SCD 13 - Anyone but a HOLLINS

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Shiny new thread - my apologies to Satsuma for the title, you are the minority!

This is my first year watching. Is Ashley likely to actually win? I feel it will be a bit of a travesty if she does. At least Stacey was a complete novice. I really liked her Paso. Ashley is good but she is fooling no one with her fake modesty. She knows she's good.

I reckon Charles really needs to do better than Lauren and Graeme in the public vote to avoid the DO.

I voted for Charles (twice) and Joe, because although those weren’t their best dances, they’re the dancers I want to see again.

That was an absolute car crash at the end, or as Craig would say a DIS-AARR-STER. We've had these ridiculous a-thons before and never had a cock-up like this, if the screens/pads aren't working/helpful then don't use them you ninnies.

As someone else said if Bruno has to be the sensible, calm one then you know all hope is lost for the rest.

Anyway onto the dancing.

Thought the LindyHop-a-thon was crap all round, the camera work was appalling you could barely make anyone out let alone see them doing any dancing. The camera work on this show gets worse and worse every week.

Thought Graeme was okay-ish, recovered well from his slip but think his time is coming to an end.

Agreed with Craig's comments on Ashley and Pasha, something was definitely missing and her movements were a bit stiff/stop-starty rather than flowing.

Loved Faye and Giovanni's waltz, thought it was beautiful and deserved 4 x 10's. Did I hear Giovanni give Faye a smacking kiss on the cheek when the performance finished? She looked a bit shocked.

Hated Joe and Dianne's dance, Craig was right it was out of sync several times, I don't think it was in anyway a celebration of street style dancing, in fact I think it was an insult to that genre. Now way did it deserve the scores it received from Shirley and Bruno.

Charles wasn't too bad, he did look a bit uncomfortable and seemed to struggle with the style of the dance not helped by the dreadful music choice.

Lauren was too stiff and stilted, she seems to tense up when she comes out onto the floor, again a bit too stop-starty . It's a shame I just wanted her to throw caution to the wind and go for it.

I liked Stacey and Kevin's Paso though think it should have been 4 x 9's as there were some bits which jarred.

We are coming into the weeks of two full, different dances per couple and I don't think Graeme, Charles, Lauren or Joe will cope with that. Graeme looks totally knackered and they all look like they are struggling to to learn one routine really well, never mind two.

I want Joe in the dance off but that would be pointless because unless he is up against Ashley or Faye he will go through, I think it will be Graeme and Charles although it would be fairer if it was Graeme and Lauren.

Ashley won't win because the public vote for the winner, the judges scoring in the final doesn't count. She's been coasting along on her high scores.

Just caught up. I see Ashley let the faux modesty slip when she thought she was last in the lindy hop.

I miss Leeeeee and Seannnnnn

No, Ashley won't win the public are unlikely to vote for someone who has been so good from the start, plus I think the fact she is American appearing on the British version will go against her as the reverse does on DWTS.

The ringeriest Ringers very rarely won WhyAmISoCold. They tend to get obliterated in the final vote (judges votes hold no weight in the final, its all about popularity). Though Pasha does have form - having steered massive ringer Caroline Flack to the title.

Oh I did like the paso!! Gave them 2 votes.

Joe's dance was just awful. Massively Jovermarked.

I am really warming to Faye! That dance was beautiful. Gave them 1 vote.

Lindyhopathon was just a mess.

Is Zoella a person - I’d sort of assumed it was a spin-off of Zoflora

Oh dear oh dear oh dear. How bad does Shirl have to be? Hopeless at the entrance shuffle and sprint, overmarking her favourites, getting rid of Brenda..!

I am the only person in the country who preferred Pashley’s dance tonight to their jive last week. So there you go. I am clearly not an expert.

I expect Lauren to be in the DO, probably against Graeme and I think she’ll go.

The man in the hat is back, he seemed to be missing in Blackpool, or was that because the musicians waving was the wrong version (Davearch in casuals) and he’d popped to the loo?

Zoellla is a Youtube star...one of the biggest there is. She's huge with tween girls under the age of 14 or so.

Caroline Flack was a ringer? I thought she was just a tv presenter!

“As an aside - does Shirley now think she is actually Joe's Nan ? because she's marking him as if she is.”

kurri this cracked me up 🤣

Shirley was absolutely frozen in not having a clue what to do ... why is she head judge ?!?!?

Am I the only one who finds Joe Sugg really creepy?

@Nettletheelf

No and the "job" he and his sister do is pretty bankrupt morally.

Zoella flogs Tat to kids basically

Increasingly she is much older than her fan base but still acts like a teenage girl she is nearly 30.

It's all very odd

@ChoccyJule We always try to spot the musician in the hat too!

Jabba the Hat DH calls him.

I've seen people on social media say they've put hundreds of votes in for Lauren. Clearly some people have money to burn - I couldn't imagine getting myself so invested in a celebrity entertainment show.

Joe creeps me out too

The fact that he and his zoflora sister make ££££ pretending to be teenagers is weird IMHO

The way that Shirley and Bruno act so strangely towards him is also weird and creepy

They seem to think he is a cross between a 12 year old and a sex symbol

Obviously he will win due to his 10+++ million followers

Yes Joe is 27, but you'd think he was about 15.

Zoella flogs Tat to kids basically That's bloody awful

I’m an Ashley fan but I didn’t like her samba; I had really high hopes but I thought she danced it very Pussycat Dolls style and apart from the really good samba roll thingy at the start, it didn’t have much sizzle or chemistry and seemed very stop-starty. I thought her Lindy hopping looked AMAZING from what I could see of it and her face when she thought she’d come seventh was hilarious. I don’t judge her for it: she and Pasha looked like a pro couple showing the others what to do!

Charles’ tango music ruined the dance and totally drained it of any drama. I thought that was so unfair.

Why was Faye’s dress so terrible? It looked really baggy and unfinished. I loved the waltz though and would have liked to have seen Giovanni more in the Lindy hop as I bet he was brilliant.

Joe looked uncomfortable in the street dance whilst Dianne was superb and massively outdanced him.

I thought Stacey looked like a toddler swishing her skirt about.

I think Graeme will go.