Strictly '22 Thread 4 — Lights, camera, hip action! It's film week

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

Are Kai and Nadiya the only couple on Strictly now that Alijaz and Janette have gone? At one point there were 2 Cliftons and 2 Jones.

Agree with this. I thought that she did really well learning that routine. She just forgot the steps in the dance off and got into a bit of a downward spiral.

Does anybody know when the Strictly final is going to be?

I'm organising a Strictly final party, and am banking on it being on Saturday 17th December - does that seem the most likely date???

You're probably right??? Blackpool on 19th November

Enjoyed the blog iklboo.

Confirmed on R2 this morning that Ritchie and Gio are doing a Samba to Hakuna Matata, as Timon and Pumba…

God I can just imagine...that will be shit,I hate it when they wear daft costumes.

I love Kai
and loved Johannes strut in the pro dance how cool was that big Fro xxx

I loved the Pro routine! Johannes is absolutely mesmerising. Gio never does anything for me, but weirdly I thought he looked really hot in that!

Totally agree. Surely wardobe can manage to design costumes relevant to the theme without them looking stuipid. It spoils the dance and they stand there for the results show looking ridiculous🤔

Oh sweetbabyjebus!

NOOOOOoooooooooooOOOOOOOooooooooOoooooo 😱

How come Ritchie is so popular?

Has he been on radio for years?

@Aquarius1234 , Radio 2 for about 2 years plus segments on the BBC One Show. I think children like him for his energy etc, I think they are going for the "family" vote this coming Sat.

I think wardrobe attempting to make Richie into a warthog and Gio into a meerkat (or the other way round) have a job on their hands.
They barely got away with Aljaz as Baloo the mouse bear and Gemma as Bagheera the panther. Less said about Amy and Karim's Kung Fu Pandas the better.

Poor Hamza and Jowita have to rumba to the Jurassic Park theme tune! WTF.

I don't think even mad genius Katya can get Tony through a samba. What happened to the traditional early dances like cha chas and waltzes?

Thank you shumway ☺️

Mad genius! Ha!

That is such a good description of Katya. She really gave Tony his best chance last Saturday. Didn’t she do a samba with Ed Balls painted green (as Jim Carey in The Mask) in week three as well, or am I misremembering?

Music and routine spoilers - look away now

Ellie and Nikita: Quickstep to Peppy and George from The Artist
Ellie and Johannes: Cha Cha Cha to The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) from Mermaids
Fleur and Vito: American Smooth to Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid
Helen and Gorka: Viennese Waltz to Hopelessly Devoted to You from Grease
Jayde and Karen: Cha Cha Cha to What a Feeling from Flashdance
Kym and Graziano: Charleston to If My Friends Could See Me Now from Sweet Charity
Molly and Carlos: Waltz to One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story
Hamza and Jowita: Rumba to the Theme from Jurassic Park
James and Amy: Cha Cha Cha to Hooked on A Feeling from Guardians of the Galazy
Matt and Nadiya: Viennese Waltz to Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick
Richie and Giovanni: Samba to Hakuna Matata from The Lion King
Tony and Katya: Samba to You Sexy Thing from The Full Monty
Tyler and Dianne: Charleston to Flash, Bang, Wollop! from Half a Sixpence
Will and Nancy: American Smooth to Cry to Me from Dirty Dancing

Matt comes across so much better on ITT.

Ellie S, Tyler and Kym have music that will work for them in Movie Week. I'm predicting Tyler to do well with that one.

A lot of the songs have been used before though, and a lot of the films have been really exhausted by Strictly (Grease, Dirty Dancing, etc.). When you think of all the scope of all the music and all the films that are out there, they do seem to like going back to the same dry well.

Nikita and Ellie choice is quite um niche isnt it

Had to google it

A rumba to the Jurassic Park theme is a bit batshit. I hope they dress up as velociraptors. Or maybe the ones that spit poison, since they have those pretty neck frills.

Well, yes. Hopelessly devoted was done by AJ and Mollie, albeit as a rumba
Would have preferred Maniac over What a feeling
They haven't used Flash bang wallop since Jo Clifton and Scott Mills did a charleston to it, or tried to

ahem
pagesix.com/2021/09/28/tyra-banks-dwts-dress-sparks-jurassic-park-comparisons/

Perfect.