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I thought Mike would go? She didn't put a foot wrong.

I really enjoy watching Rylan on It Takes Two. I never thought I would find him entertaining but he is genuinely interested in dancing and is throwing himself into the world of Strictly. Loved his dancing to Rick Astley last Friday. I also heard him and Claire Richards on Saturday and they did a rendition of In the Shallow. Claire was very good with her Lady Gaga part.

Oh what poor line up for the Christmas special ! they have all been on already
Debbie McGhee ? Mark smug git Wright ? Chizee, who wasn’t great last time and Richard Arnold what an absoloutely rubbish line up

The Christmas line up is disappointing. Joe Sugg only did it last year?!?
And Gemma Atkinson the year before.

I wonder if she'll get partnered with pissy Gorka

Aren't they always ex Strictly celebs on the Xmas prog? I do agree though, a poor line up, apart from Joe Sugg who seems quite sweet and can dance well. 🙂

New to this thread so can someone explain why Gorka is pissy?

New to this thread so can someone explain why Gorka is pissy?

Hi @Dave
Basically when Neil was first injured and Kev replaced him, people picked up on Gorka 'liking' tweets basically saying he should have been the replacement and not Kev.. which came across a little unprofessional & showed he was a bit pissy with the decision.

I mean if they're going to bring any celebs back for the Xmas special can we at least have Danny back, so we can have some justice

Because KFG (Kevin from Grimsby) got to partner Alex when Neil got hurt.

Gorka thought he was more worthy.

Sorry - my previous post was for coveting.

Ah now I know!

Wish they'd bring Colin Jackson back for the xmas special. I still feel bitter about his show dance 😢

Gorka thought he was more worthy

This makes me smile, I love the dramatics.

The idea of Gorka mincing around his living room while Gemma breast feeds their baby really not giving a shit, while he paces saying ' It should have been me!' is just too fabulous for words

Sorry - I now realise that my explanatory post was, in fact, for Dave.

I blame fleas and two pints of Piriton Gin cocktails.

It is, isn't it Champoo

Maybe Gemma will stick him on the other tit to shut him up!

@SchadenfiendeUnmortified you can just imagine her utter disinterest, 'oh Gorka give it a rest it's just strictly....

'Just strictly! JUST STRICTLY!' que stem.on wine glass he's holding snapping in his hands, tears springing to his eyes

Champoo

Then he bravely bites back the tears until he has a chance to go online and tweet his disappointment to his 37 obsessive followers . . .

You joke but I actually would love Gemma and Gorka to dance together (although the height difference might make it a bit difficult) but it would be lovely to see them

@SchadenfiendeUnmortified 'they'll see...they'll all see! ' manic laughter and sloppy pouring of Chardonnay follows

OverByYer
Mike seems nice enough but his time is up....

If only that were true. I’m starting to think Mike will still be in when Strictly 2020 starts.

Blue
I’m also liking Rylan. He seems genuinely interested in people and is believably humble.

@Theromanempire I'd like to see it! This series has been an odd one, I'd be happy to see anyone dance I actually cared about for once

Re the earlier chat - yes, there were tables around the dance floor when they showed the clip of Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett back in 2004. It all looked a bit Talk of the Town (she says, showing her age )
Still, tables aside, it was nice to see a proper dance, with no special effects, lighting or props to distract

champoo they could go the whole hog and also have Giovanni and Ashley

I presume Joe will be dancing with Dianne - last minute signing as she was available?

Re. Emma /Aljaz I know people who know people and can definitely confirm that the reason Emma was so upset to leave was because she has total hots for Aljaz and won't get to see him every day. Also confirm it's a totally one sided feeling 😀

I'd quite like to see Gio & Ashley dance together.

In other news, it doesn't seem like it's confirmed yet that Neil will be dancing this week? I wonder if he's out again this week, it will just go to Kev to be partnered with her for the rest of the series & maybe Neil just providing choreography etc.

I think most of Aljaz partners have had the hots for him, haven't they? I certainly would. He only has eyes for Janette, which is sweet.

can definitely confirm that the reason Emma was so upset to leave was because she has total hots for Aljaz and won't get to see him every day.

I can believe that.

Also Lord Lions was briefly in the audience early on and he looked a patronising entitled git, so I would have thought that even Anton or AJ a Balkan hottie like Aljaz would be welcome change.