Strictly '21 #3: Week one and on!

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We're off!!!

Off piste a little bit ...but did anyone see the Paul O'Grady show last night .
Arlene Philips was on ...looking amazing at ...78 !!!

I think so ginger because women could not always find enough male partners available. Sure polka has posted links and mentioned this before; and then you have Argentinian twins Nicolas and German Filipeli.
You also have LGBTGI visibility with the pink jukebox trophy.
I find all of it interesting and exciting because I like the fluidity of changing leaders and followers.

QI sausage fingers

Yes, she looked great.

I enjoyed the show!! Posting late, but had to post to say how awful Shirley was. Perving over the men. That awful comment she made about the celeb black guy in cerise suit about being able to see all his body parts moving, even parts he didn't intend to move - just yuk.

[quote NCTDN]@covetingthepreciousthings I disagree. If care home staff are expected to have them in order to do their job, why should the professionals be any different here? [/quote]
Thankfully we don’t live in a dictatorship. And being a professional dancer is hardly akin to working in a care home.

Tilly is possibly only single jabbed, my dd is 19 (born 2001) and her cohort became eligible for their first jab abound May ish time. Several of her friends couldn’t get it done until late July/August as they either caught Covid or were isolating.

@SequinsandStiIettos

I think so ginger because women could not always find enough male partners available. Sure polka has posted links and mentioned this before; and then you have Argentinian twins Nicolas and German Filipeli. You also have LGBTGI visibility with the pink jukebox trophy. I find all of it interesting and exciting because I like the fluidity of changing leaders and followers.

Yes, though doesn’t it seem crazy that we’ve had to wait for same-sex pairings to mix up the lead/follow. Is there any reason a mixed sex pair couldn’t play about with those roles too? In fact I wonder if we might see that this series as J&J win praise for how they’re swapping roles in their dances

I was out last night so watched it today. AJ is the best dancer but won't win, just as Alexandra Burke and Natalie Gumede didn't.

I thought Gio and Rose did a great job. I'd love him to win at last.

I loathed Anton as a contestant but he's surprisingly (to me) good as a judge.

But Alexandra and Natalie were ringers - so much dance experience that everyone already knew about (whereas Jill, Kara, Caroline kept theirs more under wraps). Only woman to win was Alesha?
AJ is a beginner and has been extremely vocal about that fact.
She won't win if she plateaus or if excited women vote en masse with their ovaries for Adam but as a novice, she has a better chance than Alexandra and Natalie did. The only thing against her atm is the marmite reaction to her Northern vowels but she has had so many supportive tweets, comments on insta and on youtube, that I think she is a strong contender.

Only woman of colour, that should say

Also, she is the best dancer for that style. We haven't seen her do ballroom yet. I hope she can do both.

Yes, though doesn’t it seem crazy that we’ve had to wait for same-sex pairings to mix up the lead/follow. Is there any reason a mixed sex pair couldn’t play about with those roles too?

It's because the steps are codified. I'm not sure there's actually a specific rule against it, but because when you go onto the floor you present yourself as a lead and a follow, then you do the steps the way they're described for a lead and follow.

I think it would definitely hold true for restricted step competitions (by switching you're doing something that isn't defined in the steps you're allowed to do), in open choreography it might be ok? The big issue I can see in ballroom though is that you're not allowed to break hold, so you'd have to find clever ways of switching.

I guess I was thinking more in Strictly terms than proper competition terms - I’m assuming strictly breaks all sorts of codes that wouldn’t be allowed in formal competition?

I think the nearest we had was Kelly Brook nicking Brenda's cape to swish in her paso cos women should be allowed to be matadors in the name of feminism (am paraphrasing)

Yes, though doesn’t it seem crazy that we’ve had to wait for same-sex pairings to mix up the lead/follow. Is there any reason a mixed sex pair couldn’t play about with those roles too

Kevin & Stacey did in their Doctor Who routine. I remember the fuss about it.

Oh and didn't Stacey lead at the end of her Dr. Who tango when she overcame the cyberman aka tin man Kev

Beat me to it iklboo

Thanks both, I don’t remember that one so will have to dig it out the archive

No real reason not to in Strictly (in early series I think the rules were probably tighter than they are now).

Some of it is just mechanics though — underarm turns turning the taller person under wouldn't look very good if they had to duck and the lead had to really stretch up.

There's definitely been at least one floor spin with a male pro being spun as well, but I can't think who.

Just caught up haven't read all of this thread and the end of last thread.

A great first night! I can't wait for next week

Ooh that was Kev too. What's he like?!
He got Susan Calman as Wonder Woman to hold him as he did a very dodgy floor spin in their samba.

Here you go!

(1.40) (1.26) (0.48)

Len hated Kelly having the cape cos the woman is meant to be the cape or the bull. You also had Gio and Michelle's paso where she discarded her cape/skirt and took on a matador role/mirroring Gio's movements sadly no knee walks although I do remember Lindsay Sterling doing some in her paso with Mark

(1 min in) (1.09 joyous routine - she had a floating rib too at the time)

youtube views (just over a day)

1. AJ 151k
2. John 110k
3. Adam 103k
4. Rose 93k
5. Tom 84k
6. Rob 77k
7. Nina 59k
8. Tilly 53k
9. Dan 49k

10. Ugo 47k 11. Rhys 31k 12. Katie 30k 13. Greg 29k 14. Sara 27k 15. Judi 24k

I thought AJ was a great dancer and she is - I'll have a fiver on her winning but her voice annoys me - I loved the dance to Blue Monday