SCD 2016 #7 - They're! In! Blackpool! The spiritual home of ballroom dancing, donkey rides, rock and... huge amounts of theming apparently?

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

The last thread is almost full, so I thought we'd be prepared.

Despite the title I do love the Blackpool week really Fingers crossed for a nice ballroom dance from the pros.

We used to go to Blackpool regularly for business and I always found it quite 'menacing' of an evening , particularly when the illuminations are on , really not a pleasant experience . Greg was definitely robbed and Claudia was overmarked originally , I don't think the decision is based on the dance off at all .

Blackpool is notoriously rough at night. Full of pissed up stag and hens and other thuggish louts. No way would you catch me out on the town there after about 10pm. Well 9pm even. It's bad enough during the day!

Hoping to see IT2 on iplayer as don't think I can get it on live on-line.
I hope Greg is over his melt down as I don't want to be in tears again seeing him break down in tears like last night. .

They nearly won't say it 😮

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I missed it as it was shown live. Did Greg appear and how was he?

Yvaine, what happened on IT2?

I've just watched ITT on I player

What happened on ITT ?

What happened??? Really want to watch it now but have work tomorrow. Relying on you lot!

Will someone tell us what happened please?!

This?

www.ok.co.uk/tv/strictly-come-dancing/946744/strictly-come-dancing-2016-zoe-ball-tears-natalie-lowe-emotional-confession-greg-rutherford

Jesus, you'd swear one of them had just been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

It was just more of the same from Saturday.

They'd worked so hard, Greg was a non dancer, friends for life. She had her head on his shoulder during the best bits. Tears all round, You'd think Greg was going off to war.
Natalie also did a quite pointed 'thanks To our partners for being so supportive'

It was a bit OTT, considering they didn't actually win.

Natalie said "I'll be in your life forever now" in a slightly creepy very earnest way...

I only watched the first few minutes of their interview. They sounded as if someone had died, so I switched it off!

Didn't see the show, just watched that clip. If they're friends for life what's all the crying and gushing about? Okay, the daily contact and routine of Strictly are over but can't they just, erm, keep
In touch?

Natalie has always been my favourite female pro but I've felt her to be over invested and uncomfortably intense this year.

Natalie was so OTT. I'm surprised Greg wasn't irritated.

There was a point after the VT where they did a fist bump and moved towards each other then stopped themselves. DP and I both went,"Nearly!"

She said "I love you."

Sat with her head on his shoulder.

I'm sure they are both very nice people who love their partners, but if I'd been either partner watching that I would have gone fucking mental felt extremely uncomfortable.

Even if they're not at it, their boundaries are shot to shit.

I don't think Natalie is right - God sake's!

Only just caught up with the thread. Claudia's jive was so fast, it was her worst dance by far. What were they thinking, having that tempo, she just couldn't get her kicks in in time. Greg should have been saved. I really like Natalie but normally she's on the right side of professionalism and friendliness, the gushing was just a bit much this time.

God, you're a hard-faced lot.

I think Natalie has always been "intense", it's just the kind of person she is. I remember when she first joined SCD and danced with the other bloke from Hollyoaks (name escapes me, he was also engaged to Carly Whatsherface who is now engaged to Danny Mac).

She kept going on about how, while dancing on Aussie Dancing on the Stars, she'd never failed to get to the Final and expected nothing less from her partners over here!

Didn't she meet her fiancé because her train was delayed - they got chatting and swapped numbers. Rather sweet I think.

But yes, she was very gushing last night and the "I love you" was probably a bit much, though I'm sure she didn't mean it in that way.

But Greg also championed Ed, which was good to hear. how hard he had been working etc. and how unfair people were being demanding he quits