Strictly '22 Thread 6 — With NTA-Winning Judge Anton du Beke...

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

...Shirley's bun, Motsi's many little buns, and Craig.

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.

It has to be someone who works on the show surely. My money is in a mid level person, a manager of something

Surely it could be the audience though. The photo have nothing to lose.

Not from the DM.
Maybe from the Strictly Spoiler site?

The audience isn’t the same each week though so the strictly spoiler guy would need a reliable new contact each time

Let's see what the results show brings and I'll come back about the spoiler. They were doing it last year too.

I want Hamza to win and Jayde to go ASAP - probably won't go tonight after all that crying and carrying on though. I wasn't keen on her before, but now I really can't stand her. I want Tony Adams to stay for a while longer. He's really trying to improve and comes across as a lovely person.

I don’t know how you all have the inner strength to not want to see the Spoiler 😂

I wish I had your level of self control 😂

I have re-watched Hamza’s dance about 5 times this morning and it’s just brilliant!!!

I have also watched Tony’s again - it was lovely to see him so happy with his mark of 5 from Craig.

I would love it this year if the show was won by somebody who was not necessarily the best dancer but the person who perhaps bought the most joy to the show and who got the most joy and personal growth from learning to dance.

I know Molly is a good dancer but I find her a bit drab.

I was absolutely mesmerised by Johannes last series and now I fear that he will never, ever have as much presence on that stage than what he had with John and that he will never be as successful as he was then. It’s a shame as he was so amazing last year and now I barely pay attention when he and Ellie dance.

There is a contact mole on the digital spy forum for strictly. They get the spoiler each week and post it.

I think it’s time for the show to go out live, as it used to on a Saturday night , before the viewing number issue with the X factor happened.

it’s ridiculous to do the Sunday show pretending it’s live.

The spoiler has been happening for years and I always access it through digital spy or the Facebook spoiler group

I wouldn’t say it’s one person alone who’s responsible as I’ve seen them put out on Facebook if anyone has tickets or knows someone who has if they can act as the mole for the week - so thereby being someone in the audience

During the lockdowns when there was no audience then the spoiler was always a lot later coming through (Sunday late morning) and was probably via crew members

I never tell anyone unless asked but I don’t tend to watch the Sunday night programme hence why I always find out

I never tell anyone unless asked but I don’t tend to watch the Sunday night programme hence why I always find out

Same here - it tends to fall right upon my children’s bedtimes and I don’t get to watch it even if I wanted to.

Would love Tony to win he's what the show is all about a non dancer, improving every week and very entertaining. Molly and Fleur are good but find them boring.

Absolutely agree with both points 👍

Gemma Atkinson has tweeted about Gorka saying what he said in a very positive way and the majority of the comments are supportive of what he did/said.

I am torn- it was very public and Helen has clearly shied away from making any public comments about the whole situation since they split up so maybe it wasn't for Gorka to do it. But, otoh, he has been with her for hours and hours, probably knows more about what is going on and what she feels about it (I can imagine this week must have been particularly hard for Helen) and just wanted to try and build her confidence up.

I can't help but remember what happened to Aleesha which was almost identical and how Strictly literally seemed to rebuild her and I really want the same for Helen!

Just gone down a SCD rabbit hole on YouTube
Watched Hamza’s and Jovita’s dance again.
It is even better the second time around.
Ended up watching Danny Mac and Oti’s tango to ‘One Night Only’. It was fantastic.
I then watched their Samba which was breathtaking. One of the best partnerships ever on SCD
Then watched Ed Balls with Katya. Great entertainment .

And in other news, Jayde is getting right on my nerves - each week, she grates on me more

I had to watch hamza a few times it was fantastic who knew ! The bit where he holds her leg while she balances, love it, he made the lifts look so effortless.

Best dance ever on Strictly was Danny and Otis America Smooth - literally perfection IMO.

The Danny/Oti year was the year I went to the tour and the dances were as spectacular live as on the show, but I never really warmed to him - too pretty and no “journey”. That samba was absolutely ooooooozing sex appeal though, super hot.

Totally agree with the Johannes comment. Said to my OH during the show, "WTF is this? He's gone from Pirates of the Carribbean to Little Bo Peep".

I reckon it's one of Dave Arch's band.

i missed the first half of the show
but gather that jayda was giving a sob story
tony was thanking those who helped him through his recovery
gorka was bigging helen and the hard time she has had
enough already!

i enjoyed Hamza's the most!

My favourite dance of all time. I rewatch it often. I also love their VW, chachacha and Charleston.

I've just found out, thanks to my mother, that Matt Goss has Poland syndrome which affects his posture and has other physical effects. I had no idea, but it explains his hunching over. He's finding the dancing beneficial.

She did well with Davood a few years back.