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Strictly on stage
In need of a sequin fix? Here’s our guide to the Strictly Come Dancing-related stage shows. Read my full Dancing Times article here
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Strictly Speaking: The Final
We came to the end! The week’s second nationwide ballot (and, let’s face it, by far the more important) yielded – in my humble opinion – exactly the right result, with the consistently brilliant Kelvin and Oti lifting the glitterball … Continue reading →
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Strictly Come Dancing, Grand Final: Brilliant Fletcher and Mabuse show power in simplicity
Kelvin Fletcher and partner Oti Mabuse were the incredibly worthy winners of Strictly 2019. The super sub, drafted at the last minute to replace an injured Jamie Laing, turned out to the secret weapon of this series – the modest, … Continue reading →
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Time to bring back Strictly Come Dancing’s ‘live TV’ edge
Who can forget Mark Ramprakash’s salsa crisis in Series 4? It’s a classic Strictly moment: he and his partner became entangled in a microphone cable and had to stop their performance. Bruce Forsyth sprang into action – quickly ascertaining the … Continue reading →
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Strictly Speaking: Week 12
The semi-final offered up the two-dance challenge, which usually gives a strong indication of who’s ready for the final itself. But, in case you were in any doubt, the judges made their views very clear – i.e. no Chris under … Continue reading →
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Tagged american smooth, anton du beke, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, chris ramsey, dance off, dancing, dancing times, emma barton, final, judges, karim zeroual, kelvin fletcher, latin, oti mabuse, paso doble, quickstep, recap, review, rumba, semi final, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tv, waltz, week 12
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Strictly Come Dancing 2019 semi-final: who danced it best? Kelvin Fletcher is the technical master across two dances
By this stage, our celebrities can handle one dance – but two? That separates the contenders from the pretenders, as Len Goodman used to say. Leading contender, and surely hot favourite for the trophy, is Kelvin Fletcher, who impressed in … Continue reading →
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Strictly Speaking: Week 9
For once, Blackpool Week just about lived up to the hype, with some fun, exciting and truly outstanding performances. But, as so often in this changeable series, erratic scoring led to another shock elimination. Michelle and Giovanni, one of this … Continue reading →
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Strictly Come Dancing Week 9: Whose technique helped them conquer Blackpool?
The giant, sprung floor at Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom can offer a boost to our celebrity dancers – or it can prove exposing. Continuing this series of shock exits, frontrunner Michelle Visage fell victim to Blackpool’s vastness with a vogueing Couple’s … Continue reading →
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Strictly Speaking: Week 7
Right, hands up if you know how to perform an exorcism? For clearly the evil spirit is still in possession of this series of Strictly, keeping Ginger Neil on the bench, taking poor Will Bayley out of the competition altogether, even … Continue reading →
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Tagged anton du beke, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, charleston, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, emma barton, emma weymouth, johannes radebe, karim zeroual, latin, mike bushell, quickstep, review, rumba, samba, same sex dance, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tv, week 7
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Strictly Come Dancing Week 7: Whose Latin technique got them in trouble?
It was a hard week for the female celebrities tackling Latin dances, with all but Michelle Visage’s paso doble landing at the bottom of the leaderboard. Emma Weymouth, the latest eliminated contestant, was felled by samba – notorious for its tricky … Continue reading →
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