Strictly Come Dancing 2013

HeidiHeidi

spank_inferno wrote: »

Sweet zombie jesus..... Rachel Riley is a babe.

Still playing catch-up, so can't comment on her yet (although I suspect I'll agree, even tho I'm a girl )

Two of the duds out of the way (hairy biker and Tony Jacklin) - Deborah Dragon was another one I was afraid of, but she did a lot better than I expected! I think there's one more old lad left?

The Casualty fella's doing well for a fella of his age!

ETA..... oh God, just remembered Julien Mcdonald still to come.... :eek:

Meauldsegosha

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Thought (from comments at the beginning of this thread) Aliona was gone from the show

Natalie Lowe broke/fractured her ankle just before the show started so Aliona took her place.

Cathmandooo

Sophie and Brendan were amazing. Show is so much better without brucie, wish him a speedy recovery though

HeidiHeidi

Cathmandooo wrote: »

Sophie and Brendan were amazing. Show is so much better without brucie, wish him a speedy recovery though

That Charleston was A-MAZ-ING! Haven't seen one of those (ie an amazing one) in quite a while.

ETA - OK, I take that back - just found Kimberly Walsh's one from last year on YouTube....

Sophie's was still brilliant though

vitani

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

ETA..... oh God, just remembered Julien Mcdonald still to come.... :eek:

Somebody must have had a word with him after last week. He barely said two words.

Not that I'm complaining....

Sophie was fantastic, and Brendan's choreography was wonderful - that dance was made for her.

Cathmandooo

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

That Charleston was A-MAZ-ING! Haven't seen one of those (ie an amazing one) in quite a while.

Flavia and Lewis did a fantastic charleston last year but I really loved Sophie and Brendan, nice to see Brendan with a great partner too!

Addle

Can we (in Ireland) vote online?
I can only seem to access a BBC Europe website.

HeidiHeidi

Cathmandooo wrote: »

Flavia and Lewis did a fantastic charleston last year but I really loved Sophie and Brendan, nice to see Brendan with a great partner too!

Oh yes... forgot about that one as well! Memory of a goldfish here.....

Whatever else Ben Cohen is good at (rugby, looking good, etc), it certainly ain't ballroom....

HeidiHeidi

Addle wrote: »

Can we (in Ireland) vote online?
I can only seem to access a BBC Europe website.

I'd love if we could - but I seriously doubt it :mad:

Addle

Cathmandooo wrote: »

Sophie and Brendan were amazing.

Sophie was great - better than Brendan.

HeidiHeidi

What was up with Abby after her dance - she looked like she was going to burst into tears?

casio4

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

What was up with Abby after her dance - she looked like she was going to burst into tears?

I think she messed the dance up but none of us noticed:D she still looked good but I thought she looked very nervous in front of the judges I think she thought they were going to say nasty things about her mistakes but they didn't seem to notice either:)

Cathmandooo

casio4 wrote: »

I think she messed the dance up but none of us noticed:D she still looked good but I thought she looked very nervous in front of the judges I think she thought they were going to say nasty things about her mistakes but they didn't seem to notice either:)

I thought she did a terrible job. She was making loads of mistakes and her head seemed elsewhere. I wasn't surprised how upset she looked at the end. The judges went easy on everyone, hope they're back to proper judging next week.

HeidiHeidi

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Natalie Lowe broke/fractured her ankle just before the show started so Aliona took her place.

Ah.

What a shame, she was one of my favourite professionals.

(and Aliona isn't!)

Meauldsegosha

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Ah.

What a shame, she was one of my favourite professionals.

(and Aliona isn't!)

Completely agree. I reckon Aliona could be gone this weekend though, Tony isn't great.

HeidiHeidi

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Completely agree. I reckon Aliona could be gone this weekend though, Tony isn't great.

There's quite a queue of potential exiters this week.... but what money that someone with actual potential gets the boot, while all the duds fluke it through? Wouldn't be the first time.....

It'll be five or six weeks before all the bottom-of-the-pilers are gone, THEN we'll have a real competition on our hands! And I reckon this could be a good one - there's quite a few who look like they have serious potential....

Mister R

Addle wrote: »

Can we (in Ireland) vote online?
I can only seem to access a BBC Europe website.

If you try Chrome's Hola Unblocker it might work, I think that lets people watch the iplayer and lets me watch US TV sites.

I love Aliona I always felt production weren't fond of Aliona which made me like her, I hate when these shows have their faves and they clearly do.

Although I reckon Natalie dropping out is why Ben is dancing with such a munchkin, the height difference is laughable with Kristina. They probably didn't want to give Aliona a popular guy so switched her with Kristina or something. I find it hard to believe they'd have paired Kristina and Ben otherwise.

Meauldsegosha

Mister R wrote: »

If you try Chrome's Hola Unblocker it might work, I think that lets people watch the iplayer and lets me watch US TV sites.

I love Aliona I always felt production weren't fond of Aliona which made me like her, I hate when these shows have their faves and they clearly do.

Although I reckon Natalie dropping out is why Ben is dancing with such a munchkin, the height difference is laughable with Kristina. They probably didn't want to give Aliona a popular guy so switched her with Kristina or something. I find it hard to believe they'd have paired Kristina and Ben otherwise.

She won it two years ago with Harry Judd (clear contender and judges fave from the start) so the producers must have liked her.

bopper

Mister R wrote: »

Although I reckon Natalie dropping out is why Ben is dancing with such a munchkin, the height difference is laughable with Kristina. They probably didn't want to give Aliona a popular guy so switched her with Kristina or something. I find it hard to believe they'd have paired Kristina and Ben otherwise.

Do you not remember the height difference between her and Colin Salmon last year? He's even taller than Ben!

Mister R

Yeah that was odd but I assumed it was cause Natalie was already with another tall guy. Like Kristina is one of the shortest and they give her tall guys.

Meauldsegosha

Kristina got Colin Salmon because she was willing to travel overseas to where he was filming.

Mister R

Oh ok didn't know that, I'm also surprised other dancers weren't willing to fly over seas considering they're being paid. I just think Iveta, or Aliona would have been a better match for Ben.

Mrs Docjewel

I don't normally like the charleston but loved Sophie and Brendan tonight. Other favourites were Ashley, Patrick and thought Mark was very entertaining. Thought Abbey was very nervous tonight and agree I thought she was going to start crying at one stage. And of course I loved Hairy Dave, luckily he didn't make me spill my tea all over myself tonight

bopper

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Kristina got Colin Salmon because she was willing to travel overseas to where he was filming.

That wasn't planned before they were paired, he was already done filming before Strictly began. He was called overseas last minute three weeks into Strictly for re-shoots.

After his exit Colin said himself that he didn't understand why the producers paired him with Kristina, and he blamed the height difference for his exit.

bopper

For those not aware, the results show is actually filmed after the main show. So for the impatient few (like me) you can find out who is voted off by googling strictly spoilers a couple of hours after the Saturday night show airs.

Heroditas

Who is this Colin Salmon person?
Don't you all mean James Bond actor, Colin Salmon?

I see Fiona was introduced as "Bond girl and former model Fiona Fullerton" last night. I really hope she cringes every time she hears that. It's pathetic.

Anyway, moving away from my bugbear, wasn't it a great show without that doddering old man last night? There's definitely 5 or 6 people who are very good.
Mark Benton was under marked.
The Wardrobe/Breeze Block did ok too. However, it was a waltz so I'll reserve judgment until he has to do another Latin dance.

Snoopy1

Just watching it now
Sophie was amazing
Mark made me laugh so muxh
Ben has definitely improved

bopper

Heroditas wrote: »

Who is this Colin Salmon person?
Don't you all mean James Bond actor, Colin Salmon?

I see Fiona was introduced as "Bond girl and former model Fiona Fullerton" last night. I really hope she cringes every time she hears that. It's pathetic.

In terms of acting credits though, A View to a Kill is all Fiona is known for. At least Colin has been a few other movies and shows that people would have heard of.

Plus it's probably the highest paid gig Fiona has had in a while so I'm sure she'll manage to grin and bear it when they introduce her as a bond girl.

Layinghen

Not surprised to see Tony go.

Ginny

I thought the judges were running away with themselves, 9s in week 2, bit early for that. Granted the dances were good, but they should improve a hell of a lot more in the coming weeks, giving 9s is IMO a bit premature.
Much much prefer Claudia, I might even watch it live when she's presenting, otherwise I record it and fast forward through the 'gags'.