SCD '20 #9: GOAT (Greatest Of All Threads, or GO Away Tens)

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

You decide.

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Finding Strictly a bit hard going at the moment, too much over marking, too many forced themes/songs, way too much CC. Motsi is as annoying as ever, preferred Anton. Voted for Bill - not his best but dangerous place on leaderboard; Ranvir - same as Bill; Maisie- loved her dance, much better than HRVY. Usually vote for Clara but think her time may be up. I don’t get the Jamie love and am bored of JJ (well his production narrative).

All good flower. I’ve yet to watch notpool. Life overtook me a bit last weekend.

Apparently CQ slipped the tongue overJohannes. Let us hope that samfarmersamfarmersamfarmer came equipped with wipes

Jamie really upped his game tonight. I hope JJ goes home for doing the same thing every week, but pretty sure it will be Clara. Maisie absolutely deserves to be in the final.

So much pointless CGI. Why god why.

Naughty! I hope your life overtook you in a good way! Yes, the Quentin turned out to be a disappointment. Maybe Sam Farmer's business will pick up.

What does BVB stand for?

SylvieSangFroid

Thank you op for the thread. Hope you don't mind a new face! Avid strictly fan. Lover of Bill and Clara

Not at all, we’re a friendly bunch on here

Dear god, that CGI is looney. Gawd knows what the techies have been smoking.

*Baron von Biscuits. Who knew having grandad McVitie would make you a snack millionaire?

Sorry, that was for pleasegobacktosleep

So much pointless CGI. Why god why

They are spending the money they would have spent on bpool charabancs and kiss my face off hats.

If they don’t spend it, auntie beeb will reduce the budget and next year they will be dancing in a scout hut and practising behind the school bins.

Gospel that.

@TheLadyOfShallnott

I miss the days when 10s were given out for pure excellence.

I reckon the vowel thief must have been marked out of 30...

Me too! Remember Jill Halfpenny’s Jive didn’t get a perfect score first time round, they only got it in the Final. Now THAT was a perfect dance.

maireas

Not the best of weekends. It was more frantic than BVB’s Hercules routine and made me have a similar expression.

I’m sad about CQ but it was all feeling a bit like hard work.

I hope Johannes licked her back.
although I bet he recoiled

Thanks Polkadots.

I’ve struggled with the permutations and it really is tough this week. I think HVRY probably is mathematically safe and they’ve done as much as they possible can to keep Maisie safe.

People historically do run out of patience with sub-standard dancers like a lot of us just have with Clara, so it seems extremely likely she’ll be in the dance-off, maybe against Jamie? OTOH there’s no real evidence about the strength of Ranvir’s vote, and that was a very dull dance in a bit of a death slot, so my guess is Clara vs Ranvir - and a genuine decision for the judges if Clara manages to remember more than half her routine in the dance-off.

Ah - that jive was the nuts cavemum

Is the little person sleeping yet?

Maisie was fab. Looked human, like she was really enjoying the dance. Also liked Jamie and Ranvir. Beautiful storytelling!

Clara made a lot of mistakes, bless her, and I didn't like Harvey's dance, but can see it was good.

JJ ok but no connection with Amy...

Results show will be interesting...

And bills routine was too try-hard - costume was too young for him. Mistakes.

RunningFromInsanity

2 x Maisie
1x HRVY

Same here. I think Nvwls is a good dancer, lovely to watch, and thought he could be overlooked tonight.

Thanks for welcomes!

I think Maisie is probably the best dancer, but it isn't really just about the dancing and I don't know if she will win the inevitable personality contest, sadly. I would be surprised if she didn't at least make it to the final though, as surely she would beat anyone in the dance off at the moment..? Well, maybe if she had a bad day and someone else had a great day.

Really hope Clara gets through. I feel as if JJ might be going. Think the Harry appearance might have boosted his votes a bit last week.

@TheLadyOfShallnott yes he is, finally. Kept trashing around in his bed and wailing that his duvet was moving 🙄. 3 year old logic, eh.

Liked Maisie’s dance but her over the top facial expressions are annoying me.

Dear god, that CGI is looney. Gawd knows what the techies have been smoking

Insoles from used dance shoes I expect...

A moving duvet?

You didn’t get that when I were a bairn.

You were tucked right in under several layers of blankets and sheets. The hospital corners were utilised in a restraining stylee.

Nowt moved. Nowt.

You had to be untucked for school in the morning.

😂 😂 😂 That makes sense, Lady B'Stard (new name). The lighting is actually making my eyes hurt. It's all like some weird psychedelic film from the sixties with no narrative and a bizarre cast.

I think Clara will avoid the dance off for a while longer, she's been in a prime slot in Radio 1 for 5 years now so must have a fairly large fan base by now? Not only that but quite a few of the other hosts are talking about her strictly dances etc on their shows too. I would think her fan base would be bigger than some others so may keep out of it?

Im not loving the cgi at all Maireas.

I’d rather have a gaggle of errant prop men whizzing across the floor with a Cabaret chair and bowler hat or a showbiz dressing table with lights round the mirror (send in them clowns) than a detailed patch of New Yawk with optically illusioned skyscraper rooftops dropping to the 300 floors down pavements.

As if the Covid didn’t have enough to answer for.

Sidewalks. Not pavements.