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Strictly Speaking: Week 12

Posted on December 11, 2017 by mkmswain

Two dances is theoretically a good test of range, growth and performance at this crucial stage, but can often make for a night of half-finished numbers – the pros’ steely ambition exceeding the knackered celebs’ execution. So it proved in … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 9

Posted on November 20, 2017 by mkmswain

Well, this wasn’t exactly a vintage Blackpool Week. Alexandra was pretty much the only celebrity to rise to the heights of breathless “Mecca of Ballroom” hyperbole, and even then she had the ever-irritating Human Props to contend with. Read my … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 7

Posted on November 6, 2017 by mkmswain

WHAT. DRAMA. Week 7, and this series of Strictly serves up its first proper “shock” exit – Aston Merrygold joining the likes of Pixie Lott and Gabby Logan in the Surprise Early Departure Lounge. Read my full Dancing Times blog here

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Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Posted on October 30, 2017 by mkmswain

Oh Strictly Halloween. Every year I forget how grim your Fright Night will be, and every year I am gripped anew with its frightfulness. Read my full Dancing Times blog here

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged 10, alexandra burke, american smooth, aston merrygold, ballroom, blog, celebrity, cha cha, charleston, claudia winkleman, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, debbie mcgee, devil, eliminated, halloween, judges, kylie minogue, latin, mollie king, paso doble, recap, review, shirley ballas, simon rimmer, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tess daly, the saturdays, viennese waltz, week 6 | Leave a comment

Strictly Speaking: Week 5

Posted on October 23, 2017 by mkmswain

The big news this week was Italian gesticulator Bruno Tonioli missing his first ever Strictly, apparently because of American work commitments. It’s FINE, Bruno, go be with your OTHER family, we don’t CARE. Read my full Dancing Times blog here

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged anton du beke, bbc, blog, brian conley, bruno tonioli, celebrity, charleston, dance off, debbie mcgee, eliminated, jive, judge, recap, review, rumba, scd, simon rimmer, strictly, strictly ballroom, strictly come dancing, tv | Leave a comment

Strictly Speaking: Week 4

Posted on October 16, 2017 by mkmswain

No theme this week, thank the Strictly gods, unless you count the tidal wave of emotion that saw a nation reaching for more Kleenex. If an overcome Alexandra wishing her late mother could have seen her 10s-scoring jive didn’t get you, how … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 2

Posted on October 2, 2017 by mkmswain

Oh dear. A few highlights and redemptive dances aside, Strictly seemed to have the Week 2 Blues: an error-strewn performance show with bizarre scoring followed by a sad first exit. I doubt Chizzy would have lasted too long in the … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Posted on October 31, 2016 by mkmswain

It gives me no pleasure to report that Strictly’s annual Fright Night was even more frightful than usual. Well, some pleasure. An Ed Balls cha cha amount of pleasure. Yes, against all odds, 2016’s fifth-strangest political happening lives on. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 5

Posted on October 24, 2016 by mkmswain

Has anyone checked if the Strictly studio is built on an ancient Indian burial ground? Or has a disgruntled crewmember started compiling voodoo dolls? For there is a curse afoot, and not the usual home-wrecking one, with this drama-laden series … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Posted on November 2, 2015 by mkmswain

Bitter experience has obliterated all possible hope for Strictly’s annual fright fest – best watched several dozen drinks in, when the more disturbing details begin to blur round the edges – but this was an abysmal show even by Halloween … Continue reading →

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