Strictly Come Dancing II

[CaveMum]

We've filled up one thread, let's see if we can get through another before the end of the series!

Deffo read on this thread somewhere that at the end they get people up to dance

Sunday Results Show - Did anyone else think the show dancers Paso was absolute rubbish? Wrong music, no drama or excitement and the dancing was about the same level as the semi-finalists!

Celia - I was watching on Sky+ and normally only whizz thru the Fembot and Brucie's bits ... but after about 20 seconds of the paso, I hit the fastforward button. Not what I was expecting from a paso.

Prolesworth - I went last year. Right at the end the pros and celebs jumped into the crowd and start dancing with the audience. It was at an arena so it was only the people on the arena floor who were involved - there was certainly no running back to block zzzz Row 99900 to drag people on stage. They weren't on the stage bit though just in the aisles.

There was no shortage of willing volunteers so I'm sure you can sit it out if you want to. In any case if you're going to Liverpool you'll wont get a look in as my MIL will be elbowing everyone out the way to get her hands on Matt.

Quite a few people were standing up and dancing at the end but you don't have to. The main show runs exactly the same as on the telly excpet that the judges are a bit ruder and play it for laughs. Oh and you can text vote as well.

Just posting to recommend today's ITT, for the enthralling footage right at the end of Artem practicing Saturday's Rumba with James for some reason playing the part of Kara. Quite brilliant. Artem cracks up towards the end but James plays it completely straight (so to speak) throughout.

Or if you can't be arsed iPlayering it's

Thanks for that DIlys

Proles, they are on Wednesday

I really liked Artem and James - was very impressed that James seemed to know their routine as well as his and Pamela's three dances... made me laugh lots & lots

I guess Scott & Nat will be on tomorrow so they can spend some time chatting to them as they were second to leave (in no particular order!)

I missed Bruno saying what they were dancing... is it

• Their highest scoring dance
• Their favourite dance
• Showdance
• ?????????????????

Loved Bruno on ITT as well though - he's only ever on briefly and I always really like it. He's such a dirty dog - he was making proper eyes at Claudia

Bit sad it's all over on Saturday - back to watching In the Night Garden instead of the beautiful Claude!

I think the other one was one they hadn't done before?

I thought Bruno said a new dance - although that could mean one they haven't done before.

Bruno is

James and Artem

And no more Claudia for a year - hope they give Tess the boot and let Claudia do the main show.

I will be a nervous wreck..... feel a bit of a wreck already.

Although am already looking forward to Matt's samba which is bound to be there.

I did love the Artem & James Rumba!

If James teaches (I think he does) he'll know the leads for a lady dancing as he will need to teach them. I'm training up for my teaching exams and I have to know both the man's and woman's part for every move.

I can't help but think that Matt's Showdance will be all about Aliona .

Kara to win for me.

Aliona definitely confuses sexy with sleazy. Shame, but just glad Matt got to the final, would love him to win, but very very happy to see Kara win. I do think it all comes down to the showdance and I think the Kara/Artem combo is just fabulous.

God knows what Aliona is cooking up - whatever possessed her to lie on the floor with Matt grinding over her.....

Oh totally LOVE that boys rhumba .

You ladies are dirty! (re Matt)

My money's on Kara with Pamela in second place.

I think Matt is brilliant, but Aliona's choreography lets him down.

• Their highest scoring dance
• Their favourite dance
• Showdance
• a dance they've never done before

So in terms of highest scoring dance, Pamela and James can choose between Viennese Waltz and Quickstep. Kara and Artem also can choose between V Waltz and Rumba, Matt and Aliona have to do their Samba.

I think a Kara-Artem showdance will be amazing, but with a greater degree of risk. James is likely to be able to choreograph something Pamela can really sell to the audience, which is often what wins it. Unfortunately I have to agree that Aliona's choreography will let Matt down, I'm still quite concerned by how much he wants to win.

I wish they'd insisted on them doing both their highest scoring ballroom and Latin, rather than the one highest scoring dance. Latin always has more "wow" factor than ballroom, despite ballroom actually being more difficult.

If they'd organised the show in the same way they have done in the past, rather than chopping and changing the dances that are used each week, then everyone in the Final will have danced every dance once already.

trib sure, Matt wants to win; but he's not the only one.

Miss Piggy's constant fawning over the judges, smarming to the public and eternal fake smile (not to mention the endless references to how marvellous she is for her age and who her husband is) is all aimed at winning as well.

At least Matt is honest. And the BBC is clearly editing against him.

My votes are for Anyone But Pamela.