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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2019 23:51:52 GMT
Karim is too much of a stage school kid for my liking. Kelvin to win!
And AJ going out on a samba again? LOL
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2019 0:33:01 GMT
Shame, Saffron danced some really beautiful ballroom, which has been sorely lacking this year!
Who on earth is voting for Chris?!
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Post by alicesprings on Nov 24, 2019 9:02:15 GMT
Shame, Saffron danced some really beautiful ballroom, which has been sorely lacking this year! Who on earth is voting for Chris?! I’m assuming Chris has a large following in the north east and is very entertaining. Chris and Karen are a good pairing too in my opinion. |
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Post by karloscar on Nov 24, 2019 12:12:52 GMT
Chris is doing the work, improving every week, but giving the impression that he's not taking it too seriously which plays well with the audience, not just the North East. His surprise when he gets praise seems genuine.
I predicted Saffron and Karim for the dance off from Wednesday's rehearsal footage. Her dance didn't fit the song and his was a bit too arty for Strictly and didn't have the clear narrative which made Will's contemporary piece so effective. No surprise at the outcome, and Saffron's ability to bore and irritate me simultaneously will not be missed.
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Post by danb on Nov 24, 2019 20:01:01 GMT
The rest of the gang didn’t look that sad to lose her, tbh.
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Post by freckles on Nov 25, 2019 12:36:26 GMT
The couples choice is such a waste of time. It saddens me that for a lot of people, Strictly is the first time that they will see "street/commercial" or "contemporary" dance and it's never any good. Michelle's dance was one of the best because it was true to the form and correct. The contemporary routines are barely lyrical, let alone contemporary?! I hate that they use the two terms interchangeably. Contemporary and lyrical are very different styles. The same could be said for street/commercial but they are more closely related. I don't like the couples choice either - it's so random to mark and so difficult to compare to the ballroom and latin dances that have specific criteria to look for and reward in the scoring.
The judges overmark and then the public don't usually support that. The producers have realised that the public don't know quite what to make of the dances, so have insisted everyone brings in a sob story, hoping that will pull in votes. It plays havoc with the scoring. I think that's why Kelvin and Karim both did CC in the same week, and even then we nearly had an upset.
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Post by lynette on Nov 25, 2019 16:17:45 GMT
I’ve been thinking and realised that the low score Craig gave to Saffron determined her place at the bottom cos now with fewer people, this is quite critical. So he more or less signalled, dump Saffron. I’m not sure I’m happy with this
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Post by vdcni on Nov 25, 2019 16:31:04 GMT
Except he gave a lower score to Alex and she didn't go out and Saffron was in the bottom two last week when she was 4th on the leaderboard so didn't seem to have the votes.
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 26, 2019 13:11:24 GMT
It's not a world I know the first thing about, but maybe Saffron's 1.2 million followers all thought *they* should have been one of the dozen selected to watch her and AJ rehearse, and when they weren't, they took their revenge.
That's how social media works, isn't it?
Or maybe it was a backlash against AJ's medallion!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2019 16:10:47 GMT
It's not a world I know the first thing about, but maybe Saffron's 1.2 million followers all thought *they* should have been one of the dozen selected to watch her and AJ rehearse, and when they weren't, they took their revenge. That's how social media works, isn't it? Or maybe it was a backlash against AJ's medallion! Interesting point with her fanbase I would have thought she'd have got a load of votes and AJ would likely be a more popular pro than a Karen or Neil. Chris and Alex must be picking up a lot of votes from somewhere. |
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Post by justfran on Nov 30, 2019 23:10:00 GMT
Alex v Chris in the dance off, with Alex leaving.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 30, 2019 23:10:22 GMT
Results
Chris & Karen vs Alex & Neil
Alex & Neil Out
Samba strikes again
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Post by lynette on Nov 30, 2019 23:20:40 GMT
Pretty obvious. Shame, she was refreshing and improving, not given enough chance at the ballroom style. Chris also short on the ballroom. But tonight his dance was dancier on the dance he was supposed to be doing. So four in semis, how many in final? Three?
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Post by karloscar on Nov 30, 2019 23:24:44 GMT
Shame Alex has gone, she has improved most over all as a performer. Possibility of an all male final depending on next week's routines.
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Post by justfran on Nov 30, 2019 23:26:51 GMT
Pretty obvious. Shame, she was refreshing and improving, not given enough chance at the ballroom style. Chris also short on the ballroom. But tonight his dance was dancier on the dance he was supposed to be doing. So four in semis, how many in final? Three? Yes I think when Will left it was confirmed there would be three in the final. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2019 0:57:17 GMT
Yes only 3 in the final, thank goodness.
Chris has to go next week. Would rather have seen Alex for another week but oh well, the order they leave in doesn't really matter as long as they do and the final is Karim, Kelvin and Emma.
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Post by justfran on Dec 7, 2019 23:03:52 GMT
Karim v Chris in the dance off with Chris leaving.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 23:34:57 GMT
With Karim being in the dance off a few times, he has no chance of winning. Thankfully. Surely it's Kelvin's to win now.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 7, 2019 23:40:18 GMT
I feel for Karim
Yes he has stage experience
Yes he puts a lot of effort into what he does
But he has personality on the dance floor.
Kelvin is robotic. Proficient but so so dull
No way is Emma deserving of an automatic final place. Fixed grin and flat
This series has been perverse
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 23:51:33 GMT
I feel for Karim Yes he has stage experience Yes he puts a lot of effort into what he does But he has personality on the dance floor. Kelvin is robotic. Proficient but so so dull No way is Emma deserving of an automatic final place. Fixed grin and flat This series has been perverse I will scream my house down if Kelvin wins. He's so wooden! Ive wanted Karim to win since Day 1. He is undeniably talented. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2019 0:24:02 GMT
Karim over-dances every single dance, there is no light and shade. Emma's Latin isn't good enough but her ballroom has improved a lot.
Kelvin to win for me, as much for Oti than for any other reason, she is by far the best pro on the show and is long overdue a win.
I think Emma and Kelvin are probably miles ahead of Karim in the public vote. Whether the Anton sympathy vote beats Kelvin is another question, but hopefully not.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2019 1:03:25 GMT
For me, Karim is too stage school. it's all fixed grin and no real emotion in anything he does. And has lots of experience, which never goes down well with the voting public.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2019 3:38:51 GMT
Not a great series - we usually have 2 or 3 couples who are max scores or 39 with Craig scoring them 9 etc.
Kevin and Debbie won Xmas special btw, not sure if anyone else has posted that yet.
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Post by mindy0monster on Dec 8, 2019 8:57:31 GMT
Mixed feelings about Chris leaving this week- he's been by far my favourite contestant for personality this season, so I'd love to have seen him get to the final. However, leaving at semi-final week means we still get an exit interview with him on Monday.
I'll be supporting Kelvin now in the final. Emma isn't as good a dancer, in my opinion, as the two boys, and her fixed facial expressions scare me! Agree with others that Karim over-dances everything, and has never taken on board any of the judges comments for the need for light and shade.
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Post by vdcni on Dec 8, 2019 10:20:02 GMT
Yeah Oti to win please.
Hard to call between Emma and Kelvin right now since they've never been in the dance off. Emma in particular must have decent support since she's dodged it despite being consistently lower on the leaderboard than Kelvin.
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