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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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Ricky Groves & Erin Boag – Tango

learndance — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:27:00 +0000

So I didn’t expect a comical take on a Paso, let’s see if Ricky can keep it serious for the Tango.

Emma’s not really ‘feeling’ Erin’s dress this week, and I must admit it does look a little weird.

Just loses a little bit of drive at times and his dropped head makes him look a little unconfident. Seems to be making mistakes but can’t tell.

It was an ok performance but I don’t think he’ll score higher than a 7.

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Missed Saturday night's show – catch up on the clips here

learndance — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:11:00 +0000

Haven’t got time to watch the full show on iplayer? Then see the short clips below:

Natalie Cassidy:

Ricky Groves:

Laila Rouass:

Phil Tufnell:

Ricky Whittle:

Ali Bastian:

Chris Hollins:

The Result:

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The moment of truth, dance off, and result

learndance — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:14:00 +0000

I’m expecting Laila to be saved by public vote, and a Natalie Cassidy/Phil Tufnell dance-off – but how have the public voted?

Well that’s one of my dance-off possibles saved by the public, could Laila be in trouble this week? Either way I think they’ll save her till the bottom three.

As expected!

Out of these two I think Phil will be the one going home, assuming Ricky can make the Viennese a little smoother this time.

A nice performance from Phil & Katya, let’s see Ricky’s response.

Seems smoother this time, but still too skippy. Not quite as dynamic this time and I think Ricky could be in trouble.

It’ll be a close call and I imagine it will be a Len decider tonight.

2-1 to Phil, then Len votes for Ricky so Phil gets sent home, the right decision I feel.

Do you agree with the decision?

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Ricky Groves & Erin Boag – Viennese Waltz

learndance — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:04:00 +0000

Another celebrity who’s more at home in the ballroom dances. His Viennese American Smooth was very good so I’m expecting good things tonight.

A little skippy, which i’m sure Craig will pick up on, fleckerl wasn’t too bad though.

The dance is let down by the skipping as it ruins the overall look, and with only 3 real steps to choose from you do have to perform them well.

I think it should easily achieve 8’s.

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The moment of truth, dance off, and result

learndance — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:05:00 +0000

Who stays, and who has to dance again?

Well done Ian for getting through!

So Phil gets public support, how about CK?

Out of those bottom 3 (Laila, Ricky Groves, Craig) I think Laila will be through…

Sorry CK but I think your time is definitely up now!

Good to see Ricky gets the arms correct this time, and dances better than earlier.

A better performance too from Craig but no question that it’s his swan song and i’m predicting a 4-0 form the judges.

4-0 it is. Craig got his dream of getting to Blackpool but it would’ve been a travesty if he had got any further.

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Ricky Groves & Erin Boag – Salsa

learndance — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Ricky could have some issues with this fast and complicated dance, but let’s hope he puts on a good show.

Well it looks like the goldfish mouth is back with a vengeance, shame the hands are a little sloppy.

Some really complex arm movements there, shame about the mistake though.

Entertaining and I think deserves 30.

Judges scores: CRH 6, LG 7, AD 6, BT 6.

A little harsh I feel!

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Evening Show

learndance — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:43:00 +0000

A packed theatre in Blackpool’s Winter Garden Opera House was the setting for the evening screening of Strictly Come Dancing.

There was an almost feverish party atmosphere in the theatre, and even though they were re-showing the highlight reel that we’d been subjected to earlier in the day, people were in the mood to cheer (Mark Ramprakash’s Argentine Tango, Jill Halfpenny’s Jive) or laugh (John Sergeant’s Paso Doble, Fiona Bruce’s Jive) at the various scenes.

Dominic Littlewood and Karen Hardy returned to host the evening show, we were told that the videos and pictures that had been taken throughout the day would be appearing on the BBC website during the coming week – none of us yet though!

We were shown a highlights reel of the morning dance sessions (we were on the afternoon session) and this was pretty much the same video you’ll have seen on the live show.

Rav Wilding and Mark Foster were re-introduced onto the stage and we were shown some highlights of their appearances on the show before they had to duck out to head over to the Tower, but not before Mark put his arm round Karen and commented on how great she looked, how she should still be in the show, and ‘You’re my favourite’.

Dominic then introduced highlights of Karen’s appearances on Strictly, including Gary Rhodes Cha Cha (receiving a lowly 1 from Craig) and Mark Ramprakash’s Salsa. Karen talked about how much she loved dancing, which she’d being doing since the age of 5, and had been so honoured when Strictly had convinced her to come out of retirement after her 6 year break (and a baby).

Matthew and Aliona made a surprise visit to perform an elegant Viennese Waltz

Matthew talked about how everyone at the Tower was so excited, and due to the significantly increased audience numbers there was a really great atmosphere.

Aliona talked about how this was her first time visiting in Blackpool, and how much she was enjoying it.

Before the live show was due to start Karen gave her comments and predictions on the show to follow:

Ali Bastian was still suffering from her injured foot, and with a dance such as the Viennese Waltz – heavy on technique – she could find it difficult to perform.

Craig Kelly would most likely be going out as it was definitely his time to go.

Ricky Groves started as a clown but is now taking it seriously and could be a real dark horse in the competition.

It was then time for the live show, Karen told us she’d be sticking around to comment on the show at intervals, and I settled down ready to make my notes on the evening performances…

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The moment of truth!

learndance — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:53:00 +0000

With a chance to dance in Blackpool at stake who’s going to be fighting for their place this week?

Are we going to see any shocks this week…

As predicted Craig has been saved for Blackpool (though it’s likely he may go out in his home town unless there is significant improvement!)

Well done Jade & Ian, I bet that’s a relief after last week.

Again as predicted Ricky Groves has been saved by the audience, though obviously I was wrong about Natalie potentially being in the bottom two. I still think Phil will be saved so this could be a shock week ahead.

…and there’s the confirmation.

So a definite shock in store with Zoe and Ali both ending up in the bottom two. Based on scores earlier in the night I think Zoe will be going home, though it’s a shame either of these were in the bottom two.

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