Strictly '22 Thread 3 — Time for our first eliminee

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Previous thread here.

As always, a reminder that this is a SPOILER-FREE thread, so please don't comment on the result before the result show.

Too late to vote but enjoyed Ritchie, Tyler and Molly. Thought Matt was truly awful and seemed like he forgot his steps several times!

I also missed the chance to vote but would’ve given mine to Molly for the great execution, Helen because she seems to work really hard and has the look of someone who’s going to get better and better - and I’d love it to be Gorka’s year - and Hamza, just because I enjoyed it, like the pairing and want to see more of him and Jowita.

Can’t wait for tonight’s show.

I wasn't able to vote but would have voted for Ellie T, Kaye and Tony to keep them above Matt 😂

Of course, the problem if Matt is in the dance off is that we have to see those trousers and everything again.

Matt was literally unwatchably bad. I just focussed on Nadiya, who looked amazing in that outfit, though tbf I felt even she wasn't doing a great disco samba - something about the fit of the dancing to the music didn't work for me.

I thought the other thread was quiet! Found y'all.

There's something weird about Matt. He's like an alien trying to impersonate a human, badly. There's just something...off.

I agree with pp about Matt.
He wasn't that good. It's strange.

Definitely a strange one

Is he estranged from Luke. I thought he may be there as well

I don't know what it is about him but he's such an oddbod!

Really good description! :) I think he and Kaye will be in the bottom two.

Or maybe Jayde in the bottom two.Though maybe I am the only one who finds her stompy and wish Karen had someone better because she might retire any day now. I wanted Karen with Will ( who I still believe will win the whole thing).

Too many years in Hollyweird and Las Vegas.
I also think that he is quite a shy man

O think he comes across as shy and reserved which is odd given his chosen profession. Might be linked to the PTSD he was diagnosed with/treated for after his mother's death.

Sadly not shy and reserved enough to be embarrassed about wearing those trousers!

Usually I like to see shy ones coming out of their shell through the power of dahnce (TM), but I think Matt will fight it and put on a persona instead.

A lot of people who have a vocation to become an actor/singer/comedian, etc., are shy, bookish, reserved types, and not gregarious exhibitionists. It's why so many of them have issues with drink and drugs, needing the Dutch courage to perform or deal with the media spotlight. A friend is a long-term friend of a well-known comedian who has had his issues, and says he is one of the most cripplingly shy people you could ever meet; totally different to how he is on stage.

I was reading an article about luke sending Matt birthday wishes apparently they are trying to repair a complicated relationship, whatever that means !

Just read Molly went to Sylvia young. A lot off strictly seem to have gone there?

Yes a lot of TV actors/presenters /singers will have gone to stage school Molly isn't unusual for Strictly.

Yes that's what I said

I voted Molly and Helen.

I was wondering if Matt feels under pressure not to be the twin that 'ages badly' hence all the botox and eyelash weirdness

He definitely did, I think. He was obviously looking back at his partner at one point to see what he was supposed to be doing. And he really didn’t look like he was enjoying it.
If he’s in the dance-off, I still think the judges might save him - as IMO they overmarked him.

I was googling Matt Goss and found this promise...

“I’ll drop my trousers again if we make it to the final, and Luke says that if we make it to the end he’ll come to watch us in the studio, which is really big for my brother.

“Luke wouldn’t mind me saying he’s not a lover of dance, and since we were kids he was never a big fan of dancing in public.”

He'll only need to bend over slightly in last night's trousers to fulfil that promise.

I cannot warm to Carlos at all. Something about him really unnerves me!

Oh I like Carlos. I want them to have babies 🤣

He's very Marmite, isn't he?

I'm in the "No thanks" camp, myself.

I quite like the pairing of Carlos and Molly. Although I always feel a bit cheated when the girls wear a suit instead of a fabulous dress. Totally unreasonable on my part but I cant help it 😂