SCD '23 #9: I think somebody told the pro dancers it was Hallowe'en a week too early...

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Shirley is right, he needs to get the basics right first.

I didn't think much of that tbh. Why does Motsi keep shouting?

Leyton is a bit much

Layton def needs pulling up more on technique - you can't just sasha fierce it out all the time, you need to be getting the tech right.

I knew he'd get stroppy if he didn't receive fulsome praise 100% of the time.

Nowt wrong with a man in a skirt.

But the wig, bustier, heels, makeup etc tip it into drag.

I think the dress suited the story of power flipping - who's killing who / who's in charge/who's the victim. Quite liked the concept.

Yes he's a ringer but I love watching him. The singer murdered that song though!

The dance last season with Carlos and Nikita while Adam Lambert sang 'Mad About the Boy' is in my uneducated opinion, how same sex stuff should be done.

I'm in late, catching up and just watched Carlos. I came over all unnecessary.

Obviously that was very good, but my Anne Rice loving inner teen is GUTTED that they missed the opportunity to go full Interview with a Vampire by putting Layton in drag.

I can't understand what they were thinking - there's a BBC adaptation with a mixed race protagonist right there waiting for a tie-in! Or did they think that Strictly is so family friendly that they shouldn't be cross-promoting something so 15+?

He just does what he wants is what Shirley is saying.

Len would have none of this

Hardly the minority, people on this thread complain about the singing every week.
It always sounds good to me.

@NigelHarmansNewWife i think it’s because her ear’s are covered!

Glad Craig commented on his weak lead - I always get a tingle of pride when the judges mention something I think I’ve spotted <preens> 😜

they should’ve put Layton with a woman, I think

Why does Layton always fling his arm away in exactly the same way, no matter what dance he's allegedly doing?

It does my head in.

Is that Nikita's grandma from the Ukraine?

I'm not convinced he would have coped with the competition.

Me too

Nikita makes an awesome Adam Ant

High marks!

Overmarked, given their criticism.

Nikita looked very Adam Ant in that..

I’m sorry. I’m just putting this out there. Carlos should dress as a swan every week.

it really suits him.

I thought a cross between Adam Ant and Billy Butcherson