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The moment of truth, dance off, and result

learndance — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:36:00 +0000

Ali & Brian through, so that’s my first prediction off the cards.

Chris & Ola also through which leaves my original prediction of Laila and Ricky as being correct!

Laila is definitely out now, unless Laila can pull off a flawless performance but I really don’t think anything can save her.

Laila’s up first in the dance-off and she is definitely giving a much better, and thus far what appears to be a faultless performance but I don’t think it’ll be enough to save her.

Now for Ricky…and I would say a better performance too from Ricky. I’m seeing a 5-0 sending home for Laila.

We get to 3-0 and that’s all it takes.

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Leaderboard

learndance — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:33:00 +0000

Final leaderboard is as follows:

1 95 points – Ricky Whittle & Natalie Lowe
2 86 points – Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna
3 80 points – Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan
4 59 points – Laila Rouass & Anton Du Beke

I predicted to Emma last night that it would be a Laila and Ricky dance-off, but I’m going to change that to Ali & Laila as both have really underperformed tonight for my liking, and I think Chris and Ricky will have more (mostly female!) support.

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Laila Rouass & Anton du Beke – Salsa

learndance — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:21:00 +0000

They’ve not impressed in the Latin so far this series, the training looks good but can they ‘bring it’ on the night?

Why Laila, why always the mistakes? Especially when you’re apart from Anton it just makes it so obvious.

Emma asked me yesterday my prediction for who was going out tonight, I predicted Laila last night and I stand by that tonight after seeing that performance.

Unfortunately Len’s right, they want to be in the final but they rarely manage a flawless performance and I can’t see them progressing further than tonight.

A real letdown and I’m going to have to say a 5 (possibly the lowest score I’ve given all series – I’ll have to go back and look!)

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Laila Rouass & Anton du Beke – American Smooth

learndance — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:54:00 +0000

I was really enjoying the start, up until the slip in the spin. She really does have to watch those shoulders too. The dance does look like Anton is throwing her round quite a lot, and I don’t just mean in the lifts!

Started with lots of promise but I don’t think it delivered and I’m only going to give it a 7 I’m afraid.

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Leaderboard

learndance — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:41:00 +0000

Well it appears I was the only one entertained enough by Laila and Anton, and I’d have had Natalie a little closer to Ricky, but otherwise the leaderboard is about right…

1. 37 points – Ali & Brian
2. 34 points – Chris & Ola
3. 31 points – Ricky & Natalie
4. 31 points – Laila & Anton
5. 26 points – Natalie & Vincent

Still the competition Viennese Waltz to go though…

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Laila Rouass & Anton du Beke – Charlston

learndance — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:36:00 +0000

Well a dance that requires a major dose of character, shouldn’t be a problem for Anton!

A great story and performance and the most enjoyable Charlston of the night, seeing as I’ve given an 8 and 9 I’ll have to give this a 10!!!

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The moment of truth, dance off, and result

learndance — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Will my prediction of a Laila and Ricky dance off pan out?

Bottom three as expected, now who have the public gone for?

Yep Natalie & Vincent are saved by the audience, and Laila and Ricky are in the dance-off.

More importantly it’s Erin versus Anton!

If Ricky can perform without making any mistakes then we could have a competition on our hands, otherwise I think he’s going home.

Laila still stumbles in the same move near the end, which is a shame, and she looks very uncomforable during the final pivots. But not a bad performance, all down to Ricky now.

Looks like a much improved performance on earlier and I really don’t know how to call this one.

I think Ricky has been more consistent, though Laila has scored highly in a few of her dances.

On that basis I think it will be Ricky going home.

Just waiting on Len to confirm whether it’s 3 or 4-0…and Len confirms it would’ve been 4-0.

Do you agree with the outcome from tonight? Look out Natalie and Laila, there’s no-one below you now!

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Leaderboard

learndance — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Finally they manage to fit the leaderboard on one page – makes it so much easier to quickly jot down!

1. 36 points – Ricky & Natalie
2. 35 points – Ali & Brian
3. 29 points – Chris & Ola
4. 29 points – Laila & Anton
5. 26 points – Natalie & Vincent
6. 22 points – Ricky & Erin

So with Jade gone things are going to get very tough for the 6 remaining couples. I think Laila will be in the bottom two, the other is too hard to call but I think Ricky’s luck will have run out.

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Laila Rouass & Anton du Beke – Waltz

learndance — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:19:00 +0000

Will Laila have recovered from her injury enough to cope with the demands of the rise and fall in the Waltz?

Just needs to make sure she keeps her core strong as still looks a little loose at times.

Shame about the glaring mistake at the end though, I don’t think there’s any dances this series that she’s managed to complete without a mistake!

Even with the mistake, and the posture issues, I think she should achieve 8’s.

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Saturday night and Brucie's back in business

learndance — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:37:00 +0000

Unfortunately Jade has had to pull out of the competition.

Such a shame as they really looked like they had potential together. Oh well, that makes the final a two (rather than three) couple affair.

Let’s see how everyone else performs tonight, and whether Laila has fully recovered.

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