SCD '23 #14: We're in Blackpool! So many tailsuits <does happy dance> NO SPOILERS

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

Let's not mention the corsets.

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I think from now on, apart from probably Ellie and Layton, it will be down to how the remaining dancers do on the night. Annabel gets a Latin dance and is in the dance-off she will probably go, but it's hard to call who will be in next week's dance-off when most weeks we can guess at least one of the couples we think will be there. Bobby being in it tonight makes him more likely to be in it again but nothing is definite.

I'm not suggesting that Layton or Ellie won't be in a dance-off - though I'll be surprised if Ellie is - but unless they had an incredibly bad week and the couple they were up against went full-on gangbusters, they would both be safe. If they were up against each other it would be bloody awful but I think Ellie is far too popular for that to happen.

It would be a great script. He'd have to play the role because no one else could capture that look. (btw, hello Tits, I'm much more polite here than the sweary MAFS threads! 😊)

Just as a contrast- I thought Layton was the best this weekend, with Angela S A very close second. I've liked Ellie and Vito in many dances but I didn't adore that Charleston.

WTF? wheres that then???

I haven’t yet recovered from watching Nikita slide down that pole 😳

We is way more civilized on here 😁

I agree about Bobby making a few mistakes and flagging a bit in the DO, but he kept picking it back up, was way better than Angela and deserved to stay in.

We've hit peak Strictly. Everyone still in is very good, standard's high, almost anything could happen and we've got a few weeks left before the end. I love it.

Ellie, Annabelle and AngelaS would be my choice for the final .

Great to have the acknowledgment of the stage team doing such a job on setting and clearing the stage, bravo!

Me too @1968Aspnocantbearsed

Has there been a final where they were all the same sex?

It could be Bobby, Layton and Nigel...

Yes, two all male, and as a pp pointed out this morning - I'd forgotten - an all female a few years ago.

... maybe more, others will know better, that's just off the top of my head :)

I think Tits is saying it's already been done with Goodnight Sweetheart?

Aww Kai is an old soul, such a beautiful dancer have to say when the pros are on I watch him and Graziano even in tonight’s opening number they were fab.
Lovely speech from Angela she knew it was time to go.

I felt this was a bit harsh and I may be being a bit of a fanny but this seems worse than any of the other comments.

The more I think about the final six the more I think Nigel is over hyped. I really liked him at the start, but he's not lived up to his early promise at all. I'd be annoyed now if he stays above any of the others.

I think the final will be Layton, Ellie and Angela S unless Nigel pulls his socks up.

I love Claude totally. We WOULD be friends if she knew me.

I think in fairness I would have preferred Nige in his 'enders heyday but to be honest, I think Shirley's ovaries would have exploded so...probably best this way!

I wasn't called out last week!! apart from the fact i wanted Vito to leave his shirt open..
So still waiting for *@FelicityGraceSpoon to justify her comment.

I’m slightly relieved that AR is oot.

She really hasn’t been as precise the last two weeks. If I didn’t know better, I’d have thought she was getting over a bug. There wasn’t the same sparkle at all. Hopefully she’s just knackered and a sleep for a few days will sort her.

I’m glad Bobby got through (and hope he is safe next week) and am delighted Annabelle is still hanging in there. As good as some of the others are, they don’t really make me feel anything like these two.

I cannot warm to Layton and the pole stuff had me in conniption mode. There is no denying the quality of his dancing but it is like a fight with Nikita to shine. I keep catching an extra wee shimmy or a big tta moment and have to remind myself to look at Nikita 🤷🏽‍♀️

And that feels awful wrong.

I think that's a lot of why I'm not clicking with Layton, it often feels more like a dance off than a partnership. John and Johannes had a balanced partnership in the way they danced together through the different styles.

Totally