SCD '21 #20: Who will lift the [glitterball]?

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

Previous thread here

@SheldonesqueTheBstard

I’ve heard they can’t get rid of her because another presenter will insist on two sleeves and she is saving them a fortune by wearing 1.

Two dresses on one hanger and that.

There's someone on FB who every SCD show has made a replica of Tess's dress for a Barbie doll.

@BonnesVacances

AJ was my winner, so I had no skin in the game last night. Rose is a lovely dancer, but she didn't excite me or move me. Much like some of the other amazing dancers we've had on Strictly like Rachel Steven's or Ashley Roberts. Whereas the likes of AJ, Caroline Flack or Abbey Clancy just seemed to have a little something extra for me.

Something I find a bit disingenuous is the silent bit during the CC dance as if that's now how Rose is dancing. She's not dancing to silence. She has said herself that she can hear the beat etc because she wears a hearing aid.

So fair enough if she's won because she's a great dancer, which she is. But I'm finding the "she's a great dancer and she can't even hear the music" a bit patronising to her and not quite accurate. But at the end of the day, she's raised a lot of awareness for the Deaf community and that clearly means the world to her. More than winning Strictly. So well done to her!

I don't think it was supposed to reflect that's what she hears when she's dancing, more that's what (profoundly) deaf people hear when they aren't wearing their hearing equipment ie nothing much.

@BonnesVacances

AJ was my winner, so I had no skin in the game last night. Rose is a lovely dancer, but she didn't excite me or move me. Much like some of the other amazing dancers we've had on Strictly like Rachel Steven's or Ashley Roberts. Whereas the likes of AJ, Caroline Flack or Abbey Clancy just seemed to have a little something extra for me.

Something I find a bit disingenuous is the silent bit during the CC dance as if that's now how Rose is dancing. She's not dancing to silence. She has said herself that she can hear the beat etc because she wears a hearing aid.

So fair enough if she's won because she's a great dancer, which she is. But I'm finding the "she's a great dancer and she can't even hear the music" a bit patronising to her and not quite accurate. But at the end of the day, she's raised a lot of awareness for the Deaf community and that clearly means the world to her. More than winning Strictly. So well done to her!

From: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/dec/19/strictly-exclusive-winner-rose-ayling-ellis-on-the-glitter-ball-giovanni-and-the-joy-of-being-deaf?CMP=ShareiOSAppp_Other

"She doesn’t “feel the vibrations” of the music, as has been claimed, but instead commits each step to muscle memory and counts them out in her head. “If I had to start thinking about vibration, it would distract me.” Also, she points out, there is a big difference in sound between the live band on the night and the recorded music played in rehearsals. Ayling-Ellis can hear some aspects of music, using her phone to Bluetooth it directly to her hearing aids"

This remains one of my favourite show dances of all time. It was just so much fun!

I also loved Gio and Faye's show dance. So many sections out of hold and Faye's joy is infectious ( don't care if she is a ringer).

[quote JanisMoplin]I also loved Gio and Faye's show dance. So many sections out of hold and Faye's joy is infectious ( don't care if she is a ringer).

[/quote] I loved that too. It was just gorgeous and like you said, Faye's joy was infection. She said before performing, that she wanted her show dance to be one that made people smile, and it really did. All my votes went to her that night, although I also enjoyed Ashley's show dance.

Ooh, that was a whole bunch of joy!

I've been looking at a medley of Oti and Danny's dances. For a change.

Faye is just such a joy to watch isn’t she? She has the most beautiful, fluid lines. Her hands and arms are so beautifully placed.

Watching that compared to J&J and R&G - it’s a world apart, so much better than this season’s show dances

"She doesn’t “feel the vibrations” of the music, as has been claimed, but instead commits each step to muscle memory and counts them out in her head.

I think Rose is brilliant, and I'm not knocking her, but I think that's how most people learn routines — I certainly do. We never use music until the sequence is secure (obviously social dancing is different).

The difference is that I then match the "one two and three, one two three, one and two three" in my head to the tempo of the "one two three, one two three" of the music, which she'll rely on Gio for.

Her 'internal click track' must be really good, because most people will naturally speed up if they're not dancing to music.

From previous thread, sometime yesterday...

SheldonesqueTheBstard

Representation is important. Of course it is.

And yes about validation. But for the hard work and sweat and tears to reach the glittery heights.

Is it a show people go on to find acceptance? Not for me it hasn’t been. I can’t say I think of Strictly like that.

I would just like it to be about dancing. And seeing the celebrities shine.

It just seems to be that what shouldn’t even matter is being made to matter and I think that the highlighting of differences does not necessarily facilitate acceptance.

There have been some unfair accusations on this thread that have spoiled it for me.

If someone says they don’t like someone/something it has on occasion been made out to be something it isn’t about at all.

Sometimes, after a day that has been tragic or hard or too long or too frustrating I just want to watch people swirl about looking joyful or all loved up or dramatic on a dance floor.

Likewise reading the mostly wonderful comments on these threads.

It is my escape.

^^This is exactly how I feel. Having now watched last night’s show I’m also of the opinion that, despite it being a two-couple final with too little variety in Rose’s dances and so much emoting I wanted to do an Elvis and shoot the telly, it was fab-u-lous. There’s no such thing as a bad Strictly (for me anyway).

Rose and JV were worthy winners.
Tess’s white dress made her look like an Egyptian mummy unraveling.
Shirley went all pantomime dame again.
Anton (Branton) seemed to be possessed by the spirit of Bruno at one point.
But what a show. I loved whole thing and can’t imagine it without this thread now, it wouldn’t be the same. Thank you all for bringing me out of my shell and making me believe in myself; I’m your friend for life.^^

I've just watched the final on Iplayer. Does anyone know what Gio was saying to Rose at the very end when the music started and they had the glitterball?

[quote JanisMoplin]I also loved Gio and Faye's show dance. So many sections out of hold and Faye's joy is infectious ( don't care if she is a ringer).

[/quote] Just watched that, loved it!

GigantosaurusRex

I've just watched the final on Iplayer. Does anyone know what Gio was saying to Rose at the very end when the music started and they had the glitterball?

He seemed to me to be telling her to lift the glitter ball, and she seemed to be saying no, you do it... but I could completely have imagined that.

... I’ll have to watch it all again now

@Sparklingbrook - I think Tess was Ok with Buice because it was all a bit Generation game format - lovely looking woman & he was the star ( whether you liked him or not )

I think Tess has benefitted from the "if it isn't broken don't fix it " Personally I find her wooden & to earn so much money for reading the same few words from an autocue each week - well - good on her . Personally I find Claudia so much better as she can interact and speak.

But only my opinion ( others are available)

YY @BasiliskStare Tess is the Anthea Redfern of the day. Give us a twirl etc.

I actually caught a bit of her husband Vernon on This Morning last week and thought he did a great job. Although also reading autocue he seems very capable and I wouldn't have to hide behind my hands if something went off script.

My mum was out last night so I watched it on iPlayer with her today and just fast forwarded through anything that wasn’t a dance (she already knew the result) - there was more filler than I’d even realised first time round!

@Sunbird24

My mum was out last night so I watched it on iPlayer with her today and just fast forwarded through anything that wasn’t a dance (she already knew the result) - there was more filler than I’d even realised first time round!

It's really the best way of watching. Dances and scores is all you need IMO.

I'm ready to cut some slack to Tess for putting up with Bruce over the years. He was really quite handsy with her, and in later years she had to cover up for his dries and fluffs quite a bit. I agree Claud is a lot better, but they complement each other quite well.

[quote IReallyLikeCrows]This remains one of my favourite show dances of all time. It was just so much fun!

[/quote] This. It works so much better than the ones that try to be really flashy with loads of lifts and spins, or the contempowaft ones.

sparklingbrook

There's someone on FB who every SCD show has made a replica of Tess's dress for a Barbie doll.

Well ye can’t really look at a little face littler than that . And little frock. And little shoes. And little feet.

At least the thumbs would be too wee for Craig to see!

Sorry for late response. I’m back to work again.

I loved Tom and Camilla's. It's still probably my favourite. I don't know why, but I just wasn't expecting it, then it happened and was so good!

And I absolutely agree about Vern on this morning.

I don’t watch the grintwins but it was a real treat when he was on with Josie.

Hasn’t Eamonn gone elsewhere? Vern would be a natural with Ruth. I’d be a TM viewer again.

... I’ll have to watch it all again now

That isn’t such a bad thing bluffin 😁. It just keeps it going a wee bit longer!

You will be here for Christmas won’t you?

@Redcrayons

I’ve warmed to Tess over the years. She can’t do spontaneous and off the cuff anywhere near as well as Claudia so she looks a bit wooden in comparison. And the ‘aw your little face’ stuff is annoying. But she’s a safe pair of hands, it all runs smoothly and having a woman fronting one of the biggest shows on the BBC is a great achievement. I can’t see her leaving anytime soon.

Tess is not going anywhere. Strictly gets high ratings ever year. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Tess and her ‘little face’ is part of the Strictly furniture.