SCD '24 #4: The first live show, all 2.5 hours of it! (SPOILER FREE)

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Bums numb yet folks? I'm enjoying it though.

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Spoiler thread if you like to indulge.

Do people fancy Nick? Never seen him in anything so struggling to work out his appeal. Luba to me is the most ordeal pro and always has been so that can’t help him. Didn’t watch it all last night but zi loved Wynn and would have given him a vote

What do you mean by 'ordeal pro' @periodiclabel ?

I don't know if anyone fancies Nick but I think he's very likeable, he comes across well in interviews and was very matter of fact about his injury. Shirley emphasised how little time he had to train so it's likely he will get a sympathy vote.

@periodiclabel I would definitely asign NK to the 'Avoid' category.

One thing a friend once told me is that NK is a chain smoker. If true, that won't help his fitness!

isn't nick engaged to a very young woman?
I like him but don't fancy him lol

I threw Nick a vote, I thought he danced what he was given pretty well under the circumstances and has room to improve and turn into a very watchable dancer. And I like Luba, who's not had good luck in this show.

It would explain his skin.

Sorry autocorrect! I can’t even remember what word I wanted to use but most unappealing or dullest pro is what I was thinking… Orhers are free to disagree but she just doesn’t do it for me. Thanks of ops on NK I was just trying to work out if he was a middle aged woman’s sex symbol a la Kevin McCloud. I thought the judges were very kind continually pointing out his injury - rightly so but sometimes they completely ignore this kind of thing

I'm guessing ordinary.

He's had three wives and is now engaged to a much younger woman.

He's had three wives see also Paul Merson. They have found some princes among men for us this year. I wonder if they were seeking a nailed on affair to generate headlines???

Paul Merson ugh.

DV accusations......... not good.

You'd think that given the scandal over how female celebs have been treated they would have been careful to pick male celebs who were not misogynistic.

Anyway I voted for toyah and Punam - punam because she was undermarked and toyah because I think she is loving it but is hindered by Neil's choreography. And yes to the previous poster who pointed out that people thought he helped Katya with her choreography previously - that's clearly not true

He hasn't spend a lifetime though, he was diagnosed in his twenties although his eyesight had been deteriorating v slowly since birth.

I'm not trying to imply that he doesn't have trouble with it but he has, at least, had experience of things that someone who was blind from birth hasn't.

NK once apologised to me very politely on the tube for nudging me with the newspaper he was reading. He was wearing very fancy blue pointy shoes.

It's one of my "Ridiculously Small Claims to Fame".

That makes sense @periodiclabel - I agree she's dull & I'm not a big fan of hers either!

However visual memory isn’t actually thay long, once a person has lost their sight to the degree Chris has the average person would have a visual memory of around seven years.

Good job we aren't all the same isn't it? I think Luba is wonderful and she is my favourite pro. She did amazingly to teach Nick that routine in 2 days and to change it to accommodate his injury. (She was also great last year with Adam)

Yes, I like Luba.

My teacher used to say we should smile, but if we didn't feel like smiling we should just remember to show our teeth!

At a competition, at a distance and moving quickly you can't tell if it's a real smile or not. Probably doesn't work quite so well with the close ups on Strictly though!

No she was talking to Aljaz about his career in the juniors

Apologies for the Anton Juniors post, I see it was answered last night. My phone appears to have skipped the last couple of pages of comments.

I feel like I never see enough of Luba to make a decision either way on her, as she doesn't last long in the competition in any years I've watched her.

Does our resident statistician Sequins have a note of how far she's gone?

I like Luba in the group numbers but not as a coach.

Luba, bless her, has only had four partners so longest stretch was last year.
She was First Boot with James Cracknell.
She was Second Boot with Jason Bell.
Got half way through with Adam Thomas (6th to go but was booted on the Sacrificial Altar of Getting Ange Rippon to Blackpool)
I suspect Nick will go this week or the week after.
I still don't feel I "know" Luba or that her choreo is memorable but she did win a Children In Need special once with Shayne Lynch who was in our local greasy spoon earlier this year!