SCD#7 - It's the Glittery Semi-Finals

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And off we sassshhayy...

Loved Greg dancing on ITT

Show dance song choices:

Katie & Anton = O Fortuna from Carmina Burana by Orff

Jay & Aliona = something by The Weekend. Didn't catch the name, don't know the song. Modern.

Georgia & Giovanni = Fix You by Coldplay. So that's going to be a Lisa & Brendan type dance.

Kellie & Kevin = The Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. I am excited for this one. I love this song. And I don't think the Strictly band can ruin it.

Show dance tunes revealed!

- Jay and Aliona - Katie and Anton - Georgia and Giovanni - Kellie and Kevin Now who's to guess what kind of dance types they could include?

Katie and Zoe are the same age. That surprises me.

Just got round to looking at this thread on the laptop so I could watch the videos cavemum has posted - wow they are amazing.
I so wish that on a Sunday they invited some pros to do a dance demonstration rather than some hasbeen singer/s trying to resurrect a career with the pro's doing some filler moves in between the chorus lines...
Had forgotten that amazing AT by Vincent & Flavia and while I'm not normally a big waltz fan - that demo couple were an eye opener - absolutely beautiful.
Also you see that the lighting and camera shots allow nothing to be missed. While I know the competitors are not pros and will make mistakes - I think its a shame that the lighting, camera shot selections and dry ice on the show detract from the fact this is a competition to see who can dance. I think they are used too much to cover up competitors weaknesses.

I'd prefer it if Jay had been dancjng to something more like Kellie's choice - I was hoping for a full on swing/lindyhop/jive/Charleston effort. It may be a push for the alleged "X factor is over, might as well watch Strictly with mum" teen audience who are claimed to vote in the final alone.

None of them seem intrinsically dreadful choices, but I think that Katie might crash and burn with such an over the top number.

What did they say about Ola?

Glad the videos are going down well I'll see if I can find some more for the Final thread.

Speaking of which, we're gonna need a new one shortly. Do we need a "NO SPOILERS!!!" in the title?

De-lurking to wonder why such a fulsome goodbye to Ola when everyone else disappeared without trace?!

I wondered about Ola's eye-fluttering farewell too.

Am trying to think of a polite way to say "No fecking spoilers."

Actually I have one: "No fecking spoilers."

Though in the final it's all in one show isn't it? So my creativity would be lost.

Final thread, literally

The no spoilers thing isn't really that relevant as the results will be going live on Saturday night, won't they?