Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani – Cha Cha Cha
Matt’s gymnastic history should give him a distinct advantage, and his training video looked very promising. Oh and there’s the gymnastics already making an appearance, shame he’s not as steady on his feet when crouching before Aliona! Nice hip action though. For me the hands are a little too ‘flung out’ though there’s some nice…
Read MorePatsy Kensit & Robin Windsor – Waltz
So our first chance to see what one of the new boys can achieve in the show, training looked promising so let’s see what they can produce. Liking the lighting options, and song choice. Girls always have it better dancing Ballroom with a pro dancer and straight away this looks better than Scott’s, though Patsy’s…
Read MoreGoldie & Kristina Rihanoff – Cha Cha Cha
Goldie spent a lot of time in training playing around, now’s the time to see whether he’s taken things a bit more seriously for the live show. Not a bad use of hips at the start, and though it’s not really a Cha Cha I kinda like it. A bit too Disco all round though…
Read MoreScott Maslen & Natalie Lowe – Waltz
We might not be able to see it, but Scott has purportedly got a two-tone nether region, thanks to a spray-tan g-string malfunction. Let’s hope it doesn’t affect his Waltz abilities too much! The start looks a little wooden in terms of the interaction between them – Scott’s doing the actions but I don’t feel…
Read MoreFelicity Kendal & Vincent Simone – Cha Cha Cha
Felicity was struggling in training with wearing high heels, and they did appear to be particularly high in the vids, but I’m hoping she’s got past that. Felicity is definitely more flexible than I was first expecting, but there’s an awful lot of time wasting at the start and she does look a little uncomfortable. …
Read MoreStrictly Come Dancing – Friday 1st October
So it’s week one of Strictly Come Dancing 2010, I know I’m starting this a bit late but lunch with a friend I haven’t seen in a few years (and the subsequent beers) ran over a little and by the time I’d got back, cooked and, the wife and I had finished dinner the show…
Read MoreStrictly Come Dancing Training Clips – Wk 3
So Strictly Come Dancing is less than a week away from starting, the spray-tanners are spraying, the dress makers are sewing and the celebrities are shaving; and we’re being treated to our last few training videos. Up first is boyhood favourite Felicity Kendal & Vincent Simone. I read a great blog post about calculating your…
Read MoreStrictly Come Dancing Training Clips – Wk 2 (part 2)
So the BBC decide to be cheeky and release another training video from Strictly Come Dancing just as I’m posting my final revision to the week 2 summary. Thought I may as well start a new post for it. Our surprise extra training video for week 2 is courtesy of Jimi Mistry & Flavia Cacace. …
Read MoreStrictly Come Dancing Training Clips – Wk 2
It’s the end of week 2 of training and all Strictly Come Dancing training clips have been released by the BBC. The first clip of the week goes to Gavin Henson & Katya Virshilas, Gavin didn’t impress me much in the launch show, I’m hoping Katya will have worked some magic though. Lucky he’s been…
Read MoreNew format planned for Strictly Christmas Special this year
So you’re a Strictly Come Dancing producer and you want the really big names for your show, but let’s be honest how many of us could honestly just drop everything and commit up to 3 months of our lives to a dance show? Well actually I would, it is Strictly after all, but that’s beside…
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