Posts Tagged ‘Ali Bastian’
The moment of truth!
So it’s all down to how the studio audience voted, who’s going out first…(I’ve predicted it to be between Austin & Rachel) Chris & Ola – unsurprising to be honest as the Foxtrot didn’t really allow Chris’ personality to come across. Gethin & Flavia – lacking chemistry so again unsurprising. Ricky & Natalie Austin &…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Viennese Waltz
A perfect 40 in Blackpool, let’s see if they can recreate that magical dance tonight. Ali’s elegance always suits the mainly slow Ballroom dances. A little shaky at times but otherwise faultless and I think this could be the first perfect score of the night.
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – American Smooth
A dance that should suit Ali better, although they have chosen quite a fast number. Not sure about Ali having both hands above her head during her spins, looks a little untidy. It looks like they’ve decided to quash any ‘are they or aren’t they’ rumours with those kisses at the end. A very good…
Read MoreAli 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 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 MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Samba
The bogey dance so far for most competitors, and I don’t think the Samba will prove to be her dance tonight either. Still looks too ‘nice’ and on a couple of moves Ali doesn’t appear to finish before she’s on to the next step and really needs to dance from the floor. I don’t think…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Tango
Another dance where Ali won’t be able to ‘float’ round the floor so will be interesting to see how she copes with the passion and aggression required in this dance. Slight slip in the spins at the start and they appear to be incorporating rising into the dance at points. Ali is looking quite unsteady…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Charlston
Yet another injury has hit the current series of Strictly, one really has to start wondering if this series really is cursed! So far Ali appears to be coping with her injured ankle well. Another energetic performance although the exit from the first lift looked a little messy. Preferred this performance to Chris’ so I’ll…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Foxtrot
Away from the sexy requirements of the Latin Ali should perform a great Foxtrot tonight. Like the Viennese the other week, Ali looks a little shaky at times but overall another almost faultless performance (a little hard to tell whether she was correctly releasing the toe when moving backward – good old Strictly camera angles!)…
Read MoreMissed Saturday night's show – catch up on the clips here
Haven’t got time to watch the full show on iplayer? Then see the short clips below: Natalie Cassidy: Ricky Groves: Laila Rouass: Phil Tufnell: Ricky Whittle: Ali Bastian: Chris Hollins: The Result:
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