SCD 2024 #2 : First slebs announced, warm up continues - No Spoilers Please (added by MNHQ at request of the OP)

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KEEP DANCING EVERYONE

Hopefully this thread will see some closure to the unpleasantness in the form of findings; as well as the build up to the beginning.

John Burns has quite the ego !

Oh I didn’t see.

i think I saw nana moon though.

And the actor from something…can’t remember his name. He was checking his watch when the camera was on him.

I thought I saw Will Mellor in the audience earlier.

Yes, Will Mellor, that’s the one!

Brian Dowling is definitely there, he was a close friend of Tess's I think

Yess nana moon! I knew I recognised her

Gosh he's rude, Poor Camilla

God, David Dickenson's annoying!

What a beautiful dancer Camilla is.

Why can't they do like with Dr Who and put every series up?

I'd never get anything done and @BehindTheSequinsandStilettos would probably explode

BUT

I WANT IT

SIX for David? That’s pretty generous!

Oh I’d love every series!

Erin 🤣

Did a chilling look pass across his eyes as he realised the middle-aged man in a bucket hat breakdancing to the Happy Mondays with a slim Chinese woman was, in fact, a ghostly warning from his own future? Bit like one of those M.R. James stories they stick on at Christmas but with lots of man-made fibres?

I vote iPlayer puts up every series of the proper Come Dancing. Now that was entertainment.

a chilling look pass across his eyes as he realised the middle-aged man in a bucket hat breakdancing to the Happy Mondays with a slim Chinese woman was, in fact, a ghostly warning from his own future? Bit like one of those M.R. James stories they stick on at Christmas but with lots of man-made fibres?

WTF HA HA this has made me crease! 😂

So what was on BBC3 after?

To be fair, I'd binge the shit out of that as well

The awkward dance at the end!

They could have it one night per week. The whole evening.

Justin Lee Collins had the It Takes Two live show.

He was disgraced but I can't remember if it was before or after he lost the Strictly gig to Claudia

Disgraced later on, I think. Apparently the producer in charge of ITT hated the way he presented the show.

I've got to say, the combination of Fleur and Janette made ITT stop being a must-see for me last year. I'm going to guess they are a lot cheaper to employ than proper career television presenters but, by god, you can tell it's not the day job.

I've just finished watching. Bruce Forsyth was very cringy at the beginning with his comments about the celeb (Natasha Kaplinsky) stripping off and asking her if she was easy. The 'humour' was more reminiscent of a show from the '80s, not the '00s.

I've seen the name Arlene on these threads but for some reason I assumed she was a dancer. I didn't realize she was a judge. Wonder what she's doing now?

Everyone looked so young, but I guess that's to be expected, given that 20 years have passed since it was filmed. Tess looked like a junior reporter doing vox pops. She was a bit awkward. She's a lot more polished these days. Craig looked so pale!

The backstage area (where Tess did her interviews) looked so basic.

The height difference between the comedian and the dancer was massive! At one stage, he had his back to the camera and you could just about make out a tiny bit of her hair over his shoulder.

@Taytocrisps , you can Google Arlene Phillips, she is a Dame and won an Olivier Award for her choreography of Guys and Dolls this year.

I only started watching the year Caroline Flack won. Watched the first episode tonight and thought it was rubbish! So scripted, everyone interrupting each other, only talking to one or two judges, judges only having 20 seconds to give any comments. The whole thing looked cheap. I think if I'd watched at the time I wouldn't have bothered to carry on with it.

Do they get through eight couples in an hour now?

Some of the couples only had one judge comment I think.