though it does look quite sloppy at times – is this nerves…
Read MoreEvening Show
A packed theatre in Blackpool’s Winter Garden Opera House was the setting for the evening screening of Strictly Come Dancing. There was an almost feverish party atmosphere in the theatre, and even though they were re-showing the highlight reel that we’d been subjected to earlier in the day, people were in the mood to cheer…
Read MoreCome Dancing with Strictly in Blackpool
So with a last minute shuffle around we were able to rearrange our schedule and make it to Blackpool for this one-off event. Sorry it’s taken so long for the weekend updates but we were waiting to see if any of the pictures or videos from the weekend, uploaded today, included us (none so far).…
Read MoreBlogging from Blackpool?
Well we’ve managed to get tickets for Blackpool this weekend, ok so it’s not the live show but rather a dance class during the day with Karen Hardy and then a live ‘screening’ in Winter Gardens afterwards, but we’ll still be up there!Unless of course Ian can pull some favours and get us in to…
Read MoreQuiz answers
If, like me, you failed to get a perfect 10 out of 10 (albeit by one mark, and I know which one I got wrong!), then here’s the answers to the week 7 Strictly quiz. See more at the BBC official Strictly site
Read MoreStrictly's Blackpool visit
What are the dancers most looking forward to in Blackpool this weekend? Sadly we didn’t get tickets for the live show (though a student did pass us tickets for the live screening at Winter Gardens, but not sure if we’re going to go yet!) As ever for more details on Strictly please visit the BBC’s…
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