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SCD '23 #12: A tough week for the A-team ladies. SPOILER FREE.

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 11/11/2023 16:56

I think the Angelas and Annabel might be in trouble this week.

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Choux · 11/11/2023 21:30

Nikita's hair tonight was so much better than his usual blonde curtains. He looked very attractive tonight. There's a video on the video thread of him doing a jive with dark slicked back hair and he looks good in that too.

xsquared · 11/11/2023 21:33

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 11/11/2023 21:28

It is true that we agreed specifically that polls were for the spoiler thread, not personal predictions though these have always been allowed.

That's fine with me.

Oblahdeeoblahdoe · 11/11/2023 21:45

How come Layton can get away with splayed fingers and hunched shoulders but no one else can?

user6776 · 11/11/2023 21:52

Just catching up and watched Angela R. Did the judges watch something completely different? I thought she was rubbish this week

Bsmirched · 11/11/2023 21:52

The votes are independently verified

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awaynboilyurheid · 11/11/2023 21:54

Oh I loved Leyton and Nikita , the music the suits ( not keen on a dress) the dancing was sublime! He is winning me over! I know he’s a ringer but my goodness this show would be a lot more boring without him!
Liked Angela S beautiful waltz and Ellie and Vito
Angela R made it to Blackpool isn’t that amazing ( sarcastic eye roll at the judges) Yes she’s great and Kai is brilliant with her but maybe (def) reached her peak.

Flyinggeesei234 · 11/11/2023 22:00

@EsmaCannonball superb post!

Samcro · 11/11/2023 22:25

I thought Angela R was dreadful
can’t understand why the judges over mark her.
the show is rather unfair. A dancer like Leyton up against Krishna just wrong
angela has not done a fast dance. Why sign her up if she is going to walk

EvilRingahBitch · 11/11/2023 22:44

Checking in late in the day as I've been elsewhere.

Lovely to see Layton and Nikita giving it everything and Layton taking on a more serious note. Love Tattoo, but want to see the pros open the Final with a group dance to Cha Cha Cha.

Liked Katya's dress in an unironic way and Annabel's in an ironic way.

The makeup artists seem to have really nailed Motsi's look this year - she looked amazing. Tess OTOH unusually had a success from the neck down but unconvincing facial makeup.

onestepfromgrace · 11/11/2023 22:45

I haven’t liked Layton, I don’t like the drag but I really enjoyed that. This series has brought something out in Nikita that I’ve never seen before.

Clawdy · 11/11/2023 22:59

Didn't like Angela R's dance at all, but she can do no wrong with the judges, so annoying.

Choux · 11/11/2023 23:06

Nikita should keep the dark hair...

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Stressybetty · 11/11/2023 23:10

I don't know, prefer Nikita with his normal hair, always looks lovely and soft and strokeable 😍

MathsIs · 11/11/2023 23:59

Sunbird24 · 11/11/2023 20:08

I’ve only just discovered that Krishnan has both Crohns and Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

I did not know that. Fortunately I voted for Krishnan x3.

The Argentine Tango was glorious, though.

I also didn’t know about Bobby’s parents. I thought his brothers were lovely, so like him and yet not.

MathsIs · 12/11/2023 00:15

Apologies if this has been discussed and I missed it, but what did Nikita’s lilac badge signify? It looks more flower shaped in the photo than I thought it did in the programme.

Wikipedia tells me that since 2024 Ukraine uses the red poppy re WW2.

Choux · 12/11/2023 00:30

Is it a purple poppy to remember the horses and dogs who served?

https://www.dignitypetcrem.co.uk/product/purple-poppy-pin-badge/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl-bRjJq9ggMVDdHtCh3dXj1NEAQYBSABEgLnkDD_BwE

MathsIs · 12/11/2023 01:47

Choux · 12/11/2023 00:30

It could be. Thank you.

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WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout · 12/11/2023 07:47

Thanks @Bsmirched
I've been wondering about the voting.

belgiumchocolates · 12/11/2023 08:16

Yes thanks @Bsmirched that's good to know

Figgygal · 12/11/2023 08:25

Annabel and the Angela's can go in any order

Feels like Ellie will win at this point

BeingGivenMoney · 12/11/2023 08:40

I think Krishnen is in trouble tonight and Angela R.

I reckon the judges would save Angela R if that situation arose which would be fair enough seeing as although she wasn’t brilliant, she was better than Krish.

It’s probably the DO the judges are secretly hoping for as it would probably be the only circumstances in which they could save Angela R to get her to Blackpool without it looking like a fix. There’s nobody else she could be saved over.

WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout · 12/11/2023 08:59

I can’t remember but is Ellie a ringer also? Not as much as Layton or even Nigel but I’m just wondering.

I never vote for ringers until non ringers (as much as possible) are out and I gave her a vote last night so questioning myself! I don’t mean stage school experience but more having done dance in professional role.

PantsToItAll · 12/11/2023 09:04

At 8pm I was in DC room as they tried to get to sleep having done whole dinner bed routine. I signed into my account getting ready to give Annabel all my votes only to discover it was all over!! That’s second week in row I’ve missed the voting window Arrgg. I need to pay more attention to when it’s airing live as I always watch on catch up. Bit annoyed as she’d definitely have been deserving of my votes too as I liked her Samba. Not an easy dance and she’s not the type to naturally let loose so she did amazing.

I loved Ellie too. She’s just so bubbly and friendly and is doing great dances. Outfit was perfect too.

AngelaS I personally still go between finding her ott fake (look at the vote lines open bit last night) and feeling bad for her as she’s getting quite a lot of bad critiques and dealing with it very well which I admire. She’s a bit forgettable dance wise.

Nigel is also forgettable. I mean he shouldn’t be but he is. Maybe as he’s relatively quite personality wise. His CC wee bit underwhelming I always feel he should have more to give.

Bobby was quite decent but I still don’t like watching them. He’s too tall her Dianne and I’ve never cared for her. The hair flicking was odd as was the fast run up the stairs.

Krishnan is joyous but he’s definitely reached his limits. Don’t think is trousers helped!!

Layton I really enjoyed that. Lots of leaps and things that looked his style still but I don’t know what can be done in an AT so assume it fitted in. He’s coming across very well in the claudatorium and seems to have settled down. Of course he’s a ringer so will never get my vote but I also want to see him right through to the final and his show dance will be spectacular. So long as he doesn’t win I’m really enjoying him.

Angela R just go already! I would admire her dancing at her age lots more if I didn’t have this horrible sense of superiority fizzling out of her constantly. She clearly things she is very very good and amazing and deserves to be there. Her face last week was a picture both at the judges less favourable comments and the red light. Her trying to explain that away on ITT was cringeworthy. Her paso wasnt awful but lacked the power it should have inthough. And Kai did all the skirtograohy for her!! Plus the leg is boring. It’s good she can do it and the concept of using her at the clock hands was interesting but she just stands whilst Kai does all the shifting her to right places. Odd. And her scores are massively inflated. Ellie and her both receiving an 8 is madness.

I can’t call it really. I want Angela R to go as feel overmarked. For the final I want a Ellie and Layton in it and my wish would be for Annabel but I don’t think she will get there. The others are all much of a much to me currently so will be interesting to see who goes over the next few weeks. I think I’ll need to start voting for Ellie too as this is the stage where the top end can end up in DO anyway isn’t it?

Maireas · 12/11/2023 09:04

Angela R will be saved in a DO unless it's against Ellie or Layton. Although tough decision if it's against Nigel.
I thought Krishnan did well, and it was better than I expected, same with Annabel. They've both really improved.

CaveMum · 12/11/2023 09:05

@WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout my understanding is that Ellie did the usual stage school and children’s dance classes but has never danced to a high level or professionally.

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