SCD '23 #4: Fourth thread, second dances, first eliminations. NO SPOILERS.

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

Previous thread here.

Spoiler-free thread please

Video thread here. Please link videos on that thread to avoid slowing this one down for some posters.

With the wonders of CG you never know!
In fact, didn't someone do something along those lines in a recent year? not fake climbing, but something projected on that floor that they pretended to scale/jump/whatever.

I'd completely missed that that was Nigel Harman!
I haven't seen any soaps for years so haven't seen him in anything else. @nomdegrrr1

He is basically Tim Henman though, definitely 😁

I like Tim Henman and would like to see him do Strictly. Very unlikely though.

Shirley's rumba comment was to Angela S. She was very enthusiastic about Angela's feet lol.

Nigel is one of those people who looks a bit like lots of other people IMO. Young Harrison Ford, Dennis Quaid, a younger Brit actor who I haven't quite pinned down yet...
I hadn't thought Tim Henman but I do see what pp mean about the teeth.

Alex (surname escapes me, footballer) and Kevin doing ghostbusters (when she should have been with Neil but he got injured) and they 'ran' on the floor with projections around them.

Oh yes, Alex Scott.

I’m not loving the costumes so far this year.
Annabel’s looked too big on her and very home made.
Angela’s was pretty dreadful, as was Zara’s.
Haven't seen anything yet and thought wow, that’s gorgeous.
This theme will undoubtedly continue during Film Week….

Oh was it 😂 so confusing this year.

It really is 😂

I only remember because I was thinking how weirdly pointed Angela kept her toes ... and then that was the first thing Shirely mentioned!

The costumes are shit this year. It should be a crime to put a woman as gorgeous as Lauren in a dungaree meets dress combo. Also Bobby and Dianne looked deeply tacky.

Gone are the days of the costumes turning up on the competition floor! I remember my dance teacher telling me she’d seen Rachel Steven’s (I think) Foxtrot dress on a teenage girl at Blackpool!

Looking at the video thread earlier, Anita Rani and Gleb's quickstep. That was a dress to die for. Costumes have definitely been a bit sh** this year, but it's early days, I have hope.

Lentilweaver
Good god, yes! I'd forgotten about those costumes.
Lauren's was bleeding awful. So unflattering.
Many of the costumes this year look like they've been made by novices.

I want to see floaty dresses with thousands of feathers....

Got I feeling this won't be happening on Saturday 😂

I'm a bit disappointed with the missed opportunity of dressing Katya as Catwoman, as I think it would really suit her.

There's always Halloween!

I think they still sell the costumes? Although the market is limited for some of them...

Totally agree! Im another who wants to see floaty dresses and feathers'

I want a formation Dance, with big net frock and sequins hand sown by their mothers.

Independent journalist who has clearly never watched Strictly before…

Aren't they at least the fourth ?

John and JoJo
Nicola and Katya
Jayde and Karen

Am I forgetting anyone?

Ricky and Giovanni

Is Ricky the right name? Music presenter chap, very high energy.

Richie!

Sorry for three posts. One day I'll remember I can edit.

In fact, didn't someone do something along those lines in a recent year? not fake climbing, but something projected on that floor that they pretended to scale/jump/whatever

Kev n Alex Scott's "running" (Ghostbusters Couple's Choice, he was slightly off)
Nancy and Rhys's "scaling" (Spiderman Couple's Choice)
Karena and Mark Wright's paso "falling" (she fell from a skyscraper)
let's not mention Kev's literal jumping in Susanna's samba that led to him being likened to a Tree Frog

Damnit I knew I forgot someone!