Strictly '22 #10 — Can we have ballroom dancing theme week please?

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A nice shiny new thread for a non-theme week week! Let's hope there are no invasions of haunted bees onto this one...

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All to play for tonight, it'll really test who has the votes. Favourite dances were Helen, Hamza and Kym but I think they're all safe so I gave all my votes to Fleur.

I think I might not be the only one who does that which puts Molly in danger, vs whoever's got the lowest votes out of Will, Tyler and the Ellies. Tyler vs Mollie perhaps. Or maybe Will/Mollie?

I honestly think he'd rather be the butt of a few jokes than ignored.

No publicity is bad publicity.

I’m sure wardrobe would highlight them beautifully like Kim’s boob.

with some lovely sequins or fringing

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I reckon they have seen posts on here about lack of critique and decided a pair of dolls shoes being waved around would be more convincing

I thought Helen was good but she has the wrong personality to sell that kind of routine. She needed to be cooler. More Aliona and less Amy.

I wasn't keen on the aesthetic of Hamza's routine but technically he was very good and he continues to really get the feel of the dance styles.

I'm still enjoying Tony but I'm hoping the Arsenal vote will see him through this week as Ellie S and Tyler are also in my top four (along with Hamza) and I thought they were more in need of votes.

I think it might be Mollie and Fleur in the DO. Tony's voters will come out in droves to save him.

Think the judges did Ellie T a massive favour with those scores. She'll probably avoid the dance off now. With 6s across the board she'd have been guaranteed a dance off.

I think Ellie S (much as I love her) is nearing the end of what can be achieved. I think tony should be in dance off and be interesting to see if he can do it better.

Molly does nothing for me and I still don't feel Vito showcases Fleur quite enough. Will I am torn on. Feel he could yet make that jump but Nancy also puts too much into the routines. She is hardcore!

I hope it’s not Fleur. 🙁

Ellie T's score was unfairly low.
My votes have gone Ellie T, Fleur and Tyler.
Hopefully Hamza, Ellie S and Helen have strong enough scores.

I like Tony's entertainment value, but I can't argue against him ending up in the Dance Off. The rest is a fairly open field now.

Shake no, was it creeping where it shouldn't? At the end they seemed to be having a bit of a heated discussion, then he wasn't smiling.

Yeah his hand was supposed to be firmly on Katyas shoulder but went south

Tony really should go this week.

Re Neil: it's actually Reverse Where's Wally. One struggles to find a balcony shot where he ISN'T the most visible 🙄

The Neil comments are childish, boring and tedious.

None of us know Neil personally so this comment is just ridiculous and a lame excuse for the bullying.

New to this thread but have been watching for several years, on and off. Apologies if repeating things already said.

@ShakeYourFeathers Yes, I saw that. Katya almost threw his hand away. She did look furious with him, I think mainly because he had managed to do the dance in their rehearsals

I missed the voting but I think Ellie T danced well and was incredibly unfairly scored. The fact she was only a point higher than Tony and he messed his up so badly(I know hers was earlier, but the marking needs to be fairer)

I do wish the audience booing would stop, or at least tone down a bit. CRH isn't a pantomime baddie and for the most part is giving constructive criticism

Thoughts are that Tony has a big vote with the Arsenal crowd (although would they really be watching this?). I wish they'd release the numbers.

I think Ellie T and Fleur will be bottom this week, not that I think that's right.

All our votes to Ellie T tonight as that 3 seemed so harsh!

Having said that, my favourite dances tonight were Helen/Gorka and Hamza/Jowita. Although Kym's AT was very good, I just can't warm to her.

Ok, sorry, I promise never to mention Neil ever again.

I've missed the show tonight as working,it's not on iPlayer yet.

😂

Arsenal fans have been organising votes for Tony since the start. There’s a massive fan base who don’t watch strictly but still vote for him each week. I honestly think he’ll make the final!

I think Katya has been getting more duds than good dancers over the years because she is so bloody good at teaching them to dance and getting the best out of them. I would love to see her win again though as I think she is brilliant.

Voted for Tyler. Unfairly voted down tonight by judges. Sick of Craig saying his bottom sticks out, I could watch that bottom all night!

I've noticed it for week, but what on earth has Kim done to her face?

Much as I love Hamza, I thought they would be told off for spending too much time faffing about as Len would say, both at the beginning and the end. It was a fair bit shorter than any other dance tonight including Tony's.

Really tempted to have a peek at spoiler, but I'll probably just go off to bed instead with a book!