SCD '20 #13: The FINAL thread

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

(Probably for the final, rather than last overall, considering how much we talk )

Last thread here, please check there first as I'm setting this thread up early so we can move over easily later!

**Today 20:28 theliverpoolone

Tom and Camilla's showdance... his actual dancing was quite underwhelming, imo, especially when viewed against more recent contestants.**

I thought so too, probably because that was a long time ago and the standard has gone through the roof since those days. I also thought I saw a couple of sticky moments in Jill Halfpenny’s jive, and compared with some of the jives in more recent series it doesn’t seem quite so spectacular anymore.

A former tennis player would be good next year... Tim Henman... Annabelle Croft...Sue Barker...

Loved the special! I would have liked to see Georgia's Charleston, Ramps' AT and Rachel Stevens' rhumba in there, also Danny and Oti's showdance. Otherwise very happy. Much better than the normal Christmas specials. I wish they would do more with the Strictly archive.

Watched Danny and Oti’s show dance on you tube recently and thought it was good, but didn’t something go wrong with Danny in the final; he made a mistake or forgot the steps or something, which is why he didn’t win... or have I remembered it all wrong?

@Bluffinwithmymuffin

Watched Danny and Oti’s show dance on you tube recently and thought it was good, but didn’t something go wrong with Danny in the final; he made a mistake or forgot the steps or something, which is why he didn’t win... or have I remembered it all wrong?

The quickstep dance went wrong in the middle.

That would not have been the reason for him not winning though. Not enough of the public voted for him to win and we don't know what reason they would have had for not voting.

I was torn between him and Ore.

xsquared
Ah... thanks. I knew there was something.

Just caught up. I noticed that about Danny being described as the glitterball champion, I even rewound thinking I had misheard.

I enjoyed the programme, a lot of beautiful dances.

It was brilliant wasn’t it
Not much left for us to catch up with now... as pps said many times on this thread, wouldn’t it be good if the Beeb dug into the Strictly archives to get us through the winter of our discontent ? Won’t happen though. Oh well.
While the two of us are still lingering, I did wonder if they’ll pair the biscuit baron’s sister with Gio next year, after she said the thing about Jamie giving Gio her number on the final. What do you reckon? Stranger things have happened!

We could discuss how Shirley clearly isn't being paid enough since she's been on practically every other programme over the hols.

I'd be up for a Youtube video thread though.

Or a read-along of a previous series on Monkseal? Post all the dances and re-create the programme week-by-week.

Has she?! I’ve managed to miss them all somehow

Great ideas Polka . How though?

So I've seen her on:

Strictly Come Dancing (of course), Miranda's Games with Showbiz Names and the Celeb Sewing Bee.

She also been on

Celebrity Catchprase; The Crystal Maze; Family Fortunes; I'll Get This; Taskmaster and a couple of radio shows.

And on carrying on the threads, I'm
not entirely sure!

A video thread I suppose we'd just post our favourites (or we could all post a foxtrot we like, or a dance of Brendan's we like etc).

For the series "re-live-along" I suppose every week (twice a week?) we'd link to the Monkseal write-up for a week, and post YouTube links for all the dances and have a reminisce/new people can see it for the first time. We could also potentially link the MN thread too, to see what the contemporary view on Anne Widdecombe or whoever was.

Wow. That’s an impressive list.

Perhaps we should start by compiling our own MN list of favourite dances then vote for our top 20.... there must have been quite a few that never saw the light of day on the Christmas special.

Couple of early stand alones courtesy of bourbon toast over at Digital Spy.

Series 2 episode 1 (23.10.04) Waltz and cha cha

Julian & Erin 19 (4,4,5,6) Cha Cha Cha "I'm Outta Love" 7.38
Carol & Paul 22 (5,6,5,6) Waltz "Until It's Time for You to Go" 15.20
Diarmuid & Nicole 12 (2,2,4,4) Cha Cha Cha "September" 22.04
Esther & Anton 24 (5,6,6,7) Waltz "Moon River" 28.16
Quentin & Hazel 8 (1,1,3,3) Cha Cha Cha "Pink Cadillac" 34.25
Sarah & Brendan 28 (6,7,7,8) Waltz "I Wonder Why" 41.33
Roger & Camilla 25 (6,6,7,6) Cha Cha Cha "Get The Party Started" 47.47
Denise & Ian 31 (7,8,8,8) Waltz "True Love"—Pat Boone 53.34
Aled & Lilia 29 (7,7,8,7) Cha Cha Cha "She Bangs"59.41
Jill & Darren 27 (6,7,7,7) Waltz "Weekend in New England" 1.06

Series 3 final (17.12.05) Zoe, Colin, Gough

Colin & Erin
Puppetgate "You're Easy to Dance With" 24.35

Darren & Lilia
Showdance "A Night to Remember"—Shalamar 30.16

Zoe & Ian
Showdance "America" 20.28

series 1 episode 1

Ooh thank you TLEF! It feels like a late Christmas present! I didn't watch properly until series 4, so it'll be nice to see those.

And Bluffin, and MN top 20 is a great idea. We'll have to work out a way to do polls.

In case any fellow Strictly fans chance back upon this thread...

Janette and Aljaž are hosting live 1hr Zoom dance sessions on Tuesday afternoons and Friday evenings. We heard about it yesterday, joined last night for the charleston, not at all sure what to expect – and it was brilliant! Really fun + suitable for all ages/abilities; they were great at suggesting ways to modify the moves. I loved the way they were interacting with participants, complimenting people's efforts and outfits and responding to questions. Only £7 per device/household. Great way to keep dancing!
www.designmynight.com/london/whats-on/online-event/dance-with-aljaz-and-janette
(+ there's also info about it on Janette's Twitter feed including advance notice of which dance they'll be doing)

@theliverpoolone

This might not be a view that's shared, but there's always a lot of reminiscing about how good Tom and Camilla's showdance was, and how that's what won it for him. Watching it on here though, I thought his dancing wasnt that strong - they looked good and the music was good, but his actual dancing was quite underwhelming, imo, especially when viewed against more recent contestants.

I agree that it was very much down to the choreography. I always feel that pros who reach the finals should be made to watch it to see how to do a show dance that actually works.

Artful
Thanks... I’ll try and remember to check it out next week