SCD 2019: the glitz and glamour that is Blackpool. STRICTLY NO SPOILERS!

[GrouchyKiwi]

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Oh you all have to Google videos of vogueing and death drops. Your groin will scream and hide behind the sofa.

The death drop might be quite hard to pull off without looking like you have actually fallen arse over tit. The trick appears to be to spring right up again. I’m a similar age to Michelle and I’m certainly not springy enough to do it.

I know you have to be 'bigger' at Blackpool but Karim might still over egg it. He should watch Danny Mac. Actually we should all watch Danny Mac again. And again.

The other one is the duck walk.

Again, not something you can do past 29 imo. You'd dislocate a knee!

I do hope it's not just going to be a lot of armography, but I can't see how Michelle could possibly do the really impressive stuff. I don't even know if Gio could!

You can do a "roll 'n floor pose" out of the death drop, I've seen that done a ton.

The most impressive I've seen is a death drop from a 3 foot high platform on RuPauls Drag Race, I think it was Kennedy Davenport but can't be sure. That had me clutching my pearls let me tell you.

Somebody did a death drop in Drag race the other week and i felt queasy im sure i heard something break I can't see Gio doing that and michelle isn't as supple as once was is she i can't see shell rolling out her Nan when she does her story which will be refreshing .

Oh you all have to Google videos of vogueing and death drops. Your groin will scream and hide behind the sofa

Elspeth's right - your groin will indeed scream. Mine did when I saw a death drop and I haven't even got testicles. Mr Schaden was actually on the point of tears . . .

Maybe they will do more of a “homage” to vogue - I think it could be really good as Michelle obviously knows the genre and Giovanni is a good choreographer (his couple’s choice with Faye last year was fab).

I do love me a good death drop.

I can’t do one though and I have no unnecessaries to squish to do a proper one anyway.

The nearest I’ve come to that kind of pain is having to do a rather sudden stop when I was riding a man’s racing bike. For a ‘death drop’ of about two inches it smarted rather a lot.

Death droppers have my admiration. And I nominate Anton.

Can you imagine if Anton ever got anywhere near this. I cringe at the very idea of “comedy” vogue.

But can you imagine how I unintentionally funny it would be if he gave it a proper go?

There’s be snakey necks and waggin fingers all over the land

Oops a random I. Sorry

And Emma could do voguing with just her eyes.

And people would be too scared to do a snakey neck, waggin finger or a Nuh-uh.

He'd spend the whole dance doing his "Ooh Err Missus" Benny Hill face.

I wonder if she'll be dressed like Paula was

In the past, there was a really good Male ballroom dancer at Blackpool, with dreadlocks. He was really good. I hope he is part of the supporting dancers again.

In the rehearsal footage, Michelle was wearing a weird crinoline frame type thing - so yes quite possibly (re Paula Deen clip above).

You know you need more sleep when...

You check up on the latest goss on the SCD thread, see the last post was written at 20.13, assume you are on a six year old thread and wonder why everyone was talking about vogueing 'back then'.

It took a few stupid seconds for me to figure that one out.

To bed!

Prior to this thread, all I knew of voguing was that silly woman Madonna and all her arm waving. My eyes have been opened!

I can see Shell making a decent fist of it, I think she is pretty supple actually. Whether it's something I want to see is another matter.

that's (hopefully!) a link I just found to a snippet from Ireland's Got Talent with Michelle as a judge and a young contestant voguing.

Yes Jemima Karim's partner is Amy silly me. She seems too nice to put her foot down with Karim and effing MAKE him slow down. I never thought Id say this but Katya has the balls to do that sort of thing.

She may well do a death drop too I'm sure she's capable of that sort of thing !!

Michelle did impersonate Madonna in the 80s and won a Madonna lookalike contest. That would explain her affinity with voguing.

Funny in those early pix she looks more like Cher. She's obviously made her name by impersonating the stars.