SCD 24 #11 Blackpool Beckons NO SPOILERS

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KEEP DANCING

Yes I'm thinking the same

Yes and all the nan nonsense

Well Chris got the Couple's Choice boost this week. He will be back down near the bottom of the leaderboard next week.

But I think he must be getting huge chunks of the public vote each week so might not hit the dance off for two to three more weeks. The judges won't save him when he does fall into the DO.

Not to mention all the fucking themed weeks.

I hate them all like poison.

Stupid costumes and comedy routines.

Bring back real dancing.
And men in suits with women in lovely gowns.

Can you tell I'm just getting old
🤣

Never seen a joyous rumba - however, when I think of Katya Virshalis trying to get Gavin Henson to emote for the rumba by telling him "I'm thinking sexy thoughts" and his reply... "Good for you!" Now that was joyous!

IS That why Ball sings with him?
to make him sound better

Oh and Anton and Nancy Dell'lollipop's coffin rumba was joyous for all the wrong reasons.

“I don't know how to explain it, but there doesn't seem to be the same structure or feel of the show ,or something, as there use to be a couple of years ago.“

The show has been going for 20 years and they’ve been pushing the “this year is the best year ever” every year for the last several years. That’s what has led to the hyperbole and over marking. A 10 score doesn’t have the same value anymore. Because of that, instead of keeping it fresh and interesting, the “best year ever” spiel and the hyperbole has led to it being predictable and repetitive.

I think the other three judges need to take a leaf out of Craig’s book and be more consistent. Also dolling out high scores early in the series is a mistake as it leaves the judges nowhere to go later in the series.

Still not sure what Anton and Ann's Titanic rumba was

Maybe they'll have to start giving 10*'s like they do with gcse's

I think they are focusing too much on the stories of the celebs (like the X factor) and the relationships between the couples whereas before it was more focused on the dancing

Consistency in the scoring is definitely missing - A score of ten should be as rare as hens teeth, and only produced when everything about the performance, is faultless.

I'm struggling to pick one dance this season, that has actually deserved a ten.

Yes, usually there has been some amazing stand out dance by this stage and I can't think of one I'd like to watch again. Apart from Punam's Bollywood one, but that wasn't 10-worthy either.

To be fair, he was near the bottom this week too. His scores weren't as high as other CC's have been. I'm rooting for him, I thought he was great this week - I'd much rather see him go through than Pete or Wynne.

I thought Shane was sexy in that routine. Gutted.

I've gone off Wynne ever since that weird 'joke' with Katya.

Unfortunately, you have a point.

Gone are the days when Bruno would be hanging over the judges desk, just to get a better look at the celebs footwork, so he could critique it properly.

Now it's all butts and big bare chests on show - and skimpy corsets with suspenders.

-and that's just the male dancers.😁

I agree. There's something magical about when the music, the clothes, the staging all come together to showcase amazing dancing.
This year there's been far too much focus on 'novelty' dances and themes. It's ruined the atmosphere of the dance.
But I also wonder whether the training room changes and fear of accusations of pushing the celebs too hard has impacted. There really hasn't been that standout partnership of chemistry, style and content.
Some dances have scored higher than done truly iconic past dances even though they're good but not outstanding.

Pete should have gone. In all honesty virtually any man could lift Jowvita. She is a trained dancer who can hold herself and enable her partner to lift her. She is also tiny. All he did was pick her up and let her dance around him. Completely overmarked. If any of the women celebs just let their partner lift them and then did what Pete did, they would not be marked as highly. Sarah and Jamie were under marked in my opinion.
The judging is so unbalanced.
I think it’s probably as well Shane has gone since he wasn’t popular with the viewers which was a shame.
I think Chris is amazing. Loved Sarah and Tasha’s dances too. I also thought Jamie did a superb job.

Also agree that there hasn't really been a dance this series worthy of a 10, let alone 3!

☹️ I was just warming up to Shayne.

Another reason why I don't like that there are so many on the starting line. It allows us to overlook some of the dark horses when actually we could (and should) have been taking notice a lot sooner.

I could live with two scores - a technical one and an entertainment one, with the technical mark having greater weight in event of a tie. It would enable judges to acknowledge entering routines without having to completely overlook technique, give space for early 'high' score but still give room for improvement across the series and reduce the number of ties on the leaderboard.

Yes. They do this on the French version iirc.

It should have been Pete. He’s a lumbering flat footed disaster, and the dead Nan was definitely too much.

I also love Vito, he’s like a joyful puppy.

I agree that the show has lost something this year. It's the twentieth anniversary but everything feels a bit flat and perfunctory and less of an event. It feels like there have been big budget cuts. You don't really see Dave Arch's band anymore because there are clearly only a handful of live musicians left in it. The little tweaks, like Claudia and Tess no longer coming down the stairs and the couples not entering to the Strictly theme tune, make the opening to the show less glitzy. The dreadful song choices make the routines seem like they belong on one of those other more generic dance shows the BBC has tried out over the years (which is odd, because all those shows flopped). There's nobody particularly engaging in the cast and the wrong pros were benched. IMO, it's the worst series since series 7, and at least that had Ricky Whittle.

The costumes as well @EsmaCannonball Katya and Wynne looked like two completely different themes.