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

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Let's not mention the corsets.

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Is Neil tall enough for Bobby? I bet he'd step in

Seriously though, I hope if she did want to go home to Australia she feels like she can and isn't under too much pressure to stay. Must be hard having family so far away.

Neil is apparently 23cm taller than Dianne 🤔

Oh that wasn't at her crying — it was her going out at a million miles an hour in the jive in the dance off. Making Bobby look even tireder.

I do feel sorry for her with that, she looked upset later on. It's such a long way as well — Europe you could probably squeeze in a visit.

Saturday's songs and dances

Angela and Carlos: Cha Cha to I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Annabel and Johannes: Paso Doble to España Cañi by Trad.
Bobby and Dianne: Couple’s Choice to This Woman’s Work by Maxwell
Ellie and Vito: Argentine Tango to Bills, Bills Bills by Destiny’s Child
Layton and Nikita: American Smooth to It’s Oh So Quiet by Björk
Nigel and Katya: Rumba to It’s All Coming Back To Me Now by Celine Dion

Odd music for an Argentine

Never heard of ' bills bills bills ' before

What????!! 😂

I used to love it when I was young!

You need to YouTube it 😂

I've asked Alexa to play it and I do remember it now ! I Was never a destiny's child fan though.
I can see it working though as it kind of stops and starts like an AT does sometimes

I just realised what I thought was Bills, Bills Bills is actually Independent Woman

Bills Bills Bills is an absolute choon! Not an AT piece though, so very strange.

Think Nigel could be in trouble. I foresee a lot of dry ice!

Isn't it always? (Or nearly always)

I thought it was that ' bills to pay ' song by ' cage the elephant'! That would have been worse than D C.

Or Nadiya?

I think Bills Bills Bills is a great AT song. However, Craig seems to have a bee in his bonnet this year about the ATs being stiff/jerky/not smooth and flowing, and I think this lends itself to a stylised sort of routine that might fall foul of him.

High hopes for Annabel with her new confidence and the Latin mojo she has hopefully kept from her samba.

Angela and Carlos: meh. Cliched song and I don't really like cha chas. It's a dull dance to give them just at the stage when they need to be wowing.

Bobby and Dianne: meh again. Is it a cover of the great Kate Bush?

Layton might be good; I liked his quickstep and am ready to see something more Hollywood and less sleazy from him. Nikita generally does a good old-Hollywood number.

Nigel is dead in the water, I'm afraid. I think they REALLY want rid of him.

I've posted the Bills Bills Bills video to the SCD Video thread for those that want to familiarise themselves ahead of Saturday!

What kind of couples choice do you think Bobby and Dianne are gonna go for? contempowaft?

I am also confused as to how this could fit with an AT. I’m very much looking forward to watching it and seeing what wonders Ellie and Vito can do with it.

I wonder if they'll do a vocal free version of Bills Bills Bills, I can kind of see it working a bit. But still an odd choice really.

Katya needs to choreograph a really filthy rhumba if Nigel is to survive

I’ve just looked at the video in the other thread. Bills bills bills is a brave choice. Looking forward to seeing that.

An AT to Bill's, Bill's, Bill's will be very interesting indeed! Another potentially excellent performance.

I'm staying optimistic about Nigel with rumba, because although it's a tricky dance for the male dancer, he a d Katya can definitely generate some romantic chemistry with the song choice. If they wanted to gain favour from Craig, then they could do one that's pure filth, but I doubt it with Nigel's wife and daughter watching! James and Ola did a rumba to this to the Meatloaf version, and they were hot, hot hot!

Not sure what couple's choice Bobby will do, but I'm guessing from the title of the song, it will be wafty and dedicated to Jade's memory.

Annabelle is better in ballroom than Latin, and to be honest, I think she got away lightly with the samba. Although it was wonderful to see her grow in confidence, the samba was a bit skippy and lumpy for me. I think Paso should be good for her, and her ballet experience will help her with the shaping.

Cha cha cha, just seems a but me at this point of the competition, but I'm sure Angela will deliver a perfectly competent performance. She has a decent party tune.

This woman's work is one of Kate Bush's worst songs ( sorry mumsnetters , I'm not keen, but I know it's a bit of an anthem etc)
Love her work and albums, but that song isn't one of my favs. They could have chosen so many others that she's recorded.

It'll be a waft fest, no doubt
I do like Bobbie , but seems his in danger

Just listened to the Bills, Bills, Bills song and think it's a pretty awful song and not suitable for an AT. Why can't they use proper music?

Remember Dr Frasier Crane's agent Bebe Glazer? Bobby contempowafting to This Woman's Work is the kind of on-the-nose, shameless, ruthless tactic she would come up with.

I loved Bebe. Particularly her shameless attempts to wed the elderly Southern millionaire gentleman.