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Post by martin1965 on May 9, 2017 16:53:35 GMT
I'm excited- and glad they went for an actual expert rather than a 'name'. I don't know of her either but her credentials look great! Also nice to have another woman on the panel. Brave call by the beeb tho. Not many will have heard of her at all and to be parachuted in as head judge! She is british, born on the Wirral. Imagine footage of her and the delightfully named Corky will be played again and again😊 |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 17:58:41 GMT
I'm excited- and glad they went for an actual expert rather than a 'name'. I don't know of her either but her credentials look great! Also nice to have another woman on the panel. Brave call by the beeb tho. Not many will have heard of her at all and to be parachuted in as head judge! She is british, born on the Wirral. Imagine footage of her and the delightfully named Corky will be played again and again😊 Indeed! I'm surprised. I thought if they went with a Latin/Ballroom expert and not a 'name' then someone else would be 'promoted' to head judge! Nice little piece on news at 6...aside from some awkward dancers in the background! |
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Post by lynette on May 9, 2017 18:10:59 GMT
Who had heard of whatsiname before he went on the prog beside dance people? So good they choose a dancer and we won't get too much of the no dance gimmick stuff..I hope.
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Post by d'James on May 9, 2017 18:18:48 GMT
Exactly. I hadn't heard of Len before the show.
She looks nice, but in the extremely brief clip they showed on the 6 o'clock news her voice sounded annoying. Am prepared to be proved wrong though because as I say the clip was extremely brief.
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Post by martin1965 on May 9, 2017 20:19:48 GMT
Who had heard of whatsiname before he went on the prog beside dance people? So good they choose a dancer and we won't get too much of the no dance gimmick stuff..I hope. Yeeesss but of course Strictly wasnt the biggest show on tv back then. We will see 😊💃 |
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Post by lynette on May 9, 2017 22:42:51 GMT
V good point but thank goodness they didn't choose one of the celebs they have had in the show or a current 'name' on the telly circuit or a kids' presenter.. 😁
And hey, whisper it people, two women on judges' panel ? 🍾 So beats University Challenge. 😂😂😂
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 22:49:17 GMT
Excellent news - Shirley is a great dancer and knows her stuff, which is all I was hoping for from whoever was appointed the new judge!
It does leave the show without any ballroom expert judges though (Shirley is a Latin American champion), and Anton as the only ballroom specialist pro now Natalie has quit, which is a bit annoying!
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Post by lynette on May 9, 2017 22:50:52 GMT
So you are thinking they will do more Latin? It was going that way last series with precious little ballroom til the middle of the series. And then heavily themed.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 22:54:40 GMT
So you are thinking they will do more Latin? It was going that way last series with precious little ballroom til the middle of the series. And then heavily themed. I don't think they'll do more Latin - I doubt the dances will change unless they decide to introduce something like merengue - but I think the judges will be more lax on ballroom technique. I'm sure Shirley probably learnt traditional International Standard ballroom when she first learned to dance, but she's been based in the US for years, and their version of ballroom is slightly different to what's taught here. Given pretty much all the pros are now Latin specialists (or Salsa/Mambo) and a lot of them have danced in the US, I expect all the ballroom dances will become more like they are on DWTS, where the traditional Strictly rules go out the window and every dance is basically what used to be categorised as an American Smooth. |
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Post by d'James on May 9, 2017 22:58:44 GMT
I'm a bit sad for Anton not getting the judge job, but as others have said it's great that there'll now be two women on the panel. Maybe they could retire Bruno at the end of the next series and slot Anton in then. I know he's not everyone's cup of tea (but then who is), he can't carry on being a pro forever - or can he?! ;-)
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Post by theatremadness on May 9, 2017 23:32:36 GMT
I'm a bit sad for Anton not getting the judge job, but as others have said it's great that there'll now be two women on the panel. Maybe they could retire Bruno at the end of the next series and slot Anton in then. I know he's not everyone's cup of tea (but then who is), he can't carry on being a pro forever - or can he?! ;-) Well who else are they going to give all the crap dancers (some exceptions, of course...) to if not Anton?!  |
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Post by Tibidabo on May 10, 2017 6:42:52 GMT
Maybe they could retire Bruno at the end of the next series Get thee to a nunnery! How very dare you suggest such a thing...  (Anyway, he'd be in a queue behind Zoe and Tess as far as I'm concerned.) |
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Post by lynette on May 10, 2017 11:55:06 GMT
Anton always gets the ahem, older lady and it's all v proper. They should give him a real hot babe. He can dance! Of course an older lady can be a hot babe too ( Mde Macron ?) but you know what I mean.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jun 21, 2017 14:40:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 14:50:40 GMT
^ how depressing - Autumn is just around the corner.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 21, 2017 15:10:07 GMT
Should we have a new thread for the next season? Or do people prefer to continue this one?
Thoughts?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 15:13:25 GMT
Combined threads are confusing (e.g. Love in Idleness & Lettice and Lovage) so I vote for a New Thread. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 15:20:51 GMT
Oksana.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 16:08:40 GMT
Such a shame Joanne and Natalie have quit - there are no ballroom specialists on the show at all now Not that I blame either of them, the show is less about the actual art of dancing with every year that passes, and Jo has won so doesn't really have any incentive to stay. |
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Post by d'James on Jun 21, 2017 17:33:57 GMT
Disappointing that Oksana didn't get more than one series. I knew Natalie was going (still sad though).
Never liked Joanne's choreography so I won't miss her.
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 5, 2017 14:13:31 GMT
Monday morning begins the ridiculous drip feeding of contestants, first one on Grimmy's Radio 1 show which, to be blunt, I cannot imagine the typical Strictly viewer ever listening to. I personally hate this system as it always feels a bit of an anti climax if it's someone I've never heard of/dislike. I'd prefer a reveal show where they give us them all in one whack so I can focus on the positives and put the negatives out of my mind. Moans aside....I cannot wait and hope there are loads of people I like or who make me like them in the process.  |
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Post by d'James on Aug 5, 2017 14:17:27 GMT
Is there anyone that would stop people watching?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 14:21:13 GMT
Is there anyone that would stop people watching? There couldn't be anyone who would stop me watching entirely as I'm too much of a dance addict for that. However there is almost always someone who leads me to mute the TV and go and make tea while they're on - Ann Widdecombe, Paul Daniels and Judge Rinder to name but a few... |
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 5, 2017 14:22:32 GMT
Yes. Him without the nice bum we discussed on the unpopular opinions thread earlier....just kidding.
Only She Who Shall Not Be Named made of plastic rumoured for the Ice programme would stop me watching.
Great question. Anyone else got any?
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Post by d'James on Aug 5, 2017 14:32:04 GMT
I've heard rumours of Nigel Farage and he would definitely stop me watching.
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