Strictly 2025 : Week Six Post Show Chat

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He was on some podcast with the guy who matches people on Celeb goes dating, ( so you know it is highbrow) , he is apparently some self help guru 🙄 anyway he spouted it on there first then to poor Lorraine Kelly this morning who probably tilted her head and asked if he was ok.

Tom and Amy were clearly into each other so wouldn’t be at all surprised

Good grief

Who did Ore give his first exclusive newspaper interview to? Because it could be that thing where a tabloid has the dirt on you and they leverage you into doing a much more sympathetic confessional piece than the story they are threatening to run.

The Sun has certainly approached the couple involved in this. Possibly an injunction was gained or possibly they are still pressuring them to do a mea culpa.

I would imagine how the video was obtained is also a factor. If the couple had been papped then the tabloids could just run the photos. The couple being filmed when they had a reasonable expectation of privacy makes it much murkier. It may also be the case that the member of staff who filmed them and put the video in a WhatsApp group is not the person who contacted the tabloids and, although they seem to have had a conversation with the Sun, they are panicked by this turn of events and that could be causing some legal issue over rights.

The Sun has certainly approached the couple involved in this. Possibly an injunction was gained or possibly they are still pressuring them to do a mea culpa.

Or there's some horse trading going on, you don't print this story about us but well give you this juicy one about X instead.

@Choux
Could be…

I’m feeling the need to go and look back at all their VT’s and dances and spot the underlying sexual tension…

I genuinely had no idea about any of this!

Just watched ITT. Vicky Gill looks so different to me, but I can't figure out why.

Also, watched yesterday's show - Amy was featured. She talked about some of her favourite Strictly moments (making it to Blackpool for the first time, with Karim, and scoring 40 with Karim for their jive). She also spoke about Tom and Giovanna and how Tom saved her life (which I guess is where Metro "got" their story from).

Seriously, read the Tom & Gi Tattle thread from when he was doing Strictly.

Yes good idea.

Me I knew there was something odd about him, didnt like him then don’t like him now All that blubbing seemed very forced. Now more poor me stuff and he’s on programmes talking about it, why give him air time?

I don't say this often.but it is totally narcissistic, what a strange man he is.

He feels like a completely different person from the one I liked and voted for on Strictly (I know everyone prefers Danny Mac from that year but he was too ringer-ey for me). Utterly bizarre.

Yes, I wonder what changed in him he is just insufferable now.

I wonder if the kiss video is being touted by the same insider that was going to expose Claudia/Tess leaving and Diane's pregnancy or if they have more than one leak.

I also voted for Ore and find all this porn stuff really bizarre

It is just weird ! I wonder if he has been "caught" being inappropriate online and this revelation is setting the story?

Catching up v late and know we've moved on, really, but:

Ellie: terrific. Great character acting/performance. She was slightly less confident in the DO though, which might have sealed their fate. She and Vito handled their farewells so graciously. I've loved seeing another side to Vito this year; what a lovely person and truly gifted teacher he is. Agree with the comments about Craig never ever talking down to Ellie, and how quickly the judges were all up on their feet for her.
Balvinder: really felt for her. She's at the point of resigned laughter and it must be so hard to stay committed and motivated. I thought their dance was beautiful, fluid, expressive.
Michelle: meh. Poor choreo and she's danced better before. She kept not pointing her toes and it was obvious even to a lay person like me, but none of the judges mentioned it.
La Voix: didn't get it. Massively overmarked. Agreed with Craig not enough of an arched back or shaped arms, so it didn't feel like a paso.
Lewis: excellent. Yes, he's basically a pro, but it was so good and so entertaining. Nice too to see a CC that's not limp contempowaft or an embarrassing attempt at 'street'. Loved Katya being able to dance full out.
George: overmarked, mystifyingly so. Really didn't get it. He can do better and I like him, so I hope he comes back better next week.
Harry: terrible choreo, unusually for Karen who is usually a maestro. Sickly and cutesy feel. They dodged a bullet and Karen's face at a few points said she knows it. I like them both and I really want her to get a good result, so I hope they raise their game.
Alex: SO camp. Really enjoyed it.
Amber: didn't like it at all. Agreed with Shirley there was too much out of hold. VW that stick to the rules really don't have to be boring (remember Brendan and Kelly Brook's VW to 'Delilah'?)
Kaz: WOW. So stylish. So fierce. So deadly precise. Loved the chemistry, loved the feeling that it was a fight waiting to happen and the strong suggestion that they were two men. I usually subscribe to the idea that an AT should feel like you're looking through a keyhole, but this interpretation was just as convincing and probably historically accurate. My dance of the night by a country mile. And she's so charming, saying 'thank you for letting me do it' in the Clauditorium 💖

by Michelle, do you mean Vicky? I agree about the pointed feet - I noticed it several time during the dance and was surprised none of the judges mentioned it at all. On ITT, Joanne Clifton mentioned it, so clearly it was obvious.

And I agree about George, much as I love him. I think that was an Alexis issue more than a George one. He might have done better with different choreography. He's capable of handling a cha cha. For tomorrow, he'll be dressed in tails, so I'm looking forward to that. Hope their Viennese Waltz helpes him back up the leaderboard.

I also liked Alex's dance (because of the campness).

Oops, yes, Vicky. Don't know where I got Michelle!
George seems to do better in ballroom. I'm looking forward to his next dance.

Haha. I have to admit I keep getting all muddled up with Alexis/Amber/Alex and the two Karen's and even Lewis/Harry - I know who they are when I see them (and don't mix them up). But when I just hear the name said out by Tess, I have to stop for a minute and think who it is :)

I always forget Lewis's name, for some reason, and refer to him as 'Katya's partner'
I have to think hard about what Amber's name is, too.
I think Vicky must remind me subconsciously of someone I know or knew called Michelle.

Isn’t La Voix a Chris, like Chris Robshaw? Although he’s only called that in training I think. And Chris R has left (tbh I’d almost forgotten about him).

Me too, really loved him

There's Vicki Michelle the actress from 'Allo 'Allo

Oh Rennée

There's normally some set that looks like the 'Allo 'Allo cafe during the course of a series.

I thought he was a Stephen