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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 23:10:23 GMT
Not sure I'd want to watch Rylan. Mini Tibs met him last year and he was totally adorable. She's ok, but the camera would be forever on Amen in the audience and I'd need the eye-bleach. (What was she thinking?) Instead of Len's Lens they could have Amen Corner and play "Bend Me Shape Me" every time it is mentioned. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 23:23:47 GMT
Rylan is a nice guy, met him a couple of times, what you see on screen is the real Rylan.
A BBC Breakfast lady would be a good call, they usually have a couple of slightly older ladies and Ruth is one so Louise or Sally could be the other. Louise does triathlons so is naturally fit and would be popular, Sally always looks tall and elegant and so should be okay if she was asked. Sally is 46 btw although she doesn't look it.
Steph has a very bubbly personality and seems to be flavour of the month on BBC at the moment so would also be a good choice, plus having done Irish dancing would give her partner something he could work with.
Only last year they really took extra pros for the group dances, they usually have a spare girl if any of the pros get injured or cannot compete for any other reason and Ian Waite from It Takes Two often was the men's cover for such circumstances. But once pros are knocked out they can also step in if required too. I think the extra group dance pros was just to ease the workload on the main pros and to have specialists for all dances so pro routines can be even better.
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Post by d'James on Aug 9, 2017 23:36:52 GMT
Well they did have the 'dance troupe' one year but that didn't go too well. If they had seventeen couples (the number of pros) this year, I think it would be too much. I presume we're going for fifteen couples this year as the past few. I would love for Karen and Kevin to sit it out (without partners) but then we may be subjected to more dances like they did to Ellie Goulding last year, so I'm slightly torn (not much).
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Post by d'James on Aug 9, 2017 23:40:19 GMT
Also: fewer props, more dance please Strictly. Unfortunately I feel that is unlikely as I don't think the main producers have changed much, if at all.
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 10, 2017 8:09:20 GMT
Dame Gemma Atkinson!
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 10, 2017 9:22:46 GMT
Gemma who?
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 10, 2017 9:50:47 GMT
She's the woman BurlyBeaR wakes up to every morning!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 9:53:45 GMT
Also: fewer props, more dance please Strictly. Unfortunately I feel that is unlikely as I don't think the main producers have changed much, if at all. Ah those were the days when the show was actually about the dancing! Hasn't been like that for about 10 years now sadly. It just keeps going the other way instead, and I detest the fact that each dance apparently has to have a "theme". Actual dancing can be beautiful and entertaining, but it's not often on display on Strictly anymore. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 9:54:19 GMT
Exactly! Has she done anything besides being in a soap? |
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Post by dizzieblonde on Aug 10, 2017 11:00:45 GMT
Exactly! Has she done anything besides being in a soap? I'm a Celeb, Celebrity Masterchef, Soapstar Superstar, Celebrity Family Fortunes - you may be seeing a pattern here! She's a VERY keen reality show participant - hence my disappointment that the BBC couldn't find an entire line-up who've not previously been cast on numerous reality shows. |
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 10, 2017 11:15:17 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 10, 2017 11:31:36 GMT
She's the woman BurlyBeaR wakes up to every morning!!! Never heard of her! |
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 10, 2017 12:07:02 GMT
She's the woman BurlyBeaR wakes up to every morning!!! Never heard of her! Do you not listen to Key 103? |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 10, 2017 12:29:02 GMT
Do you not listen to Key 103? Nah... Nick Ferrari on LBC. |
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 10, 2017 12:32:06 GMT
Do you not listen to Key 103? Nah... Nick Ferrari on LBC. Me too. Not so keen on Matt Frei though. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 10, 2017 12:33:56 GMT
Me neither. Terrible voice for radio.
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 10, 2017 12:38:29 GMT
Me neither. Terrible voice for radio. It is quite important. People often say I have the perfect face for radio. I'm never sure what they mean! |
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 10, 2017 12:40:02 GMT
Anyway, back on topic, Gemma Atkinson is one of the breakfast presenters on Key 103, a commercial radio station in North West England.
Cue VTs of her professional getting up in the middle of the night to accompany her to the station, and her two co-hosts 'surprising' her at the dance studio, mid-rehearsal.
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Post by d'James on Aug 10, 2017 12:48:32 GMT
Do we know what training she's had (it doesn't bother me either way)??! In my head she's either going to be a Rachel Riley or a finalist.
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 10, 2017 12:50:47 GMT
Do we know what training she's had??! In my head she's either going to be a Rachel Riley or a finalist. She said this morning on BBC Breakfast that her only training, if it can even be called that, was disco classes between the ages of 9 and 10. |
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Post by tonyloco on Aug 10, 2017 14:02:40 GMT
Just thinking about what I would like on Strictly:
1. No stupid make-up on Halloween or any other time.
2. No show dances except when they are relevant and appropriate, like at the end of the series.
3. No elaborate sets or furniture.
4. No props except perhaps in show dances (see No.2)
5. Correct music with the proper rhythms so that the waltzes have three beats in each bar, tangos sound Latin and charlestons have the proper kind of syncopated beats.
6. Camera work that stays sensibly on the couples so that we can see their feet as well as the rest of them. The cameramen should be forced to watch all of Fred Astaire's dance routines on film.
I guess this is what's called pie in the sky!
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 10, 2017 14:38:03 GMT
We call her 'Scratchy Woman' in our house as her voice sounds like a cheese grater. Steph has a very bubbly personality and seems to be flavour of the month on BBC at the moment I am aware of this and cannot fathom out why. Love, love Ian. Exactly. She's the woman BurlyBeaR wakes up to every morning!!! And I always thought I'd be the one to turn him.  People often say I have the perfect face for radio. I'm never sure what they mean! I could explain if you'd like....  |
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Post by d'James on Aug 10, 2017 15:41:19 GMT
For number six tonyloco, I wish there was a red button option to watch the dances from a fixed camera showing the whole dancefloor. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 16:08:01 GMT
Just thinking about what I would like on Strictly: 1. No stupid make-up on Halloween or any other time. 2. No show dances except when they are relevant and appropriate, like at the end of the series. 3. No elaborate sets or furniture. 4. No props except perhaps in show dances (see No.2) 5. Correct music with the proper rhythms so that the waltzes have three beats in each bar, tangos sound Latin and charlestons have the proper kind of syncopated beats. 6. Camera work that stays sensibly on the couples so that we can see their feet as well as the rest of them. The cameramen should be forced to watch all of Fred Astaire's dance routines on film. I guess this is what's called pie in the sky! If I could like your post a million times, I would. It's also called Strictly series 1 to 5 - the good old days! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 16:23:07 GMT
You lot are funny! So you all knew who Kara Tointon and Tom Chambers were before strictly?? After all, they had only been in soaps before then  |
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