Strictly 2017 - Nearly Show-Time!

[CaveMum]

The couples have been announced and rehearsals have started. So strap on your dancing shoes, it's time for Strictly 2017 💃🏻🕺🏼

Have Susan and Kevin in the sweep......

....I've made it so whoever gets knocked out first gets their £2 stake back.

Lucky.

I didn't see that episode ppeat, though I'm aware of some of the tricks including talcum powder and coke (the first drink, not the drug!)

Going back to Despacito, it's actually a Reggeaton song, which is an entirely different dance genre - much more, er, "earthy" shall we say

Example:

They literally 'break' the inside soles. The shoes are originally made specially strong too. I'd like a pair!

I love that Despacito song.

Have any of you been watching The Secret Life of the Ballroom?

@twofalls Marian tweeted she couldn't stick AJ, he made her want to smash things and she couldn't abide the self-satisfied feck.
Richard Osman then bet her £50 to repeat all that next time she's on ITT. But I think she's deleted those tweets now so who knows whether she will repeat them this Friday. I gather she thinks he's smug but not sure it was meant to sound as vitriolic as it did.

Ahem...Samba to Despacito plus bonus of a topless Artem

Very poor quality dance though - very little content and I am shocked at how short the DWTS dances are

Anyone else getting really tired of Darcy's reactions to Craig's scoring every time, even when they're only a point apart? I wish she'd give it a rest.

Other than that, fab show! Like Shirley a lot, and I thought Tess and Claud looked great this week. Thanks for the view from the studio, yesbut.

Polkadots, I caught one episode then forgot about the next! Bloke with the hat and the older woman dancing with her son(?) annoyed me.

@TheRomanEmpire Weren't they extra short this week because they had to learn TWO different dances in one week (one ballroom, one Latin) and it's only week two?!!! (One dance Monday night, One dance last night).
I like DWTS but even I have to concede they have jumped the shark.
Poor Emma having to choreo a foxtrot to Our House (Madness) utter madness
Maks exceeding cringeworthy Erin puppetgate with that Baby Bjorn/Baby carrier choreo. Just no.
Mark Phallus (shout out @ShirleyPhallus) outdoing Rindy on butterfly/moth fetish.

Even I am struggling. Although I did quite like Val's one minute(!) of tango. But I am a fan of taytay (Tayto™ never forget)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=t7WDV60QRng
^not bad for a woman who has no feeling in her legs.

Oh and for those who hate DWTS here are those ^vids to make you hate it just that little bit more. You're welcome!!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zfdfX-Ip4k Madness Foxtrot. There can be no justification for that music choice. None.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hzEwOHGMwDw 1.32 Baby Bjorn Choreo. There are no words.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nIJ_gUXyn50 Mark Butterfly Quickstep (I do have a soft spot for him though). At least they didn't have to wrestle with a cocoon femidom like Oksana did.

roman I stand corrected, sorry, even the long ones are mercifully short. Your girl's doing well though.

glow thanks for those. I'm not actually watching the whole show - just selected dances don't think she will get anywhere near the final - am sure Debbie Gibson and Nick Lachey must be better due to their backgrounds. Although how you can tell anything in 1 minute I have no idea

God the Baby bjorn one is just awful

Check out this steamy photo of AJ and mollie in instagram! Blimey.

I clicked on that link thinking “really?? how did they ever manage to get a picture of those two looking convincingly sexy and not like she’s dropping him off at his first work experience and surreptitiously checking that his shirt’s tucked in at the back?” But it turns out you can manage it if you take a long shot from twenty feet away with the lights off.

calman yes, I thought exactly the same not gonna work on Saturday night though is it?

I know, it's a bit of a surprise given that she looks like his 6th form tutor. They need this feeling to translate to the dance, he's turning out to be a bit asexual like Kevin in his dancing. Is it something about a British men?!

Funny considering the above conversation, on IT2 yesterday AJ looked as if he was purposely manning up. He had some stubble and did look older!!

That's the problem AJ and Claudia had last year isn't it? People kept using words like "adorable" and they never managed to smoulder convincingly.

Well she could only see his shoulder! A bit difficult to smoulder at a shoulder

I'm a poet

Well it is national poetry day, @ppeatfruit! Perhaps we should all have a go at a strictly poem. Here's mine. It's bad.

There once was a woman from Glasgow
Who yearned to dance the Tango.
Kevin shouted with glee,
'Please come with me!'
And taught her the Charleston, Bravo!

Oh yes very good stuff MrsJamin I'll try;

We all like Strictly on Mumsnet

But we don't know who we fancy yet!

Will it be Aston or AJ

Who we'll drool over? Ole'!!

Sorry

There once was a Reverend called Coles
Who tried a variety of roles.
From pop star to vicar.
He couldn't be slicker.
But he danced like his feet were in holes!

On Strictly is Debbie McGee
And ever so lovely was she.
But with Gio she's hot.
And like it or not.
She'll get to the final you'll see!

There was a loose woman called Ruth
Whose dancing was bad is the truth
Paired with Tony Beak
She let out a shriek
At his experience rather than youth
She assured him that she'd try her best
But sadly when put to the test
She forgot what they'd done
And just clung along
While her dress tried to contain her chest.

Brilliant