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Strictly '22 #13 — First to spot the Tower gets 50p! We're off to Blackpool

988 replies

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 19/11/2022 19:23

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ilovesooty · 19/11/2022 21:24

Lentilweaver · 19/11/2022 21:16

Craig's comment about Tyler was really unnecessary.

I'm wondering if it was made to get Tyler some extra sympathy votes. Perhaps they don't want to lose yet another male celebrity.

Lentilweaver · 19/11/2022 21:24

Lampzade · 19/11/2022 21:20

What did he say?

He said Will should go back stage and give Tyler a few tips on hip action.

xsquared · 19/11/2022 21:25

ilovesooty · 19/11/2022 21:24

I'm wondering if it was made to get Tyler some extra sympathy votes. Perhaps they don't want to lose yet another male celebrity.

I'd be even more disappointed with Craig for manipulating votes.

MoirasSaggyBundles · 19/11/2022 21:25

Piggywaspushed · 19/11/2022 21:19

I hope Happy Valley remains good. I worry I will be disappointed.

Me too. Found this. Will stop hijacking this thread now.

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/happy-valley-series-three-releases-brand-new-images/

keepcalm11 · 19/11/2022 21:26

Agree it gets dodgey and can backfire when the public vote tactically, hence the departure of lovely Ellie S , she was heartbroken .

AnneShirleysNewDress · 19/11/2022 21:26

Voted for Helen and Kym.

Samcro · 19/11/2022 21:27

Voted hamza Helen and kym

JudgeJ · 19/11/2022 21:28

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 19/11/2022 19:23

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Title reminds me of driving to Blackpool as kids, brother and I played 'Spot the Tower first' but what puzzled me was how it seemed to move up and down the prom as we drove along yet it never moved when we were there!
If we drove up to the top of a local hill on a dark, clear night we would be able to see it lit up in the far distance, that still excited me even as an adult.

Flanaganstrousers768 · 19/11/2022 21:48

Have really enjoyed reading everyone's comments on here; especially the one about Nikita looking like Maggie Thatcher 😂

Much as I adore Fleur, and want her to win, I really didn't care for that dance. She was either doing elaborate armography or her arm extensions ended oddly in mid movement. I thought her spectacular samba deserved those marks last week!

I agree that it was great seeing Helen looking happy and relaxed but I really disliked the way Gorka kept distracting attention away from her when she was having her 'joy' moment with Claude. And he did it twice! I had hoped he was better than that. I hope Gemma tells him off for it.

I am surprised at the negative comments about Will though. He's not my favourite, but I thought he did really well tonight!

I think Molly deserves to go. She's done really well for one so young but I expected her jive to be better in a way I couldn't put my finger on!

IScreamMonday · 19/11/2022 21:48

I think the thing about Fleur's was that it came after a reminder about her singing career and it reminded me of the kind of routine that pop stars do with backing dancers which is a) not what I think of as the point of strictly b) makes her look less like a hard-working amateur

InABigCountry · 19/11/2022 21:51

Voted for Fleur, Hamza and Helen. Think it may be Ellie and Tyler in the dance off.

xsquared · 19/11/2022 21:53

I've resisted the spoiler this season so far, but I don't know whether I will be able to tonight. Promise I won't say anything if I do though.

Lottapianos · 19/11/2022 21:55

'Much as I adore Fleur, and want her to win, I really didn't care for that dance. She was either doing elaborate armography or her arm extensions ended oddly in mid movement'

I thought exactly the same! Thought it was a really good performance rather than a spectacular one

Emotionalsupportviper · 19/11/2022 21:58

MoirasSaggyBundles · 19/11/2022 21:13

HAPPY VALLEY IS BACK! Been waiting for the final series for years. They were waiting for the grandson to grow up for the next storyline.

Sorry, off topic.

Voted for Hamza. He's the only one who makes me smile.

WHEN?

I've scoured online but can't find a date.

I LOVE this programme!

<ridiculously excited>

Flanaganstrousers768 · 19/11/2022 22:01

What do the dance experts on here think has happened to Tyler? He had such potential at the beginning but doesn't seem to have advanced very much.

AnneShirleysNewDress · 19/11/2022 22:03

@Flanaganstrousers768 I think this happens with all of Dianne's partners

EsmaCannonball · 19/11/2022 22:07

Was Mr Bean the camera operator and Frank Spencer the director?

I knew I'd be voting for Tyler as soon as I saw the poor bugger in the Aston Merrygold Wig of Doom.

Fleur danced like she was in a back-brace. I wasn't thinking of Beyonce, I was thinking of the Tin Man.

Will's 'hen-night stripper who should have jacked it in at least five years ago' shtick was Purest Blackpool. Total fun at last.

Gorka's one step away from lying down in the middle of the dance-floor and letting the audience use his genitalia for a hoopla game if it will get him the Glitter Ball. Shameless.

I couldn't tell if those weird bunny-hop things Ellie did were choreographed or a lift gone wrong, especially as she was apologising to Johannes so much for cocking things up (and I couldn't see anything else that was obviously a blunder).

The atmosphere was a bit off tonight. The Clauditorium and the Blackpool audience were fine but the events on the dance-floor seemed a bit under-produced and unspectacular. Most of the celebs seemed knackered and under-rehearsed and they didn't really perform 'out' to the audience and cameras, most of the extra dancers weren't well-integrated into the routines, and there weren't any Blackpool moments like Joe McFadden descending from the rafters to go gay-nightclubbing, Matt Baker back-flipping across the floor or Kelvin Fletcher's prison press-ups. Even the costumes were very ordinary. They just didn't seem to go big enough this year.

Ellmau · 19/11/2022 22:07

I really didn't like Fleur's dance, it reminded me of Michell Visage's dreadful CC.

I think Kym is in the most trouble, maybe up against Tyler, Ellie or Helen?

Frezia · 19/11/2022 22:42

Fleur was good but it wasn't strictly material. Wow you're a pop star and you can do a Beyoncé routine, good for you? It's a travesty that on the night with a couple of dances better than hers she got the first and only 40.

EvilRingahBitch · 19/11/2022 22:42

I think Kim has more of a vote than Tyler and Mollie, and she's only one point behind them on the leaderboard so she only needs to be one point ahead of each of them in the vote.

TitsInAbsentia · 19/11/2022 22:46

All I know is there will be some shit going down in blackers tonight...I mean, I hope those who may have to dance again 'tomorrow' night stay on the sparkling water....

Iamboredandgoingforatwix · 19/11/2022 22:50

EsmaCannonball
The music was off for me. There seemed a slight delay between music and dancing. Very, very small but enough to feel off. Plus the music choices were very poor, Kym's in particular. I don't get the dances where they fuse 3 songs together either. It doesn't work.

Your comment about Gorka has put a very strange image in my mind. I fancy him a bit, but even that's too weird for me!

I have thought there have been 40 dances this season, but I didn't see that in Fleurs dance tonight. I haven't had a mega wow moment yet of a dance that I will still remember in a few years time.

TitsInAbsentia · 19/11/2022 23:06

I've a hugemongous crush on gorka...even pissy gorka....I'm jealous of Gemma in so many ways!

Clawdy · 19/11/2022 23:09

Checking in - very late. Tyler better not be in the dance off, he was gorgeous.

awaynboilyurheid · 19/11/2022 23:20

I wasn’t that impressed with Fleurs dance just couldn’t see why it got the top marks, felt once again too much content and a bit stompy but judges obvs totally disagree!

Thought Helen was fab! She should have had the 40!
Will was good but poor comment from Craig to say to Will you should go back and show Tyler no need for that.
Diane is amazing some of those lifts she can contort herself into it’s unbelievable! Thought Tyler did well but maybe not enough to stop dance off

Kym just is too wooden and I can’t warm to her , even though I love Graziano.

Elli looked amazing but she needs to put more oomph in the judges are right, she doesn’t stretch out the moves enough and that silly finish, all she was doing was clipping herself in to a harness while Johannes danced with all the male dancers!