Caught up with you all, and not as irritated as usual by Musicals week given that there are only 6 of them left.
I thought Molly was great, for once Carlos didn't outshine her. Her legs weren't maybe as sharp and "flicky" as other great Charleston dancers legs have been but I enjoyed it very much.
Hamza- if you watch it without the (frankly bizarre and wrong) music, it's very very good. There is a fuckton of content in it. I think because of Hamza's invariably baggy clothing and swishing hair you sometimes don't notice what his feet are actually doing. It wasn't 10s for me, but it was definitely 9s.
Kym - was better than I thought it was going to be though it's similarity to a cha cha remains negligible. I also thought she was older than 46 given that she "remembers" watching and loving Fame. When she would have been about 4. Chinny reckon. (on a par with Fleur dropping in AGAIN about her whole life has been geared up to SCD as it's all she's ever dreamed of) Lots of quite "empty" moments with Kym as well- like the last 10 seconds of her being helped onto the car.
Will and Nancy were quiet perfection. Mesmerising and I couldn't take my eyes off them. Proper dancing. No faffing abaht. Best one of the night for me. Agreed for once, with Motsi (who looked more beautiful than she's ever looked- for once, understated elegance)
Helen- lovely parents. Brilliant performance in the way that Fleur's CC was a wonderful performance. Very little in the way of technical dancing, but hey ho, that's CC for you. I actually laughed out loud when Shirley talked about her being "shy" though. There's a split second when Craig says "9" you see Helen's lip curl, and yet again, the smile is empty. She's good, she knows she's good. She wants this soooooo badly and she doesn't take criticism well. Humility in the clauditorium would be a bonus too, but can't see it happening. Others say thank you, to their partner, to the judges, Helen fist pumps and basks in the accolades.
Gorka is beginning to irritate the bejaysus. He seems to be going for the sleazebag of the show. The crawling around with Claudia was embarrassing and he deserved a sharp telling off for his going over to Craig with his waggling arse. Only a few years ago there were comments about the judges being too overtly suggestive to some of the (male) contestants (Shirley mainly obviously) and how much it reflected double standards in showbiz- I'd suggest telling male dancers not to act like they're in some lapdance club might also warrant a wtf? I thought the other week when he kept opening his shirt to show off his 6 pack that his self-love really knows no bounds and this week just cemented it. Shame, because I wouldn't have kicked him out of bed for eating crisps.
Fleur was the damp squib for me. Got bored, started flicking through phone. Judges thought it was great. I bow to their expertise. And wtf with the clothes? Who the hell thought the woman in yellow and the bloke in red and blue and sort of baby diarrhea brown was going to be a hit?
I rewound to watch the "grope" from Will to Helen. Nope. Didn't see it. I saw him with his hands round her waist, she turns to him, he either whispers or kisses her neck. It's a touchy feely show, they're all constantly hugging and kissing each other. Are the people who thought he virtually assaulted her the same ones who thought Tony Adams was squeezing Katya's tits by any chance?
My votes would have gone to Will, Molly and Hamza if I was divvying them out, but if based on the dance alone, all 3 to Will.
I'd put Kym and Fleur in the dance off. Kym to go.