SCD 2014 #2: First boot, musicals week and beyond..

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

... well, depending upon how much we talk!

Carrying on from thread one.

As a total know-nothing about Strictly and dancing in general, which of the professional dancers on here are considered to be the best?

It was more tango than waltz, but I loved it. Think he is very good.

Joanne Clifton - ballroom world champ.

Iveta - world ten dance champ.

They have the best comp records.

It's taking much longer to catch up these days, as we aren't fast-forwarding through all the Brucie bits. Just watched Simon Webb's rumba. Nice.

Anton actually choreographs recognisable dances with syllabus steps, as do Natalie and (usually) Kevin.

Thank you Polka. How about the men?

These two look like a good match.

Oh cross posts Polka - thanks for info.

I'm not sure any of the men have that good comp records - Anton's a ballroom national champ, but most of them are Burn the Floor dancers I think.

Pixie has a nice top line, but her feet aren't actually that good. She doesn't track properly.

I find Pixie just too sugary.

Ah, I loved that!!

He looks gorgeous, but no swivel and he kept going out of time.

Gene Kelly he aint

Thom and Iveta I mean. It was so fast and I thought he danced it incredibly well.

Brendan is all arms!

That was lovely

Yes Pixie is just too saccharin not sure why, Tom is great bit out of time but I think he can move

Agree with the judges. Liked that very much and she is a complete natural.

Nice music, nice dress and tails, nice dancing

OMG, that was Strictly at it's camp best. It was a bit of a mess but Mark is so likeable!

So glad Len picked Jake up on his lack of swing/sway as I was afraid the others were going to go overboard. It was a good dance and I agree that the staging/character was a strong point.

Haven't seen all the others yet but Pixie was "meh" again, Sunetra very good, a dark horse. Mark's Paso was just weird.

What was That?

Did I miss his excellent stag leap? Or did they miss it out? Didn't quite work for me as Darcy said. And I like him.

I think Donny looks like a lot of fun :)

In fact, I think I'd like to go on a night out with Claudia and Donny.