SCD Pasodoblothon and on and on Thread no. 8!

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Hello!

I don't care who wins - so long as it's not Debbie.

I can't stand her.

Me too. If Debbie or Alexandra win it it will be a bloomin travesty

Me too. If Debbie or Alexandra win it it will be a bloomin travesty

If Debbie or Alexandra wins, it will be because they're the best dancers, but it would be boring if they did. I really don't think they are in any danger of that.

As they won't get the votes.

Cass Yes I really was obsessed with Ore and Jay the 2 years before. I'm hoping that Gemma wins because I think a woman NEEDS to win and she has made the best progress (as well as seeming like a nice person). I don't know why they chose to do a 'sleepy' themed rumba! She's not quite good enough to carry it off.

AB and DM are ringers IMO. I was glad to see them getting constructive criticism. I like Jo but he's a bloke. and he's not Jay fgs .

Joe or Davood to win for me.

Neither Mollie not Gemma are doing quite as well as those two.

I wonder if it's the mix of both celebrities and professionals this year, and to some extent last year though it wasn't quite so jarring last year, that is causing it to fall flat. In previous series there seemed to be a lot more genuine camaraderie and light-hearted fun amongst both professionals and celebrities, this year and last year what little there has been has felt forced.

AB's rumba was like watching Gorka heft a roll of carpet around. He looked PISSED OFF when getting the judges' comments; not used to not being the golden couple.

Joe was excellent and Katya choreographs like a dream.

I thought Gemma and Aljaz were likeable, although it wasn't the most samba-esque samba.

Mollie was surprisingly good but I still find her forgettable.

Davood and Nadiya looked nice but he looked a bit blank throughout.

Susan was OK but looked very un-humble when being criticised.

I haven't been a fan of Debbie but I liked her AT a lot. Beautiful music and she was precise and delicate, but intense and intimate too. Could have done without all the splits; we get it, Giovanni, she's flexible!

I think Susan might be in the DO this week, possibly with AB; I suspect that, as was shown with Debbie, people aren't really voting for her, so being a bit down the board leaves her vulnerable.

Or it might be Susan and Mollie?

I’ve just caught up on this

LOVED debbie’s AT. Absolutely stunning, I would watch that again!

Really interesting what PP said upthread about everyone’s reaction to Alex - really muted congratulations from the rest of them.

Loved Mollie - she isn’t the best but seems so bloody happy to just be there

Susan HAS to go tonight. Please!

I'm loving some of the dancing descriptions here - we've had Alijaz trying to get a mattress up a circular staircase, Giovanni manhandling one of Del Boy's blow up dolls and now Gorka hefting a roll of carpet, when they stop dancing a career in house removals beckons!

I can't see how Debbie winning would be a travesty; she has less relevant dance experience than, for instance, Caroline Flack and Jay.

I have no problem with the idea of Debbie winning. She's 59!!!! I can't understand how anyone could regard a 59 year old as a ringer tbh. Nobody knew she was as good as she is.

Shirley is 57 and I don't think she could do better, tbh.

That said, Alexandra will win. I don't have the same antipathy towards her that I others do, but I find her "journey" to be non-existant.

I'm the same as Cassandra - this is the first time I haven't had a favourite and, although it makes it less stressful (SO gutted last year when Danny was robbed ), it does make it more "meh". I think I'll be disappointed if Alexandra wins because she and Gorka have no chemistry and her over-exaggerated humility is grating more and more each week.I'd love Debbie to win because she and Giovanni have such chemistry and produce some beautiful dances - I think he has choreographed for her really well. I wouldn't mind Davood winning because he has had a genuine journey and learned to dance from scratch.

I keep forgetting Joe is in it, and I never like his dances as much as anyone else seems to! Not sure why.

I'd be happy enough with a Debbie win. I'd be really thrilled for her.
I thought Kev's Bench Bothering was the perfect way to get more lifts in to be honest and not his fault Susan was off time/out of kilter.

I'm at the point now where I don't care who wins (except Susan). Like NewCross and Cassandra I don't have a favourite (I also loved Danny last year and thought he should have won).

Just caught up. OMG, what has Tess done to upset Wardrobe? That - ahem - garment she was wearing looked like it'd been re-purposed from a low-budget '60s sci-fi show.

As for the dances, it made my night to see a couple of classic ballroom routines - after all the clutter razzamatazz of Blackpool, and with Musicals Week ahead, I needed some nice, calm, un-faffy dancing with floaty long dresses. With You I'm Born Again is one of my favourite songs (so many memories, yep, I really am that old) and I thought Davood and Nadiya's waltz suited it well. Having been truly 'meh' about Mollie and AJ so far, this week I enjoyed their routine, and I hope they're not in the DO (or if they are, that they're safely facing Susan and Kevin). Talking of whom, their time has definitely come. What's happened to Susan? She was such a bubbly, cheerful comedy contestant at the start, and now she seems to be taking it far too seriously. The only way she would deserve to get through would be by upping the fun and charm, and she's not doing that, she's getting grumpier by the week. Perhaps it's all a bit much for her, being there and knowing she can't compete as a dancer, in which case it would be kinder for her to go now.

I didn't enjoy the paso doblathon at all. I couldn't properly see what anyone was doing, so I had no idea how to call it. I'm sure when they first started doing these group dances they did them as eliminations - you'd be tapped on the shoulder and have to go, with the last dancers left the winners. Much more fun, I think, and by the time you're down to three or four couples it's much easier to watch.

I'd be very sorry if this week sees the back of Gemma and Alijaz, so I'm crossing my fingers that the DO isn't Alexandra vs Gemma, or even Mollie vs Gemma.

I would much rather see Debbeh win than AB.

I liked her, then I went off her, and now I like her again. She's not much younger than me and she is so agile and flexible (though I am sick of seeing her drawers! ) and she definitely had the best dance yesterday (NO WAY should AB have been above her in the Pasadobleothon).

I would hate to see her in the DO against AB (though a fortnight ago I would have paid good money for that), because I think the judges, untrustworthy hounds that they are, would save AB no matter what.

I think Susan does need to go this week, and I have loved her all the way through, but her time has come.

She has to be in the dance-off and it doesn't matter who she is against, unless her opponent throws their professional into the judges and knocks them down like a row of skittles whilst shouting "Try criticising that you hypocritical bastards!" , she will lose.

Tess's weird cape dress thingy might have been better if it had been longer, it is certainly one of the weirder outfits I've seen her wearing and would rather not see it or anything like it again!

The week after Blackpool is always when the proper business end of Strictly starts.
Susan has to go because she is the worse dancer.
We all love a journey I know but we have to realise from a dancing perspective she actually should have gone in the 1st month.

I'm trying very hard to like Debbie, Schaden, and I have enormous admiration for her fitness and energy, but I simply can't warm to her. It would be nice, though, for an older contestant to win, so I think I'm rooting for her on that basis.

I forgot, the most exciting thing was seeing Steph McGovern in the audience. With any luck she's scoping out the scene, and she'll replace Tess next series

Oh my goodness....worst. Not worse!!!

Yes poor I think Susan has been very lucky to last this long, usually the final 'duffer' goes just before or just after Blackpool and I hope that's the case this year, it will be a travesty if not.

I can't warm to Debbie, there's a sense of entitlement about her. I don't want to be mean about her, I know she's having terrible publicity atm)

She may not have ballroom experience but she's got the dance sensitivity, intelligence and fitness to pick up ALL the different types of dances. Yes agree her AT was very good. She also has Joe Varney who busts a gut for her, did anyone notice the sweat on his face ! Blimey i've never seen that before.

mornington Ref. wardrobe.Dsis used to work in make up\costume at the Beeb and she says that the presenters have a couple of rails of dresses to chose from THEMSELVES!!! So Tess's bad taste in dresses is her own!!!!

I think yesterdays' strange attempt at a Supergirl Paso type dress really takes the biscuit.