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

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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!

Yep, Friday's ITT has always been an hour long. Is it not this series? I haven't watched any yet which is unusual for me.

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Yep, Friday's ITT has always been an hour long. Is it not this series? I haven't watched any yet which is unusual for me.

Same here. Back in the day - when Claudia hosted, and in Zoe’s early years - I absolutely loved ITT and tried never to miss. This year a different schedule’s made it impossible for me to catch, or bother catching up with, and I’m starting to think I’m not missing much. The last couple of years didn’t seem to me to be as entertaining either... such a shame.

It's really not worth watching @Bluffinwithmymuffin - you're not missing anything!

The hour long Friday slot was only introduced a few years ago. They used to have Gethin at the studios for the rehearsals, but I guess Covid put an end to that.

JacquelineCarlyle

It's really not worth watching @Bluffinwithmymuffin - you're not missing anything!

So it would seem, reading all your comments.

What do they need to change? I always liked choreography corner and footage of the couples training...

For all the annoying bits on ITT. Janette is brilliant. I wouldn't miss it because I'm not on any other social media , besides MN. I deliberately spend approx.one hour a day on line, or the house gets more messy than it normally is . Tom Allen and Rylan were amusing yesterday.

Yes it used to be an hour on Fridays with a bit of live music tacked on the end.

I think Janette is fine, the programme certainly didn't need to be an hour on Friday, there was always some musical act that seemed a bit pointless to me. I like the interviews and choreography corner and Vicky Gill talking about the costumes.
I'd quite like the hair and makeup stylists to be interviewed - they do a great job, particularly at Halloween!

@xsquared

Has anyone seen these snippets from the training room for each couple. So.e of these are hilarious.

Strictly training

Oof that cements my negative feeling towards Neil!

Agree Neil got the rough end of the edit there (I know RuPaul says no such thing as a bad edit, you either say what you say or you don't) but am sure that all the pros, especially the whiplash ones (Gio, Oti, Karen) have all said similar.

just popped up as a suggestion on my YouTube.

Adam is the bookies favourite to go tonight but my money would be on Sara

Delurking to let you know about this BBC Radio 4 programme. The Reunion, about the early days of Strictly. On iPlayer

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qjg4

Sara seems to be popular, though, doesn't she? At the bottom of the leader board, yet not in the Dance Off. Plus it's ballroom, which is better for her. I suspect Dan, although Adam doesn't seem to get the popular vote.

Sara's been saved by the public twice, as has Dan. Adam was outvoted by Sara, Dan, Tom, Rhys and John last week, which can't be a good sign.

I do think most of those votes are more from the Alijaz fan club than for Sara.

I think Sara's quite relatable, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if she had a good number of fans voting for her. I am one.

@bonfireheart

I do think most of those votes are more from the Alijaz fan club than for Sara.

Emma Weymouth and Clara Amfo who were partneres with Aljiaz both went out in week 7. Sara may not last much longer.

The only ones who I'm certain are safe are Rose and AJ.

A lot of my dancing friends are voting for Sara actually, because (if you ignore last week!) she's pretty good. She's obviously working hard on technique as well as the steps and her timing and musicality is always good.

I'm not a fan of Sara but enjoyed her dance last week (shows you how much I know!) and was glad she wasn't in the DO. And it had nothing to do with Aljaz in leather!

Mystery solved about the lobster outfits - Dan's Christian beliefs mean that he wouldn't wear a Halloween type costume.

I assumed that was the reason. Still baffled that they couldn't find something more Halloween-adjacent like cats/spiders/aliens/pumpkins

I think he didn't want that association at all.

I am very much looking forward to Kai and AJ's Charleston tonight, even though they are fretting about a lift which keeps going wrong. Think it could be a real crowd-pleaser.
Dan and Nadiya's Couples Choice also looks like a lot of fun having seen some clips. I know he's not a dancer but they seem to be having a great time.
Think Rose may struggle with samba but there's no way she's going home.
I suspect that this week's bottom two may well be Adam and Rhys, since they have both been in the bottom two before. I think Adam would get sent home if that was the case. I'd be fine with Tilly or Tom hitting the bottom two though.

Sara always puts up some nice Instagram stories on show days.