Strictly '21 #4: First two show weekend, and first boot!

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

Previous thread here

My thoughts from tonight

Robert Webb hugely better than last week he's very good actually

Aj was good, didn't enjoy it quite as much as last week

John really good, could tell he was out of his comfort zone to begin with but made up for it after a minute

Rhys I can take or leave tbh

Sara 100x better than last week and well deserved points,

Dan, thoroughly enjoyed the dance and thought it was great but actually I think she was making it great and it wasn't anything to do with him, he was just meh

Katie. Great really enjoyed

Tilly, excellent, really very very good one to watch

Greg, I can't warm to him as a person but that was a god dance

Nina didn't do it for me this week

Rose, very good

Adam, I can't remember 🤣

Judi, ok, better than last week

Ugo - loads better, really enjoyed

John, Tilly and ugo got my vote

I voted on that page just fine

Oh just to set the KLAXON off even though I am not the OP

This is, and always has been, a NO SPOILER thread

If you choose to read the spoiler respect other posters and DO NOT POST THE RESULT

Reading the spoiler and then prancing about with eerily accurate "guesswork" about the Bottom Two, and pretending it was your own thoughts is also very obvious and won't win you any kudos

You have been warned.

The voting closes at 9:25 @SequinsandStiIettos.

Voting closed at 9:25pm I think - just a very short window.

I’m a long time viewer of Strictly, but I am finding it so hard to physically watch without getting vertigo!
It was bad enough when the spinning cameraman runs around the dancing couple, but now the backgrounds are CONSTANTLY moving as well.
The floor moves, the rainbow arch thing moves, there’s a strip around the balcony that moves... All in opposing directions.
My eyes and brain can’t deal with it all, I just want to see the dance. 😢

I found it particularly bad when Adam Peaty was dancing, with the swimming pool simulation on the floor..

Anyway, I love John and Johanes. John has really beefed up since his bake off days. Such pure talent.

Ooooh yes EineReise. Spoiler Free Zone!

I look at the spoiler every week because I can't cope with the stress (weirdo) but I'd never give it away here.

Fine to comment on the results show itself - the safety sex faces, how not in time the "synchronised" footage is, what weird shit Tess is wearing tonight.

PS Annual gripe

The judges really need to get a grip on a marking scheme! Craig is the only one who gets it right. There are marks 1-10 for a reason, use them all. It defies logic that 7 s get booed! Plus they seem to be competing amongst themselves to get the 9s out first...

Am I the only one to think it was pretty shabby not to thank the violinst who played the solo tango? They seem to have dropped the thanks to Dave Arch and the orchestra from the script too.

I agree the violinist was excellent and I agree deserved a mention. They thanked Dave last week I think? Did they not this week?

Those that are slating Robert. Are you getting him mixed up with Dan? Robert was really good imo (ballro.dance mum ) and technically, he made no mistakes.

They usually say something about the choreographers for the special dances too, don't they?

... and the charleston has an outside choreographer, who they usually thank.

He maybe a pirate-a-like, but Graziano always acknowledges the singers and musicians.

@lollipoprainbow

Nancy does nothing for me I'm afraid way too frenetic but then she always has been.

I feel this way about Diane

I'm another who doesn't like Neil - gutted he's on the programme at all, never mind having a pro to dance with.

I'm hoping it's Nina and Robert in the dance off although I think Katie is at risk too.

Sorry I haven't posted on thisntjread before and not fully caught up but did anyone else think Shirley's 9 for aliaz and Katie's foxtrot weird when she said in comments that she didn't have a score high enough? I don't get the scoring sometimes

Gorka looks like he has covid

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I agree the violinist was excellent and I agree deserved a mention. They thanked Dave last week I think? Did they not this week?

Those that are slating Robert. Are you getting him mixed up with Dan? Robert was really good imo (ballro.dance mum ) and technically, he made no mistakes.

You're right, Robert made no mistakes and Shirley even said he deserves an extra mark for that... and yet she gave him a 6!

When they favour certain contestants it really does make it look fixed and I've just remembered tonight how much it bloody annoys me 🤣

I missed strictly for bond tonight
It was not worth it!!

Watched it on delay and love the contrasting opinions here!

I’ve a soft spot for Sara and really pleased with the improved performance this week (though Alijaz looks incredibly grey this series, I hope he’s okay) and same for Robert. Another one here who hates couples choice and can’t warm to Greg at all. Think Karen knows she’s not going to be in the show for long with him. Didn’t like Rhys, Judy or Katie but lots of other good performances tonight. Really enjoying Anton.

I think people are getting Dan and Robert confused.
Robert did a great tango with proper tango music; Dan wore that well known roman outfit - a toga with tweed trousers underneath -, and dribbled around to 'I'm a giant'.

Tilly was great!

Must watched Judi and graziano... I enjoyed it!

I'm a fan of graziano and I don't know if others spotted it but he didn't a fucking fast spin at one point. He is super talented.

I don't get the hate for him
He is being stereotyped basically and it's not nice.

Ah, I tried to vote at 9.35. A 9.25 cut-off would explain it.
Got caught out with the start time this week.
Oh well.

So...
week 1
AJ
Adam = John
Rhys
Dan = Greg = Judi = Nina
Katie = Rose
Tilly = Tom
Rob

Ugo
Sara

week 2
Sara = Tilly
AJ = John
Rhys
Rob
Rose = Dan
Judi = Ugo
Greg
Katie
Adam
Nina

I don't care that much about Adam, Katie or Rhys
Nor that arsed about Greg, Sara or Tilly
So any two from those six won't have me bewailing their plight.
That said
I think Katie has had poor music
Rhys has been overmarked twice
Sara had a massive improvement
Tilly is a decent role model (lack of vanity/normal body size)
Think Greg will get a sympathy vote/women want to see him in breeches and Adam gets an ovary vote
So who knows?
I'd personally like Rhys vs Adam, Rhys stays and does a caped paso with Nancy as Mulan but I don't actually think it will be either of those two because the leaderboard added together is as follows:

AJ 14
John 13
Rhys 12
Tilly 11
Sara 10
Dan 9
Adam 8 Judi 8
Rose 7
Greg 6 Rob 6
Katie 5 Ugo 5
Nina 4

Ugo and Nina both need a bottom two bounce - he has more of a chance than she does given Neil has now fucked up two tangos (also played a pleading 'bad boy' with Alex. Am not buying it!)
Katie is in jeopardy, Judi seems marmite, Tilly was overmarked tonight and, whilst she has a larger fanbase than Rhys, both have a new pro.

Exciting and less predictable than other years.

Other obs...
Did we not see Jake Wood twerk on Strictly?
We had the recycled holdall in Rhys's VW and now lipstick on your cheating collar like Jake's tango
I can let a smooch behind a bag go, as smooching behind hats, bags etc is as ubiquitous as using a bench or swing prop but some of these narratives are getting stale. I am partial to bubbles though

John>AJ>Rose>Ugo>Nina>Rob>Dan>Tom>Judi>Sara>Tilly>Greg>Katie>Rhys>Adam

As long as AJ, John and Rose make the later stages I'll be happy.

Nina gets a bit of a boost from the ties above her. I don't think the public ever have ties, so her minimum possible mark has become 5, rather than 2 (and I think she'll be higher than bottom in the public vote anyway).