Strictly '21 #11: Craig's found his 10 paddle early this year! Will we get another glimpse soon?

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Spoiler-free thread

Previous thread here.

Next week will be interesting. Sara's q/s might be nice, but 9–5 theming is probably going to be annoying. AJ might be great at the Charleston, or her Bambi legs might re-appear. I hope Jojo gets his choreographical mojo back, I haven't really got properly into their last few dances and rumba is a tricky one!

Loved Kai and AJ again and thought they deserved 40 - Craig is a killjoy.
Everyone else was pretty "meh" this week.
What has Sara done to piss off Hair and Wardrobe?

Think Adam should go home this week, hopefully.
I am with the previous poster who said Tilly is good but they just can't warm to her. I can't either. Teenage DDs don't like her as they have strong views about her career being thanks to famous daddy. (Also they don't fancy Nikita).
I know Dan is crap at dancing but it still made me smile, just like it made Anton smile.
Two votes for AJ in our house (though she's surely safe), two for Dan and two for Aljaž (oops I mean Sara).

I've given all 3 votes to Sara . I don't want her to go out before Dan .

@MareofBeasttown

Can I just say I am going through an absolutely horrible time at the moment and the live Strictly board has saved me from going over the edge? Thank you all.

Hugs and more hugs 🤗

@MareofBeasttown

Can I just say I am going through an absolutely horrible time at the moment and the live Strictly board has saved me from going over the edge? Thank you all.

this thread makes all the difference

@MareofBeasttown 💐

Enjoyed AJ, John and the boyband one the most

Sorry, everyone, but I love that style of paso that Tom and Amy did, so I really enjoyed that dance. Good use of jutting angry chin.

Rose was undermarked. She danced that so cleanly and mostly got the technique.

Didn't get either of those quicksteps. Just stick 'em in a tail-suit and put on some Ella Fitzgerald, ffs.

I think one of the many problems with Couple's Choice is that most of the couples look a good 30 years too old to be doing whatever the fuck it is that they are doing.

AJ and Kai always get the best costumes. I think Kai suited the 1920s more than he suited those Charleston faces he was pulling. Can't wait till they give him a routine where he's doing something manly, like mending a lawn-mower or fixing a burst pipe, or something.

Did they miss out the celeb doing the Terms and Conditions or did I lose three minutes of time after being temporarily hypnotised by the studio lights bouncing off Adam's bobbing butt cheeks in that glitzy shell-suit he was wearing?

Really enjoyed tonight.

Adam and Katya: much improved, I think that was his best dance.
Rose and Gio: sizzling.
Tom and Amy: very good, again I think that was his best dance and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Rhys and Nancy: this was disappointing, not enough in hold for me. Way overmarked, Rhys was quite correct to comment it was "ridiculous". A shame, because I think he could have done a really good quickstep.
Tilly and Nikita: felt a bit tentative and a few unattractive moves but not bad.
Dan and Nadiya: outclassed now, that was boring and cheesy.
J & J : I said this would be make or break, and I really loved it. Gorgeous.
AJ & Kai: great energy, but it felt a tiny bit awkward in places.
Sara and Aljaz: quite good. Is that good enough any more?

I predict a danceoff of Tilly against either Dan or Rhys. Dan to go home if possible, but I think they'd save Rhys over Tilly.

@MareofBeasttown

Can I just say I am going through an absolutely horrible time at the moment and the live Strictly board has saved me from going over the edge? Thank you all.

I hope things start to ease soon for you.

I'd like to see a final four of John, AJ, Rose and Tilly but I fear Tom

Well I loved that rumba from the JJs. So tender, simple, but with great intensity. Shirley knows what she’s talking about with the rumba so they did well. Also - REPRESENT!
To see two men dancing romantically together on mainstream Saturday night tv is excellent. Plus they are very hot together, and so subtle, without resorting to camp.

I wasn’t a fan of the AJ Charleston - I thought her arms and legs were ‘getting in the way’ some what - both soooo long!

Tom was massively over marked - scoreboard manipulation for sure, but I’m glad for no ties.

Sara is dressed and styled abominably by the team. What the bleep has 9-5 got to do with Quickstep?? Producers seem to think there needs to be a tenuous link to the celebrity, but a simple, unthemed quickstep to proper music would have shown Sara’s progress much more effectively. Nice to see Aljaz smiling.

I think Dan is the worst. He should be in the dance off. There’s a group for me, where I don’t care which of them goes: Dan, Adam, Tom, Tilly, Rhys.
I think the final three should be AJ, Rose and John.
Sara isn’t final material but I love Aljaz so I’m happy to see her stay.

I suspect the final three will be AJ, Rose and Tom.

Bless AJ, I was nearly crying along with her. She really is stunning to watch. Rose was fab and I liked Tom this week.

Voted for rose, aj and adam.
Normally vote for dan, but he talked about football.
Can't warm to tilly, but thought she looked lovely.

Rhys seems to be struggling emotionally I think. I hope he’s ok -he’s a lovely guy.

I was impressed with Tom.

I wonder if this week is going to have a shock DO candidate. Someone good V Adam.

Surely the dance off has to be either:
Adam vs Rhys
Adam vs Tilly
Adam vs Dan
or Adam vs Sara?

It's certainly not going to feature AJ, Rose, John or Tom.

Tonight will be a real test of the Tilly vote I think. We already know that Sara and Dan have pulled in more votes than Rhys in the past.
And I'm pretty sure Adam will go, whoever he is up against in the dance off.

Can't wait till they give him a routine where he's doing something manly, like mending a lawn-mower or fixing a burst pipe, or something.

You and most of this thread I think.

Did they miss out the celeb doing the Terms and Conditions or did I lose three minutes of time after being temporarily hypnotised by the studio lights bouncing off Adam's bobbing butt cheeks in that glitzy shell-suit he was wearing?

It was Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

I can’t warm to Tom one bit ...I’d like him to go or Dan ...final should be AJ, Rose and John ...

Im the same about tom, loved the dance, but he just irritates me

I normally give Strictly my full attention, I don't even post on here while watching it, so I have no idea how I missed the entirety of Krishnan Guru-Murthy doing the Terms and Conditions. Was I abducted by aliens or just really distracted by the giant piece of carrot cake I was eating? Must be the aliens.

I can't warm to Tom either.

@Maireas

I can't warm to Tom either.

See I can! But that's because I add a mahoosive crush on him as a teenager. So I still nurse a soft spot for him. If it wasn't for that i might agree

My dh and I decided we should never become Strictly judges. Tom’s paso, we thought was a good performance, full of strength etc, but he didn’t actually do much dancing in it - thee was a lot of walking backwards and forwards. Then he got tens!

I hope AJ and Kai do their Charleston again in the final.