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

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Helen was the star of the show for me last night !
I loved her punky outfit too
I don't like any Janet Jackson , Beyoncé , destiny's child routines , so Fleur's one left me cold. Although I appreciate how well she danced it and how talented she is and I like her.

Thank you for those lovely clips of Shirl @PolkadotsAndMoonbeams

just lovely. That’s made my morning. 😊

Where are they?

Hamza and Jowita holding hands all the time in the Clauditorium has me worried......

There are 2 who have made no noticeable progress since that I'd like to see go home - Kym and Will. I'd like to keep Tyler as I genuinely think he has it in him to dance better.

Helen and Molly have done lots of dance before so I don't want either of them to win.

Ellie is a complete novice (and it shows!) but she is improving each week.

I can't make my mind up about Fleur. She's obviously a performer. Definitely final material I think but not "my " winner.

Hamza is a joy - I think he is the one I want to win.

Found the clips 🙂

I am certain Hamza will win. I like his personality and would love to go birding with him, but I am not all that keen on his dancing, or at least not as keen as I am on Fleur or Helen. But people like a trier.

Voted for Hamza and Helen. I think the lesser dancers were Mollie , Ellie and Tyler. Also as off this week will not do a sympathy vote , will now vote for best dancers only.

Thanks @Wheredoallthepensgo

I have seen the clips on Instagram and from what I saw (which obviously is based on a 10 second "highlight") I think Fleur is going to leave me cold. The clip on there has her stomping not dancing ... But ..given it got 40 I guess I'm well off-piste.

The word that came to my mind was clumpy so I'm glad it's not just me. I thought I must have missed something when I saw the scores.

Fleur is a bit too Tina Turner type dancing for me. I keep expecting her to burst into 'I'm simply the best'

This has been a constant criticism of her by judges throughout so I don't know where that 40 came from.

Fleur definitely had Janet jackson vibes, the face pulling and hair flying back. No Wardrobe malfunction though.

fleur has been on x factor twice, im a celebrity and now strictly!
she is a trier!

@PolkadotsAndMoonbeams thanks for those clips! They definitely used the clean version of Toderick Hall for the all girls number. 🤣🤣
I know there is a certain amount of you learn to avoid each other but some of that looked very close to collision? It looked a bit cut throat in places 😁

This has been a constant criticism of her by judges throughout so I don't know where that 40 came from.

Do they often score higher for the couples choices/sob stories? I just watch bits of it.

I’ve just re-watched Fleur & Vito - think what’s bugging me in this dance is her shoulders, it feels to me like they’re either too high up round her ears or her head is pushed forward and could do with being directly over them. It could be the costume making it look that way or it may be entirely intentional and that’s how Beyoncé dances but I don’t really like it.

Jowita and Hamza have chemistry and are naturally tactile/friendly, but she has been with Michael Danilczuk for years - they have a dance studio together and are supportive of each other. Michael has just come second in DWTS Poland's first same sex partnership so has been over there the last few months. It is therefore a bit crass to allude to anything more between H+J. I was quite impressed this year that we hadn't been privy to the usual curse headlines.

Always. There is no way of judging a CC so there's just a lot of guff about journeys and authenticity. It's why I hate CCs. Though there are the odd good ones like Gio and Faye, or Bill and Oti.

Tyler has definitely plateaued. It's like he found the sweet spot early on but hasn't progressed for a while.

Tyler might have been better with someone else, the way Dianne dances manically beside him puts me right off and distracts me.

so glad someone said that. I said to dh she made me think of TT.

I thought Tylers lifts were clunky.
I wish Helen had got a 40.
what did Shirley give Molly? she seemed very impressed/

Just watched it. Wasn't overly fussed but did love Hamza, Helen and Fleur.

I also really liked Ellie but it seemed strange at the end.

I said last night I didn’t care for Fleur’s ‘dance’.

If I was in the crowd at a gig, I’d have thought it the nuts and totally enjoyed it.

At the ‘pool? Not so much.

Just faffin, posing, bit of bendy and a wee channel of Janet Jackson’s coupon.

Lovely faffing, posing, bendiness and an eerily uncanny impression of JJ mind.

And if that is what they chose to do, then I expect it qualifies for a CC.

Not a dance though. Not for me.

As for Helen and Gorka?

Loved that.

And aye Tits, Gemma is a lucky bugger.

And Ellie got a lovely frock. Finally.