Strictly 2025 : Put Your Dancing Shoes Back On! It’s Week Four 18.30 NO SPOILERS

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Just sorting out tonight’s thread!

The Spoiler Thread is here :

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5405030-strictly-2025-the-spoiler-thread-results-and-couplings?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

Thanks

Eine

(and thanks to Ellmau for last week)

You could be right. But she was giving me Jan Ravens vibes.

Oh completely setup and fake. So obvious that they wanted the drama of Craig deciding after “waiting 20 years” they weren’t all going to agree and make it a non vote for him.
So obvious.

Yeah I voted for Rugby Chris as I really saw improvement from week one and wanted to see him keep going - I thought both LaV and Stefan were worse and more deserving of the DO than Rugby Chris.

Im gutted at the DO results. LaV did not deserve to go through after that hideous, hideous dance. I reckon some of Aljaz’s popularity saved them as no one could have voted for that on merit, surely.

If she’s in the DO for a third time, will the judges/production team vote her off because it’s showing she’s obviously not popular with the public?

I do think the “dances in the dark” with black costumes and awful lighting don’t help anyone. I couldn’t see half of hers or Amber/Nikita’s one.

Shame Chris went as I liked him.
George is sweet. Just not the real George Clark.
the very idea of Cheryl Cole being an icon is hilarious 😆

Stefan and La Voix surely. LaV had an absolute shocker.

Ah those amazing musician icons, Cher, Celine Dion, Dolly Parton, and......Cheryl Cole???!

Do we think.Vikki insisted on Cheryl and they were to scared to say no 😂

I am so furious that they used a Chris Brown song for the professionals to dance to. This is what he did to Rhianna:

Rihanna Beat Up -- Brutal Abuse Photos

How dare they. I will be complaining.

A history of violence: how has Chris Brown survived so much controversy? | Chris Brown | The Guardian

What song was it? So I know what to avoid.

Yes.
Molly Rainsford.
Fleur
Prob some others...

DH has his back to the kitchen TV and asked why they had the Smurfs sings on Strictly.

'Beautiful People' by Chris Brown. Or any song by Chris Brown. I can't believe they used it.

I’ll raise you Harry Styles.

Icons week is just a "Stars in their Eyes" theme week isn't it?

Chris wasn't the best dancer in the series though. Barely top 5 imo.

I have a production question which I’m sure someone here will know the answer to. Assume all the pro dances and guest singer appearances are pre recorded? But they have an audience. Who is it made up from? It’s not a balloted show or anything is it?

I think the pop star sequence is filmed the Saturday night. As it’s only a couple of dancers and they can use pro dancers who have been kicked off and Neil & Nancy. but the big pro group dance is pre recorded for the most part.

they film the pro dancers and the singers usually during the gap between the live show and recording the result show so they have the audience who are there already (who are valid). It’s one of the reasons – much as everyone loves to moan about it – that the results show goes out on Sunday so they can do retakes in the gap as the results but then doesn’t have to start at a specific time.

Yes, there’s an opportunity to apply for tickets to watch the pro dances being recorded when you register for the regular show tickets, and the Christmas show. I missed the deadline to apply this year somehow 🤦🏻‍♀️

But didn’t Gorka dance in this week’s pop star song, Leanne from little mix? And isn’t he in Spain now?

Fully expect to see Balvinder in the bottom two next week against Stefan or La Voix..They won't save her a third time so the parade of mediocre dad dancers will continue.

I do think the “dances in the dark” with black costumes and awful lighting don’t help anyone. I couldn’t see half of hers or Amber/Nikita’s one.

I had exactly the same thought last night but didn't want to say I'm case I made myself sound about 900 years old! Also was struggling to see most of the the pro Tango boardroom dance tonight for the same reason.

Well, they’ve got rid of Dad dancers Tom, Ross and RugbyChris so far so we can’t really complain about who has gone out. Isn’t part of the joy of Strictly watching a Dad dancer get a bit better?