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Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani – Charleston
Matt and Aliona were great at the International Championships at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday night, even going onto the main dance floor and hanging around to sign autographs. I think this could be the best dance of tonight given Matt’s gymnastic abilities. So Matt’s going to start on a unicycle. Slight slip and…
Read MoreIt Takes Two – Wednesday 20th October
On today’s show: Gavin & Katya; Matt & Aliona; Patsy & Robin; Midweek report. First though a look at Gavin & Katya’s Rumba. Gavin was shocked with being left till last to be called as safe in the show. Gavin reveals he’s a fan of Peter Andre…I wonder whether it’s for the body or the…
Read MoreMatt 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 MoreStrictly Come Dancing Training Clips – Wk 1
So it’s been a week since the couples were announced in the launch show and the BBC have released a few Strictly Come Dancing training videos to wet our appetites. First up, Michelle Williams & Brendan Cole Well they certainly look like they’re having fun and I think with a bit of hard work Michelle…
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 MoreMoment of truth and dance-off
As predicted the audience have saved Joe Calzaghe.Will Jo Wood also be saved? Phil Tufnell will have a hard job next week as I imagine he can’t train until he recovers from his knee surgery. Whether she’s through or not I think they’ll leave Jo until the final three anyway, just to up the suspense.…
Read MoreRav Wilding & Aliona Vilani – Quickstep
Rav’s a big man and I do think he may struggle with the Quickstep, at least at making it look effortless!Nice line at the start, shame about the slip and the Charlstons looked slightly off in the feet. Huge gap between them meaning that they’re not really together throughout the dance. Rav seems to be…
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 MoreRav Wilding & Aliona Vilani
Rumba is always a difficult dance for the boys, trying to move the hips whilst still looking manly.… Needs to be softer in his walking and give his hips a chance to actually work, though not too bad in places. Lines are rushed at times. Another 5-6
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