Strictly Come Dancing

I saw on twitter a criticism of Joe because of a gesture he was making while waiting to go on. I don’t know what it is cos I’m not au fair with current customs etc but I was wondering if you guys know more.

How can he hit us all in the arm?

He's basically making a joke of doing the show by pulling out YouTuber jokes so that he can get votes from the fangirls.

I will say, he is one of the better YouTubers of that "group". Most of them are assholes now.

Let's separate the wheat from the chaff, eh?

Second year in and Shirley is really coming into her own and she really knows her stuff! Kudos to her!

Guess we can all predict one of the couples in the bottom tow, but who would do you reckon the second couple be? Katie? Sean?

I still reckon Charles is the one to watch throughout.

Well, that was forgettable.

I do like Faye and Giovanni, Danny and Amy and Charles - though his partnership with Karen I'm not sure about. 

Shirley so obviously doesn't like either Vick or that bloke she's with - who I have to grudgingly admit took last week's direction extremely well and came up with a pretty decent routine for her this week. If even I can admit that, surely Shirley should have acknowledged it? 

Ashley is in another stratosphere. It cannot help Katie being there among the likes of her and Faye. She looks uncomfortable, as does Susannah. 

Gawd, but how rubbish was Tess tonight? She really went for it, and then some. Cringe.

I'm not sure if I can even bear to watch next week. It's so long. Stacey is so annoying, as is the doctor. Seann was dreadfully out of time and Lee wasn't much better. Isn't he supposed to be a musician? Danny's timing was unbelievable. Brilliant.  Thought it unfair that Joe got to do another dance that would appeal to his little fan girlies rather than ballroom. (He has fan girlies right? I have no idea what a b/vlogger is. Got a bit confused seeing him making insurance companies' favourite type of roofs. I wasn't really paying attention.)

I can't remember anyone else. Can they do a Bake-off and chuck 2 out please? (Every week until Halloween.)

Both this week and last it has felt like Tess has tried really hard to come across as quite natural and funny rather than her usual robotic self and it was so cringey to watch. I had to look away when she was laughing about the umbrella gag. I think she should stick to the script and leave Claudia to have the fun.

I genuinely think a random person picked from the street could do that job just as well as Tess Daly. Actually, I take that back... they’d be better!

I prefer Tess to Claudia. Claudia is sooo cringe it hurts

Something not quite right with the music. Anyone more musical than I am offer any comment?

I’m not a Tess fan by any stretch but at least she does the “business” which is essential to the progress of the show and doesn’t try to be a “personality “. I do actually like Claudia normally but just not in SCD. This wacky persona she’s putting forward, what is that for? Is it to replace Bruce’s bad jokes? If so then just no. Please stop trying to be the comedian Claudia because you’re not funny, it does not work and is just cringeworthy.
The other thing that really annoys me, and I’m sure this is just a personal thing to me, is that when they’re doing the intros together she pulls her face into this faux-serious expression where she sucks her cheeks in and frowns as if she’s going to read the news.
Just. No.

I think SCD thrives because of the format, the fan base and the judges. I don’t think the presenters are adding a great deal.

I like Claudia but it does feel like she's phoning it in a bit of late. She's still very funny at times though. At her best when she mocks the earnestness and ego of many of the celebs.

Tess is very mechanical. No real personality but generally keeps things running along. Think she should stop pawing the celebs and reacting to the judges comments though, that's when she slips into annoying.