SCD2019 #5 6,7,8 ITT has moved to late(r)

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

Previous thread here.

[Mrsjayy]

Just you 100%

[Horsemad]

I've just seen that Katya is making her Panto debut in The Wizard of Oz at Peterborough this year.

[lynsey91]

I thought Anneka would be safe because I assume Kevin is popular with Strictly viewers and I thought she would probably be too.

Having seen her ITT interview I am glad she has gone. None of them get to choose the dance or song do they? Why should she be any different?

I didn't think Kelvin and Oti's dance was that great and I say that as a huge Oti fan. I thought their lifts looked pretty bad and was pretty sure they went wrong. I was waiting for the judges to say it but they didn't.

I do like Kelvin though. My favourite is Chris although highly unlikely he could win (would love to see Karen win). I also really like Dev and Karim. Karim may be a ringer but I love his arm movements (I loved Jay's arms too!).

Out of the women I like Katherine the most. I also quite like posh Emma and Alex. Really can't take to Michelle although I love Giovanni

[merryhouse]

Oh yes, that first lift was HORRENDOUS. The first part didn't get high enough so the middle part was also too low, and at the end Oti ended up putting a hand on the floor.

It was a fun dance with lots of good stuff (and he did get some swivel in, even if the bit at the start didn't have it) but it definitely wasn't worth full marks.

[merryhouse]

And even if you knew nothing about the Charleston, you'd be able to say Anneka wasn't doing it properly just by looking at Kevin.

I mean, I know that's likely in all the dances, but this was So Noticeable.

[Theromanempire]

merryhouse well yes, side by side stuff always highlights a poor celebs lack of skill

[100PercentThatBitch]

I remember Louisa Lytton complaining that the music wasn't to her taste, but they obviously have to do all that miles in advance

[colourlessgreenidea]

Did anyone think Katya Vishalis and Katya Jones were the same? I thought Vishalis was Jones' maiden name

Whut?!

[100PercentThatBitch]

I mean I thought Katya Jones name premarriage was Katya Vishalis. I am not normally that dense.

[colourlessgreenidea]

I mean I thought Katya Jones name premarriage was Katya Vishalis. I am not normally that dense.

I’m still confused: when Katya Jones joined the showed and danced with Ed Balls, you thought she was Katya Virshilas returning to the show after getting married and changing her name (and her face!)?

[100PercentThatBitch]

I didn't realise KV had left yes, to be fair she never really made an impression on me and I just thought "oh! Katya must've got married"
I haven't got an excuse like face blindness but there was a series I watched whilst quite unwell and I think that's were the mix up occurred

[BlackAmericanoNoSugar]

I don’t remember there ever being a Katya before Katya Jones. That’s a combination of having missed the occasional series and having menopausal memory issues. I’ll have to have a look on Wikipedia to see if I can remember her partners.

[Horsemad]

I don't remember Katya V either, although I did miss a few series.

[colourlessgreenidea]

I don’t remember there ever being a Katya before Katya Jones.

I’m gutted for anyone who missed the deadpan drollery of Gavin Henson, not to mention Katya V’s legendary mahoosive hat!

I’ll see if any of it is on YouTube

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

She danced with Phil Tufnell, Gavin Henson (semi-finals I think) and a BBC presenter of some variety I think.

She's in Take the Lead with Antonio Banderas too.

And to segue nearly from that... all dancing the same dance to the same music is exactly what the man who that film is based on did! He set up a programme that went into schools to teach children how to ballroom and Latin dance. They learn exactly the same short sequences (no matter which school they're at or which teacher goes in) and there is a big knockout tournament each year.

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

Neatly, not nearly!

[BlackAmericanoNoSugar]

I’ve looked her up, she was only in three series. First with Phil Tufnell, I remember him but not her. Second with Gavin Henson, I think I was abroad as I didn’t see any of that series. Lastly with Dan Lobb, I definitely saw that series as I remember the other celebs but I don’t remember her and I have no clue at all who Dan Lobb is.

[100PercentThatBitch]

See the name Dan Lobb rings a mild bell but I couldn't tell you what he looked like or why he was a sleb or what his good or bad dances were 🤔

Nothing, a blank

How quickly we forget!

[colourlessgreenidea]

Sadly there’s not much of Katya and Gavin on YouTube

I was never such if Gav was a bit dim and ultra-vain, or fabulously dry-witted and taking the piss.

[colourlessgreenidea]

See the name Dan Lobb rings a mild bell but I couldn't tell you what he looked like or why he was a sleb or what his good or bad dances were

Ex-(and fairly rubbish) tennis player. Dreadful dancer, got arsey when he was eliminated early on and made some crappy comments blaming Katya for it, iirc.

[BalloonSlayer]

Does anyone here like Crazy Ex Girlfriend?

I keep thinking that songs from that would make great Strictly Dances.

How about a foxtrot or American smooth to "Settle for me."

[ThursdayLastWeek]

Cracking up at the idea Gavin Henson being fabulously dry witted

[Mrsjayy]

All I remember of Gavin is the tan he was just a blob of TAN.

[colourlessgreenidea]

Cracking up at the idea Gavin Henson being fabulously dry witted

That’s the glorious enigma of him: was he a self-absorbed himbo, or was he knowingly taking the piss?

Sadly I can’t find any of the relevant training clips on YouTube, but the cowboy refusal, the central heating quip, and ‘calm down love, it’s only Tuesday’ all point to the latter for me.


Monkseal’s with me on this one: “Best Celebrity – Personality : Gavin Henson – whether by accident or on purpose or, let’s face it, a little of both, by far the most hilarious celebrity this year.”

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/monkseal.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/strictly-come-dancing-8-monkies-monkseals-picks/amp/

[ThursdayLastWeek]

It’s such a good turn of phrase colourless that’s why I enjoyed it so much!

I’m afraid there’s no such mystery in my mind - to me he is without doubt dim and vain

I also remember Katya Virshilas as being entirely devoid of a sense of humour - she gave the impression of someone grinning and bearing this gormless UK crowd.