SCD 24 #15 NO SPOILERS Marking Madness & Dubious Dresswear

[TheShellBeach]

Yes! It's Musicals Week!

Will we also see an Egregious Elimination?

And he's got to master a second dance as well.

Pete will go through. Regardless.

He will of course especially if there are ties on the leaderboard and Shirley scores him high because he either made her feel something, or because he tried.

I just want to see a decent Argentine Tango for the series as none of them have been very good, all performed by better dancers than Pete.

Pete's AT isn't likely to be better than the ones we've seen so far. I wish they gave JB the Argentine Tango instead.

I love a AT , sadly tash's was dreadful. so maybe i will enjoy petes more.
😂

Well, not always, but that's what they aim at currently. There were two in 2021 and every year from the start till 2011, and three every year apart from 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022 when there were four.

I think Pete's AT will be him standing about in a suit while Jowita flatulates around him (to use Len's deathless phrase; dear Len).
Shirley will blap on about how 'the lady' couldn't have done what she did without him. The bit she won't say is 'much like if Jowita did an AT with an ironing board'.

edited for quite funny typo in Pete's name

All going well and as long as no one withdraws, there should be 4 in the final.

I see that there was going to be a Christmas Strictly show in conjunction with Masterchef but it's been cancelled now because of the Masterchef presenter being cancelled himself? That seems a shame (that they coupled it to Masterchef, not that they cancelled the horrible man).

Here's the songs and dances for the semi final:

✨ Sarah and Vito Tango to Big Love by Fleetwood Mac and Jive to I’m So Excited by The Pointer Sisters
✨ Tasha and Aljaz Waltz to (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin and Salsa to Something New by Girls Aloud
✨ Chris and Dianne Charleston to When You’re Smiling by The Blue Vipers Of Brooklyn and Viennese Waltz to Nothing Else Matters by Metallica
✨ JB and Lauren Salsa to Red Alert by Basement Jaxx and Paso Doble to Requiem for a Tower by Clint Mansell
✨ Pete and Jowita Argentine Tango to Bittersweet Symphony The Verve and Foxtrot to Beyond The Sea by Bobby Darin

Wow love nothing else matters. Shame the singer will wreck it

Ohhh a Charleston for Chris that will be a massive challenge. I hope he smashes it!

Was going to say the singer doing Nothing Else Matters makes me nervous. I love that song.

What...dance the rumba and make a rum baba?

Salsa? Dance or salad?

Sarah and Vito have two stone-cold classic tunes.
The judges will dribble over Tasha and Aljaz's waltz (what a beautiful song). I think the salsa might have spaghetti-leg effects again. JB is probably more physically suited to a salsa and they have a choon for it.
Chris and Dianne's Charleston will be epic and bring the house down. The Viennese Waltz will be underwhelming.
JB and Lauren's paso will be interesting; can he capture the shaping and the mood?
Pete and Jowita's Argentine tango I've already pontificated on. Will be interested to har the musical arangement. God love him but he cannot pull off a foxtrot, although the judges will bend space, time and logic to try to justify the scores they'll give him regardless.

I love ' when your smiling '
It's such an upbeat song
Beyond the sea is another favorite
I like basement jaxx , but red alert is an annoying one.

I do not understand how you could do an AT to Bittersweet Symphony. Dart-throwing monkeys strike again.

Oh, I actually know some of these songs!

VW to Metallica 😁

Ooh Chris & Dianne have great tunes this week. I reckon he’ll be so good at charleston in particular. Really looking forward to those (and that is what this show is all about, in my opinion!)

Also struggling to see how Pete’s AT will fit into Bittersweet Symphony. We shall see.

Loved Chris going all Tristan and Jamelia on the songs from modern musicals. Kevin Clifton was a bit disparaging of Tasha's Six theme, too. Just shows how much bad concepts get pushed on the couples.

Yes, and saying with more appropriate music and costumes it could have been given 40.

I'm pretty sure she had a bit of 'wobble' at one point. Surely if a thumb gets a point off a wobble should too.

Some great tunes for the weekend. I love both Pete's songs but cannot see an AT working with Bittersweet Symphony. Beyond the Sea is perfect for a foxtrot so I'm hoping he doesn't mess that up too much.

What...dance the rumba and make a rum baba?
Salsa? Dance or salad?

That would have been fun! Maybe a tangerine tango and an American smoothie?

It turns out that Pete can't make the live tour due to filming commitments so today they announced Tasha, JB, Jamie and Wynne joining.
So of 7 celebs on the tour only 3 are semi finalists - Sarah, JB and Tasha. The judges will be really hoping they all make the final! (Unlikely!)