Strictly Come Dancing
Natalie Cassidy & Vincent Simone – Tango
Vincent’s dance of choice, should be good so long as Natalie watches those shoulders and arms.… Uncomfortable start with the hand on the back of the neck but not looking bad now, though she does look a little soft up top (and I mean her frame!!!) Little bit jerky at times. I’m going to say…
Read MoreAnother week, another 8 couples!
So as promised, i’ve got home and straight away pressed play, anyone else that was at the practice night tonight joining me ‘live’?! Really should start making notes on the songs used, especially Waltz as the collection on the laptop is definitely lacking.
Read MoreTraining updates
So the night of the new celebrity competitors is almost upon us, and last night’s It Takes Two had training updates, how is their training coming along? Phil Tufnell & Katya Virshilas Waltz – Needs to relax the shoulders, just holding his arms a little high (arms should be a slight incline down from the…
Read MoreRumba walking…
Apparently Natalie Lowe’s advice to Ricky Whittle, to perfect his Rumba walk, was to imagine he’s walking down the street with change in his pocket and he’s trying not to jingle it – will definitely have to test that one out! I once read that the Rumba walk that we try so hard to perform,…
Read MoreGood question
After receiving the following comment on one of my previous posts, I felt it deserved a post of its own: Hi Antony. One question after Saturday. Why did Len criticise Chris Hollins’ hand movement for the New York in the rumba?He said that for men, spreading the fingers and pointing the middle one down is…
Read MoreThe result
So Bruno and Len vote Rav and that sends Martina home (with Martina being two-love up at that point courtesy of Craig and Alisha). Think both couples were unfortunate to be in the bottom two and thought Martina had more promise than Rav, but that’s life I suppose.Wish I could lip-read what Matt and Martina…
Read MoreThe dance off!
Both dancing a Rumba, this makes comparison a lot easier!… Rav first… A better performance I think than earlier on and hips are working better than earlier (though not always in the correct direction!) … Now Martina… Just feels like there’s more emotion in those first few steps than Rav’s whole dance. Taking slightly smaller…
Read MoreThe moment of truth!
Well done Ian (still not biased!) Joe’s through, unlucky for the bottom two couples I don’t think they deserve to be there.Bottom two therefore are: Rav Wilding and Aliona VilaniMartina Hingis and Matthew Cutler Based on Latin performances I think Rav will be going out i’m afraid.
Read MoreLeaderboard
So combined leaderboard is as follows: Couple Score Ali Bastian and Brian Fortuna 60 Chris Hollins and Ola Jordan 56 Jade Johnson and Ian Waite 52 Ricky Groves and Erin Boag 47 Martina Hingis and Matthew Cutler 46 Lynda Bellingham and Darren Bennett 44 Rav Wilding and Aliona Vilani 41 Joe Calzaghe and Kristina Rihanoff…
Read MoreRicky Groves & Erin Boag
I think Ricky’s personality will come through in the dance, but there might be problems from the waist down.… Stompy but certainly lots of personality, though I feel like my eyes have been burnt by the hip thrusting at the judges. Not bad forward walks but again another celebrity who has to learn to use…
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