Your Personal Best Gallery

We’re finally getting round to uploading some our photos from the last 18 months of events, and they’ll trickle through over the course of this week. First up is a promotional shoot we were asked to do for the Your Personal Best campaign – a campaign to encourage over 55s with a long-term condition, such…

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It Takes Two – Monday 8th October

So It Takes Two is back, and I’m going to try and bring you updates and analysis daily, teaching schedule allowing. On Monday’s show they featured Anton & Jerry, Craig Revel-Horwood and Louis & Flavia.

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Week 1 Leader Board – Day 1

So the leader board at the end of day 1 is above, how does it compare to my marks? 1: 7 Denise & James 2. 6 Michael & Natalie 2. 6 Nicky & Karen 4. 5 Colin & Kristina 4. 5 Fern & Artem 6. 3 Victoria & Brendan The judges and I aren’t quite…

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It Takes Two – Wednesday 27th October

Coming up on tonight’s show: Kara & Artem; Len Goodman’s Dance Clinic; Ian Waite with the midweek report; Matt & Aliona Kara & Artem, They loved the dance, though Kara felt at the start of the week that the music was slow and boring.  She’s scared by the fact that even with letting go it…

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Richard Dunwoody & Lilia Kopylova – Waltz

What was that face for Bruno?  Don’t agree with Alesha’s marks?  Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s not discussed in the papers this week.… Predicted 5-6, but didn’t know that existing injuries prevented him having a proper frame, will be interesting to see if the judges take that into account. Must, must, must go forward on…

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Craig Kelly & Flavia Cacace – Tango

Always good to insult the judges before they give their marks James!  Doesn’t look like it affected Len’s mark though.… So I predicted a 6 for these guys earlier, let’s see what happens.  I hope he’s worked on his upper line. So a slight Paso opening  followed by a bit of stomping, needs to be…

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Good 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…

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The 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…

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