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

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All cats are grey in the dark

Mine aren't. They are black and thus invisible in the dark.

Especially just outside my bedroom door where the central heating pipes run under the floor.

Fuckers.

Watched Rosie Ramseys IG stories today (she pops up in my Explore page from time to time) and her bafflement and bemusement at Chris still being in the competition is hilarious. She really didn't see it coming.

Several pages in and I still am clueless as to who Shell face is...anyone?!

Michelle, presumably.

Didn't Chris say he had to cancel a holiday to stay in the competion

Michelle had her explant surgery in February ....... I listen to the podcast she does with Ru. It's brilliant.

Shell Face = Michelle Visage (French for face)

BLACKPOOL SONGS & DANCES KLAXON

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a29768704/strictly-come-dancing-blackpool-songs-dances/

I absolutely cannot wait to see Michelle & Gio's couples choice to Madonna's 'Vogue'

I can't see a Paso to Beyoncé's 'Run The World (girls)' working

VOGUE like a seal It willbe incredible

Also the pairings for the Christmas show are up and I'm very pleased to see that the couple couples are together!!!

Gorka / Gemma
Joe / Diane
Graziano / Chizzy
Debbie / Kevin
Mark Wright / Janette
Richard Arnold / Luba

I really like how rl couples are coming together for the Christmas special

And Graziano finally gets some air time

I can't believe Shell Face is only 51. I don't mean to be unkind but her cosmetic procedures have managed to make her look older.

I don't think Michelle looks older I think she looks her age well in her 50s Imo once somebody is into their 50s it difficult to age.

Anyone see Michelle and Giovanni on ITT?

Soup

VendingMachine - so am I now!

Oh so glad Gemma and Gorka are dancing together - saw enough of Joe and Diane last year so over that

Have a feeling that Kevin will be great with Debbeh!

So I was SO wrong (embarrassingly so) in my prediction that Karim's Viennese Waltz would be the first 40 but how can Michelle and Joe V not get 40 for voguing??

I will watch ITT in the morning when I can get peace to watch it.

Gemma and Gorka have little Mia up their sleeves that trumps Joe and Dianne

OMG Gemma and Gorka! I cannot wait, I am almost praying I get tickets for the recording and have to sleep out in the cold in the queue!!

How did I not get who Shell FAce was...the shame....anyway, can't believe she is only 3 years older than me

I did @Encyclo, why?

@Encyclo I've also watched ITT.

Re: ITT, I can't put my finger on it, but Gio seemed a bit off during the interview? Although maybe he was just a bit pissed at being 2nd on the leaderboard then being in the dance off 🤷🏻‍♀️
I think him & Michelle get on, there was just something a bit amiss.

Is this what you were going to say @Encyclo?

Not really that excited about the Christmas special and the celebs there are too recent. I'm sure Gemma and Gorka fans will be pleased to see them dance together but I never enjoyed her dancing when she was on Strictly a couple of years back.

Is it just me or do they keep using Beyonce, Ed Sheeran and Elton John songs every other week?

@covetingthepreciousthings Re: ITT, I can't put my finger on it, but Gio seemed a bit off during the interview? Although maybe he was just a bit pissed at being 2nd on the leaderboard then being in the dance off 🤷🏻‍♀️
I think him & Michelle get on, there was just something a bit amiss.

Yes, and she was taking a bit of credit for the routine too. The body language had her with arm around him and his hands were folded in his lap. Plus this weeks routine is a lot of Vogueing. Kind of felt she's dominating him a bit.

Did anyone else get that impression?

Kind of felt she's dominating him a bit.

Maybe, although looking back at his previous Strictly partners they have all been fairly timid characters I would say, I'm not sure any of them have been as straight talking or bolshy as Michelle is. It could just be a whole different dynamic for him.

Plus I do sometimes wonder if there is ever an issue with the language barrier, both between partnerships and also during interviews. I sometimes think Gio & Gorka seem less fluent then say Aljaz or Pasha. If you get what I mean. Which might then make for interviews seeming a bit off?